Twenty Per Cent Increase
Washington, D. C., Nov. SG—The
geological report on the Alaska cop
per out-put for 1906 shows an in
crease of twenty per cent. The re
port warns investors to investigate
properties before investing in stocks
on account of much “wild catting.”
Goldfields, Nov. 30— Masked bandits
entered the office of the Bullfrog
railroad last night, held up the watch
man at the point of revolvers and
blew open the safe with dynamite.
They secured an amount running in
to the thousands and made their !
escape. There is no clue as to the j
identity of the robbers.
New York, Nov. 30—The naval licet !
ordered to proceed to the Pacific will
assemble iu Hampton Roads Decem
ber 9, at which time a grand review
will take place.
Seattle, Nov. SO—Steamer Jeanie,
after being overhauled in the dry
dock, sailed for Valdez this morning.
Butte, Nov. 30—A fire this morning
destroyed the town of Cody, Wyom- ;
ing. The town was named after the!
famous plainsmen, “Buffalo Bill” :
Cody. I
Washington, D. C., Nov. 30—Mont- j
gomery Bradley, the youngest son of,
Mrs. Bradley, is dying with a severe j
attack of pneumonia. The father of
the child was Judge Brown, for the
murder of whom Mrs. Bradley is now
on trial.
Colma, Nov. 3J—Kaufman got the ,
decision over Jack Twin Sullivan In
a twenty-five round fight here lest
night. While Kaufman won, he failed
to come up to the expectations of Ids \
friends who considered him to be in
the front rank of heavy weights.
Washington, D. C., Nov. 30—The
Republican national committee will
meet next Thursday, at which time
the city for holding the national con
vention will be named. 1'he Cali
fornia delegation in congress will
notify the republican convention that
they expect a plank in the platform
for the exclusion of Japanese.
New York, Nov. 30—The Endeavor
society has inaugurated a movement
which it hopes will become national
to have the motto, “In God we
Trust,” restored to coin now being
issued. The latest issue of ten dollar
gold coins omitted these words by
order of the president.
Chicago, Nov. 30—Dora McDonald,
widow of the notorious gambler, Mike
McDonald, and murderer of her
sweetheart, Walter Guerin, attempted
to commit suicide by shooting hei’self
with a revolver last night. She was
living at home with her mother, out
on bonds and awaiting trial on a
murder charge. She has been ex
amined by alienists and declared to
be insane, and will probably be taken
to an asylum. Jame3 Hamilton
Lewis, the well known criminal law
yer, is her attorney, having resigned
the position cf corporation counsel of
Chicago to handle the big case.
Washington, D. C., Nov. 30—Secre
tary of the Treasury Cortelyou will
issue only fifty million worth of gov
ernment note3. A hundred million is
now considered unnecessary, as the
financial situation is growing stronger
day by day.
Norfolk, Va., Nov. 29- The Federa
of Labor has sent an address of appeal
to all c)<ijr3 33m33 reiu33ilng t’ism
not to re-eleet Speaker Cannon. The
labor organization charges that he is
opposed to unionism and the cause of
labor.
Boston, Nov. 31*—'Thomas Lawson
ba9 issued an address condemning the
Roosevelt financial system and trying
to discredit the administration. He
says he i* discharging men because of
his inability to pay cash, and says
there is not enough money in circula
tion for the volume of business being
done.
Seattle, Nov. 29—J. C. Fuller, alias
Chesterfield, and other euphonious
names, escaped from the penitentiary
at Walla Walla several days ago and
is still a fugitive from justice.
Fuller is the young man who forged
the name of A. K. Beatson, of Beat
son’s Latouehe mine, to checks aggre
gating ever $1G00, and upon convic
tion at a trial in Seattle therefore, was
sentenced to the penitentiary for a
term of five years. Chesterfield, as
he called himself, came to Seward in
the halcyon days of that town. He
dressed well, was gentlemanly and
unassuming in manner, and soon be
came a favorite, especially with the
ladies. He worked in the commissary
of the railroad for a short while and
then lost his job. For months he
hung around Seward, borrowing
a few dollars here and there
and selling extensions on a mythical
copper ledge on Resurrection bay for
C-2J per claim. He then went to
Latouehe, borrowing the money to
pay his fare. He secured employ
ment with Beatson and after working
there six months, returned to Seward,
displayed to friends $>2000 in cash,
squared all his bills and dressed like a
prince. He then left for Seattle, pas
sing through Valdez enroute. While
on the dock here he got into an alter
cation with a former acquaintance re
garding money matters, and when
his friend threatened to throw him
overboard, demurred to the proceed
ing and in self protection took a shot
; at his adversary. At the trial which
followed, Chesterfield was acquitted,
and proceeded to Seattle and on
: arrival there, began the work which
| landed him in the clutches of the law.
Seattle, Nov. 29—John Trowbridge,
general manager of the Northwestern
| Steamship Company, died here last
| night from heart disease. He was
; one of the best known steamship men
: on the Pacific coast.
Washington, D. C., Nov. 29—Sta
: tistics which have just been compiled
place Alaska at the head of states or
territories in the increase of mineral
wealth. Compared with other years
! and other states Alaska is far ahead.
Her increase in mineral wealth last
year alone being over $2,COO,000.
On account of the prominence it is
getting by showing such remarkable
advances in per cenUr.creases special
efforts will be made hereafter to se
cure a more extended report c.f con
ditions in that lenitory.
It may be that agents of the De
partment of Commerce and Labor
may be sent North next year to re
port in detail on cost of living, reven
ue from produ >e raised, rates, wages,
etc.
Washington, D. C., Nov. 29
sensation was created i:i the lobby of
the Hotel Willard last night, after the
banquet given in honor of William
Jennings Bryan, when Ex-Senator
Stewart, the venerable ox-free silver
ite, walked into the hotel and joined
a party of politicians, who were dis
cussing the speech of Bryan, made at
the festal board. Stewart became
vituperative in his abuse of the demo
cratic leader, calling him a charlatan
and fakir. He said Bryan was dic
tatorial and stole his ideas from
others. Bryan was sitting within
hearing of Stewart, who did not ob
serve him, and the aged senator only
ceased his tongue lashing of the free
silver advocate when hss attention
was called to his presence. Stewart
is row a republican, having flopped
from the free silver ranks bank to the
g. o. p. Senator Daniel of Virginia
had a “grouch” and failed t > break
bread with the p?crless one at tne
banquet.
In his speech at the banquet, Bryan
stated that Roosevelt’s popularity was
largely due to the encouragement of
democratic ideas. He claimed the
administration had its hands tied,
and could net enact its policies, be
cause of opposition in the Republi
can party. This condition made the
Wall street firancial distuibar.eepos
sible. The republicans will oppose
the renomination r-f Roosevelt be
j cause he is partly den •«.ratio in
; ideas of government'. T.iff. r.p
tion to the income tax will r._b
of the nomination.
Bryan made no dech. .. ;
! whether or not he won: ; „
[democratic presidential i,,<rn;ajt,
' Seattle, Dec. 2—The fierce y,.
$ it
; winds which blow7 down h , ■
river valley are being ; .1. i w J
i ous consideration by th p.- ia J
j of the proposed Coppe R;Vtr|
Northwestern railwayc< in; • v: 1
with a velocity of eighty miles i
hour are not of unusual ecurreno
and it. is fea-ed they would nj
havoc with trains and bridge*.. }; j
| to avoid these hnrrican . w a
i cent of the valley 13 the pr-bCm r,ot
.
| facing the road builders. It js no!
all settled that the road t-> the- eoppe,
fields will go up this valley, hr.; j
j conceded that a ;f ; 1 t > ;b-> i;..ry,
| coal fields wil. be nttc (r a
j Cordova. Competent etyediars hav*
j made reports to the effect that the
i Copper river route is P ■ v.e.ia V
| by reason of the cost ii v i >!.
1 Washington, D. C., Do.-. .' —Senator
See tb of West Virgin a, c&'.led enth*
pr:s‘dcnt, and in a disc a- ' r. which
' followed, Kocsovelt said th- t-'oiiata*»
j stab: menta were untrue. Wia-v.apo# J
SeoD hastily withdrew.
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Seattle, Dee. 2--II. D. dyneidi,
i promoter of the Alaska Iinie Ihii
way, is expected to arrive 1.-. ;v fr-.a
Best; n, the middle Decend)
Washington, D. 0., Dec. t .'op
cultural reports show tha ; - yetr
i 1907 has *he record wheat ecu
London, Dec. 2—Burns and Moir will
have their pugilistic encounter to
night. Burns weighs 175 pound* and
the navy man is five p imds 1,- .vie;.
Burns is the iavoilt? at live > Lur.
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