THE ALASKA PROSPECTOR
vol 6 ALASKA PROSPECTOR Valdez Alaska, October 17.1907. VALDEZ NEWS No 35
Katalla Short of Food ■
Sea'tie, Oct. 17—The failure of
he Yuen an t.i discharge freight at
Katnllil m:ikes 1 iie U;i ioli then*
verv serious, ms ’he food supply is
-nort owing to no steamer being
title to unload for tin- past month.
Paris, Oct. 17—The Sultan has
applied to France to install a pro
tectorate in Morocco.
Lowell, Mass., Oct. 17—Then
was a severe earthquake shock felt
hen- last night, which damaged
many hui,dings. The shake was
felt in New Hampshire.
New York, Oct. 17—Tim tele
graphers have asked the unionists
of the United States lo subscribe
ten cents per day per man lo aid
m eonlinuing the strike.
San Francisco, Oct. 17—Jack
Johnson and Jim Flynn luue
>igne<t to tight 45 rounds at Co'ma
on November 2d.
Seattle Woman Suicides
Seattl , Oct. 17—Last right
vvhm Charles Weeks, a musician,
returned home he found liis wife
: hanging in a < If set dead. She
caiU-d him up by phone a short
time Oefore saying to hurry home,
'and when he reached the house he
found that she ha 1 committed *ui
! ride by hanging Jealously is h« -
lieved to have t»ccn the cause of the
suicide.
I San Francisco, Oct. 17—Two
; Mission street cars collided this
morning, seriously injuring four
passengers. The police had great
'difficulty in preventing the mob
from lynching the motormen of the
cars.
San Francisco, Oct. 17—It is
positively announced that Heney
! intends to make a strong fight to
■ succeed Senator Perkins in the
| Senate in 1909.
Many Lives Lost
Fontanet, Oct. 17—Seven large I
mills were destroy** 1 by the ex- |
plosion yesterday, and sixty p» o j
pie were killed. Forty thousand!
kegs of powder and 50 tons -«f dy
namite were stored in the maga-j
zine which exploded, ami the
I shock practically wreck* d the!
town. The 1200 inhabitants are
1
now living in tents. When tie
shock occurred the s bool build- j
ing collapsed entirely, seriously |
injuring forty of tin* s* h >lars. All j
I
towns within a radius of 2CM) mihs
felt the shock.
Washington. Oct. 17—Instru
ments in the observatory here
recorded an earthquake tins morn
ing, hut the location of tie* shock
is unknown.
Decatur. Oct. 17—The eonrt has
refused the motion of the defense
in the Magill trial that the jury he
instructed to acquit Magill.
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a large consignment of
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No further comment is
necessary. Their name
stands for quality and style
Gold Thief Suicide^
Ihuvson, Oct 17—George Kin
kin'!, load earpenter on the
steamer \ ukiui, ha* Kvn arrested
for the tin*:; of f-fO.HK) of gold
contaim I in a regis'ered nmil
*a k \vnic;i w i* le ng shipp* d out
from Fait Kinks la t Jn|\ Hr
com ritt d suienle i>v faking
p *ison in In* le.ink while K ing
brought lieie hv the oflh’iaK.
Kichard Hall, a well known saloon
man. has been arrested for com
plicity in the stealing, and it is
report* d that lir ha- confessed.
Several sensational arre-t* are
pre lifted. I tie S nletl gold Was
melted up ami -old in bars to
Seattle hanks
Washington, Oct. 17—Oeneral
dreelev announces through the
jire-- ti at unit*-- it - definitely
-etfied that Katalla is to he the
ler.ninu- of tin* prop ».-ed r i; 1 road
to the interior of Alaska instead of
Valdez, there will he no eahle ex
tension In that port hv the govern
ment
Chicago, Out. 17—i i.e court per
mits the mrciing of the Illinois
Central director- today, hut has
e ijoii rd Harrimau from voting
t ie *2‘JO,O' M> sha re.- as requested in
the injunction proceedings of Fish.
Manila, Oct. 17—Secretary Taft
arrived here this morning and was
given a great ovation Practically
all the inhahitants of the town
were parading the streets in his
honor.
Sea it lr. Uri. 17 Advice- from
Katulia, via Valdez report that
there i- barely ten days provision*
ill the new railroad < anii . and tiiat
serious trouble is anticipated if
supp'ie- cannot be landed immedi
ately. Steamship owners of thin
eitv speak of the Katalla harbor as
a huge marine joke, and say that
there is no possibility of ever put
ting in an artificial harbor which
will enable vessels to land during
the winter. The Northwestern
Railroad Co has lost thousands of
dollars already this season on
their charters, owing to tin* ina
hilitv of the vessels to land freight.
The Uerthu left for the South at
iniduiaht. She h el a full load of
p&ggenuer-*, including ninny of the
laboring uien of the Ala>ka Home
Kail way orew.