Yukon Valiev News
VOL. II.
KAMI’AKT, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, liHMi.
No. 33
CITY ELECTIONS
HELD IN ALASKA
FAIRBANKS, April 'The munici
pal election passed off quietly in nil
Alaskan cities. The business men’s
ticket was successful in Fairbanks. Ju
neau favors municipal ownership.
FAIRBANKS TICKET.—S. A. llon
nitiehl, B. I'. Mills, Fred Schaupp, Ban
Jones, James \V. llill, Ban Callahan.
CHF.XA.—J. A. Jackson, Harry L.
Grow, 11. A. Currier, Henry Roden,
Charles Fisher, Thomas Boyd, Martin
llarrais.
NOME.—\V. H. rearson, I’. Esch, T.
J. Palmer, Judd Mather, J. E. Phillips,
Bean and Dudley.
Jl’N EAT.—James McCloskev, John
Reck, II. T. Trapp, Bave Fales, Earl
Hunter, Raids Lund, Joe Biggs.
SKAOWAY.—11. B. Bunn, W. B.
King, \Y. A. Remick, J. A. Nettles, I..
J. Shaw, Luke McGrath, C. A. Biers.
VALDEZ.—Henry Miller, Tom Quinn,
W. A. Roystrom, William Finical, Thus.
Cobb, Henry Sushdorf, A. Grigsby.
EAGLE.—William M. Gilliland, (’has.
Ott, Clyde ... Harry Raymond,
Harry Mason, John Powers, Peter Mar
chise.
DOCGLAS.— M. C. O’Connell, P. 11.
Fox, J. A. Kommis, Jerry Kassen, Wil
liam Stubbins, Charles Hopp, Joe Trug
gin.
TREADWELL.—Mark Smith, Ban
Vesie, Sam Barquist, Mark latum, E.
Ott, John Duckworth, J. N. Stody.
PHILIPPINES
WANTED BY JAPS
MOSCOW, April !>.—General von
Mark, the head of the Ked Cross So
ciety, has been traveling through Japan
and asserts that the Japannese are pre
paring for war to take the Philippines
by force. _
The Striking Miners.
New York, April !*,—The striking
miners are unable to agree and are still
out. __
Junior Property
Changes Hands
Jerry Ford and Tom lai Porte have
Is.light ’£!, 23 and tlie upper half of 24
on Little Mi nook Jr. .. W. M Haw
kins. The new owners will at once
prepare for summer working tin' ground.
Mr. and Mrs. Hawkins pro|*>se to go
outside after the approaching idea imp.
Tom I at Forte and Fred Cassidy went
out to the creek today to get timU rs in
place fora lag dam. which it is pr*'|swell
to ha\e I'ompletid as s«s.n as possible
after water runs.
FAIRBANKS FIRE
DID BIG DAMAGE
FAIRBANKS, April 9.—The Wash
ington block was destroyed l>y fire early
yesterday morning, entailing a loss of
$t>2,000.
(iood work l*y the firemen saved the
business heart of the city.
1’rineipal losers:
Bill Mel’hee and Hen Everett, owners,
$40,000.
E. F. Haves, clothier, $1,900.
Smaller losers were: Deal ik Co.,
Angus McDonald, Times Printing Co.,
Collins iV Mctiaw
Ben Everett says his partner, who is
now en route home, was to have insured
the building while outside.
K. F. Hayes jumped from a second
story window and was i ,tired.
DOWIE WAN1 tD
SEVEN WIVES
San Antonio, April 0.—Dowie is pre
paring to leave to take charge at Zion
City
lie says he was betrayed and that the
recently appointed overseer will Ik*
thrown out.
Chicago, April 9.—The overseer of
Zion City and the wife of Dowie claim
that Dowie wanted seven wives, and
that was what caused the split. The
woman left Dowie to stand by the
colony.
New Bank for Seward.
Seattle April 9.—A new hank is to
<>j>en at Sewaril.
The Sulzer Bill.
Wasliiii}jrt<>n, April 9.—The Sulzer ter
ritorial hill is to he introduced into the
house next week.
Dog Asphyxiated
in a Burning Cabin
Last Sunday M. \V. Sinclair went out
ami left his tlojf lhm shut in the eahin
on Sccohil avenue, hack of the N. t'.
inesshoiisr. After a short absence Mr.
Sinclair returned and o|smd the dis.r,
and found the eahin full of hlimlinx.
choking smoke. Ills first thoiixht was
of Dan. tiropinit around till he found
him he draxxed the d*>x int.. the oj»-n
air; but it was no use—I hi it lavr one
Xusp and was dead.
hire had started in the thsir near the
stove. Hut little damage was done to
the eahin ami furniture.
IDAHO CASES
CAUSE RIOTS
SAN FRANCISCO, April (*.—A so
cialist meeting called in sympathy with
the alleged Idaho murderers caused a
big riot.
Fiery speeches were made at the meet
ing, and after leaving the hall red hau
liers were planted on Market street
reading: “ ‘The constitution be damned,’
say the corporations.”
Policemen plucked the banners down,
and were beaten and stoned. Many
were injured on both sides.
SEATTLE INFANT
CAST IN A FURNACE
SEATTLE, April —Some one un
known threw n babe into a furnace
here. The watchman saw the furnace
door open ami then close, and a young
man ran away, lie quickly opened the
door and raked out a roasted infant.
No clue.
The Wickersham Matter.
Washington, April h.—The Wieker
shant matter will probably be disposed
of tomorrow.
One More Miner Killed By Gas.
Fairbanks, April ih—George A. Lin
coln was killed by natural gas in a 78
foot shaft on O’Oonner ereek
His mother lives in Toledo, Ohio.
Steamer Quickstep
for the Kuskokwim
Nome Nugget, March 1 : The steamer
Quickstep will he put in commission
next spring on the Kuskokwim. She
will l>e in eommatnl of ('apt. \V. K.
liicger, and a trading post will also he
established at some point on the river.
Work of repairing and refitting the
Quickstep will soon begin. The steamer
was built in Seattle by ('latlin liros. .X
Co. for the Yukon river trade, In lH'.iil
she was brought to St. Michael, and
Nome having recently been discovered,
the Quickstep was brought to Nome,
where she has since remained.
Meeting Night Changed.
Hereafter the hs'ul camp of A. It.’s
will meet the second ami last Friday in
each month, instead of the second ami
fourth Tuesdays, as formerly .
At the meeting on the last Friday in
the present month installation of otlicers
will take place.
MT. VESUVIUS
IN ERUPTION
NAPLES, April 8.—Mount Vesuvius
is in active eruption and becoming more
violent. The people are fleeing.
Later.— The eruptions are growing
worse. Numberless craters appear, all
vomiting streams of lava. Half a mill
ion people ate fleeing, and many towns
are covered by ashes four feet deep.
OLTA.JAXO.—Earthquakes are fre
quent and terrific. Several houses and
four churches have fallen.
CASEHTA.—Lava is now surrounding
the city, which is doomed. The popula
tion numbers 35,000.
XOLA, with a population of 15,000, is
being buried in hot ashes.
Thousands of soldiers, with artillery
carts, are moving the inhabitants. A
state of great confusion exists. The
people are filled with superstition.
Women raid churches and. secure stat
ues of saints, which they carry to the
nearest possible streams of molten lava,
where they offer up prayers.
The City of Tore Anunziata, with a
population of 32,000, is deserted and the
lava is bearing down upon it.
King Victor Immanuel and Queen
Helena arc being begged by the dis
tracted people to stop the eruption, and
panic is everywhere.
Twenty cities are deserted and threat
ened with obliteration.
RUSSIA AND CHINA
CROWL OVER CROUND
I’LklN, Aplil !>.—Russia is making
L'laims upon Chinn to confirm all pres
ent privileges and China flatly refuses.
Both countries are holding armies in
Manchuria.
Another Alaska Road.
Tacoma, April It.—The American
Smelting Company announces its in
tention to build a railroad from Valdez
to to the Bonanza copper mines.
The Mirror Saloon
to Move This Week
The Mirror saloon is to move this
week into the handsome and roinmodi
■ lions building on f ront street formerly
occupied by the California Kitchen.
Jerry ford and Tommy 1st 1‘orte will
entertain their friends at a grand open
ing of the new place Saturday night.