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INDIANS AND ALASKA
The administration of Indian affairs
by the federal government was warm
ly approved at the recent Mohonk
conference of Friends of the Indians
and other Dependent Peoples. Mo
honk believes the Indians should as
soon as possible have the status of
white citizens, and measures to that
end are commended. ' So far as the
Indians are concerned," says the
platform of the conference, "the
principles we have contended for are
accepted, and they are carried out by
a body of ofllcials who have never
been surpassed in character and ca
pacity."' Tin remaining work for the
Indian is to complete what has been
begun. Give the Indian education
and < iiizenship, put him under the
same laws as whites and as soon as
possible end Indian administration as
such.
The conference called special atten
tion t > certain needs in Alaskn. which
were expressed as follow*: "Observ
ing the confusion which comes from
the complexity of administration,
particularly in Alaska, and the difil
eulty itt securing prompt administra
tion of justice, we ask congress to
consider whether some more united
and responsible form of administra
tion may not be devised; and particu
larly we ask that laws be enacted
and executed which by imprisoning
offenders shall prevent the sale of in
toxicating liquors to l he natives. We
also ask that increased appropriations
for the education of Alaskan youth be
made."
The .Mohonk conference stands high
in the opinion ol public ofllcials. Its
recommendations arc regarded as a
result of careful study and for that
reason receive attention in legislative
bodies.
OFF FOR WASHINGTON
(Jiiiii'iiu Transcript)
(lovernor Wilfred H. lloggatt, who
receives a handsome salary for posing
as the ehief executive of Alaska, and
whoso duties might reasonably he
supposed to lie within the territory,
has gone to Washington for the win
ter months. Presumably, the pros
pect of a winter in Alaska does not
appeal as offering a field for the ex
ercise of his peeuhtr talent as a
lobbyist.
We, up here in Alaska may now
prepare to receive reports through
the press of the states, originating in
interviews with Mr. lloggatt, show
ing conclusively our unfitness for
self-government of any degree or
kind. This seems to bo one subject
upon which the governor is always
ready, even anxious to talk.
The mere fact that the people of
Alaska, at the recent delegate elec
tion, totally and completely repudi
ated the governor, the governor's
candidate and t ho governor's policies,
of course will receive no considera
tion. Hoing "unripe," how can the
people of Alaska know what is good
for them?
The people of Alaska, however—
the people who own property and pay
taxes in Alaska, the people who vote
in Alaska, and who are therefore
"unripe"—these people will eontinuo
to wonder why the governor of Alas
ka persists in usurping the place of
delegate to congress.
Posslhly Mr. Louis P. Hhackloford
might he ablo to answer that question.
"Had News For Delegate Wicker
sham" Is tlio headline used by the
Juneau Wookly Transcript to call at
tention to tho fact that the Juneau
Record until recently oppoaed to
Delegate Wickersham, has now come
out In support of Alaska's representa
tive In congress. Not long after
election the Record doelared that It*
heat effort* would he directed toward
fighting Delegate Wickersham, and
the Transcript characterize# the flop,
as "A mad effort to scramble on the
bandwagon."
The guns at. the old Russian fort at
Rt. Michael, estahliahed moro than
three quarters of a oentury ago, were
turned over to Agent. Hhepard for
exhibition at the A.-Y.-P. fair.
MOCK TRIAL ONE
BIG LAUGHER
Members Of Grand Jury Just
Discharged Pay Fine For
Stealing Ice Cream
It can no longer be Haiti in Valdez
that the grand jury system fails to be
of benefit to the town; for more de
tailed particulars ask most any one,
for nearly every resident of the town
was present in McKinley llall last
night when those so recently ceased
to be grand jurors were put over the
jumps of a mock trial. And the spee
tasors all declare, "It was great!"
And the jurors paid the $1 line as
sessed against them, upon their being
found guilty.
Charged with having converted to
their own appetites ice cream and
cake belonging to representatives of
the Hospital of the tiood Samaritan,
the erstwhile grand jurors were pillor
ied fur public rebuke, with the for
malities consequent upon a buffoon i
court. Most all of the jurors have
some small crack in their armor of I
self-complacency, and through these |
> cracks flew the javelins of sarcasm
1 hurled by those noble knights of the ;
I verbal joust, Ye Medico, William Hen*
! rv Caswell, comporting himself as the i
attorney of the defense, and John
Jack Hardy, whose duty it was to
eonvict. Both were in appropriate
disguise. Mr. Caswell was fortified
with the able assistance of Senator
James Mel lie, who contributed to
the gaietyof the affair.
j Presidium over the machinery of the I
i lesslaw sat in dignity and a garb like i
that worn by IOnglish judges, Deputy
Clerk John Henry Burton, who has
gained much experience by spending
the present term of court swearing!
witnesses and jurors, and imbibing
legal lore through every thirsty pore.
The aforesaid Burton disported him
self judicially throughout the proceed
. ings, but to date no one has heard !
i Judge Ueid announce his intentian of j
patterning by the example. W. 11.
Whittlesey acted as clerk of the |
court, C. S. Patton as crier, Dan i
Sheenan as bailiff and Thad Bradford \
as assistant bailiff.
mere was aiso present a detach- I
ment of soldiers under command of
Lieut, Sherman, and their services
were needed, for former grand jurors
Milo Vay Dennison and ('. C. Rey
nolds had to he dragged from the
howling alley, manacled and rebel
lious.
The jury was composed about equal
ly of men and women, and from start
| to finish every minute was a laugh.
Rev. E. r. Newton is the originator
j and promulgator of the plan to make
! of the grand jury a rt-al benefit to
j the community.
SOCIAL CATACLYSM
THREATENS FRANCE:
Paris, Nov. 28—That France is
threatened with a volcanic eruption
| of scandal of such nature as to en
I danger beneath its ashes of contami
' nation many persons high in the
civil and political life of the republic
[ is the fear of many, and the belief of
more. The first public intimation of
j the danger comes with the arrest of
Mme. Steinheil, beautiful, and a
j prominent member of the most select
social stratum, and who is now in
: jail suspected of possessing criminal
j knowledge concerning the recent
death of hor husband.
Steinheil came to his death under
circumstances leaving little doubt
that he was murdered. After a few
days, during which the authorities
conducted a soarching investigation,
Mme. Steinheil admitted that her
husband was killed by Alexander
Wolff. Wolff was a friend of tho
Stoinheils, and tho authorities ascer
taining that he had been very
friendly with Mme. Steinheil, sus
I>eetod him of the murdor.
Wolff strongly denied the truth of
tho woman's accusation, and then
sho doclarod that it might not have
boon Wolff, but that it was someono
having a marvelous resemblance to
him.
It is behind tho crime connected
with the death of Steinheil that lion
so much of potent threat to the social
and political life of Franco. Several
Paris pajwTs havo openly accused
Mine. Stoinhoil of having In 189fl
polsonod President Kauro, whose
doath at tho time was of a nature to
arouse suspicion. Tho chamber of
deputies threatens to Institute an In
vestigation, and if It so does alarm
ing disclosures aro oxpeotod to
develop.
Photo supplies at Owl Drug Oo.
GRAND JURY FAILS
TO UNEARTH FRAUD
Inquisitorial Body Just Ad
journed Says Cordova El
ection Caused Talk
Confession of inability to find any
thing other than talk in connection
with the rumored Cordova election
frauds, a few suggestions calculated
to create more positions under the
federal government, and advocacy of
laws making it illegal for United
States district attorneys and their
deputies, and for United States com
missioners to practice law privately,
are about the only features making
difTorent from previous reports that
of the grand jury just discharged.
The present report goes at length into
many subjects long ago established
as good precedent for Alaska grand
juries, but so far as is ascertainable
at quick scanning lets in no new
light on the vexed questions.
With regard to the Cordova election
bugaboo, the report says that many
witnesses were examined who had
heard rumors anent illegal voting,
but that none of them could furnish
sufficient evidence to warrant action
in the way of prosecution. Assistant
District Attorney H. H. Martin was
the ollicial who undertook to assem
ble evidence against the alleged per
petrators of the Cordova election
frauds, and after several days spent
in hobnobbing in Cordova with the
high officials of the Guggenheim re
gime in that town he returned to Val
dez, having subpoenaed those same
high officials to tell the grand jury
about the illegal votes cast in favor
of the Guggenheim candidate for del
egate.
Leaving public opinion to decide
whether or not there were any elec
tion frauds in Cordova, the grand jury
recommends that hereafter election
day in Alaska be set early 111 Novem
ber, because then the floating popu
lation has about all departed from
the territory. And thus is wiped
from the judicial slate all reference to
the 900 votes cast in a town now pos
sessing about 100 souls.
When it cornea to "Condition of
Natives," "Seal killing," "More Of
ficers To The Westward," and the
dozen and one things so oft touched
upon by Alaska grand juries, the one
to just adjourn does not trifle with pre
cedent, and if the powers that can
dispose of such subjects act in accord
ance with any former grand jury re
port they will conform to the sugges
tions contained in the one hied in
1908.
To do all that is either enumerated
or hinted at in the foregoing the
grand jury remained in session more
than a month, more than |3,000 being
the total cost to the government.
KOYUKUK ENJOYS
VERY BUSY SEASON
C. A. McLeod, a Koykuk miner,
arrived in Valdez yesterday having
made the trip from the Middle fork,
where he is operating, in tho re
markably quick timo of twenty-six
days. Ho is onrouto to the Btates to
purchase a drill with which to pros
pect deep placer diggings..
Mc Leod says there is more actual
mining in the Koyukuk district this
fall than over before in tho life of the
camp. About fifty plants aro in oper
ation, chiefly on Nolan crook. Some
of thoso being small prospecting thaw
ors utilizing only one or two points.
Tho diggings aro deep and in conse
quence prospecting is difficult and ox
ponslvo. Thore aro six big producing
claims on Nolan crook, tho ground
being exceedingly rich. Tho country
is regarded as "spotted," however,
no continuous payntroak having been
located. There aro about 300 miners
In the Koyukuk district, 200 of whom
aro working on Nolan, tho remain
dor being on various tributaries of
tho Koyukuk.
Seventy-five Perish In Wreck
Manila, Nov. 30—Bovonty-flvo per
sons, moHtly natives were drowned
In tho wreck of the stoamship Han
Pablo, caught this morning in a
typhoon off Han Fornando. Hixty
oight of hor passengers woro rosoued.
Bon's Disgrace Kills Mother
Cleveland, Nov. 30— Mrs. Harhara
Hlllok, mother of the Chicago mur
deror condemned to death, died hero
thin morning. Death was caused by
a broken heart consequent upon the
disgrace of hor son.
Earthquake Shake* Boston
Boston, Nov. 30- A slight earth
quake shock was felt hero this morn
ing.
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that satisfy.
We have just received our big line of fall clothing.
W e carry Slims, Stouts, Shorts, Mediums; clothes to fit any
form.
Every suit guaranteed, read guarantee in our display window.
^ prices rROM ^
S575.00 TO $30.00
We are especially strong this season in men's furnishing
goods of all kinds.
Remember your outfit for spring and get your order in early.
We carry the best goods money can buy, let us figure with you.
(Ml. m HOLLT rioi and1 £ I Canned floods
Chicago, Nov. ;in—In response to a
' peal of tho door Itrll, .Mrs. Helm Wil
i liams last t»von ii»K wont to the en
trance of her sumptously furnished
flat and pooping from the vestibule
1 saw whom she believed to bo her hus
band. Naturally a cautious woman,
i Mrs. Williams took another look to
i make certain and then opened the
door saying "Hollo, Ralph, you're
I back early."
Then tho man entered, followed
closely by a friend. In the next in
stant Mrs. Williams found herself in
! the grasp, not of her husband, but of
some one disguised to appear so like
tho husband as to deceive even the
wife. The odor of something sweet
and overpowering assailed the dainty
nostrils of Mrs. Williams, and when
she next realized what was going on
she was securely bound in a chair and
the two men were rapidly denuding
the flat of its many articles of value.
It was not until long after tho
thieves had taken taken t heir depart
ure that Mr. Williams returned home
and released his wife. Mrs. Williams
declares the disguise of the thief to he
perfect even to the cut and texture
of the clothing word by her husband.
ALL WILL BE READY
ON OPENING DATE
Seattle, Nov. 15—From the pres
ent indications it is practically eor
tain that tho Alaska-Yukon-Paciflc
exposition to be held in Seattle from
Juno 1 to October 15, of next year,
will have the distinction of being the
first world's fair to bo completed in
every detail by the opening date.
According to official figures just
given out the construction of the
buildings and grounds is now seventy
fivo per cent Complete. Throe of the
permanent buildings, to bccomo tho
property of tho University of Wash
ington at tho close of tho fair, tho
auditorium, flue arts and machinery
hall, are entirely complete.
Tho plans for tho federal buildings
have been approved and contracts
for the construction will bo awarded
within the noxt thirty days, with a
time limit for complotion set for
March 1, of noxt year.
The grounds are in excellent shape,
even at this early date. A large sec
tion of tho gro on lawns has nlroady
boon laid out and a number of the
winding paths have be m completed.
There are more than a million
plants now In the green houses ready
for transplanting and tho mild cli
mate of I'ugot Hound makes It pos
sible to set out tho more hardy of
these during the winter months.
A recent grand jury at Nome con
demned the present voting system for
delegate to congress and recom
mended a law providing for registra
tions and an official ballot.
It usod to be the ous^om to discover
a now beach lino at Nomo every
year, but this year two new boaeh
lines were discovered af, oneo.
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48 Miles From Valdez
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Host of accommodations for man and beast. Fresh Meal
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|
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Hospital Tickets, $1.50 per Month.
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RAY LMIPHERE IS
GUILTY OF ARSON
Lft 1'orlc, Ind., Nov. 28—Ray Lamp
hore, ohnrgod with tho murder of
l\trn. Hollo Ominous and hor throe
children wah todfty found guilty of
ArHon, and w»b Bontonood to from
two to twonty-ono yearn In tho ponl
tontlary nnd to p»y ft fine of $5,000.
ifIh InwyorH Immediately nnnouncod
thftt thoy will domftnd a now trlftl.
Tho trlftl ftnd oonvlotlon of Lamp*
horrr bida fair to ond tho criminal
proooodlnRH in the fiimouH OtinnonH
coho. LaMt itnmmer tho Gunnonfi
homo htirned to the ground and In
tho rnlnn were found tho akoloton* of
several persons. Tho resultant inves
tigation exposed tho fact thai tho
woman had by means of advertlso
monts In matrimonial pnpors In rod a
number of men to her farm, whore
thcy^wore killed aftorjthe woman
had obtained their '.money. Bevoral
bodies were dug up about tho
woman's farm.
At tho timo of tho flro tho Dimness
woman vanished, and It Is even
believed by some that she Ih yet aft
large. However, somo of tho bodies
found In tho ruins of her home havo
been Identified as those of tho woman
and hor children.
Lamphoro was working for Mrs.
Ounnoss at tho tlmo of tho flro and
shortly aftorward ho was arrested
and charged with bolng hor accom
plice. Later he was charged with
having murdorod Mrs. Ounness and
hor chlldron, and of having sot flro to
the house to cover up his crime.