_ „ggmBWA-««~
IKCilUIKHlttim. bile, Sf, thp AIM
got away for* lie eentb 'from Cecrguj.
Inlet about 1Wsr o:c!<*k this morals*.
Mhe took %a W |»oW|iers Vcs. Bor
pahliRmil trhrjMa tnlir for the rto.
i getting away^rMw 3u»ltie. worth
: v-iad, next Monthly night, but .the
; *oba bill ties are nit wilt be M»t»1
»t \itf HhntjLTotar ttet*.
« ; " ;i, ’4' - ^
.... p Strftt *. recently appointed
' ■'temporify reeeiritf fbr the defunct
.tfaafct Lumher S 1#*. «ff«r at
JUlKti ah'! the Wrtteatativeu of. the
efrdfton of He ;*Vl'"*.T «®
tQ Juneau oa the Xorthwrdm to
night to appear ia ihv District Court,
oa the question of having I jrmua
eat rneeiver appointed. 'Mr. Svraak i
trill ask to bare his qppointmade -
permanent, w^ile the creditors, who
will be rupeesersled by Judge Blunder- {
trill a*k the jpiwinfagmat ef VT» I
Slil‘«4r--eo iillr * - |
SENATOR BOjC^ WOULD PUSH
‘ * .. DMukctKHr a^rar
■\ * -;J* VCT0, *" ’ a»t* trZ A *
Laat ai^A's mail boat lirooqht th*
following letter. to The Miser giving
.Senator Sularr’s attitude ««** re
gard ro Ohm telegram- received re
ventlTTfewioMql- h**ad qf
the Alaska Road.JCommission, staling
that, unless the injunction suit
started by the member of the Legis
lature from this Diddan was with
drawn W *e-la W eompelled to
*q>«ad elsewhere the promise*!
for ’ road work in this region. The
letter follow: ,
■ RtOaer, Alaska. ,
' . - Jnly 12, 1911
Mr. Richard Bushel!, Jr,
Ketchikan, Alaska,
kGr.^eur Jtr, Bushel!;—
letter of the lBk regardraj*
tolcgywBS from Colonel Richardson in
' rttatibn le. road work bjr Ute Board
■ of* Alaak,! B«d .Commissioners in
* i?”* DSvisioa this seaman has
jsqt been received, agd X hasten to
„ reply as I expect Jo be away on a
, >ri[ for the. imxt -few days.
The forest reserve fond took up s
great deal of time at the last session
of the legislature, ac-l .many members
from the other divisions expressed
the hope that tV n.attrr would be
. definitely determined by tho coort*
#o that it would nut agitate future
Legislature*. Tpulo X beliexe the
present ease is .brought on behalf of
a a j>f the member* of the pas* Lop
Dtalure from the First Division, yet
Dam- expression. j:w were cennoi
I fore i left Juneau X feet satisfied
that same, ope wipnl-i bring this suit
Fox my pm T eaa not see the
relation. between the Forest Bueerve
i .ad and the fund at the Board of
Alaska Bead C>jumisciocers. The lat
ter have X believe a. fund of approxi
mately. $j55u,<«« to he -papeeded. this
Testy and the Jirst Dn ium repi*
seating as it- decs the balk, at the
ecr-meree of the Territory, is cert sis
Jy entitled to nxtiri st-irart $30,001
avile from - nay money* which assy
be J'rired from its own forests and
p’.iil in by it* people foe that p**
ti-c!*i purpose.
I sfcorb! not, like to see any of
the toalemplat-d improvements halt
ed, sod under the great necessities
prevailing-! lA-aettlui the Board
of Alaska ,R«a-l Commissioners will
deny this *&»i-ioa -the few thousand
dollars set a*idr.- Of the amount of
n .rly 43,-rvU.wv expended -by the
board during former years this ilivin
ivi has received a very small share.
Apparently we wiR not obtain cur
doe unless w demand it and fight
for it and I Umrefore favor etandiag
►icareiy on our right* and insisting
on getting IA cm To as -mind this is
the #e!t course to comci sic ally pursue.
The meml-er# from the other three
Divisions expressed, great confidence
that tkew. were legally and m -rally
right in thr stand they took, and they
dusM therefore nor bring pre-uni*
t«» 1-ear to f-wstall a fair legal determ
ination of . the question.
Very truly,
GHAS. A. gCLZKB.
-:—•-=5
-V.hoc-, -i(d> K—-Thu Aided troop*
no-., engaging, the Turk* on the Gab
lij'di jwrir -oia, claim, the captor* *f
twv liar- *4- Turkish uun-h- * within
th' past l«< nty-fowr boors- Thin time
th> attar-i -.real 40 huso ■ less made
Irap-lle- direction of the Gulf of
ftaro*. .ami t—Uipoli city Itself, is ap
icw*-atlr ii, objective point. The
troop* e»s ia thi* latest more
«“•«!* ha - atrivgd. bat re'entiy, bav
in' keen- b -Hbd near Bolnir,
---,4 ■
,’:,b i6—j. Pi owe ft*v
en* of I? Tee-, th*. nearly- elected Im
|cii>l I' 4«Vm- t* of the Shriscn. to
i.‘tgtr v'-l'm. -r* ere l officers and a
bo«t of ,i*-f-^aten to the Ghrinert
veati <ii now in session ia tUR
city,-w -'L - <ii oa the Print cm. AJisr
from A a .,ver tomorrow night for
■’ tons --f rioutbeastem Afeska. He
wiM I- bit ! by Vaacouver Masons
t m-rfi-. , . I-*
* 0 M I
*J ciii.'
£MBft npuixiiiw
'tamo* «wir a «*cshck
?n,'.A<T&r ■'! * . > -* *
It Would jwem from an article in
the Ketetufcap Miner her the Komi.
Commissioner- - Air. Austin, and the
comment thereon by the editor, that
there is some difference of opinion
as to the character of the laateriot
and who should furnish the woo
fer the ' building of what Is known
as the Charcoal Point road neat Kct
chikaa. We certainly agree with the
Miner that. «- pwstMe. home pnnlnel
should bis u*ed.-th»,t shore is m> quf*
tion but the- nntine Hemlock is fr.*
weptnor for street planking than
Oregon or Warhiwjtnn fir. If Mr.
Commissioner wants,’ the real stuff
for a good road why not give the
Writs get; mills * ehanre to -bid on ;
fiaailiiBf its I-ThOT Wre eqfeipped to
do the job.—SenSneL
d » --
The assessed cr-ihrattbu of Junes®
property horerdteg fa figure* pre|-ar
esl by the eity assessor. shows a®
’increased ' valaaliOo of Il^MOd. The)
juceasoui ralmtioa of the city for the
present year letals fd.26S.dh*-, with
CJSyb>* .-exemptions- The real estate
aaluatioao aggregate |i,WkS3*, tnd
the personal pgbflwty P-H.4M
t -v "*
. Xaw York, July 16—Judge Men
drieks held today that narry Thaw is
sane, and orderOd his release. The
Star* then gar* notie* of an appeal.
«o the Judge decided that Thaw wonhi
hum- to give a bond for his appear
son* ia ease the appeal won, setting
the bail at 435,466. This was pro
i yi-led at ooee. and Thaw, at Inst a
fate man. left for Pittsburg where
-he will rest for a few days before go- 1
tag tr the Pacific Coast, where he
will 'attend the expositions at Son
Fratmto and has Diego.
f It . ia reported that the Mari post
cm her spat bboard trip tbie morihtt;
vvhih' passing Point B*nin»t«i, ClM
«»t‘# Strait, struck in uncharted tocb
whereby The ressei suffered slight
■hnnjts. The route fallowed wo?
the nci| one token by the larger
: •‘reamers, nail according to the chart.
Xo. SI60.' there is approximately JT5
fathoms st this point- whereas in re
i ality there is only 22 feet over the
t rock st iow water* The newly dis
I covered nvk is al-oof S-* miles off
[ from Point Harrir-gtom hearing X. K
I 1-2 R The Maripowt remained ia
| port a few hoars while an elimination
waa made to ascertain the extent' of
the damage.
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Valdez. July 16—The fire sweeping
tail city yeeterd ty morning, started in
the FtTefckan building, which war
under going repairs, jest hour l« a
mystery. Owing to the fart that we
had had no rain for the prairr part
of a month, and because of the
strong Wind which wtHt Mowing! It
spread with incretRiile speed. that
several people sleeping In the hotels
which were destroyed, were forced ’ to
flee ia their night clothes, included
in these hitter being Oapt. Edgerton
and wife, 'of t*e Alaska Road f'oa
nuaaioa. who lost all their personal
belongings. The baib Prospeetor
saved a con pi* of eases Of repeat'd
a hand press and wifi get ont an Issue
on wrapping paper. Joe Plant, who
arrived here a few days ago with a
stock of jewelry valued "at over two
thousand dollars. Ins? everything.
Alice Coles, a drri in the Post Of
fice broke her leg- by falling while
helping to take the mails out of th<
bffiee, all of which was save!. A
detachment of troop* from Port I’d*
com has been detailed to patrol the
mins. The Imrned'area extends from
the Cliff House on one end to the
Vsfdez Sferehanfile 1 nitding on the
other, clear down to the beach, a hoot
fifty buildings in *11 having been de
stroyed. Besides the buildings near
a score of launches were lost owiny
to the fact that the tide'was out at
the time ami thee were aground,
•fudge Bunnell, who is interested in
Valdez property was one of the
heaviest losers. hi» loss being between
thirty and forty thousand dollars.
-♦
Cdfnmbus. July 16—Cnnsnally Beaty
rain* bar* flooded the .streams of
central Ohio to such an extent that
they are almost all of them ont of
tbeor* banks. Hundred* of towns,
villages and farms are under water
and their neeigranfsT hare been forced
to ftf-e to higher ground for safety.
» -:—
Hindoo. July 16—Robert B'crnlhai,
a ifemW*,! German spy was exeent
ed hr Britili' military .author
ities this morning. The evidence
I" dncCd by the government during
his trial has ogmied the eye - of ih*
Britx»h to the sreje of the Gryma-i
yy evil'
— ♦
Jtineaa. July 16—The Territorial
law allowing municipalities to levy »
tax on itinerant merchant* or ped
Wcm becomes effective Jnly 21. Th*
Juneau Common Council will an
ordinance in favor of the local mi
chant* as soon as the la* iecome-,
effectir*.
i
- ■VAl ¥kiSF\jJS&<nH
V^.V!? aK-UW*.,v»
Xewt Paspcrron and K. P. Austin
»re. preparing to jfo into the wliupn
Ic.sinew. and for the purpose itra i
w t king changes and imrwovemeifts on |
the buildings* tm the Alaska Pavcers *
dock south of town. '
" -«-- ■ !
The Princess Sophia, will leave for
the south abont seven in the rooming, j
ktr*. X.>4- lYnDsHTWitl b»v a pas ,
srnger north from Seattle on the h .1
turn uip of the Alki. • t ■ 1 < . j
- — ’ U
Pound—One pH-mtantef thtmMe,
iwith initials engraved onr* -outside
Inner rot] at the Miner ‘Office. WL
-»
The Maripoaa and Wr of Seattle,
were in port' at the same tinit this
afternoon. They were’ both sfetdh
isand.
1 s - ' ♦ "• '
lends*. July 1*1—The attack nn
the Allied line* at Yores continues,
without success for the fierntatts.
however. Aeroplane scout* bring news
of hewer reinforcements belftg gath
ered at the rear of Ike (Terman lines
in that region, and ft is believed that
another attempt to reach Palais Is
planned. The ftritish army is In ex-,
cel lent condition to repel such an at
tack. they being anxious to fry I lie
forward Htternpf* fhemseTvee.
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Seattle. July Ifc-t’ol Sleidier, edi
t«w of le-li-1 % tt'rklr, no" in this
city on his way to Southwestern Alas
ka. speaks very optiWtsticly of Alas
-ka. lte gives it as lift opinion that
the next KepeMician National Pon
rentien platform Avilf contain a con
structive plank" mlling for the 111 ore
energetic dei-eloj>rp.ent of Alaska, anti
that the Territory will enter largely
into the next rampulgn issues.
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What will probably W the first “1
many mining deals Tn this T<jgii>i
in the near future was <>on<ummnte<l
today, when M. J. Bnggu purchased
the interest of A. A. Wakefield ami
! lec McWilliams' in the Gobi Siggct
I raining elaims. this side of Mountain
Point, about five miles sonth-citst •«
town. The claims are situated no. tide
[ wafer amt easily «ttf«ihlp. a u*l ha VC
[ eorsiderable promise' in the free
j line. Mr. Iiu»;c in the ecnr future
plans to put a, crew- of. nic^.to work
to develop the-property' amT thus find
6Ut ff hi« *^-4 luluto nr*
there is correct. While talking to
the Miner Man today be gave it a*
his opinion fhtrt in the immediate vic
| inity of Ketchikan there are many
f '’respects that have promise of worth.
| The trouble according i.. Sim is tiiai
.the average man would rather go
| far away to look .for. -ifjze!Iijiur than
prove that which Is near at hand.
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Berlin. July 16—Ihp General Staff
bulletined this morning that the drive
on Warsaw by way of Przasnvsz is
•making the sebedu!‘ed*beodvay. The
I Mirssians are massing heavy columns
| "f fr-vjrs along the line of march. W
1 th» stifierior gunnery of the Teutonic
artillery prevents their fffeetiyeness*
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IhtvfSj, Jutr 16—Wor«l caoic fr^nr
A Miens that iinafttini in the employ
of the Yomik Turk* Lave Ite^n jrre*t
J ♦*«! there on the eharge of plotting the
■ of Former .Prcrpier
Venizefte. The latter it wifi »?e re
5 w^rabertil, temlere*! his resignation a*
\ head of the government to the King
; when the latter went on reeor«l as bfiQg;
opposed to Oreeee entering .the* present
eon filet on the «tac of the * Allies.
Sine** then Veniftlo^ tins l ecu ba?*I at
work sorklng op the sympathy of the
flreek* 17, favor of the Allies as at
iramst Turkey, ami apparently he b»
rtwtinj wish eonsiderablc sneocss or
*bt* Tofts would not pay any heed to
him,
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Copenhagen, July lS—Tisbermeu
from the Baltic report an. engagement
lietWefea Russian warships ami a Ger
man submarine. The latter vessel,
which is said to have be"n the UdiA,
one of the latest type, was sunk bj
the concentrated fire of tie Kusaia*
vfeMe&c
Beattln. July 16—The 8j»okape sail
"I from this port for the...North Wed
nesday evening She had up . p«».
•engers for Ketchikan, The Jeffer
son sailed last night. She has Ut
•>f?e firs* 'la«* Ketchikan passenger,
S. S. N ciil, ar/d three steerage. The
Mfemrn ha« 18© ’round trip,.er»,OB
board, seeking 'their first, view of
Alaska.
--
Beattie, July U
or In the market her/- Uxlsy. thaw
ever lefore j„ rfu l,is£,ry...of fur
trt^JbA in‘*ns*r,r nf jt«s state. Ji*,
If.©On ponrnjs Imre been received j„
the past 49 hours, which sold for
cigfct and one-rpiarter emits per pc^yl
--i*
Boj-s salt,, ageg .1 t© J3, years oU
'Li! ! *ff a» Field *
retrriif-- from tuiness sale, adv,
• ; -»q ■>. 'JSC hift a;.*
I -
l iiiii m—w»i«wr ~
j n "ttaS"ObJFSt''
-rvv'. vet -*■ > Aa.a>> 4(t
During ths-futat -twelve hours three !
fifl- beats have, boon port. Tlu\v warn i
the Comet- up from the Soumi, \vhte’. i
wilt fish out of Ketchikan ^ in the j
future for .the .San ,tn»o Kiijh <om- !
jaany: th^ Idalio. Cuj>t Quinn, with ;
'A'.ilPO pouuds of halibut board ;
on her why to brittle, ami the strain ;
or New’ Knjjjand with ITo.fWI pen mis
whirh she \vttf ^Jsehnrge' at Vancouv
*'r- ijr y * ya - 1 . C
Sun Guvot, Fischer Bros, repre
wstatiiv in this' Teidon, :IS a local,
visitor. 1 •••-': ’
JOINS OLEK TN JtTNEXU
Mu.' Glea: O. '’•'o'-H ahd family,
left on the X-o^t —tern' lasf night '
for hot new ■ To ftMii. (Hen
rdrnned t' come <?«• -n'to 'inert1 the.
family, htf Foj^TT-" “ihself so busy
Uar**Srf'Wt t* job at the
head of the TtUMi-' r Hotel, Jnnean,
-of which he is aow.the manager.
I - --_i'4-rr“r'
SEATTIeE T/.USS FISH
j- .; b- ' ' ■' ' -j
The steamer'Cit ? Seattle which j
: arrived from the-' Si#th rritWay j
sfterneon. loaded' on '♦,962 eases of
satnma at the l*ttre' Fbod CanUery.
•Tuts gsO* her -over 'twelve thousand
eases' Of ftsh at board?5 as she "had
loaded alWffT tlffle thousand eases at
;h*-3Fnnte» Bier anil fcrvrk TnVet can
neries.
h' ; * , *■ »* "ss" v 'i; i
I folisgrail, Jnfy,'li—A great hnttle
| is iliiniinent in the Masurian lake
; region. The Knorina, tine, extending
i troai Couriasd en the Gulf of Riga
to the-. Viatel* has oreetod strong
; tinns and is prepared to resist the
j German drive which is being develop
eftr, _ Timing the ‘pasi-’twh day* the
German offensive from tlie north
j has befn reinforced liy at- least one
! hundred and fifty thousand new
troops, nnd apparently the attempt
will (re made to reach Warsaw from
the direction of East Pnltwia. Novo
Georgielvsk, one 1 of. the' stlriftgcri
fnrtre-sse* in Poliiml, trill have to !>e
- captured hefnie^the- "VSy to War-.
j '-iw is ope* Ah - the ItfiVuii ‘ fiivadct*,
hat that platS is situated at the point
| where the rath-nod'from Danr.ig via
: Ml vs eronses the .Vistula.- The Ros
, aian infantry. line, j* »on»k distance
> noith ft Soto Guorgiewsk and has
I livid fast for the past five months.
This move on the. part of the Ger
mans, ht nn indication, that there is
npgoicumr. ii*Me~~ hop* of reaching
Warsaw from th* south, in spite of
the va>t~ nmtUetttrf Austrians avail
able. The entire fighting foree in
the north is Biade up-of Germans, and
able fighters they have proved them
selves to die.
London, July l?j_Th*raffiei*l find
iugs- of the- board of examiners - in
the I.iifntatMn-.'ease- were UHidn ptildie
last night* -ThrW givv"tJie cause of
the sinking of the vessel as the ex
plosion* of r torpedo or torpedoes fir
-etl-bf a aulnnariae belonging to "the
.German government. Tltr finding of
1 the board sit aches ho blume -fil the
i-usitnnia 'g captain. The verdict in
that it esnaeintcH . the' eaplarn from
all blame -liapleases * American* in
till* country, who luivp Alt alnhg liOen
of <the opinion that-'be- -vas pnrfisMv
to blame in that- h* Milcd a straight
coarse, instead of rig -nag. >
--r-A
Ward from the north lias been re
wived by the "different government
offices, interested, stating that forest
fires were raging, in the northern part
of the First Division. Around .Innenh
*n.l from there to- Skagwav, the
weather At* lawn very dry. during
the* past three or -four wofeks. and the
oyer present cureless eami«*r has
started firO* inr half a doze* or mofe
places. Th* worst One is on the :Mst
side -of Lynn Canal .across from
Uair.e*. Others arc on .tW Haitie*
shle of .the canal, and still more are
*nt Douglas and Admiralty Islands
1’irty Jenkins laat eight -reported n
, On- on Gravina near the north end of
the Island, it is aot thought, how
ever, that there is any.fire daager-ik
this region- as- -the momr. etc- is no*
dry »s yot. Still it would be well;
for those ia the woods and -along the
beoches to be ekreful in, seeing to,
' it that their fires are absolutely ex-]
J iipgnnhed before leaving camps.
| , r i i,i A «*
San .Branciw-Oj Jeiy 17-«*.The faro
Liberty. - Hell arrived '-from the
upper Pacific (,'oask town* • this morn
iog sad will be iastuMod ia the Pcn
nsy-itmaia building ft was viewed b.*'
Urasands as |t vat being taken tn
the Exposition -grounds v
- —',*» ’T.;—
Heflin, duly 17--George Hpeets, on!
American represfentatiu# the , I'nited |
Sits»t«u fjnppiv .TrtiMt, who bps been !
in. Germany fyr some time supposedly
■ a -the inrc»e*t* of ,the Trust, was *y- j
icried la«t uiglit- by the n:Hilary 1
• iuthorilig*. jyo Reason wsm divulged!
as to the eacsk .of She arrest.
. '■ *—r?-*—•—
Job printing at tW Miser
MMMKVV DAJMT.
t-TAa-wr; »•■• r.
HAS UMR OF PASSENGERS
The Siiekmie; with pructicilUy her
limit cif passengers made port this
morning. She hail tons tif ftMght
. , .“ . • . i ' .1
for till* port, hut, no passengers.
Of the 15t passengers she had mi
hoard 128 were touiiats. Mrs. John
MelainghHar boarded The vessel here
for lladloy, while W. G. Weigle,
Martin E, Robinson, H. M. Sawyer
and S.i A. Pinmtay went -to ‘ Janeait.
„ ♦ ■.
HEW MOTOR aat <
■••W ELECTRIC LAUNDRY
i*i' - -■ -•! -t y • i
The Rloetiie 1 Laundry, which had
boon runntag the Riwator pwrt of its
machinery -by - sterrm power, modem-'
i*e,Y‘tW i«hr HBs Week byYbnAaliiug
an electric motor to take the place
lif the* steam;' This brings the plnpt'
right »p to the minute.
■ •.■■■! A ■ I ‘
CAN OFFICIAL' EXPECTED
. dn - igX--—■— *
P, P. Kendall northwest manager
for the Ameri«itt Onn eom'|WWy, with'
headquarters at Portland, is expected
«qi on a* early'booh- He will make
the rounds of the canneries in this re
gion on board ttft* fatten.
je*? *
EMIL IS IMPROVING
Word ig received from-'the south
according to Wat. Senior, that Emil
i-rrson, anperintendent of tlio Rose
Inlet nunnery is ' muoh improved in
health. He vras compelled to leave
for tlie 8tat«Sj several weeks ago oh
account of ill-health and . the ' nbws
that lie is improving will be welcome
to 1AT many' AiiMlasn frioitffc.
■ , ... ■».
Washington, July 17—A story is
in citeulnfion hen' to the effect' that
Henry Graves, the head Of the For
estry Rnroau, who phitts in make n
tour of the Alaska costal region be
ing now on his way fo the Pacific
t oast- is making the trip-for politi
cal par|e'se*. Knnior has it* that the
purpose of his trip is to gather data
to be usett Untie HfHijiaign against
s,*,*retort Tdrae V" pWrt tr?>'pTm,e the
(different branches of the government
I ureans. etc., under one head or rom
I mission. As this would reSulf irr the
r-routml of the Alaskan forest pushing
1 out of tM hands t»f the FoVest Hervj
t lee,* the fcitter is said to be preparing
i to fight it With every available
weapon.
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Geneva, July 17—Persistent' rumors
■ cross the line from Essen into Switis*
j erland stating {hat the employees of
rthe Krnpp eantion factories life
I threatening t0 strike oWitrg io th«
I low Wages ' They receive and The ex
| enssive cost of living owing to war
i conditions. As over 20,000 men are
now employed at 'the works
practically rtR*’of whom are said to
be affected by 'the movement, “ the
I sitnation is a serienS one.
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| Hen tile. Jnl v 17-—Pending a Survey
the sailing of the steamer ' Mariposa
frntn tlii* port lffls 1>een posPpone>T un
til the forenoon of the twentieth.
There is 'eVery probability that she
will have to go info drydoek for re
pairs, so the likelihood is her' ^tiling
i will again be deferred.
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Washington, July 4i—Tho'- goverti
nient- 'nrmroiiires th&f their w-ehi' no
Amcrii-am or Eliropeans on the Mex
ican train wrecked bv the bomb Ye
••ssitly ' near- -ApirAeo, Mexico. It isf
sab! to • have been loaded with Mex
ican soldiers, the greater' number* df
"liom were killed. *'!
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'Columbus, Jniilv I7d—The flood "eon
illtions arc reported fb be mueli lin-.
proved throughout centra! Ohio faddy,
the vMtefg lmvivrg* generally recorded.
The thousands itf residents tjf the
flooded regiok, driteit from their
homes by the high water; are proper
ing to retiftn. TKelr Toss' ln tlio ag
gregate will be heavy.
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Last - night’s pMdiictiotr of the
“ pinafore*’ if anything exceeded
thsrt of Thursday’ evening. Every
member of the coirjpany had appttk
eutly gotten over" what nervousness
they . might hare hail on the firlrt
prodnetlbn. and'' worked body arid
sou! to nee to it-that the second pro
show was its good ms ibo "first, ‘and!
nior* tbsir stiecdeded. One [dr.want
feature of the Show Was the presenta
tion -to Mr. Robinson lip th#'mem
bers at tbs show of-a aavenirin*
coin mem am lion of hi* ftnt vieit to
K <-tehik.i*. ;
He left -for Juneau, on this, tuoru
ing *s Hpokane, whcfo -{if qJajiw to put
on an opera, ,,*. .
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Alow York, July 17- The. British
steamer OtdilUa from Liverpool, nr»,
rived* ia thL, porf .knit night, ifm,
captaia reports, that,ids vessel was at*
tackwl , by a Gorman Miljmariiie oil(
ttyi Jrish coast, which fading ta - get j
close onough t* thf whip to torpodo,,
)u«r, fluid Hi* shoU; at lie* from its (
•hu-k gnn, none of which fortunat*Iy ,
took effect. ,__
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According to • letter received in
this morning's mail, Mrs. Johns, form
erly In the millinery business in
this cityi passed away of consumption
at Port Townsend, the beginning of
the week. Her children, Ruth, Gladys
and Frank were with her at the time
of her death.
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JUNENUIXES GO XO THE
FORTMANN HATCHERY
A party* of J»l»cauitek, hooded by
Hf-'O Russell and wife of the Jdm-f u
Dispatch, arrived in town -fhfis tnorti
ing ou the1 Dolphin tuol left for !<<lr
ing this nfteruffo.' They- plan goi^g
to tkk Farbiraum 'Hnteirery, where they
will visit for a week or so.
A LONG TRIP FOR ®UB SALMON
; Under a label railing it the ‘Three
■Crown Brand’' a thonsand eases of
the Pure Food Cannery's red wtliiujn
will go-to Valparaiso. Chille. It Is
J'l'ing packed for Bosa Y. Cfia, distrib
utors for Chile, and will be started
ns sows as tire ’requisite number of
cases hkvo been secured.
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DOLPHIN SOUTHBOUND
About ten this morning the Du)
plii'n made port on her way south, with
a cafgo of salmon on board. Among
the passengers boarding her hero wore
Mrs. Iry Kelly and child of Kasan*, ,
on their way to the Sound for a visit.
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Washington; July 17—German 1 Anj
liMssndOf vonBarnstorff was in "eof
1 fence ' with Secretary of State ‘Lan
sing. the greater part of yesterday
‘afternoon. It is of course taken for
1 granted that the German reply’ to thje
[ Wilson note was the topie under dis
[ Mission.
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New York, July 17—The.stoek mark
et remains active in spite of the hot
Wave, which is making general bus
iness droop. Yesterday’s quotations
on Alaska Gold were 3C; Amalgamat
ed Copper 73 7-8; t’tiih Copper (57j;
Steel, Common. 05; Westiughoust
Fleet rh-. common, 13 5-8.
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AtlnViHc City!' July 17-—Instead of
going to Pittsburg as generally- ex
pected, Harry K. Thaw arrived lierp
last nighf to spend the week-end with
Friends before going home!
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Seattle, July 17—Four large schools
eVs ’-arrived in ‘this pdrt during the
juist twelve hours bringing 153.000
"pounds of halibut. The price of fisli
immediately dropped to seven and
one-half, and the probabilities arc it
will go still lower as a great deal o|
fisli is said to be enroute to 'Seattle!
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Seattle, July 17—The Adpiiral Wat*
Son sfiled for the north at niue-thittyi
last night. Her passengers for Ket
chikan includes K. S. llusSel and onu
steerage. ‘She will an-ive in Ketchi-i
knn Monday uiorning.
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MARIPOSA GOES SOUTH
Br — . i
The Mariposa got away for th«
sonth about six-thirty last night, but!
was forced to anchor at Mary Island'
on account of fog, and was .re
ported by the Spokane and bes
patch as malting good time cross-'
uig Dixons Jmtrance this morning.
An examination was made of horj
hull here in port la^t night and the:
discovery ma<le that the injuries she1
had received in the grounding yes
terday were very slight. I
^iovlu.ti ^drawing mrd
liming waMern’ tourists ouiy second
to the orpontt**# at 8»« OTwiclsco ”
said K. O. MeMiekeu, geaeral passen
ger agent of the North Pacific Steam
ship company, qf Sou Francisco.
“ About the first question the aver
age Fust emeu asks on his arrival in
Situ Franidseo is the distance and the
junto And tlie time it- trill toke for
the Northern trip. Judging by the •
number of "thesp inquiries that have
emn«P ♦<* 'me pSfc^Stfjt, Belittle will
see a great Tunny tourists this sum
mer bound North on sight-seeing
trips tvi Alaska*”
llquaili for .('hieagof, ■ HoutheAsIeru
Alaska, tlie launch Glbcagof, Recently
completed at the IIoath yards at Ox
Uiw. left Seattle » week ago. The
.vessel’ went, north in oliargo of Capt.
('. p; McCarthy ahd a crow of six
mew. She has a cargo of ten tons of
dynamite for the .Ghicugof mine. Tlio
fv.con Chieagof and Juneau carrying
Alining company and wiH ply ’ be
twet'll Ghicagof and Juneau carrying
supplies and gold, bullion. The ves
sel is sixty-fivo fCot long and four
teen foot beam. s •
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,’LVo brown beam that are known to
bo roaming' on Amok islnnd'are now
being hunted to deiuh before the
Murphy sheep nte tnrncd loose. Mr.
Murphy 'went wOst on ’*hfe‘ of the
reeent boats to start a sheep and cat
tle ranch on the island. Just before
ho got there n brown beur on dlior
cubs wore killed; but the.'two others
still on,, the ilsand.; arc aonsiderod
a •• mqaacen—Seward Gateway.
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Hobert W. Service, the well known
Yukon writer, who W*t the territory
three years ago,- sitfett which’ he Stav
ed as a correspondent ill the Balkan
wnr and Jben -went toPArts and mar
ried a French girt' mid settled down
there tq write, has given up .the grind
.of . making copy and gone to the front.
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Albert Berton Peterson, 36 years
old* light complexion, blue eyes, fl
feet tali, medium light hair; small
fjnger of deft hand out off at the
root of the nail,i'ensue to Alaska. In
1908. If yon know anything about
•tdmr ■write- to' his worried mother.
Airs. Henry >T. Wilcox, Harbor
Springs, Michigan.
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An interesting feature of the Hew
license by law passed June 29th by
the Prince Bn pert council was that
wherein it was 'ordaiAcd banks shall
pay mil annual license Of 'each.
Aa there are five banks- there it will
incrense tlie1 city’s revenue materially.
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An iitvestift'ation of the reported
opidehiifc of diphtheria among Hie
natives at Tousdtfa reveals that one
native had died, probably frompto
maine poison, and another Was sick
and suffering from tubercular throat.
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The government jail at ‘Petersburg
! has been strengthened and repaired
for the fall trade_Ex. ;
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Albert Pearce, an employe of the
I government, was drowned at Eagle
fitter, ' nCh'r AiJckdrnge, two weeks
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Seven angora goats were landed at
Haines on tell last trip,.of th(j Bum
bdfdt anil ivcre taken to Khikwau. to
See if they prove a success.
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.1 lie lion..Jolin^lePhe^spn, secretary
of the Seattle, (Jhayiber o^ Conya^fce
up tlie tiwn of _ Pcter^urg
w itli a promise to return in Adjust.
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