Telegraphic News
Of The Week
Portsmouth, Aug. 24 — Russia
has rcfus.il the modified demands
■of Japan, ;i- proposed hy Roosevelt,
which w. re the purchase hack hv
Russia of half of tSuknann iaiuuu
for six hundred millions, in lien of
indemnity, the surrender of the
Japanese demand for interned
Russian warships, and an agree
ment to dro;> the clause limiting
Russi.is na\ai strength in the fur
East.
Seattle, Aug. 24—Johann Hoch,
the Chicago Bluebeard, who was to
■have been bung to-morrow for the
murder of his wives, lias escaped
the gallows for a third time, a
supersedeas having been issued at
the last moment. Justice Magru
der, who issued the writ, stated in
his decision that there was, in his
opinion, enough doubt to jnsiify a !
review of the entire case by the
supreme court.
Seattle, Aug. 24—The entire pack
of Alaska salmon for this season is
estimated at 1,(>00,000 eases, and
that of the entire Puget sound at1
800,000 peases. Alaska reds are j
quoted at eighty-five cents per
dozen, which is about the lowest
market price on record.
Oyster Bay, Aug. 24—Roosevelt’s
final efforts to influence the cessa
tion of hostilities between Japan
■and Russia are most dramatic.
Through Ambassador Meyer, at St.
Petersburg, be has m;title a direct
■appeal to Kinperor Nicholas to
permit the adoption of such su
preme measures us will terminate
■the war.
Seattle, Aug. 24—The chamber
•of commerce has unanimously I
■adopted a resolution calling upon
■congress to re-enact the Chinese
■exclusion law.
Seattle, Aug. 24—The trustees of ^
the First Baptist church have i
■wired expression.- ..i sympathy and
-entire couiideiiee to the Rev. My
ron \V. Haynes, the Chicago cler
fgyman, recently called to the pas
torate of the church here, and who
as accused of making false represen
tations to tile railroads to obtain
cheap fares for friends.
Seattle, Aug. 21—John Muir, the
■venerable naturalist and geologist,
•and the discoverer of the glacier at
4bt bead of Glacier bay, southern
Alaska, which heart his name, is
reported to be pining away in Ari
zona through grief over the sad
<leath of his wife at Martinez, two
weeks ago, and Hie dangerous ill
ness of his daughter Helen.
Seattle, Aug. 24—Jndfee N. M.
'Battles, 85 years of age, who was
prominent in the southern confed
eracy, died in this city to-day at
the home of his son. Alfred Battles.
Chicago, Aug. 25—The Belden
avc. Baptist Church, after an in
vestigation, last night issued a'
“statement exonerating the Rev.
Myron W. Haynes from the charg
es preferred against him by the
Western Passenger A -ssoeiation,
characterizing them as a previous
■blunder. The trustees of the Seat
tle church have also expressed
their confidence in the divine.
Topeka, Aug, 25-—The state is
suing the Bondsmen of T. T. Kel
ley, state treasurer, to recover
eight hundred and fifty thousand
dollars which Kelley had depos
ited in the First National Bank of
tliis city, and which \> as lost by
the failure of that institution.
Portsmouth, Aug. 25—l'he presi
dent has about given up hoi>o 01
bringing about peace. The result
of Ambassador .Meyer’s audience
with the Czar yesterday at Peter
hoff was very unsatisfactory.
Seattle, Aug. 25—Kuhn, Loeb dr
Co., the well known New York
bankers, are reported to lie financ
ing the Iles-Swanitz railroad from
Valdez to Eagle. lies will leave
on the first steamer for Valdez.
Fairbanks, Aug. 25—Mat Regan
came in to-day from tlie scene of
the reported new strike in th«
Kantishna district, and states that
it is a genuine one. plenty of pans
running as high as fifty dollars.
The diggings are shallow. A new
town is being located on Bcarpaw
creek, close to the diggings, which
are about seventy-five miles distant
from this place.
Seatilo, Aug.25—Raleigh Faulk
ner and Blanche Taylor, both of!
this city, eloped to Vancouver and .
were married. Faulkner was at
the time engaged to Ruth Taylor,
Blanche’s older sister, while the
latter had promised her hand in
marriage to Frank K. Steer, of Los
Angeles. Both of the parties are
highly connected socially.
Seattle. Aug. 2 >—The Burnside,
with General Greely aboard, is on
her way to tbo States, having
picked up the cable which was laid
between Nome anti St. Michael in
11*01, and which was torn out by the
ice the following spring.
Oyster Bay, Aug.'4?5— President
Roosevelt took a dive to-day in the
submarine boat -Plunger, in the
tn.dst of a northeast gale. The |
boat was sunk to a depth of forty j
feet, and remained down fifl}- j
minutes while the president was
bgsy pulling levers to make the
Plunger do stunts.
Seattle, Aug. 27 — Charles W.
Jones, assistant superintendent of
public schools in this city, died
yesterday of typhoid fever.
Portsmouth, Aug. 28—M. Witte
this morning received authority
from the Czar to consent to tl e
division of the island of Saghalien,
permit li'eral compensation for
the care of Russian prisoners of
war, and t^e cession of the Chinese
Eastern 'Railroad, but was abso
lutely forbidden to pay a war in
demnity under any guise whatever.
Victoria, Aug.f 7—Montreal cap
italists have purchased, for the siim
of seven hundred thousaud dollars,
thirty thousand acres of coal lands
on the Queen Charlotte islands,
while an American syndicate, sup
posed to be acting for the Grand
Trunk Railroad, is seeking to ac
quire Moresby island, the southern
most of the Queen Charlotte group,
on which there are extensive coal
deposits.
Washington, Aug. 27 — W. G.
Bierd, of the Rock Island Railroad
has been appointed superintendent
of the Panama Railway.
Wikidel’s
- 'Restaurant
(Old Bostoffice Building.)
*Regular Pinner 35c.
private Apartments Open Pay and Night
St. Petersburg, Aug. 27—The
Ciar’s reply to the appeals of]
Roosevelt and Witte is partially |
responsive, and it is regarded that
the outlook for peace is decidedly
niore hopeful.
Seattle, A eg. 27 —Thomas F.
Ryan, tin N> \v Yerk I t atiei r, v.l.o
recently purchased control of the
Equuuhie Life insurance Co., is in
this city.
Brussels, Ang. 2H—The Interna
tional Parliamentary Congress
opened to-day with n discussion of
the question of arbitration bv na
tions. The parliaments of Europe,
the United States nndother coun
tries are well represented.
l’nris, Ang. 27—The Matin is out
with a remarkable appeal to John
I). Rockefeller, asking him in the
name of humanity to pay the
enormous indemnity demanded by
Japan from Russia, and thus stop
the bloody conflict between the two
nations, whose population exceeds
one-seventh of the number of peo
ple on earth. A long appeal was
cabled to Rockefeller at Cleveland
yesterday, hut so far no reply has
been made public.
Seattle, Aug. 29. 6:35 p.m.—The
peace conference to-day arrived at
complete accord on all questions.
Peace is assured.
New York, Aug. 28—As the Imdv
of Helen Dixev Johnson, a promi
nent authoress, was being taken
from the water at Coney island,
where she had been bathing, a tel
oginm was received announcing
the sudden death of her husband,
Allan Johnson, a banker of Little
Rock, Ark.
Seattle, Aug. 28—Phillip S. Ross
and wife were murdered by robU'rs j
at their home in Kerrvstown. In 1
order to cover up the crime the j
murderers set fire to the house,
which was entirely consumed, and !
the bodies of the victims charred
beyond reeognition.
Seattle, Aug. 28—Gus Hobbs, who
stole ten thousand dollars in cash
and checks on Aug. 17 from Chas.
A. Stephens it Co., of Chicago, was
arrested at Hotel Washington to
day, and will be taken back to
Chicago.
Seattle, Aug. 28—Exclusionists
have found that Fong Fen, who is
serving as cabin boy on the presi
dent’s yacht Mayflower, is illegally
in this country. On his arrival
Len was arrested by the immigra
tion officers at this port, hut man
aged to escape.
Portsmouth, Aug. 2s—It is at
nonneed that Japan is ready t.
waive ail claim to indemnity, in
street ions to that (fleet having
been received hv the Jaj anose en
voys from i'okio. It (lcVi-io; s tha
Japan had authorized RonsuviT
Severn; s ago to so arc- Mice •
the Russians, also that ttie north
ern half I ( . e island of Saghalhi
would he ceded hack to Russia.
Fernandina, Aug, 28-Tlie steam
ship Pei onic, Captain Jones, fmin
off the coast of Florida in a ter
rific gale. Twenty of the crew, in
cluding the master, went down
with the vessel.
Seattle, Aug. 2S—The steamship
Centennial, which has long sup
posed to have been captured by
the Japanese off the Amur river,
arrived at this port to-day. The
vessel has hcen engaged in carry
ing contraband of war to the Rus
sians.
THE FOOD VALUE OF RICE.
Not So Biuh in Tit-uj-Building Ele
ments ns Oth t Qrnins—Whnt
the Doctors Say.
Certain wise doctors have late
l.v been assuring the world tha?
the Japanese are sure to hr heat
eu bv the Russians because iho\
live on rice, which is a food not at
.:!i e.i (ciliated to supply (lie wnst
u; mi the human body caused
by lbe hardships of a military
campaign, says the New York
Mail. Th's may he true, ti.ougi
the world will wait and nee. r»ri
ously euougli, at a time when lie
physiologist* are giving iliis v.. n .
ing, the riee growers of the Cnin
Stater, i r e combined to teach in
the American people the assumed
food value of rice and to induce
I he people, if they can, to consume
u great deal more of that grain
than they do.
as a mutter of ascertained fact,
ri •<* is below all other grains pro
ditced in commercial nualiri-s in
\tnerica in its food value—!:o!ow
cheat, maize, rye,oats, barley-and
buckwheat. It is vastly poorer
than any of these in ash. in pro
tein. in fiber and in fat. and sur
passes them only in starch. *Jt is
not to be thought of for any west
era people as a main article of
food. However, it is not as a
main art'-ie of fool that it is
us<‘d in this country. Our diet is,
fortunately, much more varied
than that of the Japanese. Rice
s emj-Ioied in increasing qunn
titv. and to advantage, as a pal
a tabic subsidiary art i> V of the nn
' on ' <;;■ t I' is ;> j t1 aritv of
he ;.m!n stomach, t !:i!t in nddi
• -1 *i t<- t--i intuitive quality in
-oed it ; e mere bulk, (’on
cent rated • o is -o >n ruin the di
gestion. stomach ean !y
■ !' -othing to throwaway
! ee sutodies ibis demand. As
• foe I \v!i h .■ • may take a large
■loini'i v i: wiii tit gettingnuteli
■ e-11 it i-;. no doubt, filiiug a loug
<‘!t want " t1 i: mintry
Wines,Liquors and Cigars.
The Senate.
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Copper River
Draying Co.
Freight and Passengers to
all parts of the interior
General Trucking.
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McKinley St. Between Broadway and Keystone Ave.
PIONEER LAUNDRY
Hobart St. on Reservation.
Does the very finest of Hand Work. Special attention
given to family washing. Clothes Cleaned, Pressed and
Repaired.
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Assayer and Chemist
Gold and Silver $ 1.00 Gold Silver and Copper $2.50
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Carrying U. S. Mail and Express.
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Sail* from Battle 1st *v*v .nth for
•Inman, Si mi, Kayak. Vak'.ia . Valdez,
Seward, Hook lni*t and a * juris. Sails
fmn. Valdez for Seattle and wav ports,
Itith of . aeh month
Sails from Seattle on DUb of each month
for Jnntav, Siika; Ki.yak.Vdiku >t Valdez,
St ward, Cook Inlet anti wav ports. ( on
lieets at Valdez with Mr. I ora lor all jmrt«
between Valdez and I a .-’-.a. Sail* iron
Valdez for Seattle and wav | orts, 1st t>f
each month.
From Valdez tot 1'nalaska and way ports
2t>tb of t'aeh month, eonnecting at Valdez
with S. S. Santa Alia
Right to change Ht^aiiior^ or flat** <»f *;»ii ng j . n-'i rvcd.
Agents for oil kinds of Steam or House Coo!
J. F. TRMWRRHMiK, C. n Mgr
618 First A ve., Seattle, V. Ah.
C. W. .MILLER, A--’t Mgr.
Plionc 16 Valdez. Alaska.
Alaska QonneKciAL Co.
Carrying U. S. Mail and Alaska Pacific Express.
Steamships
Portland end Berkie.
Sailing from Seattle on the 10th and 2">tli of cael. ,th.
calling at Juneau. Sitka, Yakutat, Kayak. Kllamar. Valdez,
Latouche, Seward, Seldovia, Homer an<l Kodiad.
Connecting with FAIRBANKS TRAIL at Valdez, ami with
streamer at Seldovia for Keiiai, Tyoonok, Hope ami Sunrise
during setfson of navigation on Cook Inlet.
Right is reserved to change steamer or sailing wit ijout notice.
Home Office, (). J Humphrey, ticn’l Acent,
310 Sansome St. M Yesler Wav
San Francisco Seal tie
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Valdez
COAL COAL
For Sa e at Low Prices in Sacks or Bulk
Steam and Domestic Coal
Lighter and tug service on hand to insure speedy delivery. Fresh
water without charge. Orders received and tilled at Coal Harbor, by
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Plain and Fancy Shader, Call Bells and Annunciators.
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Blackberry Brandy Claret by the Bottle dr Gallon
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