WORLD NEWS
EOR A WEEK
Cablegram* from the Daily Cutexvay.
Seat!le. < VI. 7 In the *»trail> of .!nan
IV I'iua yesterday the most terrific
■.;a!( known in years, tor a time blow
inir hto mi!■ ' an hour, retuleivil all
h'-lpi.ss. Several wrecks have
th• 11 reported ami oilier I mats are
miss'i! «f.
T wind hlew almost as liercelx
o\er t h is eil \. ami on Lake \\ asliini;
ton titt\ boats were badly damaged
Two boat‘houses on the lake were torn
wax from their moormys ami practi
ruU> destroyed. ThetU^ I'niott xxas
lie,veiled at Smilh ( ove.
!V!iora;ili ami telephone wires are
Mown many places west ol the moun
tains. part ieuiarly to the mirth wal’d of
;),is eit\ alouu the Sound.
» hi :e ■>. < Vt. 7 IV. < Mixer 15. Hart
,.* |!iovis Hark, was arrested here to
i •,: v forth' inurdm of Irene (lokow.
io \ears old. bis adopted daughter.
The .‘idle was tirst assaulted, then
•orc-d to ,nk poison. When he saw
sh, was d; am Hart swallowed mor
ohitw and ocked himself in the tx'Oiu |
xx i: ii if rorps* > > t the ifi 1*1. lb* w as i
uix'ot srious when found but will rx>-j
rover and be prosecuted for murder.
Washington. H. <*.. (V*t, 7 At a cab
a . ' uieetii today i? was decided to
:n\ s ivf;»t« tin cliafifes made under
? h, n* -’at* (’oimiif o1 law* by 1
\erchants that a e -ownership exists
of ; ho : xxo bridges and the ferry across
i h MissisYnni from that St Loui-tothe
I 'ii-iois s: . and that tolls are fixed by
agreement.
\ irtoria. II. • .. *Vt. 7 The >e:tlin«r
M’h'Miu* t t .ism a it veil Imtn lierinsr
'•a !mia\ with I* I* -kin>. It iv|H»rt>
: a' tia : • t iiau lMMHt »eal- "ere
, it t' r ilurit ur tin past *eaM«'.
I.W U. Y. T. < Vt. 7 The steamer
Tnnana juM in from Kairhanks. reports
’ aat the output of jfolil in the I'anatia ,
».i»tr;ot thi- vear " ill he
The output to date has been in ex
,, >f '>.'>.(»( mi.ihioamt the summer elean
o> are exported to add nearly
s-jumo.iNi* more.
St. Paul. Oct. 7 Tin* Or«-;u North
ern laiiway Company has increased to
s.'>.*HO t !:e rew at <i for the capture of tile
hur.iiits who held up the overland train
neat Ballard Monday niirht.
• 'htcaao, Oct. T The indicted pack
• I s decided t> i ty to *rive up the lijf.ht
tii .juash the indictments charifinjf
: te-m with conspiracy under the anti
trust law. ar>d will plead not yuilty
next Monday.
S. at t '<■. < Vl. 7 Sw i ft vv a ter Bill t kites
tile slip to office! s here who held
t t.'i-raph warrant for him issued
• ;.<•,! Pair-hanks, \iuska. upon a chnrjfe
..I «• tjhe//.letnei,t. He came lloWtl Oil
i> . *i,.. i:i < >i.io from. Nome, hut
at. i w iiih the officers weta
?*»«>!<*i;_ t it- hint. He cannot he found
. t . ny hot !.
Pairhanl.s, Alaska. Oct. . I he wife
are ,,other-in-law «>f Swift water Bill
«;. s s;.y t iiaf they do not know where
In* is.
Ha ;i,ii Ve. < >et. 7 At a meet my **1 ,
Maryland Kept hiiear. state com
a t- d; \ Secretary I?*-mt parte of
‘i * : : cepnrtti.* »:t trade a speech
a• ? .» : u the proposed atiteitthm nt to •
ti t -t;-ti v>a-titt.t it n \vliich pre'Cfilie-'
• i t • i t ;.t tu.:: itiert :< n for voter-.
The -«■'» retarv -add that while the
; :. t : t’e . nt wa- aimed at the colored
\o?e t he i fT*'d• if it -hould he adopted I
a tat fairly enforced would he to dis- j
franchise .*>2.no0 nejrree- and *14.0001
white men. lie et itiei-eti the amend
!.■ nt a- wrontr it. principle.
V a-! nut >i . I*. .. < Vt. 7 It hr -
i diei.’etl that the direetinn of
i’anat: ;t con-tract ion -hall remain with
• he v.; : deiiaa ’Hi it. and tin* members
of life canal cononi—ioti will lie under
the authority of Secretary Taft, who
wi I irioarn the etna! zone.
Ili-ton. < Vt.* 7 Tim Ma--aelui-ett
I, rhld an -tale convention today de
clared for the revi-ion of the tariff.
-si r*m, t >tv., ()ct.7 I n an open lettor
(mi\. i hamUflain e iiirjcs l>. .1.
Kelli her. an ■ •xtensivooporator in lands,
with securing 1'HI.ihm ncr.s of the pub
lit domain h\ fraud.
New Vork. <>et. 7 The payroll of
otfieei-s and employes i | the Mutual
Life Insurance (' mtpam was produced
1<| tore the investigating eommittee to
ray. it shows that President Richard
A. Met’urdy draws a salarx of *l.*>o.oot)
a .ear. and the vice president siO.OOn.
st. I’etetslmry. Oct. 7 A General
sfike is on in Russian prisons because
o' h»n-.£vi\ M int pri-out rs are said to;
l*t on the verjfe of starva.tion. Numer
ot s complaints of ill treatment of
female prisoners have added to the
Mbturbuuecs. ,
New York. <Vt. '1 Mineral Jose
t Miguel Como/.. who was the Liberal
, eanidatv for the presidency of Cuba
; but withdrew when the preliminary
ballotinjf for election officers resulted
! in an overwhelming victory for Presi
dent Palma, who is a candidate for re
election a> the nominee of the Moder
ate. arrived here today and freely de
nounced the Palma administration.
Con. (iomez'says it is now the duty
of tlie Pnited States to interfere in
the government of Cuba under the pro
visions of the Platt amendment, which
was made a condition of independence
by the P. S. Senate and was adopted
into the Cuban constitution. lie
charges President Palma with despot
ism and Ids party with the use of fraud
and force at the polls, lie insists that
an investigation should be made by the
Pnited States government.
Washinwton. I>. C., Oct. • IYcsi-j
dent Roosevelt and ('ongressman Town
semi «>f Michigan, one of tin* joint auth
ors of tin- Ksch-Tow nsend railroad lull
which passed the House of Represent
ativer in the last Congress, held a long
conference today on the subject of re-j
strictive railroad legislation.
Townsend will re-introduce his mea-j
sure, with slight modifications, as soon j
as Congress meets. I'he provision
giving the interstate commerce com
mission power to fix rates i> its most
vital feature. '
New Orleans. <>et. 7 Twenty-eight
new eases of yellow fever and three!
deaths were reporteil yesterday. All |
these were in the hot tom lands. The!
upper portions ..} the city are now
entirely clear of the infection.
New York. (Vt. 7 Tammany today
renominated Mayor Met Icllan <>n a
platform calling for municipal owner
ship of public utilities. The new term
is for four years.
Seattle. <>ct. 7 Mrs. Louise .lolmson
while temporarily insane this, morning
I me. red coal oil over her clothing and
svi it on lire. She then cut her throat
and ran into the yard with her clothing
abla/o. Neighbors put out the flames
and she was taken to the hospital.
\It hough badly burned she may re
cover. The knife wound was ghastly
but not dangerous.
Washington. I>. Oct. 0 (lovern.
ment Agent Lemhkey. in charge of
sealing operations in the PribalofT
islands, reports an increased output
over that of last year. St. Paul island
yielded 1 .'{.(Kid skins; St. (ieorge island
Idoo and LSi'.i blue fox >kins. There
\va> no | toad ting this season on the
islands.
Seattle. Oct. 0 The home of (ieorge
Alfreds, superintendent of the coal
mines at Kaveiisdale, was blown up
last night with dynamite by Frank
llndevis, a miner who had been dis
charged.
The building was wrecked but Al
fred"' family all escaped as they were
in t ho other etui of tin- house from the
explosion. The room in which they
were sitting was badly shaken up and
their escape was narrow.
Buenos Ayres. Argentine Republic.]
(>et. Tile Federation of Labor today j
declared a general strike through the !
republic. This i> the result of the re-]
fasal ot a demand for higher wages in ;
all trades.
Immediately following the announce-1
meni of the strike Congress declared
martial law throughout the republic.
a> it i' feared tlat trouble may,
f >1 low.
Tokyo. Oet. It is reported here]
that Russia intends to station .Tni.OOP
soldiers of its Manchurian army on the
Chinese frontier after the time expires!
according to the terms of the peace]
treaty for the withdrawal of the hostile
armies from Manchuria. It is said that
the government fears the returned]
s ddiet’s will join the .malcontents at
home. For this reason it will leave!
half the army in tie far east.
Victoria. B. < ct. It Passengers
on the steamship Briggs, just arrived
from Japan, say it is generally report
ed there that the blowing up of Ad
miral Togo’s flagship Mikusa. was the
result of a mutiny among the crew, who
dynamited tin* vessel to show their dis-!
pleasure at the terms of the peace I
tr.-aty wit.i Russia. Robert Collins.1
an associated press correspondent who
has been with Kuroki’s army, say s the
story is given general credence in
diplomatic circles in Japan.
New Haven. Ct., Oct. !• Vale fresh-,
men took possession of several street
ears last night and ran them to suit i
themselves. They successfully re
sisted police interference and created j
a neighborhood panic. Many warrants
are out today.for the arrest of the dis-;
timbers.
Hastings. Oet. 9 John Budenik
entered t ho room in whieh his moth-j
er’s dead body was him' last niyfht j
and shot his sister, hrothor and
ir.-ot he r-in-ktw. killing all of them in
stant 1\.
Christiana, Norway. Oct. 10 The j
Norwegian storthinjf today ratified the
■ terms of dissolution with Sweden after
| a discussion lasting t wo days, 'fheoil
ier of the throne toa member of the
Iternadotte family, the reijrnin<f fami
' lv of Sweden, was withdrawn.
Seattle. Oct. 10 Cyrus Walker, one
of the owners of the bijf lumber mills
at Port Blakely,across the Sound from
this city, was struck hy an iron crane
this morning and suffered the fracture
1 of his collar-hone and three rihs. Mr.
I Walker is an old man and his condi
, t ion is considered *erious.
Berkeley. Cal., Oct. 10 A fierce lire
has been raying at Berkeley Hills.
I where the state university i* loeated.
j since last nijrht and l.ooo students have
been constantly engaged in liyhtinjt
the flames, which this morning were
brought under control, although not
I extinguished.
The lire starlet1, in the timber north
of town. A large amount of valuable
property has been destroyed, including
many buildings, and it was checked
near the university campus.
Moscow, Oct. 10 The strikers are
augmenting their forces and more
trouble is expected, although every
thing is now quiet. < 'ossacks are patrol
ling every part of the city and iMd
strikers have been arrested today.
(meat suffering among the laboring
classes prevails and many poor people
are on the verge of starvation. This
sit nation renders the st rikers desperate
and every precaution is taken to pre
vent t heir assembling in large numbers.
New York, Oct. hi President Mc
Curdy of the Mutual Lib* Insurance
<'outparty i> before the insurance inves
tigating committee today. The effect
of bis methods of administration and
financial management upon the inter
ests of the policy holders were gone
i into extensively. McCurdy maintained
that bis administration had produced
t he best possible results.
Cmaha. Oct. Id Put Crowe arrived
in Omaha last night from Mutte. where
he was arrested. He wu> shackled to
a detective. A crowd of *2.000 was out
to see him and the crush to get a view
of tin* long-wanted man was heyond
the power of the police to control. In
an interview at the de|K»t Crowe said
that he would be vindicated on the
trial and that Cod would take care of
him.
Washington. I>. C.. Oct. Id*-The
('him-sc merchants’ associat ion of < hina
today notified the Chinese government
that the boxcott of American goods
has been temjKirally suspended until it
can be seen what Congress promises to
do regarding ;i modification of the ex
clusion law.
The administration here believes
that the boycott has in reality been
permanently abandoned by direction
of the Chinese government, and that
no more will be heard of it.
New Vork.Oct. 11 I'lie(Ireat North
ern I tail wav Company today announced
the issue ol L’oO.OOU shares of new stock.
It is offered to stockholders only.
The new stock issue is admitted to
he for the purpose of raisin*,' money to
carry on the (Ireat Northern Northern |
Pacific Hirht with the Ifjirritnan lines j
for control of territory in the state ol
Washington. The buildin*; of the new I
line down the north bank of the;
Columbia is a part ol the contest.
Washington. I). C.. Oct. 11 Civil
service examinations will be held
November Li.'! at several places in
Alaska, of applicants for places in the
Nome life-savin*; service. Twenty-five
surfmen are wanted. Applicants must
reside in Alaska and within five miles
of the ocean.
Seattle. Oct. 11 A man calling him
self Ha ion Yon Schlosserone. for the
last five years a partner in the Ifoels
ohen Wine Company of Sun Fruneiseo.
who has frequently passed through
Seattle and been feted here and in
San Francisco by the best Herman
society in both cities, was identified
here today by Detroit officers as a
professional forger from that city and
one of the cleverest all-around crooks
in the country.
The man has many aliases and is re
puted to he rich as the result of his
criminal operations. Some years ago
he went to San Francisco with forged
letters purporting to be signed by fa
tnous Herman noblemen and with them
a> an introduction succeeded in buying
a partnership in the big wine house
named, lie lias since made frequent
trips to the coast.
St. Petersburg, Oct. 11 The czar
issued further official thanks to ( ount
Witte in a rescript published today,
extolling his diplomatic triumph at the
peace conference.
New York, Oct. 11 The city hoard
of health today formally condemned
all streams flowing through the east
ern side of Manhattan island, alleging
that they are contaminated by city
sewerage and that their waters have
been responsible for many epidemics.
|| WAGNER S PLACE II
FRED WAGNER. Proprietor
WINES, LIQUORS, CIGARS
A good time and right treatment for everyone
Fourth avenue Seward. Alaska
CHAS. A. TECKLENBURG J. M. CUMMINGS
THE SEATTLE BAR
— ONLY THE BEST —
Wines, Liquors and Cigars
Bohemian and Olympia Beer
furnished Rooms_
Honolulu, Hawaii, Oct. 11--The
Rnited States army transport Sherman
was held here while a search was made
by treasury officials for counterfeit
money,and a la rye quantity was found.
Nine sailors were arrested, w ho con
fessed and said they had passed M.000
at Nagasaki.
One of tlie men had established a •
full-lledyed yambliny establishment on
board the vessel and had been steadily
payiny out counterfeit money in the
course of his operations, while takiny
in yood money.
New York. Oct. 11 William Ran
dolph Hcarst has accepted tin* nomina
tion for mayor tendered him by the
Municipal Lcayuc on a platform call
iny for yovermnent ownership of public
utilities. His object in runniny is be
lieved to be to defeat Mayor Met lellan.
Pittsburg, Pa.. Oct. 11 Kdward
CunlitTc bill receiving clerk of the
Adams Kxpress Company in this city. ,
yesterday walked out with a package!
containing $100,000 in bills, and another
containing $1,000. All trace of him
has been Ins’. The money was nearly
all in $100 hills. It was intended for :
shipment to a hank in Cincinnati.
CunlitTc had been in the employ of •
the company for years and was,
thoroughly trusted. His friends main
tain that lie met foul play.
Berkeley, Cal., 12—S. W. Curtis and :
wile knocked William K.lli> on the
head with a hammer, while lie was at j
lunch in their house yesterday . A Jit* I
woman then tired two shots into his
body, and the couple took $.1,000 from ,
his pockets and left him for dead.
Kllis recovered consciousness and.
crawled to the stable, where he mana
ged to attract the attention of a patrol
man. to whom he told his story. Kllis
is dying and ollicers are searching the
.state for tilt* assailants.
Kllis is an Australian horseman.
The Curtises met him a short time ago
in Sydney and induct'd him to come to
California with them. They first
entertained him at the Oakland hotel,
then rented a cottage in the suburbs;
and took him there as their guest.
Washington, M. t'.. <>ct. 12 -< apt.
Rumill and four members of hi> crew 1
who stood h\ him on the schooner
Herwind. en route from Mobile to
Philadelphia, were killed in a mutiny
of the remainder of I he crew. Later
tin* mutineers and the vessel were
captured b\ the schooner Mlaneh Kitty,
and are now in jail in Southport. Pa.
Seattle. Oct. 12 Pinkerton detec
tives today arrested tit Spokane a
brakeman on suspicion of heinjf one of
t ie bandits who held up the (ireat ■
northern train near Mallard hist week.
They are holding the prisoner in
some private place of detention and re
fuse to say where lie is or what evi
dence they have against him.
Pittsburg. Pa., Oct. 12 KdwardCun
litTt*. the Adams Kxpress clerk who
ran away yesterdtiy with $hd.nuo. lias,
SO far success!vlly eluded capture. Me
is believed to lie traveling toward St.
Louis and an army of detectives are on
his supposed trail. The express com
pany lias paid the amount to the First
National hank of Cincinnati, to which
it was consigned.
San Francisco, Cal., <)et. 1- olm I.
Sabin, president of the Pacific Coast
Telephone Company. died here today.
Moscow, Oct. 12—All Russia Is again
in a ferment and men everywhere are
arming for a general insurrection.
Large quantities of arms have been!
seized at KietT. Siga, Odessa, Moscow,
St. Petersburg, SarntotT and Tillis,
which had been privately stored by
revolutionists'
, • i
At Baku, Hatun and other places in
Caucasia the revolutionists have de
clared open war on the Cossacks. At
Baku yesterday eleven bombs were
thrown among the Cossacks, killing or
wounding several. In retaliation the
troopers charged the crowd* in the
streets with great slaughter. Several
women of rank were killed while try
ing to help a wounded girl in the
street,
Seward Assay
Office
Chemical Analyses and Assays Made
Price List for Assaying
Gold or Silver. *1.50
Gold and Silver. *2.00
Silver and Lead. *2.00
Gold, Silver and Lead *0.00
Copper. *1.50
Gold and Copper.... *2.50
Gold, Silver and Cop
per . *0.50
Gold, Silver, Copper
and Load. *4.00
Prices for other metals ami min
eral on application.
Gold and silver bullion refined,
melted and assayed or pur
chased.
H. E. ELLSWORTH, C. E.
New York. Oct. 13 The Merchant*'
Association of New York today adopted
a resolution demanding that insurance
companies prosecute their officials who
are shown to have been guilty of nii~
appropriation of money and other act*
of malfeasance in office.
The association also decided to take
the responsibility of instituting civil
actions to recover money wasted in ex
cessive salarie* or unlawful expendi
tures, and profits made by official*
through the use of trust fund*. Many
members of the association hold large
policies in the companie* which are
being investigated.
Koseuburg, Ore.. Oct. 13 A ci m
pany of militia wa* called out here to
day to take charge of a gang of Greek*
working on the railroad who were
accused of t he murder of a man named
I’eterstin. The train crew who took
the militia out to the scene became ir -
volued in a quarrel with the Greeks
and began shooting at them. One
Greek wa* wounded before the militia
stopped the trouble. The Greeks were
all placed under arrest in order to be
held until an investigation of the min
der can be made.
New York, Oct. 13 At a meeting of
Tammany Hall today to complete the
municipal ticket the name of District
Attorney Jerome was hooted and hisseii.
creating a scene of disorder. Tammany
refused to indorse Jerome for another
term.
The republicans today nominated
William Mills Ivins, who acted a*,
counsel for the Fassett legislative com
mittee in 11)02. which investigated
Tammany rule in New \ ork ( ity, for
mayor. An effort will he made to
have the convention indorse Jerome
a candidate for district attorney to suc
ceed himself. Jerome will In* supported
by the Citizens' Cnion. and probably
by the municipal ownership party which
lias nominated William K. Hearst for
muyor.
Philadelphia, Oct. IS Miss Anna Hall
of Cincinnati in an address tit the an
nual meeting of the American Humane
Society he/e today advocated the use
of anresthetics* to kill persons dying in
agony whether through accident or
otherwise. She said she belie veil it
would he jnerciful to shoot persons
fatally injured in a railroad accident
when no other method of terminating
their torture was available and death
was certain in a short time.
Madrid. Spain, Oct 1J King Alfonso
will leave here for Germany November
2 to seek a wife in that co/ntry.
.Several alliances are proposed for him.
Baltimore,'Oct. l.'l The widow of
'the late Abner McKinley, brother of
, President McKinley, yesterday pri
vately married Captain John B. Allen
* of Tampa, Florida.