FIERCE BLIZZARD
RAGES IN DAYTON
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Women and Children Take Re-'
fuge In Buildings of the Na
tional Cash Register Co.
Dayton, (')., March -8.—The oi
ly has been struck by a fierce
blizzard, which is now raging,
causing terrible suffering to the
homeless people of this section.
The winds are bitter cold and
many will die from exposure.
The National Cash Register
company’s building is housing
more than a thousand women and
children and the building is kept
warm enough to prevent keen
sulfering. bul I he woeful lack of
provisions and supplies is tell.
Many of I he people fled with
few clothes, and the cold snap
has caused much suffering. Sup
plies can only reach the town by
lioal.
M. K. Olson, superintendent of
I be Gameron-Jolmson property,
left this morning to visit the
claims.
UN IT VISIT
STRICKEN STATES
To Direct Relief Work—Congress
Expected to Appropriate Mil
lion Dollars for Relief.
\\ ashinulon. 'll. <k. March 'JS.
I'rcsiilcin Wilson may visit Ihc
... swept stales of Ohio ami
Indiana and diced the work ot {
I lie jro\eminent for the rehahila-,
t ion oi l lie eil ies alollfr t he I 111 io ,
and Wahash and other rivers.
rndpr orders from President
Wilson the frovernnie.nl has ill- j
ready cnntrilmled $350,000 for
relief work and the lies! act ol
congress is expected to he the
passage of a hill providing for an
appropriation of many millions
for I lie relief oft he II.I snlT'er
ers.
silTpomre
IN WASHINGTON
President and Many Federal Offi
cials Are Vaccinated—Con
gressman Caught.
Washington. I). C., March 28.—
President Wilson was vaccinated
yesterday, as many people in this
city have been stricken with the
small pox. Thousands ot vacci
nations have taken place in the
past two weeks, as under depart
ment rule all are compelled to be
vaccinated.
Congressman Cliurdiwire lias
been stricken and it is feared that
more will follow.
The Pasadena Peach.
The Pasadena Peach will be at
the (heater tonight and she sure
will make you laugh. A Humble
Hero, a dog story that is a dandy.
A Man in the Making, is a Y. M.
C. A. drama that has a fine moral.
Change tomorrow eve. Matinee at
at 2 p. in.. The Orpheum.
It is wortn while taking a
chance on the $800 diamond ring
being raffled at Plant & Com
pany’s, jewelers.
Just received at Harvey’s Tog
gery, a nice line of spring and
summer coals.
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200 PEOPLE ARE CREMATED AT DAYTON; l
THE FLOOD IS VERY SLOWLY SUBSIDING
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Six Hundred People Rescued By Boatmen From Railroad De
pot—Life Savers Arrive From Lake Stations—Militia
and Supplies Commence Coming to Stricken
District—Cairo Is Threatened.
Daylon. <>., March 2b.—More
than 200 people wore cremated
in the tire which swept the bus
iness section of this city. They
were caught in the large ottiee
buildings and unable to escape,
the water preventing them from
leaving- the burning buildings.
Six hundred people who had
taken refuge in the railroad depot
were rescued by boatmen, and the
rescue was made none loo soon,
as the building was later destroy
ed by tire. The water prevented
the people, many of whom were
women and children, trom leav
ing and but for the heroic work
of the river men the great ma
jority would have perished.
Fire Burned Out.
The conflagration has about
burned out and the work of re
storing Hie city will commence
as soon as the1 flood subsides, is
the statement of the mayor of the
town.
Help and Supplies Arriving.
The militia have at last arriv
ed and the first work was the ar
resting of several scores of loot
ers. who will he given short shrift,
probably being tried by court
martial. Tin* small number of
local mililia were unable lo han
dle the situation, as many were
compelled |o lake care of families
of Ilieir own and did nol respond
to the calls for help from other
quarters.
The supplies which were sent
from the East are now arriving,
being trans-shipped to boats and
taken to I he refugees, who were
sorely in need of food and medi
pal supplies. The rush fro escape
the water and llu* lire prevented
the saving of enough commissar
ies lo provide for the people who
gathered on the high ground and
in the larger buildings.
Life Savers on the Scene.
The life saving crews and their
boats, sent by special trains from
the lake stations and racing down
the river lo the stricken district,
have arrived here in linn* lo assist
in the faking away from the path
■ of Hie flames several hundred
mill.ned men. women and chil
dren.
Tlir wider is receding now and
il is believed I lull in a few days
I be conditions will have improved
'very materially.
Death List Was Exaggerated.
As is (he case in the first stor
ies sent the press in times of
great, disaster the list of dead was
greatly exaggerated. No estimate
can as yet he made until the wa
ter recedes and the outlying dis
tricts are heard from.
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Merchants Would Boost Prices.
West Indianapolis, lnd., March
28.—It required a threat from the
governor that he would put. the
city under martial law and con
fiscate all stocks of provisions
and supplies to prevent the boost
ing of prices hy I he wholesale
merchants in the town, whose
stocks were not damaged hy the
Hoods. The governor threatened
to take all supplies in the hands
of the merchants and sell them
to the people at I he .[trice prevail
ing before the flood and pay the
wholesalers when the slate got
good and ready. The prices were
accordingly immediately dropped.
Many Leave Peru.
’.Pern. lnd.. 'March , 28.—One
tlitaisand hmm«li*s#* fMVfVpte h:mr
lefl this. city, as they have no
place In slay. Homes have lieen
washed away and the city pre
sents a scene of desolation.
River Raising at Cairo.
Cairo, III.. March -'8.—The Ohio
river is raising and llnv popula
tion is mil iMi masse working on
Ihe levee, all the convicts have
lieen sent lo the river and every
negro has lieen placed to work
under a guard to prevent them
| from deserting.
The city is built on a low point
and protected by costly levees, if
they break, the city will be swept
away. Tin's is the junction of the
Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. No
danger is feared in I tie lower
Mississippi, but all Ihe towns are
si lengthening their levees and
(will take no chance.
I Thousands of small buildings
land many drowned eat lie are
| seen floating past.
I The wheat crop is reported as
i ruined and the loss will he im
■ inense. ' Thousands Hj^jgdtugecs
| are arriving here, coining down in
jail manner of craft,
j r.ftfilirtfes are "sipiI out to ns-1
'sist in the landing.
CANADIAN GOODS
GOME DOTY FREE
Lack of Supplies in the Stricken
District Causes Order lift
ing Duty.
Washington, 1>. C., March 28.—
The treasury department has
made an order allowing the im
portation of Canadian foodstuffs
and other supplies needed by the
stricken district of the central
stales without the paying of duly
under the present tariff.
The customs inspectors have
orders to hurry the inspection of
supplies in order to facilitate the
rushing of clothing and food to
tin.* people who are actually
starving.
The water destroyed much of
Ihe stores in all the cities, as in
most instances the merchandising
houses were near the rivers and
Itu* lower two floors and all the
cellars were covered with water.
Where tin* supplies have not been
mined they are inaccessible I"
the inhabitants.
Lieut. Kdgerlnn. engineer offi
cer of I lie mail ciiniinissiiin. will
leave fur Cordova on the North
western. He will make an inspec
tion of the bridge at Gulkana be
fore tiis return and expeels lo lie
Lome ten days.
Lieut. Prosser, chief signal of
ficer for tin* military cable, re
turned yesterday on ttie North
western after a trip of inspection
of the cable office ai Cordova.
Haryr Schultz has made a beau
tiful photo of the Alaska road
commission map of Alaska. It is
reduced to one 24th of ils original
size.. The. commission, intend' U»
gel mu a mail about 12 hv 14
inches for general use.
Geo. Reinke, the watch repairer
|and jeweler, is at the Valdez Drug
company.
RICH ORE FROM GOLD KING.
RUSHING SUPPLIES TO MINE
SAMPLES BROUGHT TO VALDEZ BY SUPT. CHAS. CRAWFORD,
WHO IS OPENING THE MINE, ARE LITERALLY SPRINK
LED WITH GOLD—WORKING 25 MEN ON CLAIMS.
diaries Crawford, superinleml
t>iil of I lie Cold King Mining com
pany, miller whose direction Hie
mine is being opened up. arrived
in town today with some of the
richest samples ever seen here.
The ore was on display at the of
fice of the Valdez Dock Co.
Messrs. Tutlle, Crawford and
Calhrop being (he organizers and
the largest stockholders in the
company.
The contractors are rushing
I lie development and they have
followed llie vein for 1 I C> feet and
liinl it carries the rich values till
the way. They have also driven
100 feet ol cross-cuts and are
now working on the upraise fid
lowing the ore and had gone 1C>
feel when Mr. Crawford left the
mine.
Anolher tunnel, which will he
the main working tunnel, is being
driven, and the contractors are in
feel on the new work.
The ore is the richest yet tak
en from any property near Val
dez and the lead holds ilk width
as far as the development work
indicates and il is about 111 incli
i s wide.
Tile company will slarl I lie
work of e l ding in the 75 Ions of
supplies end machinery on Mon
day, the freight being taken lo
Khoup bay on a lighter then
freighted by K. Wood, the con
tractor, lo the base of the moun
tain upon which I he claims are
located, from which point the
company will use a gasoline don
key engim lo complete the haul
up I he side hill.
The oll'icers and stockholders
feel certain that they will have
the mill up and working in (50
days, and that from that time on
dividends will be sure and certain.
A continuation of the present ore
values will, in their judgment,
make it the largest gold produc
er in Alaska.
Twenty-live men are now on
the payroll of the company and
more will la* added as soon as
they can be used to advantage.
It is Mr. Crawford’s intelntion to
open tlie/ mine as ernnnifuically
as possible.
NORTHWESTERN 80UTH
TOMORROW MORNING
The Northwestern left Seward
this morning al 0:30 ami should
arrive here tomorrow morning at
10. sailing south an hour later.
The boat will load 1.000 tons of,
ore at Lato'uehe-for the Taeema
smelter.
KOR RENT—Camp Comfort
roadhouse. Terms very reason
able. A^pply Mrs. Chas. Kraemer.
Reinke. expert repairer, at the
Valdez Drug company.
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BUSINESS INEN WANT
STANDARD TIME
Many of Hie business men of
the town are desirous of having
a standard time, for all the clocks
in Valdez in'order to do away with
the many varied times now used.
Some urge. lhe purchase by the
city of a large clock and its erec
tion at some central place, to be
regulated by the cable office time.
The plan has many advocates.
.({. H. Katon. of the Cliff mine,
is in town for a short visit.
COLONEL WANTS
THE DIKE MONEY
Appropriation Available July 1st,
But Col. Richardson Asks for
the Money Now.
I.n'iil. Kdgerton. iif the mad
rnmmissiim, is in receipt of in
formal ion from Col. Richardson,
who is still in Washington, that
Hie dike appropriation whch pass
ed the last congress . was not
avalahle he fore July 1st. and that
he had taken the matter up with
(he assistant secretary of the
War iJupartment and the Secre
tary of the Treasury in the hopes
nf securing permission of these
officials lo commence the work
immediately after the snow disap
pears.
Nn word iias been received from
I he Colonel by wire, which would
indicate the success he is having
in his efforts, but it is feared that
with the great amount of snow
(his season that the floods might
start early and therefore the con
struction of the dike should not
be delayed.
Lieut. Kdgerton says that no
announcement will be made as In
where the dike will be construct
ed until the snow has disappear
ed. The plans will also he sub
milled to Col. Richardson upon
his arrival here next month.
Sandy Carson will return lo the
Midas tonight.
FOR RENT—Three-room apart
ments furnished over Valdez Drug
Co. Apply Valdez Drug Co.
Does your watch need repair
ing? See Reinke, the watch doc
tor. __
FURNISHED ROOMS with or
without board. Ibex House, Key
stone Ave. Mrs. H. Sharts.
FOR RENT—Small four-room
furnished house. Inquire of Mrs.
VV. Crary. Phone 4t.
■ROST TESTIFIES
IN OWN DEFENSE
lays He Had Dream of Being
Great Pioneer, Not Prompted
by Desire for Wealth.
Chicago, III., March 28.—A. C.
Frost, the principal defendent in
:he coat cases now being' tried
before Judge Landis, was a wit
ness^yesterday and his testimony
ivas a surprise to tin? government.
He) claimed thai he dreamed of
being a pioneer of the great,
north, of being instrumental in
the development of the vast re
sources of the territory; the
wealth that he would make was
hut a secondary consideration.
The coal and lhc( railroad was to
him tint a vast promotion scheme
to develop the great mineral"
wealth of Cooks Inlet and the in
terior sections.
Frost claimed that Hanker Os
born. uf the Canadian Hank of
Commerce, had interested him in
the coal and railroad proposition.
ADMIRAL'S WIFE
IS INDICTED
Jury Accuses Her of Administer
ing Arsenic Poison—Have
Trial Soon.
I’I■. 11111111. Mil".. .March ,lv—
The uranil .jury yrslrrday relurn
eil :l Idle lull UfiitiUsI .Mis. Kalmi,
wife uf Hear Admiral .1. < i. Kalmi,
\\ Im died I'rmn t lie ell'erl of ar
senic ind'imiim early Ihismmilh.
The e\ idence hefiire I he y:rand
,j n ry I ended I' * show I hat I he [nil—
sun had hern mini in isl ereil in a
drink of cereal.
Admiral Kalmi was da years old
and his wife was ‘jn years his
.junior.
THE FEDERM.S
GET LICKING
Sonora State Troops Capture An
other City After Two Days
Fighting.
Lananea. March ,8.—This city
snrremlfred yesterday to the be
sieging forces of stale troops, the
general eoinnutrnler tinally giving
up.
The llnerla forces in all the
northern stales are lining whip
lied by the state rights troops and
are slowly forcing the federalists
hack.
Lieut. Prosser received, on the
last, mail one of the new buffalo
nickels and lias shown the coin
to his friends, who all agree that,
the new coin is a great improve
ment on liie former slol machine
money handed out hv Uncle Sam.
One side lias a splendid face of
air Indian, while the reverse side
has in relief I he figure of a charg
ing buffalo.
Or. tv If. Oatlon received on
the Northwestern his commission
as a doctor in the United States
army reserve, and lias the title of
first lieutenant. The appointment,
was confirmed by the Senate and
signed by the president. The
doctor is practicing the proper
salute and has ordered a swell
new full dress uniform for dress
occasions.