Telegraphic News
Of The Week
Chicago, A ii!. 17—The National
Reciprocity Congress, now in ses
sion in this ci v will 'recommend
the passage of a dual, or maximum
and minimum tariff, permitting!
the establishment of reciprocal
trade relations with foreign coun
tries, by a vote of congress.
Washington, Aug. 17—Informa
tion concerning violations of the
regulations governing Alaska sal
mon fisheries is being compiled by
the department of commerce and
labor, which will l»e sent to con
gress at the next session in an
effort to bring al>out the passage of J
additional laws for the protection
-of the fish.
•Seattle, Aug. 17 — Charles D.
Lane, a noted Alaska mining man,
is totally blind at Nome. The in
formation comes from Mrs. Lane
■that her husband’s eyesight is hoj>e
iessly gone. Lane is ]>erhnps the
heaviest mining o|>crator iu all of
Alaska, and he also owns property
in nearly every mining state in the
union.
Portland, Atig. 17—The Trans
Missippi Congress met to-day. The
•governors of the various coast
states disclose widely divergent
■views respecting the Chinese ques
tion, Chamberlain, of Oregon, de
clares that an influx of Cooley la
bor is too dear a price to pay for
■Chinese trade.
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Fairbanks, Aug. 17—Mrs. Fred
Kinney, a Seattle women, died,
yesterday at Cleary City.
Fairbanks, Aug. 17— Captain
I.eacli, of the steamer Indepen-;
dence, was arr<s>ted yesterday for
attempted assault upon Prune K.
Miller, twelve years of age.
Oyster Bay, Aug. 17—The presi-1
dent is seriously considering the
question of federal : vision of
life insurance.
Portsmouth, Aug. 17— The pros-1
poets for peace are considerably ]
brighter to-day, Russia having
yield* d to seven of the articles of
the Japanese demands. Witte
states that this action shows that
he is 'doing all that he can for
peace. A crisis is expected Mon
day, when the question of indem
will he discussed.
Fairbanks, Aug. 17—Theodore
Davis, a well known cattle man,
was drowned to-day by falling
•overboard from the steamer Ilock
Island.
Kew Orleans, Aug. 18—Yellow
fever is ^spreading all along the
'Mississippi coast, though the situa
tion in this city is slightly im
proved.
San Frahciscb Aug. 18=*- The
cruiser Chicago, flagship of the
Pacific squadron, and flying the
flag of Admiral Goodrich, ran
aground on Angel island to-day
in a dense fog, while returning fnhn
San Diego to the Mare Island navy
yard with the gunhoat Bennington
■in tow. When the tug Good For
niue i ulled the Chicago off, the lat
ter took a violent sheer and brought
up against the Bennington. Both
vessels were Iwdly damaged.
Wikidel’s
- 'Restaurant
(Old Postoffice Building.)
"Regular Pinner 35c.
Private Apartments Open Day end N Ight
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Ohestuchina. Aug. lfi—It is re
ported from Slate t lint Kracmer
will close down and start out 1
for Valdes nliotil the 20*h. Hurd'
will leave ulmnt. the same time j
McGee has nearly finished work,
for this season and w ill leave be
fore the end of the month. There
! has heen considerable rain and |
water is abundant on Slate. On
Miller Gulch water has heen un
usually plenti ul all the season,
Kreutner having lost only five days,
from low water. Snow fell on the
hills Aug. 12. Sandln-rg, Ohlsson,
McCourt, Black and the California
claim still working.
Oyster Bay. Aug. 18—Edward
Conger, former minister to China,
i is to return to that country on a
; diplomatic mission, which will l*c
| to allay, if possible, the agitation
aroused throughout "China against
the use by Chinese merchants of
j American product?.
Cleveland, Anjj. 18—Upon the
advi e of his physician, John D.
Rockefeller is going harefooted.
Hte first appearance created con
siderable of a sensation.
Portsmouth, Aug. 18—It is ru
mored that the peace plenipoten
tiaries have reached a final rup
ture.
Seaotle, Aug. 18—Lottie Moore
Wood, said to he the daughter of a
well known Alaskan, is under ar
rest here charged with vagrancy.
Seattle, Aug. 18—.1. I). Meenach,
the Kllatnar magnate, is investing
in Australian placer ground with
I John Dunn, of this city, and Cau
, tain John Irving, of Victoria.
Seattle. Aug. 20—Rev. Mvron
W. Haynes, one of the leading di
j vines of the United States, and who
was recently called from the pasto
rate'of the Beidcn Avenue Baptist
church, of Chicago to the pastorate
of the First Baptist church of tins
I city, lias had his “clergy transport
tation canceled, and is charged by
the western passenger association
of Chicago, with having made ialse
representations to get tickets
to send three people to Seattle.
The affair is likely to result in the
cancellation of his Seattle contract.
New Orleans, Aug. 20—0- he yel
low fever, which has practically
l>een confined to the French Mar
ket quarter of the city, is now
spreading rapidly throughout the
parishes, and has invaded the
courthouse square,
Seattle. Aug. 20—The Alaska
Central has let two contracts for
grading and tunnel work, aggregat
ing *1,500,000. The awards were
made to P. Welch & Co., of Spo
kane, and Richards it Harris, oi
•Prosser.
New York, Aug. 20—Jacob H.
;Schiff, a noted banker, yesterday
received through the mail a pack
age of dynamite at his llroapway
1 otliee.
St. Paul, Aug. 20^-The teleg
raphers’ strike, rs regards the
Great Northern Railroad, has been
declared off by President Pernham,
of the union.
New Orleans, Aug 21—Although
there is an increase in the number
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-of deaths and new cases the fed
; oral authorities think the yellow
| fever situation is improving.
Portsmouth, Aug. 2t —The presi 1
dent i.» trying to pie.in a lupti r.
tun* lietwern the pra o plenipo en-1
i'arics. IK* i« miiii ,»> have nr
ranged fora \i.-it of the Russian'
envoy* to Oyster Bay.
LUenshtirg. Wash, Aug. 20—J. R.
Sovereign, Jr., son of j. R. Sover
eign, who succeeded Powtlerly ns
head of tlie Khights of labor. is in ;
jail here charged with attempt
ing to wreck the North Coast Lim
ited. Sovereign, Sr., is in Seattle.
Seattle. Aug. 20—Mrs. Grace W. j
Castello, wife of J. E. Castello, a j
retiml Chicago railroad man, and
a hride of hut six weeks, has been
deserted in this city by her hus
band.
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St. Petersburg, Aug. 20—Rus
sia’s national representative assent-;
bly, the fruits of decades of striv
ing for reform, yesterday took its
place among the fundimental in
stitutions of the country.
Port Dnlnev, Avg. 21—Kuroki
announces that the entire Japanese
army is ready for action as soon us
the country dries sufficiently to
permit of the movement of artil
lery.
Washington, Aug. 21—The court
of inquiry into the explosion on
gunboat Bennington has found
that the boilers of the vessel were
in fair condition, and that the ex
plosion was caused by closing the
valve connecting the boilerewith
the steam gauge, permitting an
excess pressure in the boilers. En
sign Wade is found to be partially
at fault, and it is recommended1
that he be courtmartialed.
Seattle, Aug 21—The boilers on I
the cruiser Marblehead, which re- \
cently returned from an Alaskan ;
cruise, have been found to lie in a
condition closely npprouehin_' ’
those on the Bennington. Thcj
government at once ordered her
out of commission to undergo ri- i
pairs at the Puget Sound navy j
yard.
Seattle, Aug. 21—Harriinnn, of
Southern Pacific, has sailed for
the Philippines with a view to se
curing concessions for railroad
building in the islands.
Butte, Aug. 21—Ten people were
killed and a score injured, several
fatally, last night, as the result of
a freight train on the Northern
Pacific dashing into a crowded
street car.
Portsmouth, Aug. 21—President
Roosevelt is urging the peace plen
ipotentiaries to submit their irrec
oncilable differences to arbitration.
IjonJon, Ai.y. *21—laird Cur?on
has u as viiwiy of India,
and has he n succeeded hv Karl
Minto, formerly jt*>vir:mr grntnil
of Canada. The reTrcment ot
Curznn is due to his row with Laird
Kitchener.
Pittsburg, Aug. 21—A j In’, to mi
collapsed yesterday at the dodica- !
lion e« remonies of the Russian syn
agogue, precipitating five hundred
|K‘OpIe fifteen feet tnto the cellar of:
the building. Many were injured. |
some seriously, .hut no lives were j
lost.
Seattle, Aug.22—Oriental steam- i
ers report the murder of fourteen I
Japanese sailors by Russians off the i
coast of Kamtchatka.
Seattle, Aug. 22—Upon his arriv
al in this city from Valdez, John
Rosene was interviewed relative to
the special press to the I’.-I. to the
effect that a war was on between
the railroad interests represented
by Colonel Swanitz and those repre
sented by Mr. Rosene over the
right-of-way through Keystone
canyon. Commenting on this ar
ticle Mr. Rosene said that he had
no knowledge of Col. Swanitz’s
plans, and that he did not care at
this time to disclose his own.
He said, however, that the laws of
the United States provide that
where it is necessary for railroads
to go through a certain place, like
the Keystone canyon, if there is
room for two roads they may par
allel each other, no one company
being’allowed to take any more ter
ritory than is neccessary fur their
tracks. If only one track can lie
built, then the second road has the
right to use the tracks of the first
road such a distance as may lie
necessary.
Oyster Bay, Aug. 22—Roosevelt
has not abandoned hope of a suc
cessful issue <>f the peace confer
■ciieej The question of arbitration
of tlie issues upon wnich the plen
ipotentiaries have split, \v! ich is
urged by the president, is entirely
out of the hands of the envoys and
rests solely with the Czar, who is
most bitterly opposed to the pay
ment of indemnity and the cession
of territory.
Portsmouth, Aug. 2;}—Roosevelt
has evolved a plan to compromise
the differences between Russia ana
Japan and prevent the continua
tion of war. He promises that
Russia shall purchase the island of
•Sakhalin, now a Japanese military
possession. With this money Japan
could obtain the cession uf the
Chinese Eastern Railroad, and the
Japanese claim for the mainte
nance of Russian prisoners of war
be made about equal to the amount
demanded by Japan as the co.-t of
the war, thus enabling Russia to
face the world with the declaration
that she' had not ceedeil a foot of
territo.y nor a kopeck of tribute of
war to the victors,
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Wines,Liquors and Cigars.
The Senate.
T. A. COBB & CO., Props.
Copper River
Draying Co.
Freight and Passengers to
all parts of the interior
General Trucking.
W. S. AMY. ED. WOOD
McKinley St. Between Broadway and Keystone Ave.
PIONEER LAUNDRY
Hobart St. on Reservation.
Does the very finest of Hand Work. Special attention
given to family washing. Clothes Cleaned, Pressed and
Repaired.
Phone 68_Mrs. W, M. Kirk
C. C. BOQflRbUS
Assayer and Chemist
Gold and Silver $1.00 Gold Silver and Copper $2.50
60 Col wria St., Seattle, \V*sh.
northwestern Steamship (oipf, ltd
Carrying U. S. Wail and Express.
Str. Santa Clara
Str. Excelsior
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Str. Santa Ana 1
Str. Dora
y Five Dnv Express Service direct'IWwe^S
Valdez and Seattle. Sailiti<>« fronrSfrittfe
' Art; 21. and S, p!. 12
Sails from Seattle -1st of r.trh ••nOnf* 'tbr
.1 tinea it, Sitka, 'K.tytk, 'Yaluhil, Voider,
Seward, Cook Inlet and way ports. Sails
front Valdez for Seattle and wav ports,
16th of each month
Sails from Seattle on Kith of each month
for Jlinear, Sitka; Kay ik, Yakutat Valdez,
Seward, Cook Inlet and way jiorts. Crtrt
mets at Valdes with Str. Kora for all |>orts
lx tween Valdez and I'nalaska. Sails fmtt
Valdez for Seattle and wav i>ortf<, 1st 6!
each month.
From Valdez to Unalaska and way porta
*2tith of each month, connecting at Valdes
with S. S. Santa Ana
Right to change steamers dr date of sailing is reserved.
Agents for all kinds of Steam or House Coal
J. F. TROWBRIDGE, Gen. Mgr
<>18 First Ave., Seattle, Wash.
C. W. MILLER, Ass’t Mgr.
Phone 16 Valdes, Alaska.
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flLflSKd ConnEKcmL Qo.
Carrying U. S. Mail and Alaska Pacific Express.
Steamships
Portland and Bertha.
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Sailing from Seattle on the 10th and 25th of each month,
calling at Juneau, Sitka, Yakutat, Kavnk. Kllamar, Valder,
Latouche, Seward, Seldovia, Homer and Kodiad.
Connecting with FAIRBANKS TRAIT at Valdes, and with
area liter at Seldovia for Kenai, Tvoonok, Hope and Sunrise
during season of navigation on Cook Inlet.
Right is reserved to change steamer or sailing without notice.
Home Office, O. J. Humphrey. Gen’l Agent,
310 San some St. 84 Yesler Way.
San Francisco Seattlo
J. C MARTIN, Agent,
Valdez
COAL COAL
For Sale at Low Prices in Sacks or Bulk
Steam and Domt Stic Coal
Lighter ami tug service on hand to insure speedy delivery. Fresh
water without charge. Urdu - received and filled at Coal Harbor, by
TIDLWATKU;.CONSOLIDATED COAL CO.,
Coal Harlior, Cnga Island, Alaska
VALDEZ LIGHT & TELEPHONE CO.
Incorporated.
We have on hand a large assortment of Electric Fixtures,
Plain and Fancy Shades, Call 'llells and Annunciators.
Estimates given on all kinds of electrical work. Phone $9.
Gold Dust Exchange.
Family Liquor Store.
Bottled'Goods Best Brands Whiskey 1 Port Wiffc
Sherry Riesling Angelica Sauterrie
Blackberry Brandy Claret by the Bottle or Gallon
Rainier Bottled Beer
Order By Phone Delivery-Free Phoned*
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HYDRAULIC
Giants Water Lifters,
Eievators Pipes .
Derricks, Gates
Questions in regard to HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING PROB
LEMS freely answered.
TUP" PHI IQP OH 503 Mission Street, .
I II I_ DUUOL wU, San Francisco, Californio.
Cable Address “Bouseco." Bedford McNeill Code.
Job Printing at the Prospector Shop