FIRE DESTROYS -
SEATTLE TIMES
Spirit City Paper Visited By Sec
ond Fire In Seven IWonths—
Loss $75,000.00.
Seattle,. Oct. 6—The Seattle
Times building was visited by a
Lire early this morning and the
press and sterotyping rooms were
damaged to the extent of at
least $75,000, and the loss may
be larger. The lire burned for
two hours before1 the firemen were
able to control the flames and im
mense clouds of smoke poured
from the building. The work of
checking the flames required the
use of the entire city lire depart
ment. The lire was confined to
I he basement and the first floor.
Ten llremen were, overcome by
I ho smoke and were carried from
I he burning building by their
comrades and taken to the hos
pital, where they were soon re
vived.
Captain Braun is crcdiled with
haaving saved the lives ol two
thousand people who were crowd
ed near the1 building before the
police lines were established. At
die risk of his life, he crawled
into the burning building, made
his way through the heavy'smolfc
and shut off the big gas main,
which feeds the many linotppes
used by the Times, thus prevent
ing an explosion of gas which
was sure to follow if the vent was I
allowed to remain open.
(Continued on page 4.)
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THEIR CREDITORS
Fairbanks Officials Overtake For
eigners Who Were Sneaking
Out of the Country.
Fairbanks, Oct. 0.—Two Slav
onians a tie nipled to decamp for
the coast, leaving their bills
among the local merchants un
paid. Some of the creditors swore
out warrants for I heir arrest and
a duiputy marshal was sent out
after them to bring them back.
The officer overtook them be
fore they had reached the l>ella
and made I hem come through
with money to satisfy the bills
and lo pay the heavy expense
to which the eredilors had been
pul in -serinring' 'their money.
The men had more. than. SI,1)00
on them and readily paid over the
ufoney to the deputy rather Ilian
lie taken back to face I heir cred
itors.
Nev»York Governor Aeke That
q^sio'h P«}
quest b<n Delayed.
Concord, N. H„ Oct. (i.—Acting
Governor Glynh, of New York, has
requested Governor Felder to de
lay the decision oil th$ request
of the Empire slate1 for tin* ex
tradition of Harry Thaw, whose
exlradifion is being sought by the
-Mattewan authorities.
The request has been grant
ed and pending I he derision Thaw
will remain in the custody of the
United Stales marshal.
NOME IS WRECKED BY TIDAL WAVE;
DAMAGE ESTIMATED AT $1,500,000.00
Front Street and Second Avenue Suffer Most Damage—Many
Small Craft Are Wrecked, Curried High Up the Beach
—Many Injured—Loss of Life Net Reported.
Nome, Oct. 0.—A tidal wave
swept over the first two streets
of this town yesterday, doing
damage estimated at $ 1,500,000
and destroying all the buildings
no Front street and major por
tion on Second avenue.
The wall of water swept across
the town from the ocean without,
a moment’s warning. Almost all
the buildings from B. street to
Session’s lighterage plant were
partly demolished, while Second
avenue buildings did not suffer
as much damage, as the force
of the water had been broken.
The Standard Oil plant, about
a quarter of a mile from the Ses
sions plant, was also damaged,
.but the full extent of the loss
cannot be estimated uiitil a more
careful examination is made.
Many of the people were in
jured and are being eared for
at the Holy Cross Hospital. So
far no. bodies have been found and
II is believed that the loss of life
will not be very heavy.
All the small crafl along the
water front were' carried high up
on the beach and some of them
have been badly wrecked, while
others seem to have suffered no
damage, although the owners will
'be put to much expense to
launch their boats again.
The life saving station on the
beach was badly wrecked.
The Prospector has wired to
Nome for further details.
m PROTEST
10 PRESIDENT
Object to the Prejudice Shown
Japs by Western Cities.
—Want War.
Tokio, Japan, Oct. (>.—Thu
UmlhisLs of this city have sent
a cable message to President
Wilson of the United Stales pro
testing against I he race prejudice
against the brown rare shown by
the people1 of California in the
enactment of |he recenl land laws
and also by the citizens of all the
Pacific coast slates, who refuse
to receive the Japanese upon an
equal folding with the while race.
Progressive leaders of tin1 Low
er House assert that the i|nes
lions between Japan and the Un
ited States can only he solved by
a war between the two countries,
the victor being aide to dictate
terms. They urge the govern
ment to stand linn and demand
all the rights of other nations
and |o light and that soon if they
are refused.
They point out that the Unit
ed States would he at- a great
disadvanage if war was started
now before the opening of the
canal for warships and urge a
firm policy on the part of the
foreign office.
LAST STEAMER
LtHfSJBBW
Fairbanks, Oct.. O.—Thp steam
er Alaska, of the Whitp Pass
line, left for up-river tqday,
marking the c|ose of thp season
for navigation, The beyat was
crowded to its utntost capacity,
[many bp.ing. u, to . secure
staterooms 'aiid!hdviPK.to contPBy
them^g.lyds with cqts it) the h'o^
Deputy Marshal A. F. Sulliygij,
who returned from Portland .,-0%
the Jfariposa, was sent to Sevyard
to,>rj«Vg. to Vgldpg, Harry OlsQp,
who was coryvicted Of assault and
battery and sentenced to thrpp;
months in the Valdez jail, and
also Ben Rithamer, who is, tq
await life action of . the grajjid
jury, he buying bpep charged
with selling liquor to f,he natives
at Swot-im. Frank Hoffman ac
companied hj,n as guard. • **'
Sampson Passes Juneau.
The Admiral Sampson, passed
Juneau at 8 o’clock yesterday
mornitig and is due in Valdez
some time tomorrow as she wil]
call at Katalla and Cordova be
fore coming hero.
WILL RULE MOB
WITH IRON HAND
General Abbey Will Not Permit
Strikers to Interfere With
State Troops.
Galumet, Mich., del. (>.--Gen
eral Abbey, commander of the
slate troops, announces that he
will hereafter rule with an iron
hand while the strike lasts. The
strikers have been aggressive
since the dissolution of the in
junction prohibiting them from
placing pickets around mines and
daily dislurbances have occurred.
Another riot broke out last
night when the strikers attack
ed the non-unionists when they
were going to work and resulted
in many being seriously injured.
Tin- troops restored order and
arrdsted forty of the leaders of
the strikers. General Abbep says
he 'will not permit his bfymps
to be beaten up in dispersing the
mobs, as in the past, and will
order them to shoot to kill when
charged by the mobs in future.
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Referee and Managers Have Fist
Fight, Players Join—Police
Helpless.
.
New Westminster, B. C., Oct.
6.—The Lacrosse championship
games, which were to have been
decided here yesterday, ended in
a riot when the managers of the
two opposing teaips and the ref
eree, after a long dispute, had a1
fistic encounter in w.hich the
players had joined and memy a
man is nursing a sore head to
-day from blows received in the
free-for-all which followed.
The police were powerless for
some time, buf upon the arrival
of reinforcements tljey pounded
many of the scrappers into in
sensibility and they were pulled
apart. Several arrests were
made and piofe will follow.
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Deputy Marshal Sidney Char
les, of McCarthy, is in town on
business connected with his of
fice.
WANTED—Girl for general
housework. No washing. Apply
Mrs. Dr. Hopkins.
URGE MURANE
TO STAND PAT
Nome Attorneys Wogfd Contest
the President's Order of
Removal.
Nome, Oct. (i_The Bar Asso
ciation ill' tiie Second division of
Alaska, after a nutating held yes
lerdap, urged Judge Murane, who
was removed by President Wil
son, lo refuse to vacate the
bench and lo carry the light to
the United Stales Senate, and al
so through (lie courts.
Seattle friends of the judge
have wired him promising linaii
eial assistance if he will under
take to light I he order of remov -
al made by the resident.
Much opposition lias develop
ed here since it became evident
that tile policy of the adminis
tration of appointing Alaskans
would no longer lie followed.
Both Democrats and Republicans
ace against the new appointee
and hope to defeat his continua
tion.
BANKER STEALS
NICE LITTLE WAD
Servian Money Lender and Bank
er, of Pueblo, Decamps
With $*0,000.
Pueblo, Colo., Oct. (>.— Hanker
Radokovich, of this city, decamps
with $90,000 deposited by his fel
low countrymen from Servia and
so far the police have been un
able to locate him.
The Servian section of the city
was all wrought up this morning
when the news became known
and the police reserves were call
<ed to revent the mob from
wrecking the quarters formerly
occupied by the banker.
Radokovich operated a private
bank and received deposits'from
all the Servians, in this city and
they had the most implicit faith
in his honesty.
NOTICE.
The stock of the (Sranile Cold
Mining company, which has been
offered for sale to Valdez invest
ors, will be withdrawn from sale
at six o’clock tomorrow night.
The present‘offer is at .’5 cents
a share. After that the price of
the 'Stock will be rt.is.cd.
CONFIDENCE GAME
DID NO! WORK
Fairbanks People Were Suspic
ious When Bills Were Paid
by Checks
Fairbanks, Oct. . H.
Moore, wlio signed many bogus
checks to pay It is bills among
the local merchants here and at
tempted to get out of the coiin
Irv. was overtaken at the File
driver roadhouse ;aml brought
back and placed in .jail here to
answer to the charge.
Moore claimed to have money
on deposit in a bank at Seattle
and issued checks for the amount
of bis indebtedness among the
local people. Some of them be
came suspicious and wired the
Seattle bank to .'know if the
checks would be honored and
were informed that Moore was
unknown there. It is believed
that he has a record on the out
side with which the police are fa
miliar and lie is being investigat
ed.
Dcorgc Needham, formerly ed
itor of the Wrangell Sentinel, is
In Valdez, having arrived on the
steamer yesterday. He is accom
panied hy Mrs. Needham.
BELIEVE IT
WASJUEBLER
Fairbanks, Oct. 0.—From the de
'scription of the man found on
the road near Willow creek, as
.furnished by the marshal’s of
fice, it is believed that the, mur
dered man was named Huehler.
The description answers tfyat of
a man who left here late in July
or about the first of August to go
over thet road to the coast, who
has no! been heard from since
his departure,
investigation by the marshal’s
office here shows that Huehler
left here on the Mariposa for Se
attle
Deputy Marshal Hastings, of
Unaigsta,' is now at Seattle, re
turning from a trip to Portland,
where he, went with an insane
patient. Hastings made tin* trip
oh the Senator and will return to
IJnalaska on the same steamer,
which leaves the Spirit City to
morrow.
Charles Wilcox returned from
Cordova on the Mariposa.
Sunscriiie lor in,» rvostfictor
TROOPS KILLED
i
Chinese Government Sends
Troops to Secure Release of
Missionaries.
Hankow, Oct. 6.—Four thous
and government troops surround
ed tiie town of Tsaoyang which
was captured some time ago by
bandits. The bandits seized four
American and five Norwegian
missionaries and have been hold
ing them for ransom. The for
eigners of the country wished to
pay the demands of (lie bandits
and secure the release of their
countrymen but the government
frowned on the scheme fearing
that to do so would make every
foreigner in tin* isolated parts of
the republic an object of capture
by bandits.
When Ihe foreigners failed to
comply with the terms of the ban
dits' demands they sacrificed the
life of one of the American mis
sionary’s children as evidence
that they intended lo kill all Ihe
foreigners if I lie money was not
paid. The troops engaged the
bandits in nattle last night and
killed I wo hundred of them.
The government has offered a
reward if the missionaries are
rescued alive but the bandits are
new keeping tnem lo make terms
with the troops. The government
lias assured the foreigners that
everything possible will be done
In protect Ihe lives of the mis
sionaries.
MONEY LENDER
AND EDITOR FIGHT
Vidovich Pays $25 Fine for Spit
ting in Face of the Editor
of “Facts.”
Fairbanks, Oct. 0.— 1’i‘kr Yido
virli, a well known money lender
here, was up before the city mag
islrale for assault on Louis
Klopsoh, (be editor of “Facts,” an
obscure weekly publication. The
men engaged in a wordy battle
and Peter deliberately spat in
the face of Louis. The latter had
the money lender haled before
the magistrate and lie was lined
$25.
The paper had made many vic
ious attacks on Yidovich and has
accused him of being the Shy
lock of I lie camp. Klopseh is a
disreputable characler and has
been tried twice on the; charges
of passing worthless checks and
embezzlement, but nas managed
to (‘scape a conviction.
Aprofted for Killing Dancing
Teaoherl—Admits Fourteen
Other IF ardors.
Chicago, Oct. b— Henry Spen
cer, one of the wealthiest men
of the city, and a leader in soci
ety here, was arrested today
charged with the murder of
Mildred Rexroat, a dancing teach
er. Spencer has confessed to
■the police that he committed the
murder and also confessed to
fourteen other murders, including
his wife.