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Fan Frai»oi*eo, May 38—A dar
ing attempt was made by uracks
men to break into the sub-treasury
l»ere last night. The safe crackers
wore at work on the vaults when
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they were discovered Uv .-soldiers,
wlio attacked them. Thirty’ shots
were exchange*! hut the thieves
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succeeded in esca|4ng. There was
•10.000,000 in the vault on Which
they were working.
Washington, May 18—The presi
dent sent to Congress the full re-'
port of Garfield on Ftamdard Oil
with signed evidonoe that railroads ;
3*ave the trust rebates and secret
rates which amounted to only one
third of the regular tariff.
Washington, May 18—Boosevelt
has informed the merchant marine
delegates who favor a ship subsidy
that missionary work will be re
quired to get the measure through
this session.
V\ asrungton, May lb—Bailey |
this morning read a copy of a note
■left at the White House by Chand
ler which shows that he -was not
implicated but which refers to
other senators who are trying to
>beat the president. He demands
•that the president discharge the
•employee of the White House who
is giving the Tribune information,
■and if he does not do so it will be !
•evident that iioose velt knew of the'
information being given. Bailey |
says the president has no right to ■
assail him on the evidence of
Chandler, whom the president has j
’already denounced as a false wit
ness. The president refuses to take
further cognizance'of the affair.
St. Petersburg, May 18—Thej
tDourna was in session this morn-1
ing until two o’clock. They have '
adopted all of the measures put
forth in the address to the Czar
with amendments covering full j
political amnesty, reform in the!
army and navy service, promotions j
being granted on a basis of merit !•
:and aldiii v. The’proceedings will
be presented te tire Czar today.
•Seattle. May 18—Charles Herron,
who has proxies from Nome and ;
•Council leaves tonight on the To-!
•peka for Juneau to attend the
republican convention. Colonel
Perkins, a Nome member says tl at;
•the convention will probably bej
•called for early in July at Juneau. j
A candidate for the *delegateship j
will Ire nominated.
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Washington,May IS—The House1
today passed the appropriation hill:
reported by the committee -carry
ing $i00,000,000 for naval defenses
ef which $6,000,W0 is for the hug- j'
■est battleship afloat. The four per!
•cent differential in favor, of Pacific ’
<joaet ship builders was adopted. !•
Seattle, May 10—The brewers !
and bartenders of the city refused
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to attend the mass meeting which
has been called to -consider the i
matter of closing all saloons <«i;
Sundays. The meeting will her
held at the opera house Monday
evening.
St. Petersburg, May 55>—The
president erf the Domna and the
Czar have a conference Monday
regarding thedemands of the pnr
1 lament. Thc-Czur’s answer -will
la; delivered at the first session
after the conference. His reply
•will ho temperate although point
ing out that the parliament is in
fringing to a great extent on the
imperial prerogatives.
Washington. May ;19 —Charges
ore'being preferred' bore against
Tlromas Seed, United States Com
missioner nt- Nome. John Corson,
a resident of Nome came to Wash
ington personally to .file the
■cliorges and was introduced to the
attorney general by Frye and Hale
who will assist him in pushing the
matter. Details of the charges
have not been made public but it
Is understood that tlicy arc of 11
serious nature and will mean the
removal of Commissioner Reed.
Seattle, M.av 19—The steamer
Oregon arrived from Valdez this
morning.
'Washington, Alay 19—It is now
stated positively that the matter of
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the confirmation of Judge Wicker
sham will be taken >up for final
action not later than next week by
the Senate. The matter has been
delayed on account of the rate hill
taking so much of the time of the
Senate.
Milwaukee. May 19—Forest fires
in Michigan have devastated over
fifty square miles of tiie country.
The towns of Quinesse, Shafer.
Ralplw, Sabose, Cornell, Wood
and Talbot have been entirely
wiped out. Railroads are sending I
special trains to carrv awav the I
refugees. Many are reported miss
ing. A number of logging camps
are surrounded bv-flames and it isi
feared that the crews are lost.
Millions of feetof lumber and many ,
sawmills have been destroyed by
the fire up to this morning and
the flames are still raging.
Washington, May 19—Oabcl
Whitehead left yesterday for
Nome. ’He- is non-committal re-;
guarding his candidacy for the dele
gateship for Alaska, although it isj
expected that he will accept the!
nomination if it is offered him by ;
Nome people.
Washington, May 19—The Sen-j
ate has finally.passed the rate bill
after a debate lasting continuous!v '
for seventy days. This is the;
longest debate over any measure |
excepting the repeal of t1 e Slier-1
man bill. Foraker, Morgan ami;
Pettus were the only ones voting!
in the negative. There were,
seventy-one votes in the alimna
Live.
Seattle, 'lay 21 — Dr. Bruner. |
the promoter of the railroad from :
h'atalla to the coal fields and up
die Copper River, has arrived from
die East enroute to Alaska. lie,
lavs that railroad work at Contiol-i
tor bay will be pushed this sum-1
:ner He declines to discuss tire j
light between his people and the 1
jthor Copper river lines, mention
if which was made last week.
St. Petersburg, May 2.1—The
3?ar 1 ni+; refused to receive a-com I
nittee from the Domna vvitli a re
,dv to Ids address.-suiting that it !
jitn be transmit led to him today 1
brough his ministry, The parlia- |
nent considered this an affront ;
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Restaurant
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Regular Dinner 35c.
Private Apartments Open "Day and /Night
and the president immediately
called a special session, which has
lasted 1or 'M hours. Though no
press representatives were allowed
admission, it could be seen through
the glass doors that there wasi
great excitement and a very dis
orderly meeting. The deputies were
red with rage and the constitution
alist# apparently had considerable
trouble holding the radicals in line
Seattle, May 21 -Hnrvev, mana-j
ger of the local detective agency,
who has been to British Columbia
after the Canadian Pacific train
robhors says it is positively known
that the miner and his gang are
the ones who 'held up the Great
Northern train near here last Oc
tober.
St. Petersburg, May 21—Civil
war is now being talked by the
radicals. The court party believes
the Czar is preparing to dissolve
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parliament and call a new election
at which' lie will cause the election •
of representatives from his own
party.
iBatum, Russia, May 21—Wil
liam H. Stuart, American vice
consul at this place was shot and
killed last night. He was at his
country place a short distance from
the city and before help could be:
called the assassin had escaped.
There is no clue to the identity of
the assassin.
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Batuin. Russia, May 21—This
place is in ing strongly fortified hut
it is impossible to learn for what
reason. The officials refuse to make
any statements in the matter.
Victoria, May .21—Mikkleson’s
party has sailed from here for an
other trip of exploration in the
Arctic, where they expect to discov- j
er a new continent. There are 11
men in the party. The expedition
will cross the Arctic ocean as early
as possible next spring, devoting
the rest cf this year to scientific re
search farther south.
Rome, Mav 21—The Pope is in
a very had condition physically
although slightly better than he
has been for some time. There is
now some hope of his recovery.
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Milwaukee, May 21 —This city
has had a costly conflagration de- j
stroving a large portion of ihe bus
iness district and many residences, j
i he loss cannot he estimated so far
hut it is estimated that fullv three;
thousand people are homeless in
the city.
Washington. May 22—Fearing
riots in the canal zone during the
June elections, twenty-six hundred,
marines will ho landed. Secretary
Taft has notified the political lead
ers that a revolution will imtbej
tolerated.
Now York. May 22—Superior j
.Justice Gainer, counsel for the
civic federation, in an al ack un
corporation methods declared that
their actions were enough to shock
ttoil fearing |>eople. August Bel-!
mont replied, a*king,for an investi
gation of municipal ownership of |
public utilities, and declaring there j
is no difference in their methods.
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Washington, May 22—The bill ,
allowing the Alaska Central five
vears more in which to file its sur
veys and extending the time for tin;
completion of road has been k'lled
iti the House. Congressman Wil
liams insisted that the bill was oh-:
noxious because it exempted the
property from license tax during
tlse iKuiod of construction find for;
five years tliereafter.
Washington, May 22—The Sen- ,
ate rate bill must go to the confer
ence committee. The House is not
willing to aecept all of the amend
ments added by the Senate.
Seattle, May 22—Assistant Cash
iar <I<atham, Cant. *Graham and!
twelve firemen of the local depart
ment acknowledge having looted
Arlington Dock of government t
goods during the recent fire. Much
of the property has been recovered ■
Some of the firemen were wearing!
government socks stolen from the
dock. The investigation will he
continued.
Seattle, May 22—Governor Me-,
Innes of Yukon territory arrived j
yesterday to confer with the fair;
committee. He promises that the !
Yukon Territory may be depended
upon to as?ist in the proposed ex
position.
Washington, May 22—Captain
Alfred Clifton, of the Signal Corps,
has been ordered to Fort Gibbon
for duty.
Washington, May 22—The su
preme court has confirmed the
sentence of Senator Burton, of
Kansus. to nine months in jail,
live hundred dollars fine and the
loss of the right to ever hold a gov
ernment position, on account of
having received a fee from a client
for representing him before the de
partment at Washington,
St. Petersburg. May 22—It is re
ported that General Stoessel and
Admiral Ncbogatnff have been
court-martialed and -sentenced to
death, the former for surrendering
Port Arthur and the latter for his
actions during the naval battle in
t lie Sea of Japan.
Washington, May 2C—The -Sen
ate has given notice of its intention
to raise the legation at Constanti
nople to an embassy.
Seattle,-May 23—Major Richard
son of the Alaska Road -Commis
sion has arrived here. He says
that the principal work this season
will be done on the trail between
Valdez and Fairbanks.
Seattle, May 23—The Chamber
of Commerce has called a meeting
to consider raising aid for the peo
ple of Fairbanks. Fairbanks con-j
tributed‘f '20,000 to the .Frisco, re
lief fund.
Washington, May 24—The de
partment of justice will forward!
the charges made by John Corson j
against Commissioner Thomas
Reed, of Nome, to Judge Moore for j
investigation. Details of the com- j
plaint have not lieen given out, hut i
it is understood that they contain i
•lmrges against Reed’s private
practice-, which impair his useful
ness as a public officer. Judge j
Moore has been advised that un- j
less the commissioner lias a strong
iefensc lie he removed from office, j
The original telegrams and docu-j
nentary evidence against Reed j
nave been attached to the com
plaint.
St. Petersburg, May ‘23—The
'zar has decided to proclaim a
jeneral amnesty on Mav 27th, tie
mniversity of his coronation, to
ill except the terrorists. Constitu
ionalists are seeking to hold a’
pflicial positions. Goremorkin will
leliver a speech upon presenta
ion of the Czar’s proclamation.
Copper Center
Blacksmith
Shop.
Horseshoeing
and Repairing
a Specialty.
DMAS. CRAIG, MANAGER
Lady, age 24, is desirous of go
img to Alaska. Will give contra't
for work in payment of passage
From "Portland, Oregon, to Valdc?
ir any other point. Address Ma*
Kearns, General Delivery, Port
land, Ore.
Mudern Steamship Company, 111
Carrying U. S. Mail and Express.
Str. Santa Clara ]
Str. Santa Ana J
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Str. Dora
Five Day Express Service direct between
Valdez nnd Seattle. Sailings from Seattle
May It and evitrv 20 days thereafter.
Sails from Seattle Itith of each month for
J'.inenn, Sitka, Kayak, Ye.kutat. Valdez,
Seward, Cook Inlet and way ports. Sails
from Valdez for Seattle and wav ports,
1st of each month.
Srils from Seattle on 1st. of each month
for Juneav, Sifka; Kayak, Yakntat Valdez,
Seward, Cook Inlet and way ports. Con
ne is at Valdez with Str. Dora for all ports
between Valdez nnd Cnala^ka. Sails frorr
Valdez for Seattle and wav-ports, 'Dith of
eneh month.
Front Vahlez to Cnal.iska and way ports
2Uth of each month, connecting a* aMallaz
wit It S. S. Santa Ana
Right to change steamers or date of sailing i* reserved.
Agents for all kinds of Steam or House Coal
J. F. TROW BRIDflE,'(ton Mgr
♦318-First A ve.,‘Seattle, Wash.
W II RUSH, Agent
Phone 518 Valdez, Alaska.
flL/ISM QqASJ CoflFANT.
(Successors to Alaska Commercial Co.)
Carrying U. S. Mail and Alaska Pacific Express.
^ Sails from Seattle Mar ‘2*»—From 'Valdez for
O. DCllIla i Seattle. via Inside Route about kine 10.
S. S. Portland ' Sails for Seattle about M:w 20
Connecting with steamers at Seldnvia for'Kenai Tv in.i.ik,
■Hope and Sunrise-City.
Right is-reserved to change .-twiner or soiling without n«U«e
General Clllee:
tt-l Yesler Wav. Seattle-.
J. C MARTIN, Agent,
Phone 17 Valdez
VALDEZ LIGHT & TELEPHONE CO. '
.Incorporated.
Wo have on hand a large assortment <>f Electric Fixtures.
Plain and Fancv Shade-. Call Bells and Annunciators.
Estimates given on all kinds of electrical work. Phone ,‘>9.
Wines,Liquors and Cigars.
The Senate.
T. A. COB3 & CO., Prop*
Gold Dust Exchange.
Family Liquor Store.
Bottled Hoods Best 'Brands \\ hiskey Port M inn
Sherry Hieslmg Angelica Sauierne
Blackberry Brandy Claret hy the.Bottle or (iali'rT:
Ita’nder Bottled 'Beer
Order By Phone Delivery Free Phone 6
[ob Printing at the Prospector Shop
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EVAPORAED
CREAMS
k fit—
r .Si. Charles
Cream
cannot be
surpassed
for pud
din g s,
r- tusuuua,
charlotte russe, blanc mange
and all desserts where cream
is used.
For any purpose it is equal
to the best of ordinary cream.
For many purposes it is bet
ter. It is economical. It is
always pure. It never curdles.
In using St. Charles Cream
you take no chances.
Sold by b*Jt tfrocmrj
fOtrytvbtr*.
ST. CHARLES CONDENSING
COMPANY.
St. Ch&rlea III.
Bock Baths
Open
All
Night
Pock Baths
SEATTLE
,'ew Management Popular Prick*
ukoi-i an Plan Central Location
Fines t Cafe and Bar In The City
Won (V " Lite Co., Props. Cha*. Perry, Mfi
yuartz and Placer Locatioi:
itanks at Prospector.