FROM FRIDAY’S DAILY
VISITORS FROM NEW ENGLAND
Miss Alice Bryant, a com^* 0f
Willis Bryant, a resid;Spencer,
AWfc-JWSSfiWJflfmcd by her aunt, MisB
Clapp, arrived up on tho Jefferson
this morning for a short visit at the
Bryant residence. The two ladies
plan to take the round trip to Skag
way and Sitka at the conclusion of
their visit hero. Miss Bryant Is one
of the instructors at the Hampton
Institute, Hampton, Virginia.
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MIKE MUCH IMPROVED
Looking much improved in health,
M. E. Martin returned home on the
Jefferson this morning, after several
weeks spent in Seattle at the Prov
idence Hospital. He has been busily
engaged today shaking hands with
his hosts of friends.
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AN ENJOYABLE RECITAL
Masonic Hall was prettily decorat
ed last night when pupils of Mrs. A.
R. MacDonald’s classes on the piano
forte appeared in recital. Those tak
ing part were Dorothy Michencr,
Perie Spaeth, Mary Gilmore, Louise
Hausen, Luciie Michener, Margit Sul
ly, Margaret Dobbs. Ollie Pittcnger,
Margaret Bryaut, and Benny Hansen,
and they ull did well. Theo. Brown
rendered two vocal solos in a very
creditablo manner.
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A GREAT BIG CARGO
The steamer Paraiso had a cargo on
board last night when she left for
the south that may be considered rep
resentative of the industries of this
part of Alaska, It consisted of the
following: 12 tierces of mild cured
salmon shipped by the Diamond T
Packing company of this place; 110
tierces from outside ports; 15,710 cas
es of salmon from Rose Inlet, Kar
heen, Punter Bay. Hawke Inlet and
Cape Edwards canneries; 2,000 sacks
of fish meal from the Canners By
Products plant at Wards Cove; 300
tons of ore from Sulzer; 1,000 sacks
herring scrap from Killisnoo; 325
sacks of concentrates from the Eagle
River mine; 160 tons of marblo front
Tokeen ,and after leaving here was
' to call in at Nakat Inlet cannery for
2,000 cases more salmon.
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WILL PAINT AND BRIGHTEN UP
Manuel Diaz, propictor of the Sted
man Cafe, is making preparations to
give the cafe a general overhauling.
For this purpose the cafe will be
moved over to the east side of the
building, and the room now occu
pied will be thoroughly overhauled.
That popular eating place is doing
a good business of late, which is
rca.y meritis.
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SPOKANE IN PROM SOUTH
With over 150 passengers on board
the ttpokane made port yesterday af
ternoon about four-thirty. She ha.l
no passengers for this port. Her
local cargo consisted of about thirty
tons, and she got away for the north
about six o ’clock after discharging
same. Six passengers boarded her
here, including Dona Muscth, a sister
of Mrs. Jack Davies.
JEFF MAKES GOOD TIME
After a fast trip up considering
fog conditions, the Jefferson made
port about nine this morning. She
had a big crowd of passengers, among
whom were the following for Ketchi
kan: Mrs. A. Webber, L. W. Hag
man, M. E. Martin, E. Beyer, F. Has
land, Miss Alace Clapp, Miss Alice
Bryant and J. C. Black. She had 20
tons of freight for Ketchikan, and
got away for the north about ten
thirty. Nine passengers went north
on her from Ketchikan, including Ed.
C. i ::ssrll and party who have been
spending tin ir vacations at the Fort
mann Hatchery.
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PHIL IS HOME AGAIN
Among the arrivals on the Dol
phin this morning was Phil McQuillan
of t'm Cal ie office force, who return
ed from the north. lie had been up
to Haines to re-enlist in the service,
so lie is as und of a steady job for
the next three years. He look in all
the points i interest while away, in
cluding Sil! ’.
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Jsnrn is appointment
D B. (.. My rs was in receipt of
n r .firnt i" i from Gov. Strong this
morning t' * he lad been appointed
a member of tii ViagPa Hoard of
Mr :1 1 iminers. He succeeds Dr.
J. Tj. II is, who resigned recently
owii.i- to i lie fnet that he planned to
be it .:iv 1 or a year. Dr. It. I,. Myers
in t m w.:y becomes Ketchikan’s rep
ress .t.itive on the Board.
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Job prilling at tbe Miser,
FROM FRIDAY’S RAILY
BIO LOAD OF SALMON
With probably the biggest load of
“Humpies” over sent around Cape
Chacon, the Senator got away for
Hunters Bay this morning Supt. Do
Guildre having gotten the fish from
one of the Loring floating traps. The
latter traps are now doing great work
catching more fish than the big Lor
ing cannery enn take care of. Capt.
DcGuildrc expects the run of fish will
be strong enough on the West Const
by Sunday to keep the ca laerlcs In
that region in operation from then on.
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HALIBUT BOATS IN PORT
The halibut schooner Helgoland
took on 21 tons of ice at the Ketchi
kan Cold Storage and sailed for the
banks this morning.
The Myra came in from Priuce
Rupert this morning whore she had
sold her catch of 11.000 pounds of
halibut at four cents.
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Ossining, July 30—Lieut. Becker
died in the electric chair this morn
ing at 5:45, Governor Whitman hav
ing refused to interfere. The con
demned man met death calmly, pro
testing his innocense. After he was
strapped in the chair and the elec
trodes were placed in position he be
gan chanting that part of the Cath
olic Church Ritual beseeching mercy,
“have mercy on us,” being on his
lips when the first shock was sent
through his body. He left a note
forgiving everybody, and thanking
God for the privilege of having lived
with the purest and noblest woman
who ever breathed, his wife. The
latter remained with the doomed man
until ono o’clock this morning, both
standing the parting splendidly. It
was expected that Becker would leave
some kind of a confession or state
ment of those associated with him
in the crime for which he has just
paid the penalty, but lie did nothing
of the sort as far as is known.
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London, July 30—Advices from
Warsaw state that a decision has
been arrived at to evacuate that city
at once. It is expected that the or
der to that effect will be issued this
evening, anil by morning, all that will
l.o left of the once proud city will be
smoking ruins for the German con
queror to take possession of. The
Germans have so many troops and are
so thoroughly equipped that further
insistence is out of the question,
the great problem now confronting
t'.ie Russian commanders being to save
as many of his regiments as possible.
Many of the important buildings i ve
1 een dynamited, and all the bridges
loading into the city will be blown
up. Dozens of German aeroplanes arc
said to be hovering over the plnce,
I at they' have ceased to drop bombs,
contenting themselves with watching
the preparations of the Russians to
retire.
Petrograd, July 30—The Russian
council of war assembled here yester
day has decided that further attempts
at resistance at Warsaw would be
foolishness. It is reported that the
Russians plan to entirely denude the
coyntry by fire of everything that
might prove of value to the invaders.
The probabilities are the Russian
armies will fall back to the line of
fortresses on the border of Poland
a ml Russia.
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Seattle. July 30—The fishing steam
er Chicago returned to this port for
repairs occasioned by her striking a
rock off Race Point, Seymour Mar
rows. A dense fog was on at the
t ime. She is badly damaged and it
is estimated that it will cost at
least ten thousand dollars to make re
pairs.
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Chicago, duly 30—Ten additional
indicitments are expected in the East
land case today. The captain an.I
ch.ef engineer of the ship are now
held in prison wi nit bail. General
Manager Greenbaum of the company
operating the Eastland was releas
ed on $20,000 bail. Secretary of
Commerce Kcdfiehl has been asked
to appear before Ferednl Grand
Jury now in session here to explain
certain criticisms which have been
made by witnesses concerning the In
speetiou of steamers.
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Seattle, July 30—After a slow trip '
down on account of heavy fog, the
steamer Admiral Evans arrived in
port last night and the expectations
are that she will get away for the
north some time tonight. The North
western arrived this morning but will
not sail until Sunday morning,
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Phoenix, Arix., duly 30- -Five Mex
ican raiders doomed to hang today
on charges of raiding and murder,
were reprieved today on a writ of
habeas corpus from the United States
Court.
Job printing at the Miner
FROM FRIDAY’S RAILY
Tokio, July 30—The entire cabinet
of Japan headed by Marquis Kurodu
resigned yesterday. This will precip
itate agreat political conflict as
the Constitutionals of Seiyukal party
which for years has had a working
majority under S. Oku, is now con
fronted by defeat. There is every
probability that the Kokuminto party
will obtain control.
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Poughkeepsie, July 30—Mrs Decker
made a last visit to Governor Whit
man last night, before she went to
Ossining, trying to persuade that of
ficial to commute Becker’s death pen
alty to imprisonment for life. The
Governor was very considerate of
her, but told her that lie could not
consistently interfere In the case, and
the penalty must be paid.
New York, July 30—On returning
from Ossining this morning. Mrs.
Becker made the statement to news
paper representatives that she was
satisfied of the innocence of her hus
band. She did not want to be under
stood as considering him a saint, but
she said he was no foul murderer.
Mrs. Rosenthal], when told of the
electrocution of Lieut. Becker, said
that she now felt that the murder of
her husband had been attoned for.
It is expected that the Becker
body will be brought to this city for
interment, Monday.
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Seattle, July 30—74,000 pounds of
halibut was sold on the fish exchange
this morning. The top price paid
was five and one-half cents.
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Washington, July 30—Word was re
ceived here that a Committee on
Public Safety luis been created at
Port an Prince, which took over tint
arrairs of that place and is now con
ducting same. Since the murder of
President Guilluame no other unlaw
fill acts of any mention has occur
red and the hope is entertained here
that peace will once more prevail.
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LIGHT BRIGADE CHARGE
IS ALMOST DUPLICATED
Gottengen, Germany,—Late in Febr
nary the Fifth Royals, one of the
eraek Canadian regiments, eleven
hundred strong ieft Montreal on
route to England an I the great Ku
ropear war. Less than four months
later, after weeks in the trenches at
Ypros, only thirty-seven of tlic-n
eleven hundred men are known to be
alive and they arc prisoners In the
great military camp here.
Overpowered by the gasses wafted
toward their positions, destroyed by
colored troops supposed to come to
their support, all but decimated bv
Hie deadly German fire, the little
band of four non-commissioned offic
ers and 33 privates was easy prey.
Before they regained consciousness
they were in captivity.
GOOD PROMISE FOR FUTURE
'I his mo.-uing, at one time there
were five scows loads of fish,and
two barge- on their way to nearby
mining properties for ore. in sight
at one time tloin *ho local waterfront.
Probably nowhere else on earth could
one get such a sight and think what it
means to the poop!) of this region.
Fish is plentiful, and the promise is
that the price of canned salmon is
going to be good this season. Min
ing is wakening up at last. Hero a
property and there a propt rty on
which work is being done, and if the
price of copper stays up they will,
many of them, join the ranks o£ the
producers within the next six months.
Yot for many a day have Ketchikan’s
respects been 1 otter or brighter than
now.
VICTORIA CROSS HAS
INTERESTING HISTORY
In almost every paper notices of
awards of tile Victoria Cross to some
member of England’s army or navy,
and many a new name has been added
I i the long list of those commended
‘‘for Valor” by the British govern
ment. The decoration was, of course,
named after England’s beloved Queen
ii'toria, and mneli consideration was
ivon to the selection of a suitable
mime and a suitable abbreviation of
that name.
The idea of the Victoria Cross or
iginally suggested itself to one of the
most unpopular of our secretaries of
-late for war, and first to hold that
dually thankless office, Henry Pel
.. Clinton, fifth Duke of Newcastle.
It was in January, 1805, that the
duke wrote to the prince consort sug
gesting the decoration, but the time
a specimen was reailv for submission
!> the Queen Lord Penmure was at
'lie war office, and it was to him that
her Majesty suggested the substitu
tion of the words ‘‘For Valor” for
I he original motto, ‘‘For the Brave,”
■i the latter might lead people to in
fer that none was brave in her army
ind navy save the wearers on the
■toria Cross,
FROM SATURDAY’S DAILY
MORE CHANGES AT RE VILLA
Charles E. Ingersoll, propietor of
the Hevilla, has another attack of
improvements on for the Hotel. This
time lie is having additional bath
rooms built, and will install privnt
phones in all the rooms with con
nections with the local telephone
system. Besides these interior im
provements, an oil burner will be In
stalled.
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SOPHIA SAILS SOUTH
The Princess Sophia, of the Can
adian Pacific fleet, arrived down
from the north at an early hour this
morning and sailed a couple of hours
or so later. Her • assengers from
Kotchikan were Cur' ’ . Sutter, presi
dent of the Fidal -t stand Packing
Co., E. W. Currier .m wife, and 11.
N. Whitford. The l';rst three .for
Seattle, the last fo: pert.
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Port nil Prince, 1!- ii, July 31 —
T o Americans sear -i were shot by
Haytian snipers in |he outskirts of
this city last nigh! ' on a force of
American marines -mi bluejackets
were landed. Four 1 Tins were shot
and killed by the ].■ i Tig force. The
diad Americans arc W illiam Gompers.
a nephew of Samuel Gompers head of
ti" American Federation of Labor;
and Cason Whitehurst. Both boys
w re in the landing party and pressed
forward without cover in contempt
of the marksmanship of the snipers.
Their assailants were both killed.
Vienna, July 31—A detachment of
Austrian cavalry entered the Polish
city of Lublin yesterday. This is an
important railroad center about nine
ty-five miles southeast of Warsaw.
While there word of the fall of (he
bitter place reached them, and they
I rcssed forward toward that city in
the hope of cutting off stragglers.
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Petrograd, July 31—The evacuation
of Warsaw is announced. Before
leaving, all the industries which
might be of any use to the Russians
were dismantled and their shops and
machinery destroyed. The place is
burning in a dozen or more places,
and no attempt is being made by the
inhabitants of the place to extinguish
same. The retreat is being conduct
ed in an orderly manner, a strong
rear guard being maintained. No guns
or nnunuition which could be of any
use to- the Germans wert left be
hind, so the victory is an empty one.
It was with regret that the Russians
destroyed the bridges and beautiful
buildings of the old Polish capital,
which now, once again falls into the
hands of an enemy.
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Lo'ndon, July 31—The British steam
or lnerian, belonging to the Levland
line, plying between Liverpool and
New York, was sunk by the shell fire
of a German submarine Thursday.
The incident occurred off the coast
of Ireland, anil five of the Rennicrv_on
loard the vessel were killed by the
exploding shells, as the steamer was
trying to escape. Two ethers of
those on board, one of them being an
American mulctender, died of expos
ure while in the lifeboats. The bal
ance of the crew, (il in number, land
ed in safety.
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Philadelphia, July 31—The battle
ip Connecticut, with five hundred
marines on board, lias been dispatch
ed to Port an Prince with instructions
to occupy the place. The soldier
sailors are especially outfitted for a
long stay, and the probabilities are
will remain until the republic is
pacified.
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Chicago, July 31—Several of the
papers of this city this morning tool,
the government investigators to tack
for their work in the Eastland in
i|ii iry on the ground that they arc
too slack. The papers and the pot pie
of the city in general demand that
the matter lie sifted dmvi: to the bot
tom, and the guilty parties, no mat
ter what may be their position in
society, punished. One of the papers
made the charge that the captain and
engineer of the ship were not to
blame, as they were only obeying or
ders. The responsible party the
charge states is the man who ordered
I he vessel in, knowing that she'would
have to discharge all her ballast to
get into the river.
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Geneva, July 31—The aviators of
the German army report that the last
of the Kussinn army is out of War
saw-. The long lines of tin d soldiers
are now pressing- east, with the Ger
mans sending out their cavalry de
tachments in the attempt to cut them
off. The Russians are not lacking In
cavalry, however, and many minor
engagements between detachments of
this arm arc almost constant. It is
expected that the formal entrance of
the German army into Warsaw will
occur tomorrow.
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Job printing at tho Miner.
FROM SATURDAY’S DAILY
WALTER G. SHARP APPOINTED
Word was received yesterday con
firming tlio appointment of Walter
G. Sharpe as deputy United States
marshal here in Ketchikan, succeeding
J. II. Davies, resigned. Mr. Sharpe
has been assistant to Mr. Davies for
several months, therefore knows the
routine of the office and will no
doubt make a competent officer.
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Messrs. Drake and Gardner of the
Forest Service returned from Port
land Canal last night, where they
have been for the past couplo of
weeks on work connected with the
service. They report water so high
in the river at Stewart that the foun
dations of the roadhouse at that
place were threatened, and every man
in the town, about forty, was at work
trying to head back the rising water.
Amatoi .lam, July 31—The Americai
steamer Portland from Wilmington,
U. S. A. with a cargo of barley and
I cans, has been seixed by a Gor
man cruiser and taken us a prize in
In Swincnnuule.
Washington, July 31—Tlio govern
ment has instructed Ambassador Ger
ard to take immediate stops to se
cure the release of the Portland with
her cargo. He is also instructed to
notify the German government that
T is country will not tolerate Inter
fcrancc with her merchant marine.
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I According to the Tax Roll, as pre
pared by Assessor Deppc, the total
valuation for taxing purposes of all
property in the town of Ketchikan
this year amounts to $1,103,550.
From this exemptions aggregating
$71,300 arc deducted, leaving a total
to he taxed of $1,032,350.
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Berlin, July 31—Nobody slept in
this city last, night owing to the noise
of the celebration of the capture of
Warsaw. Thousands of Russian pris
oners are reported to have been tak
en had been left behind to face
either death or e | tore, and in so
doing enable tbe rest of the army to
escape. Regret is expressed that the
greater part of the Russian army
should have been allowed to escape
as the hope was that they could be
1 ottlod up and captured, thus break
ing the power of insistence of the
Slavs. It is expected that St. Peters
! urg will be tbe next objective of
the German army. It is generally be
lieved that the Germans now in the
west can hold the Allies in check
I here, enabling the eastern army to
finish its task of completely crushing
the last vistigo of offensive in Rus
sia. If this can be done, tlie latter
country will be forced to its knees,
terms can be made with it, and the
the Austro-Germans will be able to
turn their entire strength against the
western line and against the Italians
in the south.
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Ijondonj July 31—The Russian
evacuation of the two hundred mile
long line in Poland was accomplish
ed successfully Thursday, yesterday
and last night. Comparatively no men
and no munitions that will be of any
use were allowed to fall ito the hands
of the Germans. The task of moving
the immense number of men in the
face of an advancing enemy was no
small one, and whoever is responsible
for its accomplishment is to be con
gratulated. The Russian army has
been forced to fall back, but it is a
long way from being defeated, and
withdrew with its face toward the
foe.. It will maintain its organization,
and be ready to repel the Germans
when it shall have reached its new
line of defense.
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Promptly at noon today the Alki
made port, full to the hatches with
tlio products of this region. Close to
■i score of people boarded her at this
port, among them being Miss Lillian
Patterson and mother. Mrs. E. D.
Evans, O. B. Floberg. Mrs Emma K.
Barr, Mrs. O. Lund, T. Bayou and
wife, J. P. Mullen, B. Briekbuhl,
('has. Williams, Herman Olsen. D.
Vespe, Oscar Johnson, and A. G.
i la well.
With the exception of two uppers
i or women, every berth on board was
occupied, being probably tho first,
time tliis year that any steamer lias
gone out from this port that well
filled. Her cargo consists of IJOO
boxes of frozen halibut from the
Booth cold storage plant at Sitka;
ten thousand cases of salmon from
the Hoonah cannery, 2,000 from the
Wards Cove Cannery and the same
amount from the Georges Tnlet Pack
ing Co.
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Seattle, July .‘11—Imperial Poten
tate Stevens of the Mystic Shriners,
who has just returned from a trip
to Southeastern Alaska is enthusias
tic in his praise of hte trip. Never
before did he see such wonderful
scenery ho states nor meet better j
people than in tho north.
FROM MONDAY'S DAILY
WAS A GREAT PICNIC
Close to a hundred people took
part in the Poeies Picnic yesterday,
and they certainly had some time.
The trip was made down to the beach
near llans Apsch’s trap on a scow
towed by the Dixie. An early stall
home had to bo made owing to a
shower which happened along, but
that didn’t prevent dancing on the
scow, during the return trip.
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WATSON TAKES SALMON
The steamer Admiral Watson arriv
ed down from the Westward today
shortly after noon, with a big crowd
of passengers on board. She was at
Wards Cove the greater part of the
morning loading salmon for tlie can
nery at that place.
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The Redondo, with coal on board
from the south was in Friday night.
She delivered a little over one hun
dred tons of British Columbia coal
at the Alaska Steamship Co. dock.
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What might have been a serious
fire was discovered under the Pure
Pood Cannery between ten and eleven
o’clock Saturday night, and was ex
linnished by the quick work of the
fire boys. Owing to the fact prob
ably that the ashes under the fire
box on foe cannery boiler had not
been kept wot down, such an intense
heat developed that the planking
under the concrete fountntion of the
boiler caught fire and was burning
merrily when discovered by the can
nery watchman. He turned in an
alarm by phone, and the department
was on the ground in mighty short
order. The decking was torn up
both in the cannery and in the alley
separating the cannery from the saw
mill property, and in short order the
fire was drowned out. The damage
done was nominal. Tt is a very for
tunate thing that the fire occurred
when it did. for had it been a mat
ter of two or three hours later when
people were in bed, the probabilities
arc it would have gotten such a head
way that a bad fire would probably
have resulted.
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San Francisco, Aug. 2—During a
thick fog this morning, the Georgian,
one of the newest vessels of the
Ameriean-Hawaiian fleet, piled up on
Duxbury reef at the entrance to San
Francisco Harbor, and is now in a
dangerous position. The sea at pres
ent i3 tranquil, but any little blow
will tend to pound the big freighter
on the reef.
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London, Aug. 2—This country was
agreeably surprised yesterday by the
information that the Russian army is
still in possession of Warsaw. Wheth
er this means that an actual attempt
is being made to hold the place in
the face of the German attack,, or
or whether it is held by a rear guard,
a forlorn hope the mission of which
•a to give the retreating army more
time to withdraw, is unknown here.
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Washington, Aug. 2—A wireless
was received from the officer In com
mand of the American ships now at,
J’ort au Prince, stating that a de
tachment of French marines had been
landed there. With the American
marines landed last Friday, the French
forces are now co-operating in po
licing tlie district around the city.
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Too much dance for the baseball
boys resulted in Kasaan taking home
the bacon yesterday, for they won
the game with a five to three score.
The Kasaan battery was the same as
! lie last time they were over, and lit
tle Jones the pitcher played good
ball, and what is more, the rest of
tlio team gave him good support, so
that the Kasaaners out-played our
fellows in every respect. The Island
ers were proud of their success, ns
they have every reason to be, but
they must bear in mind that the team
they played was only a pickup, with
but few of the “regulars” on the
lineup.
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New York, Aug. 2—The body of
former Lieut. Charles A. Becker of
the New York police, arrived in this
city yesterday and was transferred
to a coffin provided by Mrs. Beck
er. As the necessary arrangements
were being made for the funeral tin
discovery was made that Mrs. Beck
er hail had plates put on the coffin
stating that the deceased had been
murdered b„ Governor Whitman.
When this was discovered, contrana
tion prevailed, and it was only after
a great deal oi persuasion on the part
of members of the police force who
had been associated with the dead
man, that she consented to have them
removed.
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New York, Aug. 2—The stock
market today was very rpiiet, Alaska
Gold selling at 32 7-8; Utah Copper,
(17 3-4; IT. S. Steel, common, (17 1-2;
and Westinghouse, common at 111.
FROM MONDAY'S DAILY
WHERE WAS MARTIN BUDGE
Either Martin Buggo or Jack
ltounsfel missed the opportunity of a
lifetime yesterday evening, when
Eoord’s launch broke down on the
return trip from Loring where Capt.
.1. O', had been fishing. Something
went wrong with a “hicky” in the
reverse gear, and ho had to be towed
in by the Good-Tidings which happen
ed along, but wasn’t it a shame that
either the Sapliire or the M. J. B.
wasn’t there to get even.
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HUMBOLDT ’S AUGUST SCHEDULE
The schedule for the sailing of the
steamer Humboldt for August arriv
ed in the last mail. They state that
the steamer will depart north from
Seattle on the 3rd, 14th, and 24th of
month.
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WAS SOME HOUSE WARMING
Everybody and their aunts were at
the “Housewarming” of Doc. Ma
honey’s pop factory Sunday night.
Never before in Ketchikan was there
a more informal affair, and every
body had a good time, and the music
and punch were “out of sight.”
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S. B. Reynolds, formerly in the
mild cure business in this region,
was a passenger south on the Admiral
today, after experiencing a piece of
hard luck to the Westward. It ap
pears that he had been operating liis'
power boat the Arnold at Anchor
age and July 21, i nsome unaccount
able way, the boat caught fire and
was totally destroyed, the loss amount
ing to close to eleven thousand dol
lars, with comparatively no Insurance.
Mr. Reynolds saved his clothes and
bedding, but nothing else. There was
no fire on board at the time so the
origin of the plaze is shroudel in
mystery.
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Petrograd, Aug. 2—The Russian
Duma assembled today. A message
from the Czar was read to the Duma
promising the Poles autonomy. The
reading of the message was greeted
with cheers, and the spirit of those
present is such that it is apparent
the Russian people have no idea of
giving up the conflict simply because
of the defeats in Poland.
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Berlin, Au. 2—Both German and
Polish papers announce that the Kais
er will proclaim a new independence
for Poland when lie enters Warsaw.
It is expected that the German army
will take formal possession of War
saw within the next day or two.
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AMERICAN SUBMARINES
TO HAVE SEVERE TEST
Washington,—Pour of the newest
submarines of the United States navy
will be sent from San Francisco to
Honolulu during September, in the
longest endurance run by any vessel
of this ty'po in the navy. The dis
tance is 2,200 miles.
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Berlin, .July' 2—Baron von Helffer
ich, chancellor of the German Imper
ial treasury', in a signed statement
in the leading papers of the country
this morning makes the statement
that there is plenty of money In Ger
many to carry on the, war at the
present rate for several years to
come. In addition to this he says
that the British attempt to starve
Germany out has resulted In complete
failure, and that there is now raw
materialfor food and munitions eenough
to last ■ for an indefinate period.
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While engaged in fightiilg the fire
under the Pure Pood Cannery Satur- ■
day night, Lawrence Kubley received
a bad fall. The fire was under the
1 uilding. and as Lawrence was noz
zlemnn, it was up to him to “get out
uid get under,” which lie did. While
standing on one of the cross-pieces,
it broke, dropping him down on to
a pile of old rubbish, cutting him
i adly on the hand and head. After
the fire was rut lie went to Dr.
Myers’ office where the cuts and
■ ruises were dressed, and is around
. ith both hands tied up.
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Valdez, Aug. 2- At a meeting of
the Valdez Hank and Trust company
directors, it was decided yesterday
to suspend the business of the bank.
This was decided on owing to the
fact that the general conditions in
Valdez are so unsatisfactory, and tin
loss of so much property in the re
cent fire. The bank owes depositors
about sixteen thousand dollars, with
assets of about fifty thousand.
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Seattle, Aug. 2—Two hundred and
twenty thousand pounds of halibut
have arrived in Seattle during the
jiast couple of days which was sol -1
this morning at prices ranging from
four cents to four plus 75.
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Tho Weekly Miner $3 per year.