VALDEZ weeks.
>). 7 Valdez, Alaska,
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Where Fear Existed A Month Ago Serenity Now Pre
vails, As Drift of Sentiment Seems To Be All
Toward Taft, Particularly From Sources
Heretofore Suspected of Opposition
Washington, Oct. 20—Loaders of
tho republican party are today confi
dent. of the election of Taft. A month
ago tins feeling was practically re
versed, and the chances for republi
can success at the polls were consid
ered as extremely precarious. But
since then President Roosevelt lias
interjected into the campaign some
semblance of vigor and agressive
ness.
The party loaders now deelare tlint
they can see a strong drift toward
republican principles, and they ex
press the belief that this drift will not
only result in the normal republican j
vote being cast, but will quite pos
sibly make inroad upon the logical
democratic vote. It is pointed out
that recently taken straw votes, have
given Taft the victory.
NEW YORK WORLD
IS AFTER JEROME
Now York, Oct. 20—The Now York
World is after the scalp of District
Attorney Jerome, and both editori
ally and in its news column* demands
that the official ho removed from
office. Tlio World's principal charge
is that of misconduct on the part of
Jerome in the investigation into the
dealings of the Mutual Life Insurance
Company, during the insurance scan
dal of a few years ago.
Among the specific charges made
against Jerome is that he prevented
the indictment on a forgery charge
of President McOurdy of the Mutual.
The World says that it has proof that
the grand jury was anxious to indict
McCurdy but that it was by Jerome
prevented from taking such action.
Speaking generally, the World ac
cuses Jerome of inattention t<> duty,
improper association with those
charged with crimes, and of immoral
conduct in his private life.
Jerome denies all the charges, and
says that he docs not fear any inves
tigation.
DIVINE SERMONIZES
ON WOMAN'S DUTY
Rev. Father Sch mitt's sermon, de
livered in connection with the ser
vices solemnizing tlie marriage jos
torday of Miss Ida Corrigan and Jo
Hoph Bell, haHgiven (he resident** of
Valdez something to ponder concern
ing. Rev. Father Hehmitt took tho
occasion to express his beliefs with
regard to the duties of a married
woman, and in consequence tho bene
dicts of the town are gloating, for at
last there has arisen someone who
supports their contention insofar as
this contention concerns community
of labor.
In his sermon, Father Bchmitt also
laid tho foundation for much of dis
cussion on the part of the women
who heard him and from the con
versation current today among those
men who have family ties it is evi
dent that the fair subjects of tho Fa
ther's discourse are not altogether
satisfied.
Briefly, Father Bohmitt expressed
tho belief that marriod women, es
pecially those whoso fortunes find
them in Alaska, should do moro than
they do do to assist hard working
husbands. Building fires, getting
breakfast|and numerous other duties
of similar character were enumerated
as a part of woman's work In bohalf
of hor family. The Father mentioned
many other ways In which women
can make homo happier.
Indications are that many of the
Father's hearers aro not altogether
agreed with his sentiments, but tho
married men are living In hopes that
their wives will take heed, and the
unmarried men are wondering If the
Father has many unwed deselploH.
ITako a ehanee on leather Daven
port In Ladles' Bazaar.
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BANDIT KIDNAPS
RICH THAN
Mount Vernon, \Vn., Oct. '11—E.
English, a wealthy tiniberman, was
kidnapped yesterday afternoon, and
forced by the single bandit who did
the job to write a note instructing
Mrs. English to pay to the bearer the
sum of $5,000. English was over
powered while out in the woods, and
by his captor was chained to a tree
while the bandit went to obtain the
money from Mrs. Knglish.
Mrs. English lives in Mount Vernon
and before the bandit could traverse
the distance, English managed to re
lease himself, and hurrying to the
mill telephoned to Mrs. English to
pay 110 attention to the note. Shortly
after she received the telephone mes
sage, Mrs. English was called to the
door in answer to the summons of the
man who had .attempted to kidnap
her husband. Something in Mrs.
English's manner, as she refused to
pay the amount demanded, alarmed
the seeker for ransom and he de
camped.
So soon as possible Mr. English j
came to Mount Vernon and organized j
a posse which is now pursuing the
bandit. I
NEW YORK HERALD
SEES TAFT VICTORY:
I
Now York, Oct. 27—In a forecast
of tho cioction result, (he New York
Herald this morning says that there
is every reason to expect an expan
sion of the normal republican vote.
The Heruld holds that Taft is reason
ably sure of '2HO of tho 483 votes in the
electoral college. This is thirty-ono
voteb more than the majority to
choice.
Diyau, according to tin* Herald
forecast, is reasonably sure of ir>6
votes, leaving forty-seven doubtful.
Of tho doubtful vote, the Herald holds
twonty-ono as having a democratic
tendency, and holds twenty-six as
having a republican tendency. The
Itorald says that tho republicans will
probably oarrylJtho house, and New
York is given to Taft.
Hobs Murphy, of Tammany, makes
no estimates in exprcssiugjjhis opin
ion in contradiction to the Herald's
forecast, but says that Bryan will
win, and that Chanlor will be elected
governor of New York. The Herald
says that New York will go for
Hughes.
Recoilt word from the White House
has it-that within a fow days, every
member of the president's cabinet
will take the stump in behalf of Taft.
Ho far no speaking dates for the oab
Inot members have boon announced.
Wellmnn 8ny« Ohio Is Doubtful
Washington, Oct. 29----Walter Well
man, the Journalist, declared his be
lief to bo that Ohio will be Very close,
or else develop a landslide In favor of
Bryan. Mr. Wollman has been mak
ing a study of the political conditions
of Ohio and he sir s that had the
election been held three weeks ago,
Bryan would have carried the state.
I ALASKA CENTRAL TO
BE RE-ORGANIZED
II in asserted by persons in n position
to bo informed concerning the pro
jects of the powers behind the fore
closure of the Alaska Central mort.
gage, which was begun in the district
court at Vlrldoz last week, that the
foreclosure sale will be immediately
followed by a reorganization ami re
newal of construction.
The foreclosure suit was instituted
by the Canadian banks which took
over the bonds of the Sovereign Hank
of Canada. 0n good authority it is
said that these banks will bid in the
property and reorganize the company
with the intention of building to the
Matanuska coal fields as rapidly as
possible, unless somebody else bids
the amount of the bonds, or nearly
that much, and takes the matter oil
t heir hands.
John E. Bullaiue says he has a svn
(lieate ready to t»ke the railroad at
the foreclosure sale and push con
struction. A. C. Frost, president of
the railroad, claims also to have a
syndicate ready to buy. In this ease
there may be some competition for
the acquisition of the property unless
the opposing bidders pool their in
terests.
It is now admitted by everybody
concerned that foreclosure and re
organization offer the only means
available for promoting the enterprise.
The complaint in foreclosure tiled by '
Frank (1 raves of Spokane, attorney
for the bondholders, set;) up the same
averments of waste and deterioration
of property as were stated in John IS.
Hallaine's application for a receiver
ship last May. On this ex parte show
ing J udge lteid at Fairbanks appointed
receiver. Upon motion of Mr. (J raves
immediately after the foreclosure
suit was filed, Judge lteid appointed
two receivers for the property. No
opposition was offered to this by!
Judge liaight, attorney for the rail
road and for A. C. Frost, beyond for
mal objection to certain portions <>t
the complaint for foreclosure, intend
ed to save the claim of the Tanana
Railway Construction Company t<>
most of the chattel property used in
cbnstruction of the railroad.
Sevotal months must elapse before
the foreclosure sale can be reached in j
due coitrse of law. i
EMPIRE STATE IS j
FIELD OF BUTTLE
—
Troy, N. Y., Oct. -IH —William II.
Tuft, republican candidate for the
presidency, and William J. Bryan,
the democracy's choice for the high
opt office in the land, arc making of
the Stale of New York the battle
ground of one of t he fiercest political
campaigns ever waged within the
borders of this commonwealth. The
prize contested foV is the vote of tIn
state, which is now being claimed by
both parties,
Tafl today> is touring the towns
along the Hudson river. Speaking
here last night lie declared that the
republicans are as much opposed to
monopolies as are the domocratc,
but that, unlike the democrats,
the republicans believe in stamp
ing out. the evil without des
troying the country's industries by
lowering the tariff.
In ail other part of the state Mr.
Bryan is disseminating the doctrins
of the democratic party, lie declares
that the republican talk of remedy
ing the tariff evil Ih only equivoca
tion, and says that the continuance
of republican rulo means only a con
tinuance of corporation dominance.
Noted Smuggler Ih In Toila
Seattle, Oct. '20—Seth Stevens, a
noted smuggler of opium who since
1905 has boon a fugitive from Justice,
was arrosted hero this morning.
Stevens has been living in Canada.
Me believed that the local officers had
forgotten about him and that it would
bo safo for him to once ngaln seek
his former haunts.
The undertaking department of the
Valdez, Bank and Mercantile Co., rr
eofvod a telegram from the Scandi
navian American Bank of Seattle,
directing that the remains of Borft
BeatMoo Cook be sont to Seattle. In
accordance with this request the body
was last night .shipped on the steam
ship Pennsylvania.
NEAR HANGMEN
GONE TO VALDEZ
Five members of the Lake creek
hanging-bee party of which J. E.
Kcnuey iH the victim, arrived on the
Portland from the westward for tho
purpose of standing trial on a charge
of assault with intent to kill. The
men are also defendants in a damage
suit brought by Kenney to recover
§25,000. Those to arrive are Frank
Dunn, Frank Churchill, Charles Har
per, A. It. Young and Sam Wagner.
The bake creek hanging bee, as the
case is known, took place September
i:t 15)07. Kenney had homesteaded
some land, and the allegations are
that the defendants named in the
foregoing, and three others, Ed. Cone, I
1). McManus and T. I). Ellixson, were
desirous of running Kenney out of
the country. Accordingly, Cone de
clared that he had been robbed of
gold dust valued at £'2,:?<>0, and Ken
ney was aecuset of the theft. The
defendants organized themselves into
a vigilance committee and personally
charged kenney with the crime.
Kenney made strenonsdenial of any
wrongful act, and after being threat
ened, to no purpose, was placed upon
a box and a rope was nooped around
his neck. This, too, had no purpose,
other than to emphasize Kenney's de
nials, and some of the party kicked
the box from under the trussed up
man. It so happened that the rope
was new and it stretched suHleiently
to permit of Kenney's toes touching
the ground, thus preventing his neck
being broken.
Kenney asserts that some of the
men were in favor of making a sec
ond attempt, and while he was slow
ly strangling to death the question
was debated, finally being decided in
Kenney's favor, and he was cut down.
Kenney made his way to civilization,
made his complaints and the arrest of
the live now in Vahlyz followed. The
others have never been arrested. Cone
is said to be in the Kuskokwim coun
try, and McManus and Ellixson are
believed to be in back of Cook Inlet.
MISS IDA GORRIGAN
WEDS JOSEPH BELL
Miss Ida May Corrigan and Mr. Jo
seph Henry Hell were united in mar
riage I his morning at it o'eloek, in
the ( atholic church. The impres
sive ceremony, including the nuptial
mass, wan conducted hy Keverond
Matliias Schmitt, S. J., assisted hy
Hie choir with special music for the
occasion. The church was filled to
its capacity with invited friends of
the contracting parties.
The hride [was handsomely attired
in silk mulle, trimmed in hand-made
lace, with veil of chiffon. Miss Dor
othy Miller was maid of honor, and
was attractively gowned in white
mulle over silk. Mr. Ambrose Bell,
a brother of the groom, was the
groomsman, The gentlemen wore
the conventional black.
Mr. Joseph Hell is a pioneer of this
section ol Alaska. He is widely
known in mining circles as one of the
original discoverers of the Oilineau
Bell copper property,* considered one
of the big bonanzas of the interior.
She who was Miss Uorriga 11 is a sis
ter of Mrs. (J. ('. Rudolph, and lias
resided in Valdez for the past two
yearn, and is a general favorite.
The newly wedded couple will give
a reception to invited guestn this
evening, between the hours of 8 and
II, in their future home 011 McKlnley
street, where this forenoon a wed
ill ng breakfast was served to the bri
dal party.
Body Of Second Hunter Ib Found
Hot Springs, VVn., Oct. 28—Blood
hounds last night led a posse to the
body of Fred Klober, one of the
hunters who since a week ago Mon
day bus been sought In the woods
around here. Klober and Julius
Klummle started out from the hotel
here to go 011 a short hunting trip.
The body of Klummle was found yes
terday.
Big Ditch Hfifl Fatal Accidcnt
Washington, Oct. 2ft—Word has
just been received here from Panama,
tolling of an explosion there yestcr
I day afternoon. Twelve persons were
killed and ilfteen injured, according
to reports. Details are not available.
LABOR LEADER SUPPORTS
ATTITUDE OF PRESIDENT
Secrelary of Arbitration Board of New York Building:
Trades Writes Letter In Which He Expresses
Opinion That Roosevelt Is Doing Right
In Working For Party Candidate
Washington, (Jet. 2t»— President
Roosevelt today publishes a letter
written by Samuel Donnelly, secretary
of the arbitration board of the New
York Building Trades, in which the
writer upholds the president in sup
porting Taft, and in working toward
Taft's election. The writer declares
that Taft is not an enemy to labor
The republican leaders are making
much capital out of the Donnelly let
ter, which they feel to be one of the
strongest campaign documents in
their favor yet to make its appear
ance. All along the party leaders
havei been worried concerning the
labor vote, tin- attitude of President
Gompers of the American Federation
of Labor, and tlie* early attitude ol
John Mitchell, also prominent in
labor circles, creating; the fear that a
big slice of tin- vote would go to the
democrats. Now, however, it is be
lieved that Taft will net the regular
republican share of the labor vote.
('onsidered generally, it is believed
that there is 110 spontaneous move
ment against Taft, so far as labor cir
cles are concerned, and that the only
persons from aiming labor leaders
working, against Taft , are those under
salary from the democratic national
committee.
ALASKAN SAYS HE i
15 BEST SPENDER
Tacoma, Oct. 28—Swift water Hill
dates, of Klondike fame, Walter
Scott, the spender of Death Valley,
and all the little sons of the rich
turned out by the effete east, ap
pear on an equality with 17 cents
worth of dog meat in the opinion of
William V. Campbell just now of this
city, but erstwhile of Alaska. "They
are only selling plater*, penny j
squeezers, a hunch of Russell Sages,
when it comes to spending money" !
is the way Campbell puts it when anv j
one tries to make a comparison be-;
tween the Campbell record and simi
lar records of the others.
Today Campbell is posesscd of just ;
#1H and he is making preparations to i
depart for the Forty in ile country just j
so soon as he can do so. Thirty days |
ago Campbell landed in Tacoma, his!
finances fortified to the extent of
$150,000, and at once set about ttepera
ting himself from his wealth. Ik
did not spend it all in this city, hut he
arrived hero again yeaterday cheer
fully jingling the eighteen iu his!
clothes.
"I'm clean," he remarked to a j
friend, "Hut I know where I can net
dirty again and I am sure going to
quit, bathing for a while.
"But, say, do you really believe
thcfto other milts over spent a cent?
Honest, those fellows want change
back from a newsboy, and their
money gets mouldy because they
carry it in their clothes so long."
Campbell says that he neither
knows nor cares where his money
went, but those who have it are wel
come as he had his "little old time"
and is satisfied.
MULE GETS MINER
INTO DIFFICULTY
Hostile, Oct. 27—Frank Manley, an
Alaskan arrested here on a charge of
perjnry and of larceny alleged lo
have boon committed in Texan, de
elaroH that hin. arroHt !h the roHUlt of
an attempt- to blackmail that failed
of Its purpose, and that now bin
enemies have trumped up this charge
to get him out of the way. Mauley
ways that ho owns valuable properties
in Alanka and that lie wan threatened
with prosecution on some alleged
chargo unless he would consent to
Hurronder the properties In question.
According to tho InntructioiiH re
ceived here Man ley Ih accused of
Hwcaring falsoly to the ownership of
a mule, which he alleged to have boon
run over and killed by a train, and of
hi* having received $15 for the animal.
It- in alleged that the mule described
in tho petition for reimbursement
presented to the railroad claim agent
| Is alive, and that It never wns the
property of Mauley.
TOWN'S TAX LEVY
IS TWENTY ILLS
Twenty mills is the rate of tax levy
for 1JH)8 as fixed l>y tlit* town council
at its meeting last night. There was
no objection tothe rate decided upon,
all the couneilmen voting in favor,
and without argument.
The total assessment this year is
$%><;,(KM, and when the tax«'H ore pfdd
at. the rate fixed the city treasury
will he swelled to the extent of $10,
520,OS. This amount is practically
the equivalent of the total tax re
ceipts of last year.
The only other business to come
before the eomicil was that relating
to an overflow from the Red Light
district, said overflow having estab
lished itself in houses on lower Broad
way. The subject came up on pe
tition signed by a number of the resi
dents of the locality, and asking re
lief from unseemly conditions said to
exist. The petition was referred to
the |-oii( e commit tee, that body be
ing given power to act immediately.
There wsis also discussed the ob
struction to traffic (a used by using
the sidewalks and streets for ware
houses, and the members of the po
lice committee were instructed to not
only take official cognizance of these
conditions and t > order the removal
of the obstructions, but to inform the
town marshal to take similar action.
In this connection Councilman Whit
ley expressed his opinions as to the
duties of a member of the police com
mittee. and by unanimous motion he
was appointed to (111 the vacancy on
the committee created by the absence
of ('ouueilman Poot.
TAFf DEFENDS HIS
INJUNCTION STAND
New York, Oct. 29—Candidate Taf^
in liiw campaign speechdelivered here
last night, made Htrong defense of the
injunction iih issued in connection
with boycott eases. Mr. Taft de
clared thai to his personal knoweidge
the best ehiHH of labor organizations
recognize the boycott an an Jaet of
tyranny, and t hat they believe in the
right of the court to take cognizance
of tiie conditions thus created.
(lovernor Hughes spoke from the
Hame plat form an did Mr. Taft , and
like Mr. Taft was warmly greeted by
an immense audience. At. one inter
val the crowd eheered for nineteen
minuteH, the demonstration being as
much In iionor of one speaker as it,
was of the other.
Kresh Morgan Oysters always In
stock.
Kryc-Mrnhn <'< phone 29.