MEXICAN BANDITS
ARE PLENTIFUL
Forty-three Chieftains in Border
States Alone Commanding
5,000 Men.
San l.uis Potosi, Oct. -3—A
list of rebel ami bandit chiefs in
I his and border slates, compil
ed from reliable sources, shows
a total of forty-three at the head
nf bands ranging from thirty to
do 1.1 men each. Data gathered
from ranch owners, refugees,
federal officers, railroad men,
and residents of the towns raid
ed show an aggregate of 5.000
.Mexicans under arms against
the government.
The largest group, numbering
don and commanded by Hanoi
Mailcro, brother of the late pres-j
blent, is near llerraduria. 100 j
miles to Ibc northwest. Other j
bands of inn or 500 each, under j
Krncslo Sanl.oscoy, Alberto Tor-|
res, and Jose (Inbo, are operat
ing in tile north, cast and south
of the state. The remainder are
scattered widely over San Luis
potosi and the neighboring si ales
of Nuevo Leon. Tamaulipas,
Querlaro and Zacatecas.
PREVENT WAGE
Administration Will Investigate
Reductions Made Because of
the Tariff.
Mini. Midi.. del. —Secretary
mi iiierce lteillielil. ill a Speech
maile here Iasi ninhl, anaiii
warned Ihe iiiaimracliirers of Ihe
lulled Slales I h a I if any cITnrt
i< niaiie fit reduce the wanes paid
In wnrkinnmen in Ihe manufar
liicinn planls of (lie country the
preseiil aflniinisl cal inn would he
nu Ihe necks of I lie inanu fuel lin
ers and would tlioroun'hlv iaves
I inale all reducl ions.
"All employers who make re
dud ions of wanes upon Ihe plea
l ltd I Ihe new lari IT necessifales
a reducl ion of wanes will he sure
!> forced to prove Hie assertion
In a eonnressional cnmmillce,"
-aid Ihe cahinel ollicer.
Now Believe Recognition of 1u
erta Was a Mistake—Hope
to Work With U. S.
London, Oct. 23—The London
newspapers are just beginning to
awaken to the grave mistake the
Knglish government made when
ihey recognized the Huerta pro
visional government, established
by assassination and maintained
iiv murder,.
The papers all regret Ihe hasty
aet.ion of Hie government ami are
urging that Kngiand and Amer
ica work in unison to establish a
-lable government in Mexico and
restore the former prosperity of
Hie southern republic.
T. It. Needham will leave on
Hie Mariposa for Seward and will
make a trip l.o Hip Kenai river
before the snow comes. Mr.
Needham i> heavily interested in
placer ground at Kenai. which he
will work next summer.
HOLD WOMAN
FOd ADULTERY
Seattle Woman Follows Husband
to Cordova—Has Girl Arrest
ed For Adultery.
Cordova, \Qcl. 23.—The jury
'yesterday, which tried tlie elope
ment case against Gilbert M. Cox,
of Seattle, and Eva Blake, of the
same city, brought in a verdict of
not guilty. Judge Adams refus
ed to allow Mrs. Cox to testify
against.her husband.
Upon the complaint of Mrs.
Cox, who came here from Seattle
to bring back her erring husband,
Miss Eva Blake was bound over
!11 I he grand jury under $30(1.00
bonds and will come lo Valdez on
the Mariposa to appear if indict
ed.
When Gilbert Cox lefl Seal lie.
Marshal J. II. R. Jacoby tele
graphed In Marshal Brenneman,
asking for informal ion and when
il was discovered that both Cox
and Eva Blake were on I he same
boat, although the woman was in
the cabin and Cox was traveling
steerage. They had been seen fre
<|uenlly together on the deck of
the steamer and later upon their
arrival at Cordova, they had reg
istered at I lie Windsor Hotel as
man and wife on October (i. then
Mrs. Cox left her once happy home
in the Spirit City and came lo
Cordova, swore out a warrant
for the arrest of her husband and
Eva Blake on the elopement
charge, Iml I lie jury refused to
lind I limn guilty.
Tlie chui'Re against I lie woman
of adultery was (lieu made and
she will arrive on the Mariposa
In appear before I he jury if need
ed. Miss Hlake had no dillieulty
ire IIinir hail.
NOME^ REFUGEES
BEACH SEATTLE
Victoria Arrives With Capacity
Load—Makes Another Trip
to the North.
Scat,Ur, Oct. H.—The steam
er Victoria, of the Alaska Steam
ship Co., reached here today from
Nome with a capacity of passen
gers. mostly refugees from the
wrecked cil\. As soon as the
passengers are unloaded and the
vessel is reeoaled ami loaded she
will ,sail north to make Nome
again before the freeze-lip. it is
expected the ship will leave here
Saturday morning.
At no time in I he history of
Nome has a boat left Seattle as
late as the Victoria will leave,
hut I he conditions existing in
the catnip, the lack of many nes
essities, the large number of
people still it Nome waiting to
icount to the stur.es, who will suf
fer untold hardships during the
winter from the lack of :'uol and
supplies unless taken out before
navigation closes, has decided the
company ollicials to risk the ves
sel in the effort to relieve the
situation. [| is doubtful if in
surance will he granted to the
ship o nthis trip while the ves
sel is in Bering sea.
Captain John (T’Brien will be
in commaud of the vessel.
fine Dinner.
Fine homo conked dinner to
night, at I,lie Congregational
I church for 50 cents. . Everybody
' welcome.
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The Balkan War.
The Balkan War. The Salt In
dustry. I.umheriii In Texas, The
Foreclosure and line comedy,
Dolly the Dancer, at tile Orpli
eum tonight.
REFUSE COMMEND
DIRECTORS ACTS
Owners of New York & New Hav
en Road Lack Confidence In
Present Management.
New Haven, Conn., Oct. ^3.—
The stockholders meeting of the
New York New Haven & Hartford
railroad was held today and the
holders of 'slock refused to com
mend the acts of the board of
directors, showing much friction
between owners of the stock and
the men in control of the corp
oral ion.
The frcciuent wrecks on the
road and the terrible-loss of life
has caused talk of federal inter
ference and the appointment of
a receiver. The stockholders,
however, expect to secure con
trol of I he management and hel
ler I be rolling 'stock and make
many improvements looking to
safer I ravel.
The running I one of all I rains
on the road has been cut from
fourteen to twelve minutes and
the regulations for promotion of
engineers are very stringent.
SULZER STARTS
RIS CAMPAIGN
For Election to Lower House of
State Legislature—Will
Fight Tammany.
New York. Oct. zNI.—I'.x-Oov
ernor William Sulzer arrived
here Iasi nielli from Albany, lia\
ilia vacaled the executive man
sion. Immediately upon bis ar
rival in the city the deposed gov
ernor opened hcaduuarlers lor
his combin’ camipainn in I lie Sixth
assembly district.
Hundreds of pimple met Sulzer
at I he station and escorted him
lo Hu Hull Moose headipiarters.
where he spent two hours in con
ference with the leaders of I he
Uooscvelt organization.
The linht t>n Tammany jllits
fall is almost sure lo lie success
ful, as the fusion candidates are
aainina in popular si renal h each
week.
manyIiant
FREE LAND
Thousands Enter for Drawing of
Two Thousand Quarter Sec
tions in Nebraska.
North Platte, Neb., (Jet. 23
More than 69,0(10 people have
tiled requests for land when the
reservation is opened by lottery
next month. Two thousand
quarter sections of tine agricul
tural land formerly held by the
forestry service, thus preventing
location. wi(l be drawn for.
Thousands of people from all
parts of the union have entered
their names. Many ‘Soldiers have
had their names entered, as they
do not have to appear in per
son.
As many women as men waul
the land, and of the 69,000 names
entered half are women.
Mrs. .1. ,1. (Havana, wife of the
former Naknek deputy marshal,
is a northbound passenger on the
Admiral Sampson.
MINE EXPLOSION
ENTOMBS MANY
Two Hundred Thirty Men Caught
—Five Rescued—Hope for
llloro Rescues.
Denver, Colo., Del. 33.—An ex
plosion in the Stag Canyon mile
at Dawson, New Mexico, occurred
last night and 330 miners are
.entombed, including Superinten
dent McDermott. Five have been
rescued by the men of the day
shift, who immediately commen
ced the work of aiding I heir en
tombed comrades. Men were al
so senl from neighboring mines
and a large force is now work
ing to reach the men. some of
whom are believed to be alive,
as they were working some dis
tance from I lie . explosion. ac
cording to the men who \vere
taken mil this morning.
The cause of tile explosion is
unknown. Hundreds of women
and children, the wives and chil
dren of the entombed miners, are
waiting al (lie shaft Jhnusc in
hopes (hat husbands, fathers or
brothers may be among those
who will be taken oul alive.
Need Only On« Hundred Milllion
to Tide Them Over Until
Tax Levy is Due.
Ivkin. China. OH. —The
new Chinese eahinel formed b\
I'lesjilenl Shih-Kai. has decided
In seek I lie loan id' nile ll II in lied
millii• ■ i dollars ivilh which In
place I he arm\ on a w ar foot
ing and In carry on many need
ed reforms.
The Ireasury is now depleted
and some means nmsl lie found
lo replenish il before the lax levy
can be enforced. The cabinet is
in hopes of securing I lie Iloan
from American nankers, as the
powers demand immense grants
of laud and valuable franchise's
if they allow the bankers In ad
j vanre I be money.
BLUERIBBON
CONVENTION
Women’s Temperance Union
Meet in City of Churches to
Discuss Prohibition.
Brooklyn, N. V., Oc;t. 23.—
Delegates from thirty countries
have arrived here to allend the
annual convention of the Wom
en's Temperance Union, I he hlue
ribbon organization which lias
succeeded in making half of the
United Stales dry and much of
Europe.
The women will start a cam
paign to spread prohibition from
one end of the earth to the other
and will assist the work of pre
venting the sale and manufacture
of liquors in America.
Stockholdars Meeting.
Tile regular annual meeting of
the Bunker Hill (odd Mining
company will be held in Hie of
fice of (ieorge J. l.ove on Tuc'.'-i
dny, November ith, at x p. ni.
E. .1. ANDEllSON. Sec y.
OREGON TO LEAD
THROUGH CANAL
Will Lead Parade, Says Secretary
Daniels—Little Fram to Fol
low Warships.
Washington, Oct. :J3.—Secre
tary of the Navy L>aniels today
formally announced that the bat
tleship Oregon, which made the
run from the Pacific coast of the
United States to the Atlantic
ocean, arriving in time to assist
at the destruction of (lie Span
ish fleet by Admiral Sampson,
would he I lie lirst vessel to pass
through llie Panama canal.
Following llie Oregon will
come Amundsen's Arctic steam
er "Fram," the historic little
vessel which has made ^ many
trips of exploration to Arctic
regions, and she will he llie lirsl
ship, other Ilian a war vessel, to
pass through the canal.
The present, imlicalimis are
t hat I lie linimr of being t he lirsl
jfreighl ami passenger liner
through Ihe Panama canal will
liclun^ In nm nf f\vn vessels llial
fnrmerly nperalcii in a regular
service hetween Tacnma anil Ihe
Orient. The liners in rpieslimi
are Ihe Ancon ami Cristobal. nf
Ihe Panama Railrnail Steamship
I cninpany's Heel.
j Accnriling In present ralrula
linns il w ill lie ipnssihle fnr enm
mereial rargnes In pass through
the canal hy early summer nf
next year.
Garrison Leaves for Canal Zone.
Washington. Oct. -’ll.—Secre
tary Oarrismi. of Ihe War ile
parlmeul. left Iasi night lor Pan
ama. going via New Orleans,
where he will embark on a bat
tleship for Ihe canal /one.
sethIannwill
SOON MAKE REPORT
i
I
i Expected to Reach President by
I
i November First—Will Ef
I
feet Legislation.
(let. 2.—Seth Maim,
of San Francisco, the president's
personal representative on Hie
tour of Alaska made during the
summer under Hie auspices of
; |In* Seattle Chamber of Com
i nierce, will present his report at
Washington ahm.il .November I.
lie will, it is well Ulldersl.I. de
scribe conditions as he found
I I hem in I he northern I errilory
and st rongly retoiumend I lie
const met ion of railroads by the
government and other legislation
in conformity with the policy to
which the president and Secre
tary of the Interior Lane are
committed.
Mr. Mann, in personal conver
sation at San Francisco last week
expressed confidence in favorable
action by congress, early in the
regular session.
The fact that the Senate has
made the Chamberlain-Jones hilt
the special order for December
8 is a most favorable sign that
Alaska is soon to he opened up.
I First Deputy Clerk of Hie Court
Toni Broil, will leave on the Mar
iposa for Seattle to join Mrs.
Seoll, who left several months
ago for the Spirit City. MF. Seoll
will make Seattle his future
home, lie came to Valdez seven
years ago and has been deputy
clerk of lip* court and assislanl
cashier of the Valdez Dank &
Mercantile company. lie has
j made a clean record and leaves
niany friends who wish him suc
leess in his fill lire work. Mr.
Seoll will he succeeded I is Thom
as Ccrnghly. a demoera..
HUERTA OBJECTS
BUT DIAZ LANDS
Hundreds Follow Him to Hotel
and Offer Aid—Huerta May
Back Qamboa for President.
'
Vera Cruz, Mcx., Oct. 33.—In
spite of the determined objection
of the Huerta government, (Jen
oral Felix Diaz, who lead the suc
cessful revolution against Pres
ident Madero, today landed here.
, When ordered by llie Huerta
customs inspector not to land,
!l)iaz only laughed and proccded
i to his hold, where rooms had
I been retained by friends, ltun
! deeds of liis friends and admirers
I soon flocked to his hotel to wel
come him and otter such aid as
1 they could or he might decide
j was necessary.
I lie i ill I fi in ir ill I Hu 0 isapree
nieiii lielweeii Huerla ami l>iaz
will lie walelieil willi null'll inter
| es I li> Mexicans.
(Icii. I»iaz was miliiinaleil by
jllie l.abnr pariy al their ronven
|linn belli al Mexicn (lily Septem
| In r -MMli, anil I’rnvisiimal Presi
dent Huerla is repurted In be
jbackinn' fredericn (lainboa. I lie
i nominee of the (lallmlic parl.y.
Ten Thousand Along the Line of
March When Body Arrives at
His Former Home.
si. l.uiiis. (id. e;i.—Ten I In iu
1 saiiil pei iple si i ii nl in line in a
j lieav> rain I" pay InuuaKe In the
j Iiieinnry nl' Adolph liuscli. the
j brewer, who died recently while
! I ravelinn in Kun ipe for his
i heallIt.
1 The Imd' of Hie dead brewer
j arrived on a special train and
| was nicl al I lie station by an es
j curl of berman societies, of
j which he was a member. More
than in,nun men and women 1 in—
j ed Hie wax from the station to
I lie home of | lie brewer, funeral
•services’will be. held tomorrow,
after which the body will lie in
ferred.
indict mn
FOR OLD FRAUD
I
Former City Officials of East St.
Louis Indicted for Twelve
Year-Old Crime.
Hast St. Louis, Od. 23.—The
grand jury has indicted twenty
three former city officials, in
cluding former Mayor Lambert,
who was mayor of the city twelve
years ago.
The men are accused of hav
,ng defrauded the city out >f
siOO.tiilO by falsifying the rec
ords.
The arrests have caused a sen
sation as many of the men are
now prosperous business men of
I he community. The crimes are
supposed to have taken place
twelve years ago.
Eagle Dance October 31st.
All "ye old lime” games of
chance will be wide open at the
Kagle dance. Admission #1.50,
I with si.ooo in currency to each
I ticket holder.
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