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Fairbanks, August 8.—It is estimated that 200 men have left
lies district during the past week for the Nhusana diggings. The
steamer Reliance took CO passengers, and two more steamers will
probably go.
John Paulson sent a telegram today to the Fairbanks Daily
Times from Gulkana. where he had just arrived from the new dig
gings, stating that two men bail shoveled in lu2 ounces in two days
on ground near Discovery on Chathend.i creek. Gold is re
ported to have been found on Wilson, Glacier, Johnson, Alder and
Chicken creeks, and also on several small streams.
All pay so far discovered is four miles above limber line, and
on Chathenda creek it is only two and a half feet to bedrock.
There were only 80 men in the camp at the time of Paulson s
departure—on July 20.
Grub is very scarce at the new diggings.
Washington, August 6.- After conferring with the President
and the State department for more than a Secretary Bryan
today accepted the resignation of Henry L. Wilson, ambassador to
Mexico. The resignation becomes effective October I t.
President Sends Special Representative
The name of John Lind, former governor of Minnesota, was
sent to the senate today for confirmation as a special representa
tive of President Wilson to Mexico. This action on the part of the
President, according to well-founded opinions, moans that the
Huerta government of Mexico will not be recognized.
Bryan Abandons Protectorate idea
After a conference with the members of the senate committee
on foreign relations, Secretary of State Bryan has abandoned his
idea for placing a protectorate over the republic of Xicaraugua.
Big Reduction in Express Rates
The interstate commerce commission, after a thorough investi
gation of the transportation charges exacted by the express com
panies of the country, today issued an order for the speedy reduc
tion of rates of from 10 to 00 per cent. The order is made effective ;
October 15 next.
EVsuihai! Again on Y/itness Stand
The house lobby investigation committee resumed sessions
today with Martin Mulhall in the witness chair. Mulhall's testi .
inony before the senate committee created a series of sensations
that are still being discussed.___
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Fairbanks, August 8.—A big auto truck belonging to the j
Alaska Road Commission arrived in this city yesterday over the|
Valdez trail, with Col. Wilds P. Richardson as a passenger, and ;
started on its return trip this afternoon.
J. H. Groves' new automobile returned yesterday from a round
trip to Chitina, and Shelton's auto has safely reached \ aldez from
Fairbanks.
London, August 8.—The European powers this week arranged
the terms of settlement in the Bulgarian war.
It is believed in diplomatic circles that the Sultan of Turkey
will shortly declare a third war among the Balkans, in order to
regain lost territory.
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Washington, August 8.—Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo
has been in conference with congressmen and bankers of the South j
and Middle West regarding the best methods of placing the money j
which the United States is loaning for the purpose of handling the
big crops of those regions.
BIGGEST STAMPEDE
SINGE THE KLOND £E
Seattle, August 8.—Report.-, re
ceived iu this city from various
poiuts in Alaska and Yukon terri
tory, and from the number of ar
rivals iu this city bound for the
North it is believed that the pres
ent stampede will be the largest
since the famous rush to the Klon
dike iu 1897-98.
Imperial Baths—Turkish, steam and
tub baths. Rooms in connection.
Maude Earle, Prop.
Du Rand's Discovery Cafe satisfise
the hungry.
Job Printing at Pioneer office.
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Vancouver, B, C, August 6 —
Six thousand salmon fishermen of
i the Fraser river went on strike
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recently for higher wages. While
the strike was on, the fish in the
river almost jammed it up, and
many inexperienced persons made
good catches. The strikers, be
coming alarmed at such an uuusal
condition of affairs, called the strike
off, and returned to work at a
lower rate of wages.
For the Big Feed try DaRand’s Dis
j covery Cafe.
| When at Flat visit Curly Robinson’s
j health resort. No flies, no mosauitoes. |
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COSTLY FIRE
Athabaska, Sasic.. August 6.—
The business section of this city
was destroyed by fire yesterday
morning. The total loss is esti
mated at $500,000.
RUSSIA WILL NOT PARTICIPATE
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St. Petersburg, August 2.—The
Russian government has decided
not to participate in the Panama
Pacific exposition at San Francisco
in 1915.
Wheatland. Cal., August 6.-~
The worst scenes of disorder ever
witnessed in this part of California
occurred when a riot broke out
among the Industrial Workers and
the hop pickers. All the peace
officers of the county were called
to quell the rioters, and four of j
them were killed. Martial law’ was!
declared by the sheriff of this j
county, who, seeing that affairs j
had got beyond bis control, called
upon the governor for state troops. ;
five companies of militia arrived |
on the scene yesterday morning,
and everything has been quiet since
their arrival.
Charles Knutson, who works f -r
the I.ittle Griggs at the head of
Flat creek, on Wednesday morning :
last about 2 o’clock, caught his
right band in the swift running;
cable at a sheave wheel and all the ■
fingers were torn of! except the
index digit. Mr. Kuut on when
lie was caught showed rare pres
ence of mind and great courage.
Realizing that the machinery could
not instantly be stopped, lie jerked j
his arm with all his might to free 1
him self, and in doing so he pulled j
out ti;e cords of the middle finger j
clear to the elbow, I? was thought
at first that the ur.ic.i tunate man i
would lose 1 is arm, but Dr. Wotl-j
raanii says it can he saved.
Henry Roden has been informed by
'.be Fairbanks Times that the booklet j
on mining law prepared by him is off j
the press and that several hundred j
copies have been mailed him. It will I
be on sale at the local stores. Mr. lio-j
den says ho does rot know what the j
price will be, as he has as yet received j
no information concerning the co>t of j
printing. However he has stated that !
the printing and publishing expenses!
will have to be paid for and any bal- !
anco remaining will help build the i
prospector’s home in Interior Alaska.
T. J. Flavin, post office inspector for
Alaska, came to town last Monday, !
looked into the affairs of the local
office, gave Postmaster Thurston a neat
ly printed and signed certificate for
efficiency, and went ou his way re
joicingly towards Diskaket.
A fishing party consisting of Henry
Weir, John Holmes, Ed McArdle and
Smithy Bembroke, left this morning
to spend a few days in the vicinity of
Handspike Hansen’s halfway house.
ADVERTISED LETTERS
Guslofson, E. 3 Hakulin, John 1
Juntti, Gustof 1 Morgan, Mrs. Milli 1
Newltnan, Henry X
T. L. THURSTON, Postmaster.
Mrs. Wallace Cathcart, of Fairbanks,
daughter of Mrs. E. M. Xtusk, arrived
in this city Monday evening for a visit’
Mrs. Rusk went to Dikeman last Satur
day to meet the young lady and re
turned with her.
Ansley’s book store this week re
ceived a lot of long-expected photo sup
plies, and Bill has a new dark room at
the rear of his store where he can
readily develop filers for the trade.
; Location Blanks at I’ioneer office.
The past week has witnessed a
considerable exodus of miners for
the new strike on tlie Shusana
river —near the international bound
ary line between Alaska and Yukon
territory. Among the stampeders
are some of the best-known men in
the North—whose departure from
any camp is a severe loss and the
hope and wish that they will ‘‘strike
it rich” in the new field goes with
them from those who remain be
hind.
During Thutsday about 20 left
in small boats, and the Nancy Bell,
which left at 9 o’clock that evening,
carried about 30 passengers, most
of whom are bound for the far
reaehes of the 'Banana river.
M'he launch Mabel, belonging to
Martin Moran and Jack Flannagan,
is scheduled to leave at noon today.
She is carrying a capacity load of
passengers, among whom are many
of Alaska’s most worthy citizens.
The Pioneer this week is print
all the news available relating to
the new diggings, and after care
ful reading of the same, we fail to
see the justification for a stampede
of the proportions that it now as
siirnes. A well known and success
ful operator ot Fairbanks wired
his son in this camp not to think
of “taking in" the stampede at
this time.
It is understood on the street
that a telegram was received in this
city last Thursday from Jack
Ronan, stating that he intended to
make the trip to the reported new
diggings, but lie S* d no absolute
knowledge as to the extent of then
worth.
Special cable to Tic i Vst-Intelligencer.
Cordova, Alaska, July 10.- News of
a placer strike on the Shusana river,
a tributary of the White river, whore
two men recently took out -'TWO in dust
in one day, lias caused a stampede to
that section from Blackburn and Ken
necut t.
So far no definite news lias been re
ceived of the strike, yet scores arc now
juliitting to go there, and a number of
people have already left.
For several reasons old-timers are
willing to believe in the strike.
it lias been long predicted that some
time there would be a stampede on the
upper reaches of the Tununa river.
FVery year prospectors have been tak
ing out grubstakes by sniping along
the rim rock.
The great expense of getting outfits
into the country made extensive pros
pecting or the sinking of holes to bed
rock any distance prohibitive,
It is always easy to stampede in the
■tpring time down the river, where the
river current will propel boats, but to
pole up such a swift river as the Tun
ina from Fairbanks has been a trick
too difficult and expensive to attract
many prospectors.
1 ears ago Deiore ratruauKS was
thought of, so the report goes, a man
lied in Chicago who drew a map of the
place where he and a partner had
taken out a large sum of placer gold.
The partner had been killed by the
Indians. The map located the stream
on what was afterwards thought to be
the Goodpasture, a branch of the up
per Xanana, but subsequent gold seek
ers failed to reach their expectations.
The new strike is fifty miles from
tire Copper River railway, at Black
burn or McCarty.
CANDIDATES SHOW UP
New York, August 2.—John
Mitchell, the new customs collector ;
of the port of New York, has been j
nominated by the fusionists fori
mayor. District Attorney Whit
man has announced his intention !
of running for mayor as an inde- j
pendent candidate.
Choice fresh-killed beef,
Iditarod Meat Co. i
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Seattle, August 6.—G. L. Milli
gan, formerly with the Alaska
Wireless Telegraph Company at
Iditarod, left this city early this
week for the Shusana district with
a complete wireless outfit which he
will install in the new diggings for
the Northern Wireless Telegraph
Company.
City of Mexico, August 2.—Gen
eral Felix Diaz, who left lieie
early this week for Japan as a
representative of President Huerta
relative to a Japanese colonization
scheme, has been recalled to this
city. General Diaz, only got a
for as Los Angeles.
1DLHALL BEST
Washington, August 8. — Martin
Mulhall, who has been giving tes
timony before the house lobby in
vestigating committee the past two
days, made a plea that he needed
rest, and has been excused until
Monday next.
S.m Francisco, August 8 —-The
trial ot Maury I. Diggs, charged
with violation of the -Mann anli
wiiite-siave act, was begun in this
city D-t M unlay, and the jury was
not completed until yesterday after
noon. O dy mart ied men weie
accepted as jurors,
[Maury I. Diggs, former sta'e
architect of California, who, with
Camiuetti, were to have beet) the
defendants in the white slave case
for which former United States
District Attorney John L McXubb
of the northern district of California
has secured the evidence. Mr.
Camiuelti's father is commissioner
of immigration and when McXabb
forwarded Ins resignation to the
President, asserting tint Attorney
(General McReynolds was tamper
ing with the scales of justice by
ordering a postponement of the
case, it was charged by many that
the elder Camiuelti’s influence was
saving the two men from punish
ment for violation of a federal law.j
London, August 6.—Bombardier
Wells, the Ivnglish heavyweight
champion, yesterday afternoon in
this city knocked out Pat O’Keefe
in the 15th round.
Vancouver, 15. C., August 6.—
joe Bay ley and Frenchy Vaise
fought 15 very fast rounds in this
city last night. Both men were on
their feet at the end of the last I
round, and the referee declared the:
contest a draw.
Willie Ritchie, the champion
lightweight pugilist, has signed
articles to fight Freddy Welsh in
this city on Labor day, September
2. It will be a 20-round contest.
Medford, Ore., August 6.—Bud
Anderson, the lightweight fighter
who recently underwent an opera
tion for appendicitis, returned to
his home in this city yesterday and
says he is in good condition.
Da Rand’s Discovery Cafe for first
class meals.
Don't forget to call at the Crosby,
baths when you come in from the creeks, j
Fairbanks, August 2.—Governor and Mrs. J. F. A. Strong ar
rived in this city yesterday and were heartily received by a large
crowd of people at the dock. The citizens will give the governor
a banquet which will be attended by nearly all the prominent peo
ple of the city and creeks. A public reception has been arranged
for early next week. After making a short tour of points of
interests in the district and completing arrangements for the loca
tion and erection of the detention hospital, the governor will
probably leave for Nome the later part of next week.
Started for Nome Yesterday
Fairbanks, August 8. —Governor and Mrs. Strong left this city
yesterday afternoon for Nome, after completing all necessary ar
rnngemehts for the erection of the Territorial detention hospital.
Work on the building will start immediately.
Seattle, August 0.—Falcon Joslin, president of the Tan an a
Valley Railway Company, returned to this city yesterday from
Washington, where he spent the winter. Mr. Joslin expressed the
opinion that the bid authorizing the construction of Alaskan rail
roads was certain of passage at either the present session of con
gress, or early in the next regular session. He states that not
only is President Wilson in favor of the government owned rail
ways, but that all the members of his cabinet are giving all the aid
possible to the project
Washington, August 2. -President Wilson today emphatically
denied the report that has been widely circulated to the effect that
the European powers had given the United States JO days in whim
to stop the revolution in Mexico.
SViulhall Again op. Witness Stand
Martin Mnlhall, the witness who attracted so much attention
before the lobby investigating committees, finished his testimony
yesterday, and will leave for his home in Baltimore on Monday.
Government Leaning Money to Move Crops
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo has made arrangements to
loan the national banks of the South and West from jGa.Oi'in.OOO to
$50,000,000 for the purpose of moving the crops that have just
been harvested. _
Victoria, August 8.— Aviator Bryant, who recently made a
series of sensational flights at the Seattle potlach, was instantly
hilled while repeating his experiments in this city yesterday. He
was preparing to make his descent when the machine became
unmanageable, and ho was hurled to the ground.
London, August 8. — Colonel Cody, the foremost aviator of the
British empire, was killed yesterday afternoon while making a
flight in a monoplane. The machine turned turtle.
Washington, August 8.—President Wilson says that President
Huerta, of Mexico, must stop his insults to representatives of the
United States and to American citizens residing in the country.
Mr. Wilson has notified the Mexican government that Special
Representative Lind must be treated respectfully during h:s stay
in Mexico or stern measures will follow.
Huerta Will Demand Recognition
City of Mexico, August 8. —When President Huerta was
officially notified yesterday that President Wilson had appointed
Former Governor John Lind, of Minnesota, as a special represen
tative to Mexico, he stated that unless Mr. Lind’s credentials gave
evidence of the recognition of the Huerta government, he would
not be received and would not be wanted in the Mexican capital.
Won’t Stand fer Intervention
City of Mexico, August 6.—President Huerta today emphatic
ally reiterated the statement he made last week, that he will not
accept intervention on the part of any nation. _
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Seward, August 8.—News has
just reached this city and the!
mainland that the recently com
pleted radio station on Kodiak;
Island has been destroyed by fire. ;
When yon get off the boat take a
steam bath at the Crosby baths, Cari- i
bou street.
Just in—fresh cured Yukon silver |
salmon—prime dog feed- Crowley &
Porter. j
HYDRAULSCKING OS
WILLOW GREEK
Joe Loranger, of Willow creek, was
in town yesterday looking after the
shipping of the long string of eight
inch hydraulic pipe that is to be put on
the ground in which he is intereste
on that creek.
Other raining outfits on YV illow creek
are preparing to work by the hydraulic
method, and another season will see
that part of the district producing
plenty of gold.