THERE IS MUCH ACTIVITY AT
AND AROUND SHOUP BAY
WAREHOUSES ARE BEING ERECTED AND SUPPLIES CARRIED
TO THE CAMP8—A GREAT DEAL OF MINING ACTIV
ITY IS BEING MANIFESTED
Ray Millard returned early I his
•morning from t)iOlson prop
erly on Sliottp glacier much pleas
ed with I In* operation** on I his
promising claim. Development
work under Ihe eonlracl given by
lh»« owners to H. ]•*. Millard will
he continued uninlerrupledly as
Ihe showing made justifies Ihe
«-\pcndilure of more money in I lie*
• •■■filing up ..r Ihe properly. The
\fin was cross eul «onie distance
I'.-oim Ihe pay sliool. where un
r im red on Ihe surface, and will
!••• drifted on until the shoot is
reached on Ihe lower level.
The Hamhlcr people have I wo
dog teams continually hauling
provisions and supplies lo their
properties, hoping to get in Ihe
summer'* provisions before Ihe
trail becomes impassable.
Sealey and McDonald will have
all their Supplies into their
camp within a few days.
Most of the freight for the
Hence and. Me,Donald properties*
has been landed on Ihe claims.
Three veins are being opened
up on lli<> Cameron-Johnson
properties. One of the veins has
widened from 20 inches to live
feel, carrying the same high
values. Free gold can he seen
clear across ihe entire vein mal
lei1.
The oilier veins arc also op
ening up well ar.d carry hiyli Nai
rn's.
Tlii* llamhler people have nini
plelcd their warehouse mi Ihe
hay, likewise Ihe Cameron-John
soii people.
John Hence has e<d nidi-died a
pernianenl camp on Ihe hay.
Capl. Frank Nelson, of Ihe
launch Helen, is erecting a ware
house on the hay for the accom
modation of shippers by his
launch.
Sealv and Mchonald have erect
ed a warehouse on the hay for Ihe
accommodation of their freight:
The work of sinking on the Al
ice properties has begun in ear
nest under the direction of Mr.
Callaghan. an old and experienc
ed miner.
^ . —=
NORTHWESTERN .
REA0HE8 SEATTLE
Seattle, June 7.--The S. S. Nor
thwestern reached port Thursday
morning after an uneventful trip.
Silo will immediately go on the
dry dock for an overhauling. The
S. s. Alameda will sail in her
place- on- Saturday night.
MINING BUREAU
EXTENDS SCOPE
Washington, June 7.—The au
thority of the Federal Bureau of
Mine has been extended to mines
in slate, granite and similar pro
duels in the hopes of curtailing
the ilealh loss.
Sends Emissary to Chicago.
Oyster Bay. June 7--Slute Scn
alor Flynn, of Pittsburg. has he.-n
dispatched to Chicago by Colonel
lloosevelt to look after his inter
ests in all contest mailers. Flynn
is one of the notorious politicians
of Hie smoky cily.
Alaska Farm Lands.
Washington. June r> Direcl
or of llii' OnsiiN lHirand. i 11 a re
cent report, places the number of
farms in Alaska at compris
ing i'J.'tii nch's.
Tom I'dakucy left this morning
lor his cupper properties on Fi
dalgo bay in the launch Idler.
LOCAL BREVITIE8.
Seward fans an* organizing a
baseball loam.
Dr. K. E. Herman If ft for Ka
talla on the Hertha, where lie will
remain a couple of weeks on pro
fessional business.
The I". S. coal lender Nero lias
<>n boanl tnalerial anil etpiip
uienl for govern men I wireless
stations in Southwestern Alaska.
Jim (inrscadden. former Sew_
ardite, and later of (Cordova, has
moved a restaurant ami saloon
outfit to Port Wells, the latest
gold quart/ ramp.
The annual meeting of Hie Val
dez ehapter of Hie American Min
ing Congress will be held on next
Monday night when the election
of officers for the ensuing year
will take place. A full attendance
of the membership is earnestly
desired.
It. S. (iiddiugs. a superintend
I en I for the Alaska road commis
sion. arrived here on the North
I western and proceeded west on
llie Iteiiha. .Mr. (lidding, who
! IjiI season had charge of road
I eon«druct ion work from Iditarod
(lily toward Seward, will 'take up
the work where he lefl o|V last
fall.--Seward Ualcway.
COMMISSIONER HEALEY
IS FULLY EXONERATED
GRAND JURY AT OHITINA, AFTER EXAMINING MANY WIT
• i' - ■
NE88E8, HAVE NOTHING TO REPORT AGAINST THAT OF
FIGIAI OFFICIALS BAOK ON MARIPOSA
C.hilina, June 7.—The grand
.jury convened here for ihe pur
pose of inventigating into f h«»
eharge^ preferred against LJnif
••(I state* Coniininfiioijer Healey
by the Curdovn Alankan, have
made their report and have tieen.
discharged. , ,. , ..
They have examined over,.. .30
wilneH«fert,apd have madp a most
searching inquiry into the mat
l.er» placed before them and. Have,
reported thai they have nothing
lo report againnt Iho commis
sioner or the way in which tie has
conducted hin office.
Judge (Juxhmnu nod I he court
ofTirialx n( once !«• ft fop Cordova,
where I hey will Inke I he Maripo
sa for Valdez.
. Ft appears that wl)en ,lit»aley
\yaa being examined for natural
ization at the conclusion, of, -his
examination* Judge. Owshtnan
awked thono,present, anvmg whom
wa*. the editor of the,, Cordova
Alaskan, if .there waa any objec
tion to ti)o naturalization of,.the
applicant, to which,suggestion. no
reply wan made and the applU
cant was granted his final papers.
GOLD DUST THIEF
IS SENT NORTH
Johann Tiberg, Af:en s Long
Fight, is 8ent io Nome
for Trial
Tvvn ycar-i' si rujrglirm to es
cape trial for I he theft. of $!'»,
()()(> worth of gold Must at Nome,
Alaska. came to an end recently
for Johann Tiber*?, when Deputy
United Stales Marshal Joseph
Warren brought Tiberg: lo Seat
11«> from Taeoina to await pass
ape lo Nome. Tiberj? will be tak
••ii lo tht> northern <• iIy this week
itn tin; steamer Victoria.
At I hi* saint* time, Deputy Mar
shal Warren has ended one of the
hardest battles «if his long: exper
ience a«i a catcher of criminals,
a battle whirh reach id from Nome
I• > Sail Francisco, and which wont
from the court of Judpe J. T. Ron
ald in Seattle through I he feder
(Continued orn page 3)
FLEET SAILS FOR
SOUTHERN MS
Looks as If This Country Must
Again Interfere in the Queen
of the Antilles
Washington, June 7.—The bat-I
tleships Missouri, Mississippi,
Minnesota and Ohio are steaming)
fnp Cuba, under forced draught,
owing lo the serious conditions
existing in the eastern section of
I lie island. The ileet can land
.'{,500 marines and an equal force
i»f sailors in ca«e of need, besides
a number «»f Held pieces.
II is strongly I bought I bat in
tervention by ibis country will
become necessary to protect for
eign properly. The insurgents
have forbidden Ibc cane mills to
continue grinding under penalty
of having the mills burned lo the
ground. (Sreat. disorder prevails
ami ;t feeling of insecurity for
either lifti or property.
CONFIRMED IDLER
i GIVEN GUARDIAN
i
;
! Probate Judge Appoints Guardian
for Man Who Drinks, Idles
and Debauches
A rather peculiar case umler
our statute* recently came before
Commissioner Stone, at Kodiak,
art in}r as probate judge. Charles
A. Fletcher, of the firm of Krs
kine & Fletcher, filed a petition
asking that a guardian be ap
pointed for the person and es
tate of N. P. Nelson,'* on the
ground that Nelson was an idler,
and was addicted to excessive
drinking, idleness and debauch
ery. spending and wasting his
time so as t<» expose himself t«»
want ami suffering.
The ease was heard on the 8th
of April and a guardian was ap
pointed. A copy of the petition
was filed with the clerk of the
district court, from' which lime
any contract entered into by the
defendant is by statute declared
to be null and void. Out to the
westward this is considered the
third degree in Siwashing.
ROAD WORK TO
THE WESTWARD
I
The Road Commission Pushing
Season's Work to the West
ward.
Th»' Alaska road commi*sion
propone* to deal gonerously thin
year willi the Kenai port insula in
i tli<> matter <>f road and trail
building. Col. Richardson, tho
genial president of the board,
J.cauto over on the Northwestern
for a brief conference with Su
perintendent Hide, with the result
that plaiiH were definitely, arrang
ed for «om0 very important work,
while other construction Was out
lined for future consideration, Or
as soojj as tho other work is well
Milder, way. v
|. / U .i» .proposed \to extend the
Moose .Pats road, which now ends
al .fohnntown,, to what is knoWn
as the BJx-Mile forks, a distance
of !fl .mllca. This y»ork will be
begun as soon as certain repnirs
(Continued on page 4)
STAMPS DROPPING
AT FALLS CHEEK
Mining on 8keen-Lechner Prop
erty is Progressing Sat
isfactorily
The stamps arc dropping in the
mill which is treating ore from
the Skeen-Lechner Mining com
pany's property on Falls rreek.
(•eneral Manager Sam. 1. Silver
man departed recently en route
for the scene.
Falls creek presents a busy
Held of operations these days.
The Skeen-Lechner mine is being
developed under the direction of
Superintendent Ayres, who has
acquired a substantial interest in
the property. Kinmau. an Idita
roder, is industriously engaged in
hauling the ore on the dump to
the mill in the valley below, and
Hob Pollock. S. K. Likes and Sol.
Silverman are running the plant.
Skecn and I.echiier are doing
the annual assessment work on
what is generally called the
<i|'eek property. The (Jreeks. who
knew nothing of mining, made a
(Continued on page T
THE SOCIALIST
PLATFORM
Follows About Same Lines as the
Demooratlc and Republi
can Parties
I their ItrrlnriHl <;<»n .culiou
held n! Fairbanks, tin* Socialist*
adopted the following platform:
, The Socialist parly «»r Alaska
adheres to the national platform
of tho Socialist party of Amer
ica, aft adopted in the last nation
al convention and indorsed by
referendum vote of Iho party
membership, and as measures de
signed to solve the problem* p#
quliar to Alaftka, make the fol
lowing additional demands:
.1, \Vi.» demand tho immediate
establishment of adomplete- ter
ritorial form of government un
der \yhich all ofTcials shall, be
elected by the.voters of Alaska.
2. We demand that the elec
tion time be changed from Avig
non tinued on pa*s 4) „
THE STEAM ROLLER .
IS BEING TUNED UP
THE CONTEST COMMITTEE OF THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL
COMMITTEE ORGANIZED YE8TERDAY AND ARE PRE
PARED FOR HARD WORK
Chicago, June 7 Tin* contest
committee of tlu> Republican na
tional organization met yester
day with Victor Rosewater, na
tional committeeman from Ne
braska as chairman.
The chairman indicates that
there is much hard and thank
less work cut mil for Ihe commit
tee which will consume the great
er part <>f ten day*, the coinmit
i Ice co:;!inning the Ir-arinj-'s to
night sessions. The headquarters
are already being besieged by
representatives of Ihe eandidates
and contest ing delegates «• III 111 • • I'
ing for recognition.
A mass of documents bearing
Oil Ihe contests to Collie Up Would
give the idea thai the committee
had enough work cut mil fori
Ilieiii lo keep them busy until long!
after Ihe November election.
There appears to be a prevail-'
ing opinion that the Roosevelt
fo;ccs will boll Ihe convention in j
the event of the contests being!
decided against them in any ma-!
terial degree. They appear to;
stand on tin; proposition thai 111 \v
inusl cither Kel tin* contested del
egations or lioif and hold a con
tention of their own in the Sec
und IloKinn-nt Armory.
The TaTt. forces arc equally
ajrroi-d that they have tin* hest of
tin' contest.; and should win.
nointin^r oni that, tin* Roosevelt
contests an* alnio.-i invariably
ih'h'^al ions elected l»y holtmer
conventions which did not dare to
participate willi I In* rejrnlar party
meelinjrs, knowini: thai defeat
awaili'd | hem.
Kver> indication points to a
11• *at«-d lime between now and the
assembling of ihe convention on
Ihi* tSlli. lioth sides bein;r intent
npon winning al any co.-l.
THE BIQ FIGHT
IS CALLED OFF
I.os Anpcles, June 7.—The Jo
anne! te-Lanpford liprlit. scheduled
liere for June -'7th. is called off,
Landlord beinjr detaim'd in Au?t
I ralia.
LOCAL BREVITIE8.
The s. S. Mariposa will reach
here l;iti* tonight or ;it an early
hour in I lie morning.
Sergeant Washburn, of the Sig
nal Corps, lias received his <1 i-i
c liar go from the flVWlce;
Sergeant Loinan. <»f the Signal
Corps, will leave in the morning
with a crew «»f five men to repair
tin? telegraph line between this
point ami Copper Center.
The United Stall's Coasl a wl
(ieotlelie Survey steamer McAr
Ihur sailed from Seattle for Sew
ard and will work in that \icinity
tliis summer. The Explorer will
get away in two weeks for llesur
reelion bay, and the Patterson is
awaiting orders for her sum
mer's work in the north.
Sam Pepper and JetT McUer
nioll, an old-tinie miner and cap
italist, visited the TitTany prop
« rly near Slioup bay, yesterday.
Mr. McDermolt appears to be
pleased at the showing and seems
to think there is the makings of
a big mine on the ledge, lie will
remain in this section for some
lime and hopes to visit a num
ber of properties in this section,
to familiarize himself with the
formation and the general make
up of tlie countr\.
DOING POLITICS
IN LAW CASE
I.os Angeles, June 7.--The de
fense in the Harrow ca^c arc ac
cusing I»«•!«*<•!ivo Hum* as well as
I In- prosecution of trying to strike
Samuel (imnprps, president c»f
Ilu* Labor Federation ovor the
head of Clarence Harrow.. The
feeling in the cast' lia-* prrown t>iI -
tr between I In* proxiTiil ion and
lln* defense.
BERQER STILL AFTER
JUDGE HANFORD
Washington. June 7.--Repre
sentative Victor Herder today
formally presented impeachment
proceeding* against .Indue O.or
nelius II. Ilanford. of tin* I'nited
Stales district court for the
Western district of Wa>hinplon.
Minnesota for Wilson.
iMiluth. .lulie 7 The Demo
cratic slate convention, in session
here, instructed its ;M delegates
to \o|«. for Wood row Wilson.
Abe Ruef Wants Freedom.
San Franei-ico. .lime 7.--Ah.'
Illief is expected to apply to tile
Hoard of Pardoif today for a .pa
role.
r.hris Turvrerson. a Wrany -ll
ti>lu>rnian. fell oul of lii> skill" re
c nlIn and drowlied.
UNITED STATES JUDGE IS
CHARGED WITH DRUNKENESS
SEVERE CHARQE8 ARE FILED AGAINST JUDGE HANFORD BY
OONQRE88MAN BERQER--W ATTER 18 REFERRED TO THE
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE
Washington, Juno 7.—Con
gressman Bcrger, of Wisconsin,
today lllwl formal charges against
United Stales District Judge Cor
nelius II. Unnford, of the Wesl
orn district of the stale of Wash
ington, charging that official with
being an habitual drunkard, un
j tit to preside on Uie bench, and
with .being morally and tempera-,
mciitall.v unfit to hold a judicial
position. The resolutions were
referred to \he Judiciary Commit
tee.
Congressman Norris, oC Ne
braska, alio filed articles of im
pcaehmenl against Judge Archi
bald, of tin* r<ourl of (lommerce,
charging him with having ren
(lored a decision fur valuable
consideration.
Cordova, June 7.—The grand
Jury completely whitewashes llen
le>. The charge** were not huh
tained hy I he evidence though
there were 28 witnesses. They
believe certain discriminations
were made in road tax collecting
i.y coli«c.rs. They say llealex
didn't c« hi.nit perjury, hot I hut
h • ' lould not have voted nt Ih »
elecM <»i n«d heing a citizen.