Telegraphic News
Of The Week
Washington. March 28.—Captain
Jarvis is working hard at Wash
ington in opposition to any form of
government aid to railroads in
Alack*. He has filed a memorial
with congress to the effect that such
aid would be a detriment to the
. country.
Washington, March 23.—Gov
ernor Hoggatt who is wow in San
Francisco, is to come here for a
consultation with Secretary Hitch
cock before returning to Alaska.
Los Angeles, March 23.—Nelson
and Herrera have signed for a
fight May 12th, of twenty rounds
for a puree of 120,600. They are
to weigh in at 137 |*mnds at 3
oi’clocic on the day of the fight.
Los Angeles, March 23.—Britt
and Kid Hermann are to fight a
20-round contest May 7th.
Seattle, March 23.—The steamer
Oregon, Bertha and Edith will
leave within the week for Valdez.
They are.all heavily loaded with
freight and passengers. The activ
ity in that region in freight and
passenger movement is unprece
dented.
Washington, March 23.—When
the troops for Alaska are reappor
tioned only one third of the pres
ent forces will fee maintained there,
making eight companies in the
north instead of twelve.
Seattle, March 23.—Lumbermen
have advanced the price of export
lumber a dollar and a half a thou
sand, making It $15 a thousand.
The price on coastwise shipments
has been advanced.
Seattle, March 23.—L. tV. Shinn,
■of Fairbanks is in the city and
says that the Fairbanks district
will produce $12,000,000 and the
Tanana valley $15,000,000 this
Tfear.
Washington, March 23.—At a
meeting of the stocbholders of the
Alaska Bank & Safe Deposit Co.,
Cabel Whitehead was elected presi
dent in place of H. A. Taylor. A
new board of directors, all from
Nome has been named.
Washington, March 23.—Ad
miral Dewey appeared before the
House committee on Naval affa:rs
and stated that 18,@0© ton battle
ships like the British Drednaught
are a crying need in the American
navy. -He says two such ships,
each with ten trelve inch guns
should be ordered at once.
Chattanooga, March 23.—Last
night a mob oi white citizens
lynched a negro murderer named
Ed. Johnson, and later a mob of
over 4,000 colored people attempted
to wipe out the whites, but 100
policemen and four companies of
malitia dispersed the blacks with
but a small loss of life.
New York, March 24.—'I he
famine in Japan has effected a
million people and $16,000,000 are
needed to alleviate the situation.
The Red Cross society of New York
makes an appeal to the American
people to raise funds and send food
stuffs to the sufferers.
Seattle, March-24.—E. R. Dunn,
Wikidel’s
"Restaurant
(Old Postoffice Building.)
Regular Dinner 35c.
Privte T^prtraents Open Day an d /Night
of Nome, bought a double corner
lot on Fourth and James street two
months ago for 180,(0) and sold ii
today for f110.000.
Seattle, March 24.—J. J. Sesnon
Co. has purchased the Nome wharf
from the Mctson Co. Papers cov
ering the deal have been already
signed and (he property turned over.
Seattle, March 24.—Willie Fitz
gerald and Kid Kranx have signed
for a fight at Pleasant Beach April
6th. They are both light weights.
The contest will be for twenty
rounds.
New York, March 24.—Richard
McCurdy, president of the Mutual
Life Insurance Co. lias been sued
for $3,400,000 wasted or misap
propriated from the policy holders
funds of 4he company. Nine causes
of action are stated in the com
plaint.
Washington, March 24.—The
committee-on industrial arts today
recommended an appropriation of
a million and a half dollars for aid
of the James town exposition.
Washington, March 24.—The
president has announced that he
will reappoint Judge Moore to the
bench at Nome.
Seat'le, March 24.—The agitation
against the Sunset telephone com
pany's poor service has crystal lied.
Business men have succeeded in se
curing order from three thousand
users of the phones to have them
taken out on August 1st. The
Sunset company has $2,000,000 in
vested in the business. The com
pany is managed by San Francisco
parties.
Seattle. March 24.—The court
here has held that a worthless
check in payment of a gambling
debt does not constitute a fclonv
and dismissed John Lam-ont, who
was being tried for the crime.
Washington, March 20.—The
department of commerce and labor
recommends the establisliment of
marine inspection service at some:
town in Alaska and the location of
inspectors of hulls and boilers at
that place. The bill is now ready
to go to the House.
Washington, March 24.—Sena
tor Tillman made an attack today
in the senate on the federal judge
system. He asserted that they ex
ercise a universal arbitrary power
that is tyrannical and inconsistent
with American principles.
Washington, March 26.—-Judge
Wickersham is still here awaiting
a decision in the matter of his
confirmation!. Although many
complaints have been received from
Fairhanksregarding no court there
it is now too late for the judge to
reach Fairbanks for a term tin’s
spring. In the event of his con
firmation Judge Wickersham may
go immediately to Juneau to try
eases on a change of venue from
Gunnison’s court and from there
go to Valdez and hold court
Seattle, March 26.—Frank S.
Lang, of Nome went hack to Aus
tria on a visit and lias been ar
rested there, the authorities in
tending to make him do military
service. Lung is a brother-in-law
of Senator Carter, of Montana.
Steps have been taken to secure his
release.
Seattle, March 26.—The Wash
ington hotel will he torn down in
six weeks to admit opening up the
street level. The hill on which
the hotel stands will he used in j
building a seawall along the water
front. o
Seattle, March 26.—The fourth
cargo of food stuffs started for Ja
pan for the famine sufferers leaves
here today. The local Japs have
raised $2,000 in cash.
Seattle, March 26.—The com
mittee of the Council now favors
granting a franchis to the Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad and
that line will he able to enter the
city.
Washington, March 26.—Gover
nor Hoggatt is in Washington to
day. He called on Senator Hmin
wav and will seethe president and
Secretary Hitchcock later. He will
remain in Washington for several
days.
Washington, March 26.—The
Alaska trade during the past seven
months amounted to $2,350,000.
The shipments of gold and silver
•ire not included in this amount.
The balance of trade is in favor of
Alaska
Seattle, March 2G.—J. E. Stan
ley has given his collection of
Alaskan curios, valued at $10,000
to the Alaska Club.
DesMoines, March 26.—Gover
nor Cummings in an open letter
makes charges that Senator Stephen
B. Elkins is merely a railroad at
torney, bent on defeating the rail
road rate bill in ongreess. He
says that cross examinations in the
senate committee room are carried
out by a paid railroad attorney,
who siis at Elkid’s elbow.
Seattle, March 26.—There will
he thirty vessels in the Alaska
trade this year. The Nome licet
will consist of thirteen vessels, with
a tonnage per trip of 40,000 tons.
The traffic this year, both freight
and passengers, will .ho a record
breaker.
Juneau, March 27.—The town oi
Wrangel has been practically wiped
out by tire. Juneau and the
neighboring towns are sending
provisions and shelter material by
special tugs.
Carson, Iowa, March 26.—Rev.
Lentz, a Mormon preacher was
stricken dead by lightning Sunday
eve ning while in the pulpit. The
bolt came during a thunderstorm
and was communicated to the
preacher by a chandelier, under
which iie was standing. Many of
the congregation were shocked and
tlie balance fled n terror from the
building, fearing that the stroke
was an evidence of tlie wratli of
God. The Methodists now have a
great advantage over the Mormons
hoTO.
San Francisco, March ‘27.—J. E.
Childerg and W. H. Metson posi
tively deny the story that they
have sold the Nome wharf to the
Scson Co. They state that the j
wharf will not change hands.
Indianapolis. March 27.—After
I
a joint conference lasting for a
week the coal miners and opera-!
! tors have been unable to agree.
Mine workers in nine states are
effected hv tlie strike. The delih
i rations were marked by great bit
terness and personalities. A ciisis
is threatened next Saturday, when
a walk-out is imminent. If a
j strike comes it will effect 225.000
miners. The entire East is on the
quivive awaiting action. There is
a chance of President Roosevelt
interfering to settle the trouble.
Beattie, March 27.—Mayor
Moore’s first message to the coun
cil asks for calling of an election
i for the purpose of settling the
municipal ownership franchises.
Washington. March 27.—The
plan of Robert Moran for a life
saving tug for the straits of Juan
<!e Fuca, costing $200,000 has been
approved by the senate and ti e
bill was passed. The bill slso pro
vides for a life saving post and
tender at Neah bay. .
Washington, March 27.—The
House has passed a bill substitut
ing punishment ior dismissal in
the case of hazing at the military
academy. Uuncr the present law
nearly half of the cadets would
have to be dismissed, as there is
no loophole to avoid such action.
Seattle, March 28—It is cxpec
*cd that Governor Hoggatt will ar
rive here from Washington in time
to attend the Alaska-Yukon Fair
banquet which will he held on
April 4th.
Washington, March 27.—In an
interview with the president Gov
ernor Hoggatt stilted that he de
sired to make Juneau the capital
of Alaska, and expects to move the
seat of government at once. The
civil code act of 1900 named Jun
eau as the capital but provided that
suitable quarters must be arranged.
Hoggatt says that such quarters
can he secured by rental. He
leaves for Alaska next week.
Boston, March 27.—S. A. Puter,
of Portland, is wanted for complic
ity in the Mitchell land fraud case,
in Oregon. He was captured by
deetives today and was in custody
for an hour, when he drew a re
volver on the oflicers and made his
escape. He has not been recaptured
Federal detectives have been hunt
ing for him for seven months. He
jumped his bond at Portland.
Seattle, March 28.—Capt. D. H.
Jarvis has returned to the city from
Washington. He tells of the fish
eries hill which is now before con
gress in regard to Alaska canneries.
The hill as it has been remodeled
by the cannery representatives and
the department provides for ail
taxes from canned salmon to go
into a special fund which will be
used for the benefit of the salmon
industry. This measure while still
taxing the output of salmon pro
vides that all such money shall be
spent for hatcheries, so that if it
passes, the Alaska road fund will
be practically a thing of the past,
the principal road revenue having
been derived from the cannery tax.
Warsaw, March 27.—Thirty-four
working girls who were employees
of a factory here and who had re
fused to join the strikers were
poisoned this week. A powder was
spread on the floor of the factory,
the fumes of which caused the
death of the girls.
Johnstown, Pa. March 28.—A
great fire is now raging here. One
fireman has been killed by falling
walls. The loss so far amounts to'
more than a million.
Warsaw, March 27.—The pay
master of the Vistula railroad was
robbed today of $35,000 which he
was taking along the line to pay
employees.
Seattle, March 28.—At a meeting
of Alaska and Seattle lawyers held
at the Alaska club resolutions wen
adopted and forwarded to Congress
asking thatjappeals from the Alaska
court be tried at Seattle instead of
San Francisco. A congressional
delegation has represented to tin
congressional committee that Frisco
has three fourt's more trade with
Alaska than Seattle- and that Alas
ka people would rather go toFris u
for hearings than to Seattle. Seat
tle people are taking measures to
refute this misrepresentation.
Quartz and Placer Location
Blanks at Prospector.
( Five Day Express Service direct lietween
Str. Oregon Valdez and Seattle. Sailings from Seattle
( Mar. 12 and every ‘20 days thereafter.
f Sails from Seattle 1st of each month for
C+|. C<|>|fQ finra I Juneau, Sitka, Kayak, Yakutat. Valdez,
OllcOdllld Lldld ^ Seward, Cook Inlet and way i>ortF. Sails
from Valdez for Seattle and wav ports,
1^ IHth of each month.
Sails from Seattle on 16th of each month
for Jtineav, Sitka; Kayak,Yakutat Valdez,
Seward, Cook Inlet and way pons. Con
Cft- Q'lTltil Ann nects at Valdez with Sir. l>ora for all ports
Oil. Ottilia /Ilia between Valdez and Unalaska. Sails from
Valdez for Seattle and wav ports, 1st of
^ each month.
From Valdez to Unalaska and way ,j»orts
Qtl* Tvnra 2(5 th of each month, connecting at Valdez
Oil* UUId ' with 8. 8. Santa Ana
Right to change steamers or date of sailing is reserved.
Agents for all kinds of Steam or House Coal
J. F. TROWBRIDGE, Gen. Mgr
G18 First Ave., Seattle. Wash.
W H. BUSH, Agent
Phone 16 Valdez,.'Alaska.
/Juism QonnERcmL Qo.
Carrying U. S. Mail and Alaska Pacific Express.
Steamships
Farallon and Bertha.
Sailing from Seattle on the 14ll» and 2f>th of each month,
calling at Juneau, Sitka, Yakutat, Kayak. Ellamar, Valdez,
Latouche, Seward, Seldovia, Homer and Kodiad.
Connecting with FAIRBANKS TRAIL at Valdez, and with
sreamer at Seldovia for Kenai, Tvoonok, Hope and Sunrise
during season of navigation on Cook Inlet.
Right is reserved to change steamer or sailing without notice.
Home Office, O. J. Humphrey, Geii’l Agent,
310 Sansoine St. S'1 Yesler Way.
San Francisco Seal tie
J. C MARTIN, Agent,
Valdez
VALDEZ LIGHT & TELEPHONE CO.
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-Plain and Fancy Shades, Call Bells and Annunciators.
Estimates given on all kinds of electrical work. IPhone 39.
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