Telegraphic News
Of The Wedkj
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'Washington, May 25—The Alaska j
coal hill, as iinallv recommended, \
allows the*entry of UK) acres, and
that four persons may locate six
hundred ami forty acres and work 1
log', thor •
(Seattle. Mnv 25—The Bertha j
.arrived from Valdez yesterday.
(Seattle, May 25—A6sietant-chief
Latham, Capt. Graham and Private
Longhottom. Mapes and Mingo of
the tire department have been ar
■rested by the L. S. Marshal for
■stealing supplies from the Arling
ton dock. Capt. Cralle, of the:
•quartermasters department swore |
to the complaint. They have been .
released oil $500 bail and bearings
set for Saturday.
Victoria, May25—The steamer
Tuecer airiving from Yokohama
-reports passing near the steamer
43ocrabava, a bockade runner dur
ing the Japanese war, which was
frozen in the iee near Nicoliefsky.
All of her crew were lying on the
deck, frozen. She' had evidently
escaped from the Japanese and fled i.
to the Arctic.
-Fairbanks, May 25—The fire
broke out in the three story Fair
banks building at 4 o’clock Tues
day afternoon -epiending with light
ning like rapidity. In less than
three minutes the whole building
-was ablaze together with the Wash
ington-Alaska hank building ad
joining. The flames leaped across
•Cushman street to the Apple block
and First National hank, then to
the court house and jail. 'Eero.ie .
•efforts saved the N. C plant, lair
banks Banking Co. building and
the three story' Third Ave. hotel.
Meanwhile tlve lire spread rapidly
•pp Front and Second streets, burn
ing everything to Lacey street. I he
Hi vc-rside hotel is a complete loss. |
The burned district embraces Front
Second and north side of i bird
and Turner to Lacey street, with
the exception of the above build
ings. There ware many narrow 1
■escapee and confusion reigned for
several hours. The loss approxi
mates $1,000,000. Everyone is
now#clearing away the debris pre
paratory to building temporary
structures. Permanent buildings i
will follow quick. Eleven hundred
dollars in gold was sl ipped out i
last night. We can’t be downed.
Seattle, May 25—The republican 1
state central committee has fixed *
September lb as the dat-e for a com- j1
vention to nominate three caodi- j *
■dates far representative to congress
and four for the supreme court.
A private dispatch received by
■the Prospector, hi answer to an
inquiry* as to the status of the
/Wickersham matter, states that in '
all probability there will be no ac
1 t |
tion taken by the Senate on his |
confirmation at this session. It j
also states that the department |<
will probably make same arrange- j ’
incuts by which the' financial |
troubles occasioned by the absence H
of the court will be remedied.
Washington, May 2€—A. €».j’
McBride, of Kerne, ha« filed charges
against Potter Sullivan anpeintee1
to succeed District Attorney Frye
of Seattle. -.He alleges that Sulli
van threw him down,in n mining
■*uit in the North. The Senate
withholds confirmation.
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Oska loosa, May 2G—Republ icans
have renominated Lacey to Con
gress and endorsed Leslie Shaw for
the presidency.
Seattle, May 25—Label White
head lias arrived here from'the
Fast, and will take the first boat
for Nome. Ue states emphatically
that he is not u candidate for the
delegatesbip. He says that Mar
shal Siiomp, of Juneau is the man
most likely to receive the nomina
tion, as he fears that a split on
Stevens anti Ryan will eliminate
Nome as a factor in the selection
of thc'Caiulidfttes. It is his opin
ion that John McGinn, of Fair
banks, would prove the strongest
man in tlie territory.
Vancouver, May:2t>—The steamer
Themis, bound for Skagwav, struck
a rot*k in -Seymour narrows and
had to come back here, leaking
badly.
Seattle, May 26—Several firemen
who were arrested at the Arlington
Jock fire, accused policemen of car
rying away whiskey under their
:oate.
Washington, May 26—Senator
Piles who has been sick for some
Lime is now able to be around j
igain. Mo says he has no tear ol j
•barges being made against J’otter !
Sullivan.
Washington, May 26—The House j
ias sent the rate bill to conference
committee.
Washington, May 26—Patrick j
Mullen, receiver of the public j
noney and John Dudley register:
if the land office for Alaska were!
lonfirmed by the Senate today.
Seattle, May 26—-The Chamber
>f Commerce Iras been advised that
Fairbanks needs no aid. Marshal
Perry wires the department asking
or an appropriation of $60,000 for
ebuilding the Fairbanks jail.
Seattle, May 116—The Santa ;
Mara arrived from Valdez with j
argo shipment of interior mail ]
vliicli had been held at Valdez,
't will be sent in via Skagway.
Los Angeles, May 26—Battling
S'elson and Aurelia Herrera quit
raining for their battle tonight.
Vdvanoe sales for the fight have
cached $20000. Odds are 10 to
' favor Nelson.
Cleveland, May 26—State Senator
imerv in his testimony before the
interstate commission declared
hat the Standard Oil owns the
»ig railroads. He says his road
vas hounded to death by the
ictopus.
Denver, May 26—William Wad
ey was defeated as municipal
iwuersbip candidate for alderman,
de will begin a contest of the elec
ion, claiming fraudulent votes.
Tifiis, May 28—Timosieff, chief
if police, while driving yesterday,
vas seriously wounded by the ex
ilosion of a bomb thrown at his
sarriage, and one of his guards was
nstantly killed. Temosieff drew a
evolver and killed one of the ter
orists, but bis companion escaped.
St. Petersburg, May 28 — The
Wikidel’s j
"Restaurant!
N
(Old o stoffi ce Building.)
Regular Dinner 35c.
Private Apartments Open Day and Might
V • 'J
Czar is preparing a reply to the
resolution of the Douina expressing,
a lack of confidence in the govern-)
inent and demanding the dissolu-1
tion of the ministry, which was de-'
livered Saturday. Upon this an- j
swer rests the peace of the empire, J
as the Domna lias determined to
resist the dissolution of the body
-should the Czar so order, and in
this determination they are strong
ly supported by the people. Rev
olution is imminent.
St. Petersburg, May 28—Simla
1 off.'warden of the prison, was shot
and killed Sunday by a terrorist
who succeeded in making his es
cape,
Seattle, May .28—All hope for
the safety of the steamer Centen
nial has been abandoned. She is
now four months overdue from
Japan.
Seattle, May 26 — Patrolman
Hubbard, while arresting an es
caped prisoner at a-socialist meet
ing last night, was attacked by a
mob of socialists, who attempted to
rescue the prisoner. Hubbard
-succeeded in clubbing his way
through the crowd and placing his
prisoner in the patrol wagon. which
was followed to the -station by a
mob numbering fully three thous-1
and. Later HubVard was attacked
by the mob on Washington street.
An alarm was turned in and twen
ty reserves were sent to his aid. j
The police, using their clubs and j
handcuffs finally succeeded in j
beating off the mob, and arrested
eleven of the ringleaders.
St. Petersburg, May 26—Pro
fessor Miltikoff leader of the con
I
stitutionulists publishes in tl»e
daily Reoh that. the Czar must
yield to the Douma or lose bis
throne. Peasants demand a con
stitutional government or else they
will start a revolution.
Washington, May 26—The pre
sident denies that he favors the
election of democrats hi Oregon.
Savs he wants the republican
ticket elected.
Philadelphia, May 26—Assistant:
to .President Patton of rfche ;Penn
svlvania railroad testifies that the
coal companies made a gift to the
directors of the road of $300,000 in
stock. His testimony has been
ordered investigated.
Sevastopol, May .28 — Several
bombs were thrown among the
troops during a Te Deum parade
yesterday. General lEplueoff, com
mander of the fortress, was wound
ed and three soldiers were killed.
Seattle, May 28—Clum, the Fair
banks candidate for the delegate
ship, is expected here to-d«y, going
north.
Seattle May 20—Marshal Perry!
leaves today for Juneau to have
Judge 'Gunnison approve bis ac
counts. This action is necessitated
by the failure-of Judge Wickcrsham
to return to 'Valdez during the win
ter. The.marshal will go to Fair
banks from Juneau.
Seattle. May 20—The steamers
Ruckman and Watson which are
hooked for Nome in June have been ;
withdrawn from the SanFrancisco
run. The Victoria, Oregon and
Pennsylvania arc loading for Nome
They will sail June 1st. 2d sndoth
Sixteen hundred have been booked
for Nome on the first boats and j
many more are expected. Dick j
Ryan refuses to discuss his candi
dacy for delegateship-or to express
an opinion regarding the delegate
fight.
Tokyo, May ~2S—General Nogi
has wired to St. Petersburg asking
if General Stoessel is under sen
tence of death for the surrender of
Port Arthur He declares the sur
TACOMA
fsthe natural outlet and the best mar
ked for the products of Alaska.
The TACOMA 8ME1/F EH reduce* more
«»ee" of gold, silver, lead and copper
than any either smelter on the Paedtie
Coast.
The West Coast Grocery Company of
Tacoma receive* on consignment and
arils at public* sale tne lurg*M «hare of
Alaska furs hnnell *<i by any single
house.
The flsherie* of Tacoma ship million*
e»f |Hiiinds of Alaska lish— fresh, frozen,
cured, dried, smoked ami pickled—lo
tiie markets of the* t’nited States and
Europe
Tacmna w holesalers and jobber* sup
ply a large and constantly increasing
trade in Alaska.
Tacoma is flie western headquarters
ami chief Pacific Coast terminus of the
Northern Railway and the headquart
ers and western terminus of the* Tacoma
Eastern Made*.ad.
The Chicago, Milwatikecmud Hi. Paul
Railway, the Cnion and Southern Pad
tic and the Great Northern are now
ot'iiilcling to Tacoma.
The population of Tacoma ha* in
creased from 37,714 in Item to 8S.HU) in
I9i>
Tacoma real estate is the aafest and
surest*! nvestment on the Pacific Coast.
Watch Tacoma Grow!
For further information and dewrip
live literature, addreaa
Secretary of Tacoma Chamber of
(‘ommerce and Board of Trade.
28 TACOMA, WASHINGTON
render to have been perfectly jus
tified,
Seattle, Mnv 29—Firemen Mapcs
and Mingo, charged with looting
the Arlington dock, were yesterday
bound over to the grand jury.
The other -suspected liremen will
be given a hearing to-day.
St. Petersburg, May 2P—'It is
very probable that the C*ar will
dismiss the present ministry. Min
isters:are working on the new laws
unmindful of the friction between
Czar and the Domna. The minis
is preparing to offer the crown
lands to the peasants on time pay
ments in hope of appeasing them.
Chicago, May 28—AH the me
chanics in the employ of the city
threaten to strike this week unless
their pay is raised. The strike
will tie up the waterworks, light*
and bridges.
Moscow, May 29—Shipoff an 1
Prince Urusoff have been sum
moned to meet the emperor It is
believed that one of tliem.will be
tHe new premier.
Denver. May 29—The federation
of miners in convention re-elected
Moyer as president and Haywood
as secretary, and sent a telegram
to the suspected murderers assuring
them of the federation’s confidence
in their innocence.
Caldwell, May 29 — A motion
for a change of venue has heen
made by the attorneys for Moyer,
Pettibone and Haywood. The
trial will not begin until June 8.
New York, May 29—Terry Mc
Govern staid the scheduled ten
rounds with Jimmy Britt last
night, hut no decision could be
given under the law. Both put up
a hard fight. After the tight the
principals and managers were ar
rested for violation of the prize
fighting law.
Caldwell, Idaho, May 30—Judge
Smith holds that Moyer, Pettihone
and Haywood must be tried at
once. An appeal will be taken to
the supreme court. A motion for
a change of venue has been pre
sented and will be argued tomor
row.
Seattle, May 30—Jacob Furth
has returned from San Francisco.
Ho says the people will need mil
lions of help for months to come,
and 'that it will bedive years be
fore the debris is cleared away and
building starting anew.
Seattle, May 30—+Charles Herron,
who has just returned from Juneau
says that Shoup is the strongest
candidate there for the delegate
ship.
New 'York Life Insurance
Company
Ordinary Life, Annual Divi
dend or Endowment Policies
W. H. CRARY, Agent
Phone j Valdeat, Alaska
Copper Center
Blacksmith
Shop.
Horseshoeing
and Repairing
a Specialty.
CHAR. CRAIG, MANAGER
HorttwEstem Steamship Company, 111
Carrying U. S. Mail and Express.
Str. Santa Clara )
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Str. ixcelsior 1
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Str. Santa Ana
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Sir. Dora
Five Day Express Service direct between
Valdez and Seattle. Sailings frem Seattle
Ma y 80 and every 20 days thereafter.
.Sails from Seattle 1st of each month fc*1
Juneau, Sitka, .Kayak, A'akutat. Valdez,
-Seward, Cook Inlet and .wav ports. Sails
from Valdez for‘Seattle -and wav.ports,
16th of each month.
Soils from Seattle -on t!6th of each month
for Juneav, Sitka; Kayak, Yakutat Valdez,
■•Seward, Cook Inlet.and wav ports. Con
nects atiValdez witlrStr. Dora for all ports
between 'Valdez and Unalaska. Sails frmr
,»Vahlez fer*Seattle and wav ports, 1st of
each month.
: ?From Valdez to <UmUn«ka and way ports
26th- of>caeli month,.ewtuey.ting a*, Y.ahjex
with'S. S'Santii Ana
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:Right to • change-stoaraors or date - of bailing is reserved
Agents(foratl tkmdstOf Steam or ; House Coal
•J. F. TROWBRIDGE, Gen Mgr
‘dJ-tR-First A ve.,-Seattle, .Wash.
AV II BUSH, Agent
iPhone 116 Valdez, Alaska.
/|lasm Coast Company.
i(Successors to Alaska Commercial Co )
(Carrying JJ. S. Mail and Alaska Pacific Express.
_ , ^ Sails from-Seattle May 25—From Valdez fn
®CElttd j .ycame_ via Route about June It*.
S. S. Portland | Sails for Seattle about Mot 26.
! Connecting with-steamers at Sold .via for Ketrai, Tv •© ro;.;
’Hope and-.Sunrise'City
Right is reserved to change steamer or sailing without notice
General Office:
U4 Vesler Way, 'Seattle.
JJ. C MARTIN, Agent,
Phone 17 Valdez
VALDEZ LIGHT & TELEPHONE CO.
. Incorporated.
We have 01V hand a large-assortment of Electric"Fixtures,
Plain and Fancy Shades, Call Bells and Annunciators.
Estimates given on all kinds of electrical work. Phone 39.
WinesrLiquorsand .Cigars.
The Senate.
T. A. eOSB ^ CO., Props
Gold Dust Exchange
iFamily Liquor .Store.
Bottled-Goods Best Brands Whiskey Port W ine
Sherry Riesling Angelica Sauterne
iElaekfeei'ryiBrandv <-Claret hy the Bottle or Gallon
Rainier‘Bottled Beer
Order By Phone Delivery Free Phone ‘6
Tob Printing at the Prospector Shop
Dock Baths
Open
All
ST. CHARLES
EVAPORATED CREAM
A real luxury at the price of an econo
my. There is more real noarishmect in
St" Charles Cream than in ordinary milk
or cream at the same price, and it is twice
as delicate and appetizing.
In our 20 oz. size, we offer e*can
considerably larger than the ordi
nary Family size; St. Charles
Cream Is full strength-no thin,
watery preparation of weak equality.
It never curdles or sours,‘i»nd contains
all the richness of pure, unsweetened,
sterilized cream. Scientific
ally prepared, it may be used '
for invalids or infants—for
desert or ordmary cookery >
with same satisfactory resfittr. \
So/d by Best Grocers
Everywhere.
ST. CHAXLES CONDENSING CO.
St. Charles. lUiaoU
- —1
I Night
Dock Baths
.REMODELED.
Rainier* Grand Hotel
SEATTLE
New Management Popular Prices
European Plan Central Location
Finest Cafe and Bar In The City
Wilson'A White Co., Prop*. t'lias. Parry, Mgr.
Quartz and Tlacer Location
Blanks at Prosftect^r.