First Steamer At Center
Copper Center, July 27—The
Copper River steamer “ Chittyna ”
arrived here at noon to-day after a
successful trip from the mouth of
Taztiuna * She will take on a load
of the wood which was cut here by
A. Holman and then proceed back
down the river and up the
Chittyna.
Ukiah, July 29—Two of the Pot
ter valley stages were held up by
a lone highwayman yesterday.
In one there were 19 passengers
and in the other 12, all of whom
were robbed of all thei/ belongings
No clue has been found to the
robber.
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London. July 29—Duchess Man- j
Chester, nee Zimmerman, is not.
expected to live.
Boise, July 29—Alter uelioera
ting for 24 hours the jury in the
Haywood case returned a verdict
of not guilty. The verdict was a
great surprise to all concerned,
even the accused man not expect
ing such a result. Haywood has
been set free and Moyer and Petti
bone will now mi ke application
for release on bail.
Boise, July 29—Orchard, in com
menting on the result of the Ilav
wood trial, says that he is ready
for his fate. He says he told the
truth and is not afraid to die.
Denver, July 29—The state
authorities state that Haywood
will be arrested as soon as he en
ters the state and will be tried tor
his connectien with the Independ
ence depot tragedy.
Seattle, July 29—Judging from
present appearances the Japanese
exclusion law will cause serious
trouble between this country and
Japan. The opinion is general
among army men and those who
are in touch with the Orientals, that
war may break out at any moment.
Recent news from the Phillippines
says that 8,000 Japanese troops
arrived there recently in the guise
of laboring men. Although Japan
has her press r ell under control
and does not allow the publication
of any news of preparations for
war, it is stated positively by peo
ple who are in close touch with
affairs in the island kingdom, that
such preparations are under wav
and have been rushe 1 along for
several months.
San Francisco, July 29—The
jury in ihe Glass bribery case dis
agreed this morning. They had
been out 48 hours when they re
ported to the court that they were
unable to reach any agreement.
They were dismissed, but no date
has been set for a new trial.
London, July 29—It is reported
that an attempt was made yester
day to kill King Peter, of Servia,
but no details of the affair are
obtainable.
Redding. Cal, July 29—A fire
swept over the residence portion of
this city this morning, doing $200,
000 damage. Two churches and
a number of residences were des
troyed. A low supply of water
prevented the fighters from doing
good work in stopping the fire.
Toronto, Julv 30—A gasoline
launch carrying ten passengers
capsized as it was approaching the
wharf hf re last night and nine of
the occupants were drowned be
fore assistance could be rendered.
The victims were all men.
New York, July 30—A mysteri
ous murder occured »n a fashiona
ble boarding house here last night.
A young woman, whose identity is
unknown, was found this morning
strangled to death, with a man’s
neck tie. There is no clue to the
murderer.
Seattle, July 30—Albert Cap
well, formerly agent for the Seat
tle Brewing Co., in Idaho, has been
arrested for embezzling $1400.
Los Ai.geles, July 30—During
a race riot last night at Florence,
three Italians were killed A posse
ha3 gone to the scene of the trouble
srom here.
Boise, July 30—Mover has been
unable to seeure the $25,000 bail
which has been set for his release
The trial of Pettibone has been set
for October 1st.
Eulsa, I. T. July 30—Because
he was being sued for divorce J.
D. Stackhouse of this city, shot his
wife f. ur times last night and then
killed himself.
Fairbanks, Julv 30—The jury in
the L. B. Anderson case returned a
verdict of not guilty yesterday
afternoon. Anderson, who was one
of the principals in the celebrated
Dome Creek cases, was accused bv
the opposing faction of having
forged certain papers which were
important factors in deciding the
case, and his trial was concluded
yesterday when the jury acquitted
him. Anderson and many others
who were in the court room at the
time the decision was announced,
were in tears.
Georgetown, Kv., July 30—Cabel
Powers is placed on trial today for
the fourth time for the murder of
William Geobel.
New York, July 30—It is an
nounced that Evelyn Thaw will
return to the stage this fall.
San Francisco, July 30—Third
Officer Hawse, of the Columbia,
became a raving maniac las*
night and is now in «onfinement.
The strain and exposure at the
time of the wre'k and the stories
regarding his conduct at the time,
caused his mind to become un
balanced.
Seattle, July 30—The Guggen
heims are endeavoring to secure;
2000 men to go to Alaska at once to
work on their different ventures. j
San Francisco, July 30—Mayor
Tav.or’s newly appointed supervis
ors have all taken their seats. All
of the old supervisors signed resig-1
nations after the promise of im- i
munity from prosecution was re
peated.
Fairbanks, July 30—To prevent
a stampede being started to some
rich placer ground discovered by
them, two Germans near Rampart
captured M. Sullivan, a trapper,
and held him captive for a month1
Sullivan happened to find the men j
at work on ground where they were
getting as high as ten dollars to the
pan, and for fear that he would
cause a rush to their find they held
him prisoner.
Paris, July 30—Major Alonzo
Huntington, father of the boy who
shot his sisters yesterday, is dead.
He became unconscious after being
told of the shooting and never re
covered. The report that the
victims of the shooting were dead
was an error. They may survive.
Colorado Springs, July 31—It
his developed that the suicide of
Laura Matthews yesterday was part
of a conspiracy to free a wealthy
Chicago man from an undesirable
love affair. Richard Rumback, of
Washington. D. C., who was sum
moned to appear at the coroner’s
inquest over the body of the girl,
was found by officers dead in his
room. He was in the same hotel
as the girl, and evidently killed
himself in the same manner.
San Francisco, July 31—The
Britt-Nelson fight is to come off to
night at nine o’clock. Nelson is a
favorite at odds of 10 to 6.
Seattle, July 31—Secretary Wil
son reached Seattle this morning
from the East. He says he came
west to look into the matter of
forest reserves and not ior politi
cal reasons.
San Francisco, July 31—Mayor
Schmitz still insists that his sup
ervisors are the real officers of the
city. The mayor is now confined
in the small pox jail.
San Francisco, July 31—The
bail for Glass has been changed to
$10,000, and he raised that amouut
yesterday evening. The new trial
will be soon.
Seattle, July 31—The Santa
Clara arrived this morning after a
very rough trip from Valdez. When
off Cape Flattery the seas swept
over the decks repeatellv, causing
a panic amongst the passengers.
The excitement was so intense that
one of the passengers went insane
and had to be kept in confinement.
Seattle, July 31—Forest fires are
raging all over the timber districts
back of here. Thousands of dol
lars worth of timber has been des
troyed.
Seattle, July 31 — Japanese
chambers of commerce have sent
communications to the local cham
ber calling attention to cases
where laps have been ill-treated
in this city. The local body has
taken no action on the communi
cations.
Milan, Tenn., July 31 — Two
trains were wrecked here last night
by the explosion of the boiler on a
locomotive as it was passing
through the town at high speed.
The train on which the explosion
occured and another standing on a
switch were almost totally des
troyed. Four people were killed
and ten injured in the wreck.
Butte, July 31—George Tower
has been arrested as the killer of
the engineer and crew who were
shot during the train hold-up on
the Northern Pacific near here
April 21st. Tower was betrayed
by a woman with whom he had
been staying.
Chicago, July 31—Arbie Temple,
a well known autoist of this city
was killed, anti three of his friends
seriously injured yesterday after
noon by an accident. They were
traveling 40 miles an hour when
an accident to the machinery oc
cured and the auto was upset.
. Denver, July 31—The mo‘her of
Maud Fealey, the actress, has
disappeared. It is feared that she
has committed suicide on account
of the daughters marriage to a
local newspaper man. She was
strongly opposed to the match and
threatened to kill herself if the
girl married.
rolorado Springs, July 30 —
Laura Mathews, a Chicago actress,
was found dead in her room this
morning, with a bullet hole in her
head. She committed suicide over
a love affair.
Coalgate, I. T. July 30—Edgar
Doyle, shot and killed his bride
and her sister this morning and
then shot himself. He had beni
married but three weeks. No reason
is known for the killing.
Council Bluffs, July 31—Ange
lia Nepper, a young girl aged ten,
shot and killed herself last night
because her sister reprimanded lit r
fora misdeed. After bJng censured
by her sister she went to the bar n
and placing a shot gun against her
breast fired both loads into her
body.
Martin Petersen, who was sent here
from Kodiak, after being committed to
the insane asylum, died yesterday of
tuberculosis at the jail and was buried
this morning. Peterson was sent out
by Commissioner Silverman, and wa-,
when he left Kodiak, very ill. When be
reached here be was too sick to con
tinue the trip, so was held over.
Geo. W. Spicer was arrested !a-t
night charged with an assault with an
intent to commit rape on Mand Roc.
daughter of Mrs. Emma Roe, of this
place. The crime is alleged to have
been attempted yesterday at the Roe
residence on Keystone. Spicer was
arrested soon after on complaint of
Mrs. Roe.
The girl is about twelve years of age
and has been living here with her
mother for some time. Spicer, until
recently was engineer on the Galena
and has lately been doing blacksmith
ing in town* He is from Portland,
Oregon, whare his relatives are promi
nent business people.
Grant Chase and L. Wain came up
from Sound points yesterday evening
Mr. Wain has been prospecting in
Graviua bay.
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