VOL. IV,
BANK ROBBED
IN SALT LAKE
About $50,000 of Its Reserves
Taken From Vault at Time
Unknown—No Clue.
Salt Lake City. lTtah — Detectives
have been working for more than a
month past to find between $40,000 and
$50,000 stolen from the L’tah National
Bank of this city. The loss was discov
ered on January 10, when the cashier
had reason to open an inner chest
in the vault where the reserve is kept.
A count of the money disclosed the
robbery. On January 3 the chest was
opened and there was no indication
then that the reserve had been dis
turb'd, although no count was made j
then. The last time previous that a
count was made was iu the summer of
1907.
F. August Heinze was a director in
the bank up to the last election.
ROOSEVELT MAY j
INTERVENE
President Directs Investigation
Looking to Settlement of
Threatened Troubles.
Washington President Roosevelt
directed the interstate commerce com
mission to investigate the threatened
general strike on the railroaos with a
view to evecut;,'e intervention to pre
vent it after the merits are reported
on by the commission.
The prospective strike concerns the
scale of wages. President Roosevelt
proposes to adjust the difference by
mean> of a conference committee of
representatives of the railroads, the
employes, and disinterested outsiders.
OPERATORS
TAP WIRES
Secret News (herheard By Aerial
Eavesdroppers in Swiss Moun
tains is a Mystery.
London—A -now storm having de
stroyed the Marconi wireless station
on the St. Got ha lxl mountains, experi
ments were made between another
station on the llighi and a movable
receiving apparatus, which was placed
in a small valley in the canton of Val
ais. at the toot ot' the Deut de Morelos.
Instead of lixing the wire of the re
ceiving apparatus on tile usual long
pole^. it was fixed on the summits of
two high peaks. All endeavors to com
municate with the Kighi station were
fruitless, but the movable apparatus
received many other telegrams from
different places in English, French.
German, and Kussian languages.
Among the messages received was
some secret news on the strings of the
duina, telegrams on the health of Kai
ser Wilhelm, and the departure and
arrival of warships and merchantmen.
Nobody can explain this strange dis
persal of foreign news through the
Swiss mountains.
Off for Cache Creek
Carl Larson, Monroe Kast, Charles
Jacobs, William Morris, Charles and
Elmer Carlson, William Hopper and
started last Tuesnay morning with
six sleds and eight dogs to mush
to Cache creek to prospect and work
their claims. Some of them expect to
remain in the interior for two or three
years, others plan to come out again
in the fall.
JUDGE HOWLETT
PASSES AWAY
United States Commissioner, Eor
mer Editor and Public Of
fice Holder Dies in Sew ard.
Judge 14. S. 1 Iowlett died Monday j
night at ten o’clock from the effects of J
an abscess on the brain, not having
regained consciousness at any time dur
ing the day or evening. An operation
was performed Monday morning, hut
the abscess had penetrated too deeply
into the brain and relief could not be
obtained.
Judge Hewlett was a man of broad
intelligence, deep sympathy and had a
wide personal acquaintance with
public men. He was at one time
editor of a prominent news paper in
Kentucky, and held public offices
under the administration of President
Arthur. He was for eight years con
nected with the land office in the state j
of Washington, and was also United
States Commissioner in Yakima. He
came from Yakima to Seward in the
summer of I90t> to till the appointment
of commissioner and recorder for
Kenui precinct.
The body was sent out on the
Saratoga to be interred by relatives in
Yakima.
AN ALLIANCE
AGAINST TAFT
Evidence That Combination Is
Formed to Defeat Favorite
White-House Candidate
Washington President Roosevelt \
and the administration leaders who j
are joined with the president in the
effort to bring about the nomination of
William 11. Taft by the Chicago con
vention now realize that the support
ers of other candidates have not been
idle and that the coming battle will be
fought hard and to a finish. The Taft
advocates within the administration
circle are somewhat astonished at the
strength shown i»\ their opponents.
As much was admitted and the word
went out from quarters near the
White House ihat there was plenty of
evidence that a combination had been
effected among the advotates of Can
non, Knox, Fairbanks and others to
prevent Taft from getting the nomi
nation
RIOT IN THE
JAPANESE DIET
Tokio After an exciting debate
lasting six hours, which developed
into a riot on the lloor of the House of
Representatives, the financial budget
was passed by a majority of 102. Speak
ers on both sides occupied a long time,
land towards the last they howled at
i at the chair and charged favoritism,
! the opposition members demanding an
i apology.
The chair suspended the session for
half an hour, and upon resuming the
| chair apologized handsomely to the
I opposition.
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New Armor Plate
The Italian Naval Engineer Baratta
j has patented a new armor plate. A
composition of cement is laid about a
foot thick over a single sheet of steel.
The armor thus made is light and
cheap and it is claimed that it has re
mained unperforated by the projectiles
from the heavy naval gun the Italian
Admiralty is now experimenting with.
AIRSHIP BISS
ARE ACCEPTED
Three Out of (I Received Looked
Upon With favor By the
Secretary of War.
Washington- Secretary of War Taft
has approved the recommendation
of the hoard of ordinance and fortifica
tion that bids for furnishing heavier
than air flying machines to the United
Suites government be accepted as fol
lows:
.1. F. Scott, Chicago, $12,(XX), time of
delivery 187 days; A. M. Herring, New
York, $20,000. time for delivery, 180;
Wright Bros., Dayton, Ohio, $25,000,
time of delivery, 200 days.
In all forty-one bids were received.
These three were the only ones that
complied with the requirements of the
specifications.
The aeroplane must be so construct
ed that it can bo quickly and easily
taken apart and assembled and packed
for transportation in army wagons,
which operation must not take more
than one hour. It must carry two
persons, having a combined weight of
about 550 pounds, also sufficient fuel
for a flight of 125 miles. It must have
a speed of at least forty miles an.hour
in still air, but the bidders were re
quired to submit quotations in their
proposals for cost depending upon the
speed attained during the trial flight.
Aeroplanes not making thirty-six
miles an hour will be rejected. Be
fore acceptance, a trial flight, which
will probably be held at Fort Myer,
Virginia, sometime next fall, will he
required. During this trial the aero
plane must remain in the air at least
one hour. It shall return to the start
ing ]K)int and land withdA.it any dam
age that would prevent a second flight.
The aeroplanes must be steered in all
directions without difficulty and must
be at all times under perfect control
and equilibrium. Three trials will be
allowed for speed and three for endu
rance.
ALASKA A LAND
OF PROMISE
Prominent Resident Says a Man
May Reap Rich Reward If lie
Stays Even a Pew Years.
••If a man will settle down in any
part of Alaska, I don’t care which
section it may be, and stay with it
for even a few years, he will win out
if he but exercise ordinary prudence.”
This was a remark made by .1. L. Mc
Pherson the other day. Mr. McPher
son, a civil and mining engineer by
profession is well known throughout
western Alaska, as he has traveled
and examined no inconsiderable por
tions of it, including the interior of
the Copper river country and the Ka
talla coal and oil sections.
Mr. McPherson also states that the
first real indications that he has seen
of agriculture in Alaska he found on
Seminofsky island. A schooner came
into Chignik recently with 200 pounds
of Alaska butter, the product of an
Alaska dairy. The owner has sixty
head ot cattle, and he has put up only
three tons of hay to feed them this
winter.
Katalla Mail Direct
The post office department has re
considered the resent order directing
that mail for Katalla be left at Cor
dova to be sent to its original destina
nation over the trail. Stipulating
that the mail be carried direct by the
regular mail steamers, the new order
comes as a blessing to the people who
under the conditions named in the first
order would be deprived of mail for
months at a time.
NEW MEASURE
FOR TERRITORY
Cale and Sulzer Draft Bill Giving
More Power to Governor and
Less to Judiciary,
Washington, D. C.—Delegate Cale
of Alaska and Congressman Sulzer of
New York are drafting a new bill for
territorial government in Alaska. Its
provisions include a territorial council
of two members from each judicial
division. In case of a tie vote on any
measure the governor is to have a cast
ing vote.
The principal work of the council
will be to recommend legislation af
ecting the territory for consideration
of congress. It will also have power
to legislate on minor matters.
The bill transfers from the judges of
the district courts to the governor the
the power to appoint court commis
sioners, and in other ways increases the
powers of the governor and decreases
those of the judiciary.
Nothing affecting the liquor business
in Alaska will be included in the terri
torial bill if either of the measures
now pending in congress on that ques
lion should pass. These are the Cale
bill giving incorporated towns control
of the saloon business in their jurisdic
tions, and the Nelson bill in the senate
which Uxes the retail liquor license at
the tlat rate of $1000 everywhere in
the territory.
APPOINTMENTS
ARE HELD UP
Taft Men Get Positions-Judge Reid
Among Those Whose Confir
mation Is Kept Back
Washington, D. C.—More than 100
presidential appointments are held
up in the senate awaiting con
I ihination. Opponentes of the adminis
tration are trying to make political
capital of the charge that the presi
dent is manipulating federal patronage
in the interest of Taft.
Among the nominations so held up
is that of Judge Heed of Alaska.
It is claimed by opponents of the
president that no appointments can be
obtained from him except for a man
j who can help get votes for Taft, and
i it seems that senators are trying to
force the president to make nomina
tions they want by refusing to confirm
those of the president's friends.
CANADA WILL
MINT THE GOLD
Dawson—The news has reached here
from Ottawa that the first government
mint in Canada was opened there a
few days ago and that the lirst coins
have been struck. It is expected that
Yukon gold owners soon will be noti
fied of the opportunity now existing of
having coins minted in Canada, but it
is not known what inducements or ac
commodation will be made for the
shipment or transfer of the gold from
this region to Ottawa.
Since the opening of the Klondike,
$150,000,000 in gold have been produced
here, and none of it coined in Canada.
That was because Canada had no
mints. The bulk of the gold went to
the states.
Hasey Trial March 24
The trial of Ed. Hasey at Juneau
has been set for March 24 by order of
the attorney general. The witnesses
will go to Juneau on the Steamer
Bertha.
GIVES OPINION
Congressman Lenahan Says Gov.
Hughes Is the Hest man Re*
publicans Can Name.
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Wilkesbarre, Pa. — Congressman
John T. Lenahan, the Democratl«
leader of this district, said today of the
Republican presidential candidates:
•‘Taft seems to be strong and to have
more followers and shouters than any
1 other candidate, but the opposition to
I the Secretary of War is both bitter
and determined, and his opponents
firmly believe that they will succeed
in turning the tide in favor of Hughe*
or some other anti-Roosevelt candidate
before the national convention is
| held.”
In Congressman Lenahan’s opinion
■ Mr. Hughes is the strongest man the
Republicans could nominate. He says
the Democratic Congressmen mostly
favor Bryan.
5000 TROOPS GO
i TO FRONTIER
Russia Sends [Soldiers Forward
and May Take a Hand in the
Persian-Turkish Dispute.
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St. Petersburg—-Five thousand
troops have been ordered from North
ern Caucasus to the Turko-Persian
frontier, whither soldiers in small de
tachments have been proceeding stead
ily for several weeks past. This con
centration is due to the aggressive at
titude of the Turks in their frontier
dispute with the Persians.
It is believed in St. Petersburg that
Russia is about to undertake a military
demonstration against Turkey.
MISS STONE
SEEKS RANSOM
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Asks Secretary Root to Demand
of Turkey Return of $60,000
Paid to Her Captors. .
Washington, D. C.—Miss Ella M
Stone, the American missionary who
in 11)01 was captured by Bulgarian
brigands and held for a ransom, has
had a conference with Secretary Moot
to urge him to make a demand on the
Turkish Government for the return of
the $66,000 ransom paid to her captors
for her release. Mr. Boot promised to
go over the records of the case.
Miss Stone was captured in Septem
ber, 1901, by Bulgarian brigands near
the town of Djumbala, on the Turkish
border. The United States Govern
ment made a demand on the Sultan of
Turkey for her release. The Sultan
replied that Miss Stone was captured
by Bulgarian brigands over whom he
had no control, and he was unable to
compel them to surrender her to the
American authorities. Friends of Miss
Stone and the American public raised
the sum of $66,000 which was paid to
the brigands for her release on March
1, 1902. Miss Stone believes that the
Turkish Government was responsible
for her capture and that the ransom
should be refunded by it. Miss Stone
is now a resident of Chelsea, Mass.
Knik Hail Goes Tomorrow
Alfred Lowell expects to start early
tomorrow morning to take the mail to
Girdwood, Xnik, Susitna Station and
Tyonok.