VCL. 9. N0- 127‘
EM GETS Ml
WON'T HAVE OLHEV
Olney Told the British to Keep Out
of Venezuela, So Cannot be
British Ambassador.
Washington, l). G., March 10.—
Secretary of State Bryan indig
nantly denied that it was the in
tention of the department to send
Richard Olney as ambassador to
the court of St. James. He says
that the action of Olney while
Secretary of St ate under Grover
Cleveland, when he informed Eng
land thal they must not land in
Venezuela or the United Slates
would have to be reckoned with,
precludes him as a possibility.
Some other Democrat will be
selected to fill the place of the
late VVhitelaw Reid in a few days,
but he refuses to make any an
nouncement at this time.
English Police Protect Them
From Crowd at Famous Hyde
Park, London.
London, March JO.--The suf
fragettes yesterday held one:,yf
the largest meetings ever hrdd-al
Hyde Park, and the crowd were
held in abeyance by the police,
who ..rdered lo slop any al
lempl lo break up the' niceling,
and mil to permil Ibe women In
do any damage to the park.
Tile crowd was so large I hat
I lie speeches were unheard except
by a few around Ibe speakers.
The hum of many voices prevent
ed their words being heard.
i m 800ZE
it stite rams
Washington. D. C., March 10.
1‘residcnt Wilson, Vice-president
Marshall and Secretary of State
Bryan announce that hereafter
no liquors will be served by them
at any entertainments, either of
ficially nor private.
Ex-president Taft and his pre
decessors were severely criticised
for allowing intoxicating liquors
to be served at slate functions.
H. |„ Ilillis, representative of
the Relmington Arms Go., gave an
exhibition of fancy shooting and
also a demonstration of the val
ue of ltie Remington gun, yester
day afternoon on the beach be
hind tlie Crawford building. Sev
eral hundred people enjoyed his
marksmanship. Sam Scare was
one of I lie crowd and he offered
Ilillis a silver dollar if he could
liil il while up in the air. Hillis
hit il so hard that il required
1hree hours’ of the kids time to
locate what was left of the dol
lar.
\V. tl. Whit I lesey, is ill Wash
ington, trying to convince the
powers that he would make an
ideal district attorney for this di
vision and that In the victors be
long' the spoils and that a vacan
cy should he made for him.
William Finical is still rou
tined to his room from the elfecls
of I he sprain lie received last
week.
(ins llenkle will leave for the
Sealey-Davis properly tomorrow*.
deo. Reinke, the walch repairer
and jeweler, is at the Valdez Drug
company.
CAUSED EXPLOSION
AND GETS PINCHED
Stevedore Foreman Rammed Hook
in Dynamite When Angry at
Slow Working Men.
Baltimore, March 10.—The po
lice today arrested Foreman Bon
hardt, the boss stevedore, claim
ing that he caused the explosion
which wrecked the steamer, kill
ing 30 and wounding 70 persons,
when in his anger at the long
shoremen who were loading the
300 tons of dynamite, for the lack
of speed displayed by them, he
grabbed a hay hook and jabbed
it into a box of dynamite, caus
ing the explosion.
The above dispatch does not
state how Bonhardl succeeded in
escaping when others were killed,
and he was standing immediately
over a box of dynamite when it
was .exploded. Relieve it if you
can. We don’t.
Kick Walker will leave for
Seattle on the Northwestern.
So Reports the Curran Alderman
ic Committee After Care
ful Investigation. .. .
,\ew York. Mart'll 111.—The
Curran investigating cniiiinil lee
reiiilereil a iireliniiiiary report of
I lie result of I heir work prnhing
the eiimlil inns nf the police tie
parlineiil uf this city.
The report that the ileparl nienl
has no proper executive head of
experience; that the many
changes of police commissioners
and fhe! short time they serve
makes it impossible to maintain
discipline and the new head of
the force spends.-his time learn
ing about the force, and then af
ter a few years of experience he
is succeeded by another novice.
The investigation was caused
by the death of Gambler Rosen
thal, who was shot for threaten
ing to expose the graft he was
compelled to pay the department.
Since which time many men on
the force have been convicted of
murder, graft and robbery. Wit
nesses appeared before the com
mittor claiming that the police
and the crooks of the city work
ed together on a percentage ba
sis. Several captains and many
patrolmen have pleaded guilty of
collecting money for the privil
ege of violating the law. Two in
spectors are under indictment
and a deputy commissioner is
under suspicion.
Company H, of Fori Liscum,
^brought the body of Private Dix
on to Valdez for shipment to tin*
states on the Northwestern. The
military services were held at
Fort Liscum.
Information received on the
last boat from Fred Wilson says
that the family are feeling line
and hope to return to Valdez
about I he first of April.
shorty Reitz, who lias been
working for McIntosh, is in town
as the stage line has been aban
doned.
Easter Millinery
To arrive on the S. S. Sampson.
A fine new and up-to-date line of
Faster millinery at Harvey’s Tog
gery.
i _
Flirt Sails Tuesday.
The launch Flirt will sail for
sound points next Tuesday leav
ing the city dock.
Alaska Man Sore Beoause World’s
‘V* si. :■ ■ ■
Almanac Puts Him Down
as Bull Moose.
Seattle. .March 10.--George K.
Baldwin, of Valdez; is very sore
over the prodding he has been
gelling from his friends since the
New York World almanac print
ed his name in ils list of Bull
Moose state chairmen as head of
that party in Alaska. He has
written a letter to the chairman
of the Bull Moose party protest
ing against the classification of
the Independent Republicans of
Alaska as a tail to the RooseveSt
kite.
Baldwin says in his letter that
the Wiekersham convention
which met in Valdez last spring
adopted a platform denouncing
Piuchotism and nearly everything
for which Roosevelt and Pinchot,
stand, and that the indorsement'
of Roosevelt for the Republican
presidential nomination was j,am
med through at Ihe request of
Wiekersham oVer: the "protest of
many delegates, including Raid
win himself. He says most of Ihe
convention werl* opposed lo the
Roosevelt indorsement, hul de
ferred to Wickersliam’s wishes.
He adds tlint the Alaska men who
sal in Ihe Bull Moose convention
at Chicago were not authorized
to call themselves delegates.
These men were James Wieker
sham and G. P. Hubbard.
CHICAGO PROBE
TO BE THOROUGH
Prostitutes From Houses of Ill
fame and “Cadets” From
Penitentiary to Testify.
Chicago, March 10.—The O'Ha
ra investigating committee will
make its investigation of the so
cial conditions of this city thor
ough, and to that end have issued
hundreds of subpoenaes for in
mates of houses of illfame and
many “cadets” now serving time
in the penitentiary will be forced
to appear and tell of their efforts
to induce girls to" become pros
titutes. •'
The fifty “sports” so far ex-:
audited all testified that they were
forced into their present life by
the lack of a decent living wage.
Northwestern South Tonight.
The S. S. Northwestern Is bill
ed to go south tonight at 7
o’clock. The boat left Seward at ■
yesterday afternoon, but lias
been delayed at Lalouche loading,
1,000 Ions of ore.
FRIEDMAN HOLDS
PRIVATE CLINIC
New York, March in.—Hr.
Frederick Friedman has opened
a private clinic in Ihis city and
has seventeen patients under his
care, who have been inoculated
with his serum. He is also con
ducting a clinic under the super
vision of the New York Medical
Association. Many physicians
were willing to pay for the priv
ilege of studying under the Her
man doctor, so lit* opened the
school of his own accord.
Th* Dancers.
The dancers’ 'will -dance in the
Moose hall Wednesday eve at !>::in
sharp. Home, waltz at I -. Hood
music.
ALASKA SOLONS
ARE INSTALLED
Account of the Servioes as Given
in the Juneau Empire—Sen
ators Draw Lots.
The following account of the
installation of Alaska's tirst ter
ritorial legislature is taken from
the Juneau Empire and is repro
duced as being of great interest
to many reads of the Prospector:
The first legislature of Alaska
was formally organized in Elks’
hall shortly after noon today.
The senate was the first to put
on official life. The oaths of of
lice were administered to the sen
ators-elect by Judge Thomas R.
Lyons, of the district court, at
12:25, and as soon as this was
done, Sergeant-at-arms Canavan
was directed to notify the Secre
tary of the Territory. General
William I,. Distill, who formally
opened the legislature, that the
senate awaited his pleasure.
General Distin was preceded by
John P. Olds, carrying a beautiful
silk flag, and Misses Beatrice
Behrends and Gertrude lleid, each
carrying a historic gavel, decorat
ed with red, white and blue rib
bons. Gen. Distin spoke as fol
lows:
“Ladies and gentlemen: 1 es
teem it a great compliment and
an honor to he chosen to preside
upon this eventful occasion and
to start in motion the organiza
tion of the lirst session of the
(continued on page 3).
15 STILL ON TOP
Knockers Have Not Downed Val
dez Senator—Will Have the
Four Years’ Term.
Colonel Millard writes Hie Min
er J.hal the impression which
seems to prevail at Valdez that
he is down and out is erroneous.
He says he is still in the ring and
will have plenty of money in spite
of all the knockers who seem lo
want to down him.
Mr. Millard says that Mr. Bales,
the expert who examined the
property of the company last fall,
has turned in a very favorable re
port on the claims owned by l he
company and plenty of money
will be forthcoming in the spring.
Had the report been made a lit
tle sooner, says the Coolnel, a
deai he had for development
money would have gone through.
The Colonel says he has the
four-year term and that lie in
tends to put forth his best ef
forts for the division and that he
will be on the job all the time
lie is al Juneau.
partIsIpIt
P0LIM0DL1S
Washington* l>. (3., March to.—
(ieorge Cantwell, of Spokane, was
the last witness Saturday night
before the comniillee investigat
ing the assault of suffragettes
while parading here on March ,'i.
lie claimed that the city police
and the hoodlums were working
together to break up Hit* parade,
lit* testified that lit* saw many in
stances where tin** police en
couraged the drunks to gel in the
line of the parading women and
nminy'thnm.
Superintendent Millard, of I lit*
Cliff .mine, came to I won yester
day.
BRITISH STEAMER
CALLS IN VAIN
Wireless Operator Sends Out Mes
| sage for Help, But No Answer
| —Tug Rescues 116.
Key West, .March 10.-The Brit
ish steamer Lugano went ashore
on a coral reef and for hours sent
wireless calls for help, expecting
every minute lo break in two. N'o
answer was received for several
hours.
As soon as the situation be
came known all steamers and
shore wireless were ordered to
cease sending ami allow the sta
tion at Key West to locate the
stranded steamer, and they report
that a lug. the name of which
they have been unable to obtain,
has succeeded in taking off 116
of the passengers and crew.
Steamers are now- rushing to
the scene of the wreck as fast as
possible and several revenue cut
ters are also on the way to ren
der any service possible.
Political Upheaval in Westward
Town—DemidofT, Erskine, Sit
man, Want Postmastership.
The ili'alli recently nf Man y
Cope, fnf many y ears pnsl masler
al Kmliak. lias slarli'tl a political
row which bids fair In make an
upheaval in I lie westward tow n
second only lo Ilia! of lost June,
when Kalmai started in ils line
work, is I In* word brought lo Val
dez on I he steamer Yukon.
Dr. Silverman, of Kodiak, wants
the position and thinks he is the
best man this far norlli when il
1 comes to peddling mail; can do
it with his eyes shut; says he will
get up in the middig of the night
jusl like the Valdez postmaster
and sort the mail, so that the
business men of Kodiak can have
it served with their breakfast.
l>r. Silverman thinks il would go
well with his profession as saw
bones.
Erskine, storekeeper for the
Alaska Commercial Co., would
also have it as an addition lo his
store duties.
A. F. DemidotV, who would also
pass out the mail, is well known
here,'as he was an interpreter al
the last session of court for the
Russians and Indians of Afog
nak. He has considerable back
ing from the nldlimers of Ko
diak.
Pel il ions have been signed by
the citizens, each favoring his oi
lier candidate and President Wil
son will be called upon lo decide
who can read tile postals first at
Kodiak.
• Jimmy Hill, il is said, is a dark
horse and may land the plum,
and will use il as a side line for
his saloon.
i Miss Minnie Thompson, form
erly with the Valdez Mercantile
Co., has taken a position with
11he telephone company as “hello”
pirl.
C. 1*. Toplilf will leave in a few
days for Teikhell lo hepin won;
on I lie properly of the Florence -
Teikhell company.
Orpheum Tonight.
The photoplays toniphl are
'Tis Mother, line melodram,a: The
Subslilule, rich comic: Treasure
Island, pirnle sensational story:
Two Weary Willies, scream com
ic. Chanpe tomorrow eve. Pan
ama Canal on Thursday eve.
WANTED—To rent a piano.
Imiuirc Prospeclor office.
BLIND BOY SINGS
PUTS PANIC
---- i )
Five Hundred People Leave Burn
ing Theater While Lad in
the Balcony Sings.
Worcester, Mass., March 10.—
Edward Hoyle, a blind boy, coolly
san- in the burning balcony of a
local theater, preventing a panic
and thus enabling the 500 people
in the building to leave it with
out disorder. The building was
burned to the ground.
At the first cry of “fire" the
crowd started for the doors, but
the clear, sweet tones of the boy
singing stayed the mob and an
orderly exit was made and not a
single person was injured.
The people of this city will ar
range an annuity for the boy, and
it is claimed that as a reward
for his bravery he will never want
for the balance of his life.
JURYCOMPLETED
FOR GOAL GASES
Evidence Started Today in the
Matanuska Coal Cases—Frost,
Watson and Others.
Chicago, March lu.-_The jury
as completed Salurday niglil and
this morning lln- gincrmnenl bc
giln iill nidur ing e\ idciicc In show
I hill I he diTciidcnIs intended In
didTaud lln- go\ ern menl mil of
coal lands worth millions nf dol
lars in I lie Mutanuska region.
The dgfendenls are being rep
lestmled IIV I lie illdesl allnrnevs
in I lie Kitsl ami the eases will la;
fmiglil through lln1 courts in the
highest I ribunal in I lie land.
rauii1
FOB Jt WOO
Seattle, March 10.—The S. S.
Yukon, now on the Valdez run,
will make a trip to Good News
bay and the Kuskokwim river
region, leaving here on May 20.
The company plan to maintain a
regular service if enough busi
ness for that section shows up.
S. S. SAMPSON PASSED
JUNEAU YESTERDAY
The Siumison passed Juneau
yesterday at 3 o'clock and should
arrive in Valdez tomorrow. Thtr
boat will call in at Katalla.
Marlin K. Olson, of North Yak
ima. is expected to arrive in Val
dez on the Mariposa, die is to
have charge of the Cameron
Johnsoti mining operations. He
is president of the Yakima Fruit.
‘(1 rowers' Association and is said
to lie an able executive.
A consignment of $35,000
worth of gold dust was sent out.
from the Idilarod by the Miners’
and Merchants’ bank of that city
by parcels post.
(ieorge F. (tut brie is in Peta
luma, Pal., and has succeeded in
financing the < tut hrie-Bellnli
Mining C.o.
The last mail from the interior
via Willow creek and Valdez
reached town last night.
"Stub” F.rwin. is in Washing
ton. asking for the marshalship
of the Fourth Division.
W. N. Brewer, a mining man,
from Seward, was an outgoing
passenger on the Yukon.