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Vol 6 Valdez Alaska, March 21, 1907. No. 5
STOCKTON IS AFLOAT
Streets Flooded and Bus
iness Entirely Sus
pended f
Stockton. March 21—After grad
ually receding for a short time the
Hood here has again started, and is
now worse than at any previous
time. The water is running liken
mill race in every street in thr
^dtyvandaHbusincss is-—e-ntirely
sus{>ended. All of the cellars in
town are full of water and ha.f of
the houses are inundated.
Port Townsend, March 21—An
epidemic of Oriental plague ai d
trachoma, has broken out at Quil
cene. Forty cases have already
been taken to the hospital and a
strict quarantine is be:ng enforced.
Mi ire Steamers
Guggenheims Buy A. S. Co. and Will
Improve Service
Seattle, March 21—The Alaska
Steamship Company has been
taken over by the Morgan-Guggen
heim interests and will he merged
with the Northwestern line, The
transfer of a controlling interest in
the former line was completed yes
terday. It is stated by representa
tives of the Guggenheim? that the
line to Skagway and Ketchikan
will provide an improved service,
doubling its present capacity, so as
to carry machinery and materials
for the work planned by the Gug
genheim interests in the Dawson
country The service to Valdez j
and Nome will la* increased ami to
■ Sc vard will probably he lessened.
It is siamd~ttuTt- a. general rcdt'c*
tion in freight rates nil along the
line is intended. The report circu
lated some time ago that the same
parties had acquired control of the
holdings of the White Pass,
is again stated to he a fact,
thus giving the (iuggenheims com
plete control of the transportation |
business from Seattle to Dawson,
via Skagway.
MILLS COFFEE
That’s All
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Exclusively For Sale By
IMPLICATES BIG MEN
Prcminent Wall Street
Men May Be In
dicted
San Francisco, March 21—Sixtv
five new indictment* have been
returned by the grand jury against
[ parting implicated in graft involv
ing $22f\000 of city funds. Abe
Kuef and all of the city supervisors
have confessed to their part in the
frauds, and the confessions involve
bundle Is of others many of whom
are Wall street capitalists, and it
is even said that Harritnan is seri
ously implicated in the trouble.
Over 100 indictments are expected
todav or tomorrow against promi
nent people. Klief is now at the
St. Francis hotel, a nervous wreck,
completely broken down. Schmitz
will make a clean breast oi his part
in tiie transaction today. Me also
is breaking down from the nervous
strain uttendent upon prose
cution and the revelations of his
guilt.
Vancouver, March 21—Default
ng cashier Walker, of the New
Britain savings bank has been
traced to this city by detectives,
who reached h re too late to inter
c pt him. Walker, disguised ns a
•onsumptive, sailed from here for
the Orient Tuesday on the Em
>res» of India. lie is believed to
have half a million of the stolen
•
unds in his grip.
New York. March 21—Harry
Thaw stated this morning that he
vould commit suicide before be
vould submit to confinement in
an insane asylum.
Seattle, March 21—The Cham
ber of Commerce last night passed
resolutions favoring an ojam door
policy in regard to Japanese immi
gration. The move was brought
about by the laige transportation
interests which are engaged in bus
iness between here and the Orient.
Seattle, March 21—Governor
Hoggatt has appointed Andrew
Balliet as commissioner of deed>
for Alaska, with headquarters in
Seattle.
Perfumes, Toilet waters, Toilet
creams at the lied Cross Drug Co,