Iditarod Pioneer
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WITH ALASKA
Washington, October 20.—Al
fred Hulse Brooks, lately appointed
chief geologist, in place of C. W.
Hsyes resigned, has asked to be
allowed to return to his former
position, that of geologist in charge
of the Alaska section of the United
States geological survey. Secretary
Pisher has granted his request
Seattle, October 20 — Alfred
Brooks, of the geological survey,
says that Alaska undoubtedly needs
capital to develop her resources.
M'NAMARAS ON TRIAL
Los Angeles, October 20. —After
much wrangling a full jury has
been obtained for the trial of the
McNamaras.
So far the questions of the
prosecution are an attempt to prove
that the Times plant was blown up
by dynamite. The defense argues
that'an explosion of gas caused the
disaster.
TURKS GAIN VICTORY
Tripoli, October 20 —The Turk
ish troops operating against this
city, which is occupied by the in
vading Italians, are adopting the
system of night attacks. So far
they have been entirely successful,
and more Italian troops will be
necessary to make the occupation
effective.
VICTORIES_FOR TURKS
Tripoli, October 20.—During the
night attacks upon the outskirts of this
city the Turkish troops have proved
victorious over the Italians.
ELY FALLS TO DEATH
Macon, Ga., October 20.—While
soaring in the air in the neighbor
hood of this city yesterday, Avi
ator Ely’s machine collapsed and
be dashed to death. He leaves a
widow in California.
Minneapolis, October 20 --A11
attempt will be made to flv from
this place to New Orleans. Robin
son is the aviator.
Wacc, Tex , October 20.—In an
attempt to fly across the continent
Rogers the aviator has arrived here.
TUESDAY’S DANCE
WAS A “PIPPIN”
The first of the series of five Tues
day evening dances, given under the
auspices of the Arctic Brotherhood,
was held on the 17th inst. and proved a
great social success.
The attendance was much larger
than usual—over 70 couples being pres
ent—and universal approval of the
change from Saturday to Tuesday was
expressed.
A feature of the evening was the
large number of visitors from Flat
City, several ladies from the creeks
making the occasion their first appear
ance at a dance since they arrived in
the camp.
That nearly every gentleman pres
ent was the holder of a ticket for the
series augurs well for the continued
success of the dances, and there are in
dications that future meetings will be
even better attended. The officers are
most gratified at the support accorded
them.
JUSTICE J. M. HARLAN’S FUNERAL
Washington. October 20. — The fu
neral of John Marshall Harlan, late
associate justice of the United States
supreme court, will take place Monday
next.
Tents and tarpaulins. Boas, clothier.
See Northern Commercial Company,
absolutely fresh stock of goods—every
thing guaranteed. Let us bid on your
outfit, and we will save you money.
Now Is the time to provide your
self with a hot water bottle. The
beat at City Drug Store.
One of the largest Circulating Libra
ries in the North at Ansley’s. Call
and look the books over.
Fresh fruits, nuts, dates, soft drinks,
latest papers and magazines at John
stone’s. _
Sled covers to order. H. Boas, clothier
Just received a fancy line of Graven
stein apples, $8 c box; fancy red apples
¥7 a box. At Johnstone’s.
Threatened Republic in the Middle Kingdom Leads Mikado to Despatch Flower of His
Army—German Marines and Chinese Rebels Clash
Tokio, October 20. — The troubled state of the
Chinese empire, and the possibility of European in
| tervention, have led the Mikado’s ministers to recom
mend the immediate despatch of imperial troops to
China.
A large number of transports, carrying 70,000
picked Japanese troops, left for the seat of war during
the past week. The troops are being convoyed by
three battleships.
San Francisco, October 20. —Advices received here
by the leaders of the Chinese revolutionary party who
are residents of the United States, are to the effect that
the rebels are prepared to proclaim the Republic of
China as soon as the success of tha uprising is assured.
Hankow, October 20.—Reports have reached here
of a fierce battle now raging between the rebels and the
imperial troops. Twenty thousand government troops
are said to be engaged The number of rebels in
action is not known. The result of the battle is
anxiousiy awaited here.
Hankow, October 20.—The Chinese situation was
further complicated yesterday when a party of rebels
attacked a force of German marines, who had landed
to protect German interests. The marines were vic
torious
Pekin, October 20. — Telegraphic communication
with the port of Hankow is interrupted and con
siderable uneasiness is felt regarding the safety of
foreigners at that port and in the adjoining districts.
Shanghai, October 20.—Six shiploads of foreign
refugees have arrived at this port from Hankow.
The Hankow garrison is beleaguered by the rebels
and 21,000 troops are hastening to the relief.
People of Iditarod and vicinity were staggered on
Thursday night last when it became known that a
woman of “the row” known as “Japanese Mary’’ had
been foully murdered by strangulation, and that there
was little or no clue to the perpetrator or perpetrators.
So far as is at present known, the unfortunate
woman was last seen alive on Wednesday evening
by John Nelson, connected with the A. D. T. messenger
office. Since then the blinds had been drawn and the
place in darkness.
Becoming alarmed at the woman’s non-appearance
Thursday, other residents of the restricted district re
quested Nelson to inquire into the cause. Effecting an
entry into the house by means of a back window, Nel
son speedily realized that a tragedy had occurred.
Chief of Police McGovern was immediately in
formed. He visited the scene, and placed Prank Gu
larte as guard over the premises. The marshal’s office
was next informed, and Deputy Marshal Shepard and
Dr. II. Wortmann commenced an investigation.
That murder of a most diabolical kind had been
committed, a cursory investigation proved, and the dis
ordered state of the room pointed to robbery as the in
centive to the crime. William Reagan was then in
stalled as guard over the body, in order to relieve Gu
larte, who is the night watchman, and an inquest was
called for 11 o’clock Friday morning.
With Commissioner E. M. Stanton as coroner, the
inquiry commenced at the home of the deceased on
Third avenue at the hour named. The following were
:
| empaneled as jurors: J. F. McDonald, C. P. Wood, Wm.
Sunderbruch, Pete McMullen, Gilbert Nairn and Ira F.
Wood.
The first witness called was Chief of Police Me
Govern. He stated that he made the rounds of the re
stricted district on Wednesday night about 1 o’clock.
Approaching the crib occupied by the deceased, whose
English name is Mary Thomson, he noticed a light in
the window and heard the sound of voices, as of people
speaking in a casual way. There was nothing to indi
cate that any trouble was brewing. The next evening
(Thursday) he was called to the row by a telephone
message. He sent Frank Gularte to the scene; the lat
ter finding the body of the woman lying on the bed in
j a state of nudity and quite cold. McGovern interviewed
the messenger, from whom he learned that at the time
of his (the messenger’s) visit, there had been a man of
middle age present with deceased. Going over the
scene on Friday morning with Ira Wood, the chief of
police came across a large butcher knife lying on the
tundra a foot or so from the boardwalk, and about 15 i
paces from the rear of the crib. The knife could not
have been there long, as it was quite bright, and had
but two small specks of rust upon it. The point of the
knife was broken. It is surmised that the perpetrator
of the crime dropped the knife while making his escape.
An examination of the lamps in the crib at the
time of the chief’s first visit showed that they had
been turned up very high, and had burned themselves
out.
Deputy Marshal Shepard deposed that he went to
the cabin of the deceased about 11 p.m. Thursday. He
found the door open and the place in great disorder.
He found a pocketbook containing many receipts (pro
duced); $55 in money in some clothing hanging on the
wall, and a small poke of nuggets in a recess near the
bed. He knew nothing personally about the deceased
Irene Harvey, a resident of the restricted district,
said that she saw deceased at the door of her cabin
about 7 p.m. Wednesday. She beard no noise of any
sort during the evening, and testified to the fact that
deceased was of a very quiet disposition Recalled
later, witness said that deceased was accustomed to
wear a gold cross on a nugget chain about her neck.
Examination of the body showed that this had dis
appeared.
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PHILADELPHIA LEADS IN BASEBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
The first game in the final series to decide the
Baseball championship took place at Philadelphia last
Saturday. There were 50,000 spectators and the
weather was ideal- The game resulted in a victory for
New York, with a score of two against Philadelphia’s
one.
The second game, played last Monday, resulted in
favor of Philadelphia with a score of three against
one. Tuesday’s game also was in favor of Philadelphia
with four against two.
The games which should have been played on
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday were postponed on
account of bad weather, and unless climatic conditions
change materially for the better, there will be no game
today.
The following are the results so far received:
First Game.—Played at Philadelphia October 14.
New York 2, Philadelphia 1. Batteries- Matthewson
and Myers for New York, Bender and Thomas for Phil
adelphia. New York made o hits, no errors, and scored
1 in the fourth and 1 in the seventh Philadelphia
made 6 hits, 2 errors, and scored a run in the second
inning. The weather was ideal.
Second Game.--Played at New York October 16.
Philadelphia 3, New York 1. Batteries—Plank and
Thomas for Philadelphia, Marquardt and Myers for
New York. Philadelphia made 4 hits, no errors, and
scored 1 run in the first and 2 runs in the sixth inning.
New York made 5 hits, 3 errors, and scored their only
run in the second inning. The weather was good but
the ground slightly damp from previous night’s rain.
Third Game.—Played at Philadelphia October 17.
Philadelphia 4, New York 2. There were 11 innings
played. Batteries—Coombs and Lapp for Philadelphia,
Matthewson and Myers for New York. Philadelphia
made 11 hits, 1 error, scored 1 run in the sixth, and
a home-run hit in the eleventh netted 3 runs. New
York made 3 hits, 3 errors, and made 1 run in the third
and 1 in the eleventh. Splendid weather.
TAX ORDINANCE
BECOMES LAW
At the adjourned meeting of the city
council last night all members were
present except Mutchler.
Tax Ordinance Passed
After a little preliminary discussion
Mr. Auten moved that the ordinance
| providing for the levy and collection of
taxes be approved as read, upon filling
in dates as had been suggested and
agreed upon. The motion carried
unanimously and the measure became
law.
Under the ordinance as passed taxes
will be based upon the valuation
of property applicable on October 21 of
each year. Taxes are due January 1;
if paid before February 1 they will be
discounted 10 per cent., and if unpaid
after the last day of February they be
come delinquent and a penalty of 10 per
cent, is added.
Assessor Selected
The matter of compensation for city
assessor was gone into and Mr. McDon
nell said he believed in good pay for
good work and thought $15 a day rea
sonable. He believed the work would
probably take a month and it ought to
be understood that the assessor would
attend meetings of the council sitting
as a board of equalization without fur
ther compensation. Mr. Auten said
that if paid by the day an assessor
might prolong the work longer than
necessary, and suggested that $400 be
set aside to pay for the whole work of
assessment. Captain Peterson moved
that the salary be fixed at $15 a day,
entire compensation not to exceed $400;
and the motion was adopted unani
mously.
Gilbert Nairn, Walter Hunsaker and
Tom Dean had applied fot* the position
of assessor and a secret lallot was or
dered. Result: Hunsaker 3, Dean 2,
Nairn 1. Hunsaker was accordingly
declared elected.
Bond was fixed at $1,000 and Attorney
Roden was instructed to prepare the
instrument so the work can begin not
later than Monday.
At this juncture Mr. Auten said it
would be well to find out whether or
not Mr. Hunsaker would accept the
job at the stipulated terms; whereupon
Mr. Hunsaker answered for himself
that he would.
Committees Reorganized
Mayor Barnes said that owing to the
presence of three new members on the
board it was advisable to reorganize
the various standing committees, and
he would entertain a motion author
izing him to do so.
Captain Peterson suggested a recess
with a view of conferring one with an
other upon a reorganization of the
whole council, presiding officer as well
as committees.
Mayor Barnes said the presiding of
ficer’s part of the council had been
organized all the time and he doubted
if the members had a right to change it.
Attorney Roden, being appealed to,
gave the opinion that the council has
power to reorganize the whole thing
if it wants to.
Mr. McDonnell said before such a
step was taken it would be only fair for
all the members to be present.
Mr. Auten then moved that the com
mittees be organized as Mayor Barnes
had slated them. Carried — yeas 4,
nays 2.
Mayor Barnes named the committees
as follows:
Street—Mutchler, chairman; Wood
and Peterson.
Police — McDonnell, Peterson and
Wood.
Finance—Auten, Worden and Wood.
Printing — Peterson, Mutchler and
Wood.
Fire—Worden, Auten and Mutchler.
Minor Matters
Chief McGovern reported a danger
ous piece of sidewalk on Simpson’s
corner. In the absence of the chair
man Mr. Wood of the street committee
was instructed to notify Mr. Simpson
to straighten up the walk at once.
The fire committee was authorized
to sell a glass front left over from re
modeling the city building. It is worth
$60 or $65.
Mayor Barnes said that two or three
cords of wood had been left near the
old meeting place and it ought to be
moved over. Attorney Roden said he
had just paid Judge Maltby $15 for
that wood a ad if the council intended
to use it he would take steps to recover
his money. It developed that the wood
had been promised to Judge Maltby in
consequence of using his room for
meeting purposes, and Mr. Roden’s^
title will probably stand.
Mr. Roden out of his private funds
cashed the $50 warrant drawn Wednes
day night in faver of the school board,
and the new desks to be paid for with
the money will be in the schoolroom
by Monday. _
Ladies’ handbags and all kinds
of leather goods, cutlery, Water
man’s fountain pens, genuine Lib
bey cut class, best perfumes and
stationery. City Drug Store.
Play pool and solo at Ansley s.
INSTALLATION
WAS ENJOYED
The installation of officers of Camp
Iditarod No. 27, Arctic Brotherhood,
took place at A. B. hall on Monday
evening last, when a large number of
brethren and their friends were pres
ent. Deputy Grand Arctic Chief Z T.
Loussac acted as installing officer, as
sisted by Deputy G. V. A. C. George
Marsh, Deputy G. A. C. A. E. Light,
Deputy G. A. R. Alex. Larsen, Deputy
G. A. K. of N. Win. Button, Deputy G.
A. T. G. Sam Applebaum, and the fol
lowing brethren were installed in their
respective offices:
Past Arctic Chief^IayorJ. D. Barnes.
Arctic Chief, A. E. Maltby.
Vice Arctic Chief, Jos. H. Smith.
Arctic Chaplain, Nat Lyons.
Arctic Recorder, R. VV. Frost.
Arctic Keeper of Nuggets, Robert
Simpson.
Arctic Trail Guide, Albert Wile.
Arctic Trail Blazer, Tom Dean.
Arctic Camp Cook, Stewart Holmes.
Arctic Keeper of Inner Toll Gate,
Isadore Goldstein.
Arctic Keeper of Outer Toll Gate,
Z. T. Loussac.
Trustees—E. G. Lindberg, Jos. H.
Smith, Z. T. Loussac, Dr. Heinrich
Wortmann, J. D. Barnes.
After the installation ceremony Arc
tic Chief Maltbv named the following
to serve on the various committees:
Finance Committee—Jos. H. Smith,
E. Coke Hill, A. E. Light
Auditing Committee—E. G. Lind
berg, Stewart Holmes, Robt. Simpson.
Visiting Committee—Nat Lyons, Tom
Dean, Dr. S. Hall Young.
Membership Committee—Nat Lyons,
Albert Wile, E. G. Lindbeig.
An Arctic supper was served after
the ceremony and the justice done to
the viands provided spoke well for the
epicurean tastes of the assembled sout
doughs and their cheeehaco guests.
Several members of other camps
have applied for affiliation with Camp
Iditarod, and their applications will be
acted upon as early as possible.
Next Monday all candidates for initi
ation who paid their fees prior to Octo
ber 16 will be taken over the trail, and
granted an insight into the mysteries
of the order. The hour has been set at
8:30 p.m., and all candidates and mem
bers are requested to make a special
effort to be punctual.
It might be added in passing, that
refreshments will be on hand, and a
good time generally is expected.
It would seem that the new-in
stalled officers have a prosperous sea
son ahead of them.
Ov®r 40 different kinds of candies,
fresh roasted and raw peanuts, walnuts,
filberts, Brazil nuts and pecans at
Ansley’s. _
Do you think you need a truss?
City Drug Store carries a full line.
Room with bath $5.00 per week.
1 Caribou Bath House,
KEPT BLIND PIG;
MDST GO TO JAIL
Fairbanks, October 20—A raid
made by the marshal’s office at Fox
City resulted in the arrest of five
persons charged with conducting a
blind pig. Those arrested were
Al’.ie Stevens, Gabrielle Coutard,
Sam Talarico, Louis Segard and
Joe Galliman.
The first charge to be heard was
that against Louis Segard. He was
found guilty and sentenced to five
months in jail
The other cases are pending.
TO DYNAMITE MR. TAFT
Santa Barbara, Cal., October 20.
—Thirty sticks of dynamite were
found under a viaduct over which
President Taft passed on his way
here. Secret service men have
been working on the case, but so
far without results.
Butte, October 20. — A heavy
snowstorm greeted President Taft
upon his arrival here.
The president will return to the
capital November 12.
FAVOR LAFOLLETTE
Chicago, October 20 -— Two
hundred representatives of the
Progressive Republicans in con
vention here have unanimously
adopted Senator LaFollette as their
candidate lor the presidency.
FREES BANK ROBBER
Leavenworth, Kan., October 20.—
President Taft has pardoned Walsh,
the Chicago bank wrecker, and the
lalter has left for his home.
HAS A NEW "SCHEME
Washington, October 20.—Senator
Nelson W. Aldrich, of Rhode Island,
has submitted his plan for a reorgani
zation of the United States monetary
system to the Monetary commission.
There are few general changes. The
scheme provides for the United States
being divided into 15 financial districts.
WANTS RAILROAD’S BACK TAXES
Nome, October 20.—The district at
torney has commenced proceedings
against the Seward Peninsula Railroad
for unpaid mileage taxes from 1907 to
date. The tax is $100 a mile and the
corporation owns 87 miles of road. If
the government should win the case
the railroad company would be out
$43,500._
GOV. POTHEIR IS RE-NOMINATED
Providence, R.I., October 20.—
Aram J Potheir, governor of Rhode
Island, has been re-nominated at
the Republican state convention.
WIRELESS^ BREVITIES
Jose Saurez has been elected Vice
President of Mexico.
Dr. Cook has gone to Europe, where
he will try to convince the scientists
that jie really did discover the north
pole.
Secretary of Agriculture “Tama Jim'‘
Wilson denies that he is about to re
sign.
The steamship Northwestern left
Nome Thursday morning with a full
passenger list.
Governor Walter E. Clark has com
pleted his investigation of the charges
against the administration of Mount
Tabor sanitarium. He says the charges
were unfounded.
Gifford Pinchot and Senator Miles
Poindexter have arrived at Seattle.
They say the only solution of the
Alaskan coal muddle is federal control.
Major Strong is planning a trip to
Europe.
Tom Nestor, arrived at Seattle, pre
dicts an output of $3,500,000 in gold
from Iditarod.
Attempt to Die by Fritzie Hill
Fritzie Hill, a woman resident at.
Flat City, attempted self destruction
by talcing an antiseutic tablet and a
dose of laudanum last Tuesday.
The poison was extracted by means
of a stomach pump and the woman was
brought to the Iditarod Hospital on
Wednesday. She there grew worse
and Thursday night her recovery ap
peared very doubtful. Yesterday, how
ever, she took a turn for the better,
and it is believed she will live.
Blighted affeotkm is said to have
been at the bottom of it all.
Select Outside Lumber, corrugated
iron and roofing paper at Ross & Yes
tor’s.
Staley underwear. H. Boas, clothier.