Telegraphic News
Of The Week
Washington. April 18—Attorney
Richard, renresenting Moyer, I’et
tidone and Haywood, on trial in
Idaho, lias asked the supreme
court to advance the trial calen
dar so that an early trial can he
had. U nions throughout the coun
try are selecting representatives to
sit through the trials so that they
can see that the men are not rail
roaded.
Washington, April 18.—The
army apnropriation bill reported
to the Senate carries appropria
tions of $71,250,000, including
$170,000 for the extension of the
Alaska cable and $100,(XX) for
building extensions of roads in
Alaska. The latter money will
he expended if appropriated, under
the direction of the road commis
sion.
Naples, April 17—Easter morn
ing while the soldiers were exca
vating at Ottajano they unearthed
two aged women who had been
buried in the ashes and were still
alive after six days entombment.
They were protected by the fallen
walls from the hot ashes and
stones. The volcano is absolutely
<juiot to-day.
Washington. April 18.—The pre
sident has nominated Corbin as
Lieutenant General.
Seattle, April 20.—Goverrfbr
Hoggatt leaves for Juneau today.
A reception was given him at the
Alaska Club last night. He will
leave Juneau in .Tune via Skagway
and Valdez and then down the Yu
kon, making a tour of Alaska which
will occupy all summer.
San Francisco, April 21—The
lodging house at the corner of 5th
and Minna just collapsed, killing
75. Cosmopolitan collapsed, hun
dreds of bodies in the ruins.
Brunswick hosel collapsed, 150
dead. Bank valts have been ex
amined. and all the contents found
to l>e safe Harrimnn has just
wired $200,000 for relief. Trains
beginning to arrive at Oakland.
San Francisco—The oriental lin
er China arrived and reports being
in common icaton with Honolulu
yesterday bv wireless and received
word that the city was slipping in
to the sea as a result of the earth
quake.
Manila—Fire swept the town of
Mariqufna. 2000 dwellings were
destroyed. People are without
food and the go- ernment is rushing
in supplies. The town of Pnsil is
also obliterated. Many were killed
Seattle—Fortv-one tons of food
left here on a special train last
night. The steamer Buck-man has
been chartered and leaves tonight
with food stuffs and clothing. It is
ntantied bv a volunteer crew of
sailors. Washington lumbermen
have raised $50,000. 1 he Buck
man will probably bring a load of
refugees here.
San Francisco—Noon—The de
bris of the buildings of Chinatown
lias sunk revealing that there were
underground passages for hundreds
of feet in depth the existence of
which was not known to the au
thorities. Manv slave women who
never saw the light of day were
crushed to death and tlicit inciner
ated.
Funston has just wired to the
department saying: "The liny is
making no progress west of Van
Ne=s. A gale is blowing. All south
of Van Ness and west to the bay
has been destroyed. It is impossi
ble to establish sanatarv condition*,
and much sickness is expected.
We are fighting hard to save the
west residence district. Supplies
are arriving. Apprehension is felt
fev Ft. Mason, but we hope to save
it.”
San Francisco—The List of iden
tified dead to date is as follows:
Joint Pearson, W. King, Harriet
dies'hrom'l', N. J. Haven, Annie
| Webster. John Day, William Ware.
— Stevenson, Geo Wilken, Dr. J.
IG.Stinson, Marion Konny, Herman
Meyers, Miss Kattner.
Hundreds are too badly decom
pose!' or burned to identified.
Flame on the waterfront are les
sening. Thousands are fighting lo
get the (ire under control.
San Jose, April 22—It is official
ly stated that 110 relished in the
wreck of St. Agnews asylum. Nine- ’
teen are dead in the city. Stan
ford University sustained a loss of
$3,000,000. The Sdreckles refinery
I costing a million and a half has
been destroyed. Martial law has
been proclaimed.
San Francisco—Two millions in
gold belonging to the behind Stan
ford estate was deposited in the
[Trust (Vs. vault till the heirs
icould fight out the ownership in
court. The building was dyna
mited yesterday and the money all
blown in the air.
Only thirteen were killed in the
wrecking of the St. Agnews asylum.
- li«>7 were injured. The padded i
ceils were broken in and the dan-,
germts patiets released. Many of
them are now hiding in the trees
around the grounds for safety.
New York—Earthquake losses
are exempted by law from the pol
icies of the insurance coin panic- j
and they will refuse to pay.
San Francisco—1> p. m.—A mile
of the water front from Fishermans
wharf to Powell street ferry gone.
The ruined district is practically
the whole city from the waterfront
to Van Ness with stretches west
of Van Ness where the flames
ciossed from Mission.
Insurance men are arriving. ,
They place the loss at fully $500.
000.000.
Funston has issued orders that i
there shall be no lights or fires j
indoors and that the soldiers shall j
stop cooking at camp tires.
The mayor urges the stricken j
people to keep conditions as sani
tary as possible. 50.000 have been
taken by the ferries to.Oakland to
day. “At least 100.000 will sleep
in the park tonight
Funston is ruling with an iron
hand, Twenty-two caught thiev
ing have been killed, and ten se
riously wounded. One man wie
cut the lingers off a dead woman’s
hands to secure the diamonds, put
ting them in his pocket, was shot
through the heart.
The city is now supplied with
12,000,000 gallons of water. Tin
tire on the water front is under
control.
AH the people are more cheerful
since the arrival of food and water.
The list of dead it is thought will
not exceed 700
Seattle—The Northern Pacific
has posted a notice thst it w'dl not
sell tickets to Frisco. All lines are
carrying refugees from Frisco free
of charge.
The cable ship Burnside will he
used to carry relief supplies to Cal
ifornia.
Sacramento—The governor has
wired the president “California ap- j
plauds the nation’s geneiositv.;
300,000 are homeless ”
Washington, April 21— Repre
sentative Brickman, chairman of
the joint committee having the Al
aska Delegate Bill under consider
ation, has returned here and ex
pects to take up the bill immedi
ately.
Washington, April 21—An effort
is being made to have the words
“District of Alaska” stricken from
, Wikidel’s
"Restaurant
(Old "Postoffice Building.)
■Regular Dinner 35c.
Private Aprtmente Open Day and Might
% •
#
Senator Burnham's hill prohibit
ing gambling gambling. It is
claimed that Alaska lias sufficient
law on the subject, and that the
new law would place a premium
on blackmail.
Seattle, April 21—William J.
Ackres, financial secretary of the
Seattle Labor Council, while tem
porarily insane, com mi ted suicide
last night at his home by inhaling
illuminating gas. His accounts
are correct.
Washington, April 21—Senator
Nelson refused to allow the Cush
man hill to pass the Senate. In
sists that his own bill, passed by
I lie Senate, will he passed by the
House. It is feared that no dele
gate will he authorized by congress
this session.
Chicago, April 21—nowie has
broken off a'l negotiations with
Voliva. He has refused the ulti
matum. and will enter Zion, ex
communicate Voliva and take
charge. Trouble is expected.
Astoria—The revenue cutter
Pi't rv left for Frisco with orders to
proceed as fast as possible to ren
der assistance.
San Francisco, April 22—Order
is rapidly succeeding chaos here,
and ever}- part of the city is flic
sccnp of strenuous inhor clearing
tin' streets and removing the de
bris so that, hnsisness can i>c re
established. Street ears are run
ning on Filmore street, and other
power lines will start to-dav.
Horse ear lines are now running
on several streets, and conditions
are improving so rapidly that good
progress can now he made through
the streets in the burned district.
Food is being rapidly moved to
the erum s of the homeless. Sup
plies are piling up at Oakland.
Help is geratlv needed to assist in
taking the bodies of the victims
from tin' ruins. Everyone who
can is working. The total number
of bodies recovered and buried to
last.nigbf was AOS). They are all
unidentified. 200 being only
charred corpses. The loss of liie
was most 1 v in the cheap lodging
houses, and the number or names
of the dead will never he known.
In the residence districts many
houses are still standing, A large
number of them are found to have
been injured by the earthquake.
Seattle, April 23 — Collections
for the relief fund made by the
churches vesferdav amount to
•fVI'V). Steamer Buekman departs
to-dav with pA0 tons of supplies.
There are. bakers aboard who will
make bread on the wav down.
Wish in "ton. April 23 — The
president lias issued a proclama
tion urging tl a+ all contributions
be sent to Dr. Devin'1, secretary of
•be Red Cross at San Francisco,
who is working in connection with
Taft and Funston, distributing
supplies. This will insure no
waste of money.
St. Petersburg, April 23—The
government, in an official commu
nication to all countries, makes a
bid for foreign investments in Rus
sia. It savs that the establishment
of a parliament will remove the
obnoxious restrictions heretofoic
hindering the exploiting of Rus
sia’-: resources.
Washington. April 23—Scien
tists sa'- that the recent eruption
of Vesuvius bad no part in the dis
aster at Frisco. They say that
the quick cooling <>f the earth’s
crti't has caused a subterranean
slide in California, where the crust
is the thinnest.
Warsaw, April 23—A procession
of 2.000 Catholics from the outly
ing villages tried Sunday to cap
ture a church from which they had
been driven two weeks before be
cause, it was alleged, they
were revolutionists. A fight en
sued in which 12 were killed and
50 wounde 1.
Pan Francis*!', April 23—The
sanitary officers have isolated all
small pox and typhoid eases about
two miles from the city. There are
about a dozen cases of both and the
officers say they can check the
spread of disease, 'flic sewers are
living repaired. Over 100 doctors
are working. Eight shelter tents
150 feet long have been erected in
[Golden Gate park for the homeless.
Oakland, April 23—The cruisers
Chicago and Marblehead are stand
ing off Meigg’s wharf forcing all in
coming vessels to unload supplies
here tor the relief committee, no
matter to whom consigned. N<>
vessels arc allowed to leave the har
bor, all being held to transport refu
gees in case of emergency.
Honolulu—Earthquake shocks
lasting for six minutes, were felt I
her** yesterday. The whole busi
ness district swayed and several
, buildings collapsed.
Washington—The president lias
sent the name of F. C. Harper, ot
Seattle, to the senate to succeed
Ide as collrtor of customs at I'uget
Sound. Tomorrow he will nomi
nate 1’. C. Sullivan, of Seattle, as
district attorney for western Wash
ington, to succeed Jesse Frye.
Seattle—Governor Hoggatt has
subscribed a thousand dollars for
the benefit of Alaskans m Frisco
He will urge the northern cities to
raise relief. Hoggatt contemplates
staving here until he hears what
the condition of Alaskans in Frisco
| is. He will assist in the distribu
tion of supplies.
— San Francisco, April 24—The
walls of the business district are
being razed preparatory to rebuild
jing at once. Large amounts of
I lumber have been ordered from
Puget sound. Now that the ter
\ rors of the disaster are ended con
fidence is rapidly being restored.
There is much suffering in the
camps of the destitute owing to
rain and lack of tents. Supplies
are being distributed impartially
by a committee headed by Gover
nor Pardee, and Generals Fun-ton
and Greeley. No one is hungry
now as there are 52 feeding stations
running.
More than loU oil paint mgs oi
the Past Grand Masters of the
Masons were destroyed in the
Masonic Temple It will be im
j possible to replace them. Over
100 churches in the residence dis
' riet were burned.
Dr. Jordan says the Stanford
University will be rebuilt imme
diately, and lie ready to reopen
Aug. 23.
San Francisco, April 24—An
j earthquake lasting three seconds
was felt at 10:40 last night at Oak
lan Xo damage is known to
j have been done.
San Francisco, April 24—Gen
eral Funston lias ordered that no
one enter the city unless they have
blankets, two weeks rations and fifty
'dollars. General Greely has
' taken charge of the federal troops
succeeding General Funston.
Ogden, April 24—E. H. Harri
man wires to all his agents that
there must be no let-up in the re
relief funds for Frisco, as help will
be needed there for three months
at least.
Seattle, April 18.—The Gansand
Turner fight has been postponed
until May “25th.
—
Always On Hand—A big supply
; of Beef, Mutton, Pork, and Poultry.
Fresh stock on every boat. Valdez
Market. Phone 29.
j We have <ome of the best Lard
tlr t has ever been offered for snl<
in Alaska, It is called the Wiht
Rose, and is put up in 3 and 5 lb.
tins only. The price is 45c and
75c a can. Valdez Market, Phone
| 29.
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Notice of Forfeiture.
! To Richard Kief, his Successors or Assigns;
You are hereby notified Hint »lie undersigned
have expended one hundred ($100.00) dollars In
labor mid improvements on each of tlie folio'.1 -
inn lode mining claims, to-wit; The Iron Iiuki
! t,,de milling claim, the Exchange lode mining
chi Ini and the Mllv lode mining claim in order
to liold said milling claims under the provis
ions of Section 2821 of the Revised Statutes of
the United States, being the reunited amount
to hold said mining claims for the year ending
In’-!.father 31,1905. And if within ninety (thi)
dn vs from the service of this not ice. or theeom
ole’led puhlieation thereof, you fail or refuse t.
contribute vour proportion of said exn ndittire
... .oiuvner, vour interest in said mining
claim- will become the property of the said till
' der.-igued under and pursuant of said Section
•j:ij| of ih" I!e\tsod Statutes of the United Sia:,
Haled at Valdez, Alaska, this li'.tli day of Jau
■ uarv. ltWHi.
IV. A. RYSTROM.
\Y. A. POLAN.
J. IV. LITTLE.
First puhlieation .Ian. IS, lutsk
Last publication April lit. l'.imi.
SEATTLE
New Management Popular Pricks
European Plan Central Location
Finest Cafe and Bar In The City
1 Wilson A White I'O , Props, t'has Perry, Mgr
northwestern Steamship (omfij, IhL
Carrying U. S. Mail and Express.
i Five Day Express Service direct between
Oreeon ) Valdez and Seattle. Sailings from Seattle
* " f Mar. 12 and every 20 days thereafter.
(Sails from Seattle 1st of each month for
Juneau, Sitka, Kayak, Yakutat, Valdez,
Seward, Cook Inlet and way ports. Sail*
I from Valdez for Seattle and wav port*,
16th of each month.
Sails from Seattle on 16th of each month
for Juneav, Sitka; Kayak,Yakutat Valdez,
Seward, Cook Inlet and way ports. Cun
Cf»« Qnntn A no nects at Valdez w ith Str. Dora for all port#
kjll. OallUl l\lla between Valdez and Unalaska. Sails from
Valdez for Seattle and wav jiorts. 1st of
each month.
f From Valdez to Unalaska and way i>ortz
Qtr l\nrn j 26th of each month, connecting .at Valdez
DUld "j with S. S. Santa Ana
- V.
Right to change steamers or date of sailing is reserved.
Agents for all kinds of Steam or House Coal
,T. F. TROWBRIDGE, Gen Ffijr
618 First Ave., Seattle, Wash.
W. H. RUSH, Agent
Phone 16 Valdoz, Alaska.
Alaska Coast Company.
(Successors to Alaska Commercial Co.)
Carrying U. S. Mail and Alaska Pacific Express.
1 Sails from Seattle April 25—From Valdei for
O. Derma ^ Seattle, via Inside Route about May 10.
S. S. Portland | Sails for Seattle about Mav L.
Connecting with steamers at Seldovia for Kenai.'Tyooncik,
Hope and Sunrise City.
Right is reserved to change steamer or sailing without notion.
Gen i t ce:
114 Yesler Way. Seattle.
J. C MARTIN, Agent,
Phone 17 Valdez
VALDEZ LIGHT & TELEPHONE CO.
Incorporated.
*
We have on hand a large assortment of Electric Fixtures,
Plain and Fancy Shades, Call Bells and Annunciators.
Estimates given on all kinds of electrical work. Phone 39.
Wines.Liquors and Cigars.
The Senate.
T. A. COBB & CO.. Props
Gold Dust Exchange.
Family Liquor Store.
Bottled Goods Best Brands Whiskey Port Wh»
Sherry Riesling Angelica Sauterne
Blackberry Brandy Claret by the Bottle or Gallon
Rainier Bottled Beer
Order By Phone Delivery Free Phone 6
COAL
at ARCHIBALD'S
Prompt Delivery Phone 15
Tob Printing at the Prospector Shop
Notice.
The City will pay for coal sacks
in good condition and dry, if dt*
liv. red at the Fire Hall in bundles
of 25. Sacks must ba delivered
Saturday. Sue H. Suessdorf, chair
man.
. Subscribe for the Prospector to
be sent to Chisna, Slate Creek,
Nizina, or the copper country this
summer.
Quartz and Plader Location
Blanks at Prospector.
Dock Baths
Open
All
Night
Dock Baubs