ALARMING EPIDEMIC
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inal Meningitis Baffles
Physicians In
Seattle
eattle, March 25—Five deaths
urred yesterday from spinal
ningitis. and the alarming in
use in the epidemic is creating a
lie. The physicians are baffle»
to the cause of the disease or tbe
thod of treatment necessary,
e epidemic is becoming genera
over the United States.
Leavenworth, March 25th—Tie
udents of the INational Old Soi*
jr’s Home here were all_poispnej_J
--eatrrrg'foodTcooked in brass kei
s, Imd so fer one has died and
mo',e are in great danger. Tin
3d was allowed to stand in bras?
tties too long after cooking.
Colon, March 25—The Cannoi
irty has been refused the privii
;e of landing here because they
me from Venezuela, where ;
larantine is now in force owim
an epidemic of yellow fever.
Portland, March 25 — Fifty
lousand dollars has been raised
ere to bring District Attorney
leney from San Francisco to in
estigate grafting whieh is chargee
gainst municipal officials of Port
and.
Seattle, March 25—The Saratoga
ailed for Valdez last night witl
*0 passengers, mostly for the trail.
fSx-Mayor Barnette of Fairbanks
ind Hickma nare passengers.
San Francisco, March 25—Presi
lent Glass, director of the Detwil
ler Home Telephone Co., has re
turned from Ohio to face indict
ments returned against him. The
grand jury will de' ote this week to
investigating the charges of brib
ery preferred against a number of
millionaires who are heading var
ious corporations in this city.
Washington, March 25—It is
informally announced that it is due
to American interests in Nicaragua
o have the United States stop the
nresent war, and that steps along
r
that line will be taken at once.
Secretary Taft and party, who are
jnroute to Cuba and Panama,
lave arrived at South Carolina, and
is probable that Taft will be
mliged to return if intervention is
ecided upon.
Pekin, March 25—The ruling dy
nasty fears that the great famine
in China will cause an uprising
against the government. Opposi
f
tion to the authorities is spreading
rapidly, owing to the report that
the government is making no at
tempt to relieve famine conditions.
Seattte, March 25—The steamer
Yucatan will replace the North
western on the Alaska run. She
will probably sail April 1st.
Tacoma, March 26—The crew of
t'ie steamer Dakota reached here
today on the Tremont. They de
dare that when the Dakota was
vrecked they were paid off and
left to shift for thernseives in the
)rient, and were only able to reach
lome through the kindness of the
Sun Francisco, March 26—Presi
dent Glass, of the Home Telephone
Jo., has furnished a $90,000 bond
>r appearance at trial on ihe rt
•ent indictment. Mayor Schmitz
tates that he wiil waive all techni
•ulities in order to secure a speedy
rial.
Seattle, March 26—The phvsi
•ians of this city had a meeting
yesterday to discuss the epidemic
>f spinal meningitis, and decide on
neasures to abate the epidemic.
Seven deaths occured yesterday
tnd during ihe whole of the month
»f March there have been 130 killed
>y the disease.
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Seattle, March 26—The Bertha
-ailed last night fo»- Valdez, with a
Mil cargo of freight and 65 passen
grre.
Bucharest, March 26—Rouma
nian peasants are out in force,
burning and pillaging many of the
smaller villages, and killing hun
dreds of the inhabitants. Massa
cres are being reported from all
districts of Roumania.
Spokane, March 26—The board
of,health finds that the pay roll of
the city hospital has been padded
and that there are numerous other
instances of graft in connection
with the management. The Mayor
has ordered an investigation of all
departments of the municipality.
Dawson, March 26—Acting Gov.
Lithgow has fixed April 16 for the
/
election of new members to the Yu
kon council of legislature. The
nominations so far are Joe Clark,
for North Dawson; A1 Lobelv and
John Grant, for South Dawson,
and George Black foi Dominion.
Nominations must be all made by
, April 2.
New York, March 26—The great
Beatson mine on Latouche has fi
nally been sold, A. K. Beatson
closing the deal for the sale of the
property for five million dollars.
The purchasers are reported to be
representatives of the Rothschilds,
Man\ attempts have been made by
different monied interests to secure
this property, but heretofore Beat
son has positively refused to con
sider any offer. The purchasers
will take possession m a few weeks.
Washington, March 26—Ship
ments of merchandise to Alaska
f >r the month of January, 1907,
w^re 60 per cent greater than lor
the same month of the previous
year.,_Inilica44««s—are that thtT
February shipments will show even
a larger increase.
The steamship Pennsylvania has
been chartered bv the Northwest
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ern Steamship Company to carry
18,000.000 shingles from Puget
sound to San Francisco.
Latest styles in Easter Ties, just
arrived at the Ladies’ Bazaar.
Get a bank account if you
can, but above all things
get an INSURANCE POLICY
It will provide an estate for you; a cash
income in later years; make it possible
ior you to borrow money without expos
ing your plight to your friends if over
t eu by misfortune or sicknes; it w i
bury you properly, save your estate Irom
sacrifice, and take care < f your wife, 1 ttle
ones or relatives if you are carried away
some day before your dream of accumu
lating money is reali:e i.
See about a policy today
W. H. CRARY, Local Agent
PROSPECTOR OFFICE, Valdez
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WESTERN STRIKE DUE
All Roads In West May #
Be Tied Up By
Strike
Chicago, March 26—A meeting
was held here this morning of the
trainmen and managers of all the
western railroads who are endeav
♦
oring to reach a settlement of the
wage controversy. If the present
contercnce fails of its purpose a
strike will be declared which will
tie up all of the railroad of the
West.
Court Hears License Applicants
—TfleTHeanng on applications for
liquor licenses Saturday evening
drew a large crowd, the court room
being filled by citizens, all of whom
w’ere greatly interested in the out
come of the matter. The sole pro
testants were Rev. Burnett and
Taylor, who directed their efforts
to having the license of the Buffet
refused; Capt. Hartman, who was
working against the establishment
of a saloon at Wortman’s, and
Blame}' Stevens, who protested
against license being granted to J.
VV. Little, on Latouche island.
The judge stated that he would
not act as any police officer to con
sider charges that unv of the sa
loons were violating the law, as
that had been bandied by the
grand jury, but said the protest
ants must confine their discourse
to statutory objections to locations ,
of saloons. He directed all of his
remarks to Rev. Barnett, ignoring
the other preacher entirely. Rev.
Burnett stated that he had no
personal feeling in the matter, blit
his actions were hardly consistant
with that statement, as he withdrew
his objections to all the saloons
within the 400 foot limit, except
the Buffet. Under the showing
made there was nothing for the
judge to do except refuse the Buffer,
application, althought he stated
that in all probabilities that place
was the most orderly saloon in the
town.
Judging from the expressions or
business men regarding the affair
the two principal-contestants are
the only ones who feel any satis
faction over the result, as the
Buffet was a place against which
no objections could he made, being
orderly, well conducted and a
credit to any town.
The A. E. Murphy outfit of forty
mules, which is moving sunpii<> t<>
Fairbanks for the big diu-ii and
hydraulic work, lias made a start
to the interior, being delayed some
what by the failure of the North
western to unload all of their
freight. T1 se ditch mentioned is to
be 90 miles in length and it is ex
pected a large portion of the work
t will be done this season.