RIVER TRAFFIC
SflOH 10 CLOSE
Steamboats on Interior Rivers
Will Soon be Hurrying to
Winter Quarters.
Fairbanks, Sept. 17.—As the
dose of navigation for the sea
son approaches the transporta
tion companies are making stren
uous (‘(Torts to get all freight
cleared lip for points along the
ri\;ers. Many of the steamers
have made their last round trip
to St. Michael and are now hur
rying to places of safety for the
winter. Some have already been
laid up and their crews will leave
on the next steamers for the
stales.
The light for supremacy be
tween the White Pass & Yukon
and the Northern Navigation and
other lower' river transportation
companies, has resulted in
freight shipments being brought
into (lie country earlier than us
ual. as merchants feared the low
rates might not prevail at a taler
date. Many persons who have
spent the summer in this sec
tion of the interior are hurrying
to get their affairs in shape to
go outside before the close of
navigation. The up-river route
will he open for several days af
ter the departure of the last
steamer for St. Michael and many
of the tail-coders will g" that
way.
The passenger travel, which
has largely been down river in
former years, was turned up river
by tin* While Pass, as their line
new steamers afforded greater
comfort and gave travelers an
opportunity of! seeing their
friends in Dawson and other
points along the Yukon river, as
well as avoiding the long ocean
trip from Nome to Sind lie.
Diggs and Harris Freed of
Charges of Subornation and
Perjury.
San Francisco, Sepl. 17.
Maurv Diggs and Harris were ac
quitted and freed on the charge
of sutiiu'imlion and perjury when
(lie jury returned a verdict in
l heir favor talc last night. The
prosecution expresses astonish
ment at the verdict and hints that
unfair methods were used to help
the jurors in reaching their de
cision.
Diggs was accused of having
given Harris a consideration to
testify in his behalf during the
trial which resulted in his edn
viwi°n of halving violated the
wlniie slave law. Harris had been
relied upon by the government
prosecution for evidence against
D/£gs and when he favored the
latter in his testimony ha has J(r
rvS^ed for perjury. Both t^ggs
apd Caminetli, his companion in
the Reno escapade, were to have
bfcejv sentenced o.y September 10,
but their cases w$fe delayed iui7
til the close of the trial "which
ended last night.
Masonic Meeting. V’
Special communication Valdez
Lodge No. 108 F. and A. M. Wed
nesday evening. Work-in second
degree. REYNOLDS,
Secretary!
The Northwestern left Juneau
en route to Skagway al 3 o’clock
Ibis morning.
Prominent Men of the St&te and
Nation Will Act as P®""
bearers.
New York, Sepl. IT_The hotly
of Mayor (laynor has been ship
ped from Liverpool and all ar
rangements have hrten completed
for the funeral, which will take
place next Monday.
The .pallbearers have been
j chosen from among the most
Iprominenl men of the state, who
were friends of the deceased.
They are: Kx-president Taft,
•Mayor Kline, Justice Marlin Je
rome Keogh, Jacoli Srliilf, hank
er: Harlan Oeelman, theolog
ian; illerman Hidder, journalist,
and Rhinelander Waldo, police
commissioner.
Funeral services will be held in
all the churches of the city on
Sunday next. The dead mayor
was eulogized by many of the
most prominent ministers from
their pulpits last Sunday even
ing.
lilt GOOD
FOR TWO TEARS
•
Tacoma Minister Sent«nced for
Sending Improper Matter
Through Mail.
Tacoma, Kepi. l7.--ltev. Ilolicrl
Heed, a Mclliodisl minister who
occupied lliot pulpit of a local
church in this city up In the time
('if his arrest, will serve two years
in McNeil island penit.enuliary.
lie will lie taken there u| an ear
ly dale as no appeal has been
asked in his case.
Heed was convicted .of sending'
improper matter through the
mails. Before coming to Taco
ma two years ago lie asked a
young lady in an eastern city to
lie his wife, lint she refused.
Last spring she began to receive
lend pictures and suggestive
reading matter through the mail
and complained to the postal au
thorities. An investigation fol
lowed and resulted in the arrest
and conviction of the minister.
mkIeiks
MET RECORDS
president Wilson Sees Gunnpte
niske Six Kits in t-css Than
•iinftt*
j Hew York, Sept. 17.— Preside i'll
Wilson viewed the target prac
tice of the fleet yesterday and was
.present when the dread naujUit
Arkansas broke all practice rec
ords for accuracy and rapid' flr
|iiig. The guuuers of the Arkan
sas .uiA'de six hits ih. ftfiy-ae.ven
seconds.
tpfuipid^thsswspprlsruen flPhplfvie!
nedr Bifly fli^iiyau threaten to
,slioot the wild gpostf which he is
fattening up ftir Thanksgiving.
Early in the morning the goose
gives a few calls from force of
haliil and the spoilshien are out
of bed and looking, for their gims
before they remember that it is
Billy’s Thanksgiving dinner that
is making the noise.
STAMPEDE TO
SIDOLA GREEK
Rich Placer Diggings Reported
to Have Been Made in Brit
ish Coltimbik.
Vancouver, B. C., Sept. 17.—
The attention of stampeders who
fare always attracted hy the re
ports of new placer discoveries
has been turned from Alaska to
British Columbia. A big rush is
now on to Sibola creek, which is
about llh miles southwest of
Telkwa. a station on the Brand
Trunk Pacific railroad, where
rich placer diggings are report
ed to have been discovered.
The discovery was made sev
eral weeks ago by miners who
had previously been in the Yukon
hut it was kept ijuiel until they
could gel their friends in on the
(ind. The1 find is reported to lie
richer than anything found in the
north since the discovery of Daw
son.
(I is in a district which has
been receiving attention iroin
placer miners for some time, but
while prospects were to be found
on nearly every stream nothing
of a startling nature had ever
been discovered. The govern
ment will send in experts to
make a report on the district and
if the (Ind is genuine and will
warrant doing so a road will at
once be constructed to the camp
to connect with the Brand Trunk
railroad.
SPANISH COLUMN
WAS AMBUSHED
Assistance Being Rushed to Res
cue of Troops—One Hun
dred Killed.
(Lenta. Morocco, Kept. 17.—<>f
licial advices from I he interior
state that a Spanish column was
ambuscaded by Moors and lost
one hundred men killed and
wounded. Reinforcements are bal
ing rushthl Lo the scene of the
engagement. ,
f The Moors surrounded the col
umn and swept down upon the
Spanish soldiers in overwhelm
ing numbers. Although taken
t.ipletcly by surprise the troops
immediately formed in position
and pul up a stubborn tight but
are in danger of total extinction
if not rescued from their perilous
posit ion.
A new body of ore was recent
ly encountered ill the Newsboy
mine at Fairbanks which is now
being milled. It averages $25
per ton.
i
The report of the town treas
urer for Seward, from July 9 to
$eplegi^jer 8, shows that the
flnainjy's of that town are in ex
cellent shape, tfe reports' a cash
balance on baud of 8877.76. The
council passed a mol ion to waive
the 20 per cent penalty on last
^ar's»pb*incuigjfHmaps The town
assessor’s report plmes the value
p,‘f: the taxable property at $901,
980,.tMt,r£s follows: Real estate,
$656,715.0'O; personal property,
! $205,365.00.
No news has been received
from the Sampson, now .to the
westward, up to the time of go
ing lo press.
GUNMEN ENGAGE
IN AUIO DUEL
Fight for Supremacy Between
Vicious Elements in New
York Has Been Renewed.
New York, Sept. 17.—Rival par
ties of gunmen of the graft ring
element who killed Gambler Ros
enthal, and which resulted in an
expose of their methods, engaged
in a revolver duel from autos in
one of the principal down town
streets Iasi night.
The affair had evidently been
carefully planned by the attack
ing force, as the auto of their
rivals contained several of the
leading gunmen who have been
trying lo wipe out their oppo
nents.
The police in the district
.jumped into a machine standing
at the curb and gave chase lo
the duelists ;<nd succeeded in
overtaking one of the autos and
capturing four of its occupants.
None of those captured had re
ceived injuries in the' running
fight and the police are making
every effort to appi'elidr^l the
passengers of the other machine.
The gunmen refuse to give the
police any information as to who
their opponents were'. The police
believe the war between the vic
ious elements for supremacy has
been renewed owing to the death
of Mayor Gaynor, as they hope
for more leniency from the new
incumbent.
FUEL SHORTAGE
IS THREATENED
Strike of Colorado Coal Miners
Delayed in Hopes of Peace
able Settlement.
Denver, t'.olo., Sept. 17.--Seven
thousand families will l»e affected
if the threatened strike of coal
miners at Trinidad is railed. The
men were to have «|itit work yes
terday, hut were prevailed upon
to delay action for a day or two
in the hope that an amicable set
tlement mU?hl he reached. The
;commercial organizations of the
state are urging both the miners
and mineowners to submit their
cases to arbitration.
(iovernor Ammons has ordered
| he stale troops to he held in
readiness to he sent to Trinidad
if, the strike is called, as trouble
is sure to follow after the men
are paid off. The entire west is
interested in the outcome of the
negotiations, as the market is al
ready short of coal and all
branches of industry will he ef
fected.
The last mail for interior Alas
ka for the season to he sent via
St. Michael was dispatched from
Seattle on September 13. XJtm
mad restrictions will apply for
any point in the .interior after
that date. The last mail to go
to Fairbanks via steamer will
j probably -leave Whitehorse aboul
j September 2tth.
Pete Hanson has returned from
a prospecting trip to Port Wells
and Portage Canal. He has made
a find which he will return to in
vestigate furl her. The ore shows
free gold in abundance and war
rants the locator in doing some
work on the vein.
I
JOIN STRIKERS
Army of Workmen QuI^Jobs
In Sympathetic Strike
in Dublin.
Dublin, Sept. 17.--More than
ten thousand union men joined
the tramway strikers yesterday'
in a sympathetic strike. The
number which are idle as a re
sult of the strike approaches the
hundred thousand mark and very
many of thilm are destitute. The
strike fund of the unions has
been depleted and many of the
strikers are moving awa> from
the city in the hopes of being
able to secure employment else
where.
A remarkable feature of the
(strike and one which is being
commented upon in the columns
of the press, is the fact that al
though hundreds of the strikers
are destitute and often hungry
none of them have offered to re
turn to work and will not do so
until the strike is won or called
off by the union leaders.
HIBIH’S MESSAGE
IS DISMTHiG
Criticises Attitude of United
States But Gives No Prom
ise of Peace.
Mexico I'.ily, Hept. 17.— I’resi
ilent Huerta's message to con
gress, which was read yesterday,
is disappointing' to Ihe nation
generally and holds little prom
ise of Ihe counl ry hcing' resloreH
lo peace at an early dale. Ilis
dedaral ion Hint the rebellion has
been practically suppressed and
is conlined lo the followers of a
few disgruntled U-.nders is known
lo he untrue and is meeting with
ridicule.
In commenting upon Ihe
strained relations between Ihe
United Slates and Mexico, Pres
iihoil Huerta says there was no
other course for his government
lo pursue than that which was
taken. The attitude of Ihe United
States had caused Mexico |o suf
fer unmerited alTliclions which he
hoped would soon be righted.
DATE DF THAW
TRIAL NOT SET
Jerome Loses in Effort to Have
Itfm Extradited Without
Trial.
Littleton, N. H., Sept. 17.
; Harry Thaw Wa» a|jiaign.e:d in
'the district court yesterday be
fore Judge Aldrich on a w;rit of
ilWleas corpus. The court sus
tained tile proceedings but no
,(^ate has as yet been set for the
'hearing.
The Thaw family and their al
tornays regard this as a great
victory as they believe I he pris
oner will he able to establish his
sanity before’ any jury of fair
minded men. Attorney Jerome
was absent from the trial yes
terday.
(teorge Hazelcl, of Cordova,
has located a townsile on W illow
creek, a tributary of the Cliisnua.
ami is applying for a patent, lie
tins named i| Woodrow t'ilv.
HARROW ESCAPE
FOD GENERAL OTIS
Parcel Sent Through Mail Found
to Contain Infernal Machine
—Mexicans Suspected.
Los Angelos, Sept. 17.—Anoth
er a It * * 1111 > I to lake the life of Gen
eral Otis, proprietor of the Times,
was made yesterday when a sus
picions package which came in
his mail was found to contain an
infernal machine. The package
was delivered by the mail carrier
and had been posted in the city.
This circumstance caused the
parcel to he looked ... with
suspicion and the chief of police
was summoned.
Il was decided to immerse the
package in water before attempt
ing to open it, and il was well
they did. for it was so ingenious
ly arranged that the removal of
the paper wrapping would cause
the machine |o explode.
General Otis, who has kept up
a liradd against the unions ever
since the Times was wrecked by
Mc.N'amara and many of its em
ployes killed, believes the unions
were responsible for the attempt
on his life. The police, however,
believe the machine is the work
of Mexicans who are dissatisfied
with the policy of the Times in
regard to the Mexican situation.
Otis owns a large ranch in Mex
ico and has employed nothing
hut Chinamdn on il and this has
caused hitter hatred of him
among the Mexicans.
Some ol I lie oilier i,os Angeles,
papers are making light of the
affair ami profess to believe the
machine was mil so dangerous
as reported and was placed in
I lie posfoffice by some enterpris
ing reporter of the Times. The
post.office officials have laken the
matter up and secret service of
ficials will attempt to ferret ouf
who was responsildo for the lat
est outrage.
STOLEN PEARLS
FOUND ON STREET
London Workman Finds Package
on Sidewalk Worth More
Than Half Million.
London. Sept. 17.—The pearl
necklace which was stolen from
the mail while il was en route
from Paris lo l.omlon last July,
has been round. The necklace
is valued at stfSh.OOO. II was
picked up on I lie sidewalk of this
city by a workman yesterday
morning. The Under did not
know the value of his find and
carried il to a jeweler to learn
if the pearls and settings were
genuine. The jewelers had re
ceived a description of the neck
lace and while pretending to
make an examination of il tele
phoned for the police. The Under
has established his innocence, as
he was entirely ignorant of his
valuable Und.
Tha police are puzzled to ac
count for the finding of the
pearls in such a singular man
ner and are inclined to the belief
that the four men who were re
cently remanded for trial were
responsible for placing them
where they would be found in or
der thatvjjiey might tw> clgargd
of the charge.
Jewelers slate that the pearls
have not been tampered with nor
(heir sellings disturbed.
Tin* l.adies Aid of tlit- Oonfrre
^at.ional church will trivc a tea
at Ilic home of Mrs. .1. A. McCtil
vray, 'Thursday at - p. in., to
whicli every one is invited.