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CURRENCY BILL
PASSES THE HOUSE
Washington, Sept. 19.—The administration currency bill, after
weeks of debate, passed the house yesterday afternoon by an over
whelming majority—286 for the measure, and 84 against; 24 Re
publicans and 3 Democrats voted against the bill
To Investigate Bomb Outrags
Postmaster-General Burleson has ordered the division chiefs
of the postal department of the Pacific coast to institute a thorough
investigation into the Otis bomb outrage, at Los Angeles recently.
Japan Is Still Fretting
The Japanese ambassador is fretting about the State depart
ment on account of receiving no reply to late notes in regard to the
California anti alien land law. _
WHITE SLATERS
GO TO MAIL’S
San Francisco, Sept. 19.—Maury I. Diggs and F. Drew Oamin
etti, lately convicted in this city of violations of the Mann anti
white slave act, were yesterday brought before Judge Van Fleet
to receive sentence.
Diggs was sentenced to serve two‘years in the federal peni
tentiary at McNeil island, Washington, and to pay a fine of $2,000.
Caminetti received a sentence 18 months in the same prison, and
was fined $1,500.
MEXICAN CONGRESS MEETS;
HUERTA ROASTS' D. S.
Mexico City, Sept. 19 —The Mexican congress convened in
this city this week. Provisional President Huerta, in his message
reviewed at length the conditions of affairs in the turbulent repub
lic, and severely roasts the government of the United States for
its failure to recognize the present government of Mexico- Gen.
Huerta makes a strong and lengthy plea fof a powerful army, and
promises that the national election in October will be fairly con
ducted. He hopes for early peace throughout the country.
PRIEST’S CONFESSION CLEARS
MYSTERY OF GIRL’S DEATH
New York, Sept. 19.—A murder mystery that has been worry
ing the police department of this city was cleared yesterday when
Rev. Hans Schmidt, assistant rector of St. Joseph’s Roman Cath
olic church, made a confession after he had been arrested that he
had killed Anna Mnellher, the domestic girl whose dismembered
body was found in the Hudson river some days ago. The girl
would shortly have become a mother.
STILL AFTER GENERAL OTIS’ SCALP
Los Angeles, Sept. 19.—Early this week an infernal machine
was sent through the mail to General Otis, proprietor of the Los
Angeles Times. The general suspicioned that there was some
thing unusual about the neatly tied-up package, and turned it over
to the police department. It proved to be a most diabolical ar
rangement.^___
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J COMING AND GOING^
Robert Soutar, of the Caribou cafe,
is now the sole owner of that popular
eating house, having purchased the in
terest of his old-time partner, Angus
Sutherland, who left last Saturday to
spend the winter on the Outside.
Bill Ansley, the book store man, has
been raising h—his building’s floor
during the past week.
J. W. Charlton, Iditarod’s most
eggs-act man, now has his retail
establishment on the corner of First
and Richmond streets.
Mrs. Earl Byers will be among
the late departures for the Outside
She will spent the winter at her
old home in Seattle.
Mrs. W. F. Duffy left for the
Outside Friday morning.
Sophia, the new queen of Greece, is
a sister of the present Emperor of Ger
many.
The best goods, the lowest prices.
Sam’l Applebaum.
Throughout Europe there are 106
, residents to each square mile.
THAW SATS HE
IS 01 NO HURRY
Colebrooke, N. H.. Sept. 18 —
Harry K Thaw has been taken to
Littleton, this state, where Judge
Edgar Aldrich, of the United States
district court, will continue the ha
beas corpus proceedings next week
Governor Feluer has postponed
action on the application of extra
tion until the court has decided on
the habeas corpus motion.
Thaw Will Wait Patiently
Concord, N. P , Sept. 19.— Harry
K. Thaw has informed the state
authorities that they need exercise
no unhue haste in his behalf, as he
is perfectly willing to wait for years
the result of his case, which will
be, if necessary, appealed to the su
preme court of the United States
BIXBT’S TRIAL
IS NOW ON
Los Angeles, Sept. 19.—The
trial of Millionaire Bixby was
begun in the superior court here
yesterday. Bixby is under indict
ment charged with contributing to
the delinquency of minor girls.
ex-got!
COMING BACK
Vera Cruz, Sept 19 —Ex-Gov.
John Lind, special American! am
bassador to Mexico, who has been
in this city for two weeks, sailed
yesterday for Washington, where
he will await the results of the
October election in Mexico.
JACK LESTER
WINS A FIGHT
Taft, Cal., Sept. 18.—Jack Les
ter was given the decision over A1
Kaufman in the ninth round by an
alleged knockout, here yesterday.
The decision was received by the
spectators with loud cries of foul.
GOT. STRONG
COMING HONE
Seattle, Sept. 18.—Gov. and Mrs.
Strong, after spending a week in
Oregon and Washington, sailed
from this city for Juneau last even
ing. _
PRINCESS SOPHIA
QUITS THE GAME
Heidelberg. Sept. 19.—Princess
Sophia committed suicide here yes
terday by putting a bullet through
her brains. Cause unknown.
ASSAULT CASE
NEXT MONDAY
The case of the United States vs.
C L- Cole, charged with assault on
Mead Maynard with a dangerous
weapon, is set for hearing next
Monday morning at io o’clock be
fore Commissioner Albrecht. The
defendant is represented by E M
Stanton.
The alleged assault took place at
Flat City the latter part of la t
week.
The launch Beaver arrived from
Nulato last Wednesday with 18
tous of dog salmon aboard.
BASEBALL
THETALK
Lovers of baseball throughout
the district are already beginning
to take interest in the approaching
world’s championship series be
tween the 1913 pennant winners of
the two major league.
As heretofore, the Iditarod Pio
neer will receive daily accounts ol
the big games for the information
of its readers throughout the camp
The New York Giants are re
garded now as the certain winners
of the 1913 championship of the
National league, their lead being
so commanding that it is practic
ally impossible for their nearest
competitors to overtake them, t'lie
same thing exactly may be said of
the Philadelphia Athletics in the
American circuit.
World Baseball Tour
Chicago, Sept I.—Plans for the
winter world tour to be taken by
the New York Giants and the Chi
cago White Sox were announced
here today by the Chicago office of
the enterprise, which has been pre
paring the details of the trip. Ac
cording to tentative plans made
public today, the tour will start
October 18, from this city, and will
end March 6. 1914, in New York.
Dick Bunnell, director of the
coming tour of the White Sox and
Giants around the wotld, is ex
pected in Chicago tomorrow to con
fer with President Coraisky, of the
White Sox. Ted Sullivan, who
visited a number of Texas cities in
the last two weeks, returned today
From October 18 to November 19
the baseball tourists plan to slowly
work their way to Vancouver, B C.,
from whence they will sail to the
Orient.
After a month of barnstorming in
this country the travelers will sail
from Vancouver, going first to
China and later to Japan, Manila,
Australia and Egypt.
At present the booking calls for
30 days of sea voyaging. The last
stages of the European jaunt will
he devoted to sightseeing, as there
will be no chance to play games in
France, Germany, England or Ire
land, which will be visited in Feb
ruary.
The games tentatively scheduled
in America follow: October 18,
Columbus; 19, Chicago; 20, Dav
enport; 21, Des Moines; 22, Omaha;
23, Sioux City; 24, Lincoln; 25, St
Joseph; 26, Kansas City; 27, Fort
Smith; 28, Marlin; 29, Beaumont;
30. Galveston; 31, Houston; No
vetnber i, Dallas; 2, Abilene; 3,
San Antonio; 4, El Paso; 5, Doug
las; 6, Tucson; 7 to 12, Los An
geles; 13 to 15, San Francisco; 17,
Tacoma; iS, Seattle; 19, Vancou
ver.
KILBANE AND
WALSH DRAW
Boston, Sept. 19,—Johnny Kil
bane and Jimmy Walsh, bantam
weights, fought a 12-rouud draw
in this city last Wednesday night.
Kilbane clearly outpointed Walsh.
NOTICE
A general meeting of the Arctic
Brotherhood, of Camp Flat No. 26, will
be held on Tuesday evening, Sept. 23,
at 8 o’clock. All members who can
are requested to be present. The fol
lowing Tuesday (Sept. 23) will be nomi
nation of officers for the ensuing term.
Election of officers Oct. 7, and installa
tion Oct. 14.
C. R. PECK, Arctic Chief
A. E. BAIN, Arctic Recorder.
Everything as represented.
Sam’l Applebaum.
Don’t forget to call at the Crosby
baths when you come in from tho crooks.
GAYNOB, TO BE
BURIED MONDAY
New York, Sept. 18 —The re
mains of William F. Gaynor, mayor
of New York, who died aboard the
steamship Baltic on September io
while enrotrte to Europe on a short
vacation, reached this city last Sun
day, and the funeral will be held on
Monday next, the 22nd.
RALPH W. MOSS DEAD
Wa hington, Sept. 18.—Repre
sentative Ralph Wilder Moss, of the
Fifth Indiana district, a Democrat,
died in this city yesterday morning
Mr. Moss was serving bis third
term in congress, and was 51 years
of age.
CHINA WILL
MAKE APOLOGY
Pekin, Sept 19,— In conformity
with an agreement reached this
week between Japan and China,
the government of China is to apol
ogize for the killing of several Jap
anese subjects during the recent
bombardment o; Nanking, and to
indemnify the families of the de
ceased Japanese
LEACH CROSS TO
MEET BITERS
Los Angeles, Sept. 19 —Leach
Cro^s and Joe Rivers, lightweight
pugilists, signed articles of agree
ment for a 20-round content to be
fought at Vernon, near this city, on
October 14.
SPECIAL TERM
OF LE61SLATURE
Lansing, Mich., Sept. 19 —Gov.
\V. N. Ferris convened a special
session of the legislature yesterday.
The legislators will probably in
vestigate the riots which occurred
during the receut miners’ strike at
Calumet. _
JAPAN SENDS
MORE BOATS
Tokio, Sept. 19.—Two cruisers
and four torpedo boats left this
port this week to join the Japanese
fleet that is patroling the coast of
China. _
MONET VOTED
FOR REFUGEES
Washington, Sept. 19 — With
scarcely a dissenting vote, the sen
ate and house this week appropri
ated $[00,000 for the relief of Amer
ican residents in Mexico
Mrs. Fred Carter, who has been
spending the summer in this camp
looking after her mining interests,
left Friday morning for Fairbanks,
where she will reside during the
coming winter.
Siguard Wiig returned from a
trip to the Yukon river Wednesday
last. After attending to some busi
ness affairs here, he will leave for
Dawson.
Mr. and Mrs. T. L. McGrath, of
Flat City, were visitors in Iditarod
several days this week.
Annual assessment work blanks at
Pioneer office
SECRETARY LANE
IMPROVES SLOWLY
Berkeley, Cal., Sept. 19.—The condition of Franklin K. Lane,
Secretary of the Interior, has caused considerable uneasiness
among his relatives and physicians during the past few days, as his
physical improvement has been very slow and unsatisfactory, and
compiications are not wholly unexpected. Mr. Lane has been re
moved to a cooler and more quiet retreat.
During the past week this part of California has been experi
encing the hottest weather in its history- thermometers registering
as high as 106 deg. in the shade.
Secretary Lane was overcome with the heat last week at Oak
land while witnessing the Admission day parade of the Native Sons.
BIG TIM SULLIVAN
KILLED ON TRACKS
New York, Sept. 19.—The body of Congressman Timothy D.
Sullivan was found in a badly mangled condition near the railroad
tracks on the outskirts of the city. It is now believed that he was
killed on the same day that he escaped from the sanitorium in
which he had been confined since his return from Europe about six
weeks ago. The body had laid in the morgue for nearly ten days
before it was identified.
The funeral of “Big Tim” was held last Monday afternoon, and
was attended by thirty thousand people.
FORMER GOVERNORFOLK
TAKES JOB WIT! BRYAN
Washington, Sept. 19.—On the recommendation of Secretary
of State Bryan, President Wilson sent the name of Joseph W.
Folk, former governor of Missouri, to the senate for confirmation
as solicitor of the State department.
Mr. Folk is a native of Brownsville, Tenn., and is only 44 years
of age. In 1900-1904 he was circuit attorney in St. Louis, where
he successfully prosecuted numerous bribery cases. He was gov
ernor of the state of Missouri from 1905 to 1909.
IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS
STARTED AT ALBANY, N. Y.
Albany, Sept. 19.—The state senate of the New York legisla
ture convened yesterday as a court of impeachment to hear the
charges preferred by the house of representatives against Gov.
Sulzer, and took the prescribed oath. After a very short session
adjournment was taken until this (Friday) afternoon.
The proceedings, although quite brief, were of a most solemn
nature. Gov. Sulzer did not put in an appearance
IMPORTANT STRIKE IN KOUGAROK:
MAN ROCKING OUT $10 PER DAY
Nome Nugget, August 25: A strike of a most important kiud
has just been made on Quartz creek, in the Kougarok section, and
the finder is now actually making $10 a day by wheeling dirt down
to the creek and rocking it.
The man is Gust Aexson and Quartz creek, where the find was
made, is the creek which Dahl creek empties into. Quartz was
worked in former years in the creek bed, but no one had ever tried
on the sides of the creek until the dry weather came and prevented
the men in the neighborhood from sluicing, leaving them nothing
to do but prospect. Lars Gunderson, who came from that place
last evening, states that the strike is really an important one, and
many believe that the same streak will be picked up regularly all
along the stream.
Several men on Dahl creek are now using gasoline engines to
sluice, and the creek is looking most prosperous. Corbin and Cary
who have a lease on No. 3 have one gasoline. Yeager and McLean,
who are known as the Combination Company, have another on
5 fraction, and Bassett and Hurley have one on No. 2.
The Flodine and Hutton dredge is now within 20 miles of Dick
creek. It came up the Serpentine river from Shismariff inlet, and
this fact is regarded as one of the greatest importance, as it shows
that the Serpentine is a fine means of transportation for supplies
to that section. The dredge draws four feet of water, but found no
difficulty in making the journey.
Quite large cleanups reached Dahl creek from the Upper Koug
arok while Mr. Gunderson was there. One consignment of 35
pounds came in one batch, or more than 400 ounces. Shaughnessy
and Kelly are operating most successfully in the upper reaches
and Jerry Sullivan is working a gasoline engine. Gasoline engines
have appeared in the Kougarok this year more than ever
Among those who iutend to leave
for the Outside on the last boats
are Mrs. Shonbeck, Dr. Wortmann,
J. G. Barrett, Ben Gold, Knute Ro
land and Frank Snyder.
Copenhagen now has a population of
W5,m
Do not wait until it is too late. Get
your uroperty properly insured from
fire loss right away. Lowest practical
board rates and absolute guaranteed
protection is offered you by The C. B.
Harrison Co., of San Francisco.
T. L. Thurston, Iditarod Agent.
Location Notices at Pioueer olfico