Of Local Interest
From Friday's Bulletin.
Mr. Cbas. & Bunnell will act a%
Secretary Treasurer of the Hospital of
the Good Samaritan until further
Aotice.
Ex-Governor John G\ Brady came
rtp from Reynolds yesterday and
returned laBt night with the excursion
party. He expressed himself as highly
pleased with the improvements in the
Sonnd since h's last tisit. The gover
nor will remain in this section for
several weeks.
Dr. P. R. Chaney has taken offices
in the Copper block, where be will
Carry on the practice of medicine,
G. A. Baker* returned last night from
Latouch'e where* he has been exporting
the boolrs of the Reynolds Co.
The interests of «f. It. Ostrander and
S. Blum, in the Copper River Lumber
Co., was purchased" yesterday bv H. D.
Reynolds. The business will con
tinued under the management of W.
M Pinteaf.
Mi s. John Goodell and sons, Gordon
And LaurenCe, are in town euronte to
the Statey.
W. S. Gemmer, who has secured a
contract to install an 8700* feet aerial
tramway for the Knights island Min
ing A Development Co.,-returned from
the island on the Elsie and will leave
for the States on the Bertha. Any one
interested in tram construction will do
well to see MV.- Gemmer before he
leaves town.- The concern he repri
seuts, Broderick & Bascom,* have two
large wire rope factories at St. Louis
and Seattle, and have constructed
trams all over the American continent
from Alaska to Sbuth America.
Mr. W. L. Austiu/tfh’o'rs in charge
of the erection of the Reynold ’
smelter was in towA yesterday and
expresses great confidence in tlo
future of Prince William SouDd as a
Copper producer. He baB followed the
developments in all the great copper
districts of the United States, Mexico
and Canada,-and stated that in nooe
of them was there so good a showing
at the same stage of developments.
The natural advantages of Prince Wil
Kam Sound are far in excess of those
6f any of the other producing distiicti
siuce here we have direct ocean trans
portation, abundance of timber and
water power. Certainly Copper ought
to be produced here as cheaply as any
where, and if the ore deposits continue
to develop, as at pt-eseut promised,
this district will eventually take rank
among the leading ones elsewhere.
Spicer Convicted
Geo. W. Spicer was tried yesterday
on the charge of assault with intent t<*
commit rape. The evidence was all ii
and the case given to the jury at
o’clock. After deliberating for ar
hour and a half a verdict of guilty wa
rendered with a recommendation that
leniency be shown the defendant
Hugh Murray's ease came up on e
motion to quash the indictment on tin
grounds that the grand jury as con
stituted was an illegal body 1 he
motion was an objection to the grand
jury, claiming that all of the member
legally drawn were not served and
that the special venire as selected wav
illegal. The motion was overruled
and trial will come up today.
Contractor J. S. Antonelle and Guy
Benta left for the summit this morn
ing to look over the trail.
Don’t pass the Red Cross th ug '
when you want choice stationery ano
notions,
Mr. W L. Reed, an associated press
representative of Boston, is expected
to arrive on tbe Santa Ciara. Mr
Reed is coming to make a thorough
examination of the District for the
purpose of writing a series of articles!
for eastern newspapers
The excursion to Latoucho on the
^Hertha took a large ftumbor of pro
i pie out of town last night. The boat
| left at 10 o'clock, and whs loaded to
her capacity with guests. All the
I properties on Ltftonche island will be
| visited by the party, and they will be
| entertained at Horseshoe bay to
morrow evening. T!ie boat "ill re
turn Saturday mor* Ir g
J L Steele returns to Landlock bay
this afternoon.
► Hooks and magazines at the Owl
| Drug Store
From Saturday's Bulletin.
Chistucbina, Aug. lO^About 40 pros
J pectors are working through the
Nabesna and Whit* river country at
'present. At the head of Nabesna
L' Jalen and Cavanangh have struck
some quartz, and now have a tine show
ing of bornite ore.
The Fjeld stamp miH is working
steadily, crushing about two tons of
ore daily. They have a tnnuei start
ing *2iK) feet below the* Outcrop, and
nfter going in f*fty feet struck one
wall of the ore deposit, which is a big
>ne.
The camp outfit of (Jeo. McNeer,
Jim Manker and Jim Wiles was totally
Isstroyed by fire recently. They were
camped on the Nebesna.- It is thought
the ludians set fire to the camp. Mc
N'eer, Wiles and Harrignn aie now on
their way to Valdez.
Dennison and Whittlesey, who have
been around the head of the Nabesna
for some time, reaCbtfd hers today,
enroote fo toWn\
Nelson, Layton and McDonald, who
are prosiiectiug on the Jiahtel, are
loing well. They have a good showing
>f placer ground and are confident that
they will have a producer
Dr. Chaney has decided to have
‘offices in the Whaling building in
stead of the Copper block as was an
nounced in yesterday’s paper.
Dr. and Mrs. C. V. Thompson %ill
leave for the States < n the Bertha for
a short pleasure trip Mrs. Thompson
will go to Chicago to visit her mother.
Miss L. M Norton, the able editor
>f the Poston-Alaskuu, has decided to
einain for several months in Prince
William Sound examining and writing
jp each of the properties, and the dis*
rict as a whole. As the Poston
\la.-kan has a circulation (>t 5CXX)
monthly among eastern investors, her
work will be of incalculable benefit to
the district. Miss Norton is very
facile writer, a close student, and her
work on the Poston-Alaskan marks
ier as a newspaper woman of broad
experience and sound judgment.
Most of the day yesterday i : the dis
.-rict court was devoted to the tri ii of
'lie Hugh Murray ca»e. A jury wh
.li-awti in the forenoon and the case
1 was i resented early in the aft* rnoon
\bout tour o’clock a verdict of un.
•uilty was rendered, hollowing > tl<
j iiat <>f jaror.n in thin ca-e: John i >'
(’ Siineustad. J. S. Nelson, ( 1.
j Baggett. M 1). Cl-ar ori, I ' W. H -‘-n
•tl. (’. L tilejohn. J. McMill >. S.
! a.:!/', A. Pen!on, ( has. alk* r.
I The matter of tJnHtu Develoj nent
bankrupt, was bs« ught up : ”t*r
•» id an appeal to the circuit . nirt
granted The appeal bond was fixed
at •-IcX *.
There were no jury cases today, but
the grand jury had considerable work
investigating some alleged violation of
the law.
No Indictments were returned by
the grand jury this morning
W. A. Dickey was excused from
further service as a grand juror.
The Three Man Mining case was con
tiuued over the term.
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There was a meeting of the school
board last night to consider the res
ignation of Miss brown, teacher of the
primnry department. The resignation
was accepted and Miss Finch. »ister of
tiie Assistant Prineipul, was given the
position.
From Monday’s Bulletin
An indictment was returned yester
day against l'atric Eagan for uttering
a forged endorsement to a draft, which
was cashed M the bank of A. I, I^*vy
A Co. The amount was $175.
Chas. Simeustad and S Danz wore
excused from fufther jury duty.
A judgment was given in A C. Ry.
Co. vs. W 11 Shanklin, in favor of
plaintiff, the defendants failing to ap
pear. Costs were assessed against de
fendants and title to lands in con
trotersy given to A. C. Ry. Co
In K E Hallnire vs. S. A. D. Voting
judgment given j laintifT owing to non
at pearanco of defendant. Costs as
s**-*-ed against defendant
The Reynolds Excursion party re
turned Saturday afternoon. They
visited Rarrack’s, Heatsnn's and Rey
nold’s properties and as a wind up of
j a busy and enjoyable day a dance wan
: given at the Reynolds Hotel An
| orchestra taken from Valdez furnished
the music The weather was perfect
land everyone enjoyed the trip im
, mensely. Many of the prominent
J business men of Valdez took advantage
j of the opportunity to visit these wond
erful properties. All are enthusiastic
over their trip ar.J are 1 u ! in their
prni»e of the hospitality and courtesy
shown them by Mr. Reynolds
•Jack Carroll of the launch Helen, is
in town for a few days from Knights
island.
The Jennie Was in pent vesterday
unloading oil and general freight. She
left in the aftt-nii-on for the westwaid
Following is a li«i’ of an ivals on the
Santa Clan.: F*tei (Lhinu* p, Joe Dmoz,
J E Martin, M (’Griffith, II M Seigle.
Mrs E George, Mis E Chaney, A E
Murphy, John G. Hager, J Frame
from Seattle. J J McDonald, T G
NewmanJ.McDoiaM.i l> LeDue, Jan
Warded, 1* E Hlackwell.J \\ George,
Henry Ho >k, Alfred W illiams, C M
Hurlburt, l< ny de Fas piaie, Ed Lynch
R J Horjer, H A Danf. rth, G L Gra
ham, Mn a \ 15at ton, G L («oodniau.
§• tin Kata! i , h-n steerage.
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