VOL. 8.
NO. 269.
THE KATALLA COAL PARTY
NOW ON TOE WAY NORTH
THIRTY GOVERNMENT EXPERTS WILL EXAMINE AND REPORT
UPON THE BERING RIVER c6AL' FIELD8 WITH A VIEW
OF THEIR OPENING AND EXPLOITATION
Seattle, Aug. 30.-A party of 38
experts will leave on the Maripo
sa on Sunday afternoon to explore
and report on the Bering River
coal fields, under the direction of
Dr. Holmes, director of the Bureau
of Mines.
It is the intention of the party
to land on Kayak island and study
the possibilities of building a
breakwater in order l<» protect
vessels during I he stormy period.
From that place the parly will
wnrk their way back lo the coal
tii-lds, surveying out a route for
n road. The coal measures will
be studied by experts as In their
condition, the character of the
coal. I>r. Holmes will report back
to the government as soon as
pract ieal.
San Francisco, Aug. 30.—Secre
tary Fisher, who is here on his
way to Honolulu, says that every
possible haste will be made to
wards the opening and develop
moilt of Alaska coal.
Katalla, Aug. 30.—The report
that the goveranment party of ex
perts are on their way here has
caused all kinds of rumors. One
report is that they are bound for
(he Cunningham claims to exam
ine and possibly survey the group
of 33 claims. As Mr. Cunningham
has cuntinued In keep two men
on the claims with instructions
not lo permit any trespassing,
there is general opinion that trou
ble may ensue.
Four men left here on Thursday
last with about four weeks' sup
plies, but they were not com
municative as to the object of
their visit. Sumner Smith, mine
inspector for Alaska, is one of
I lie party. He brought his wife
with him, but she is remaining in
Katalla. All are anxiously await
ing the coming of the party of -40,
whom it is stated will lie headed
by Dr. Joseph A. Holmes.
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BULL MOOSE
GET WALLOPING
Progressives Show No Strength in
Michigan, Where They laim
ed a Majority
Detroit, Auk. HO.—Out of a hun
dred and lifty—six thousand votes
ra«d at the stnlo wide primaries
en Tuesday last the Hull Moose
contingent, otherwise known as
Ihe Progressive parly, polled six
thousand five hundred. Prior to
the primaries limy have been
claiming the state.
OUR'ifteiNES
ARE IN CHARGE
Washington, Aug. 30.—American
(Marino* have opened I tie railroad
from I lie eoosl |o Managua, the
(•!! II i I !l I
Washington, Aiik. HO.—United
Slates marines an* now in com
I• I«>fi« control of tin* principal
ports and cities of Nicaragua and
art' maintaining order.
LUST AMERICAN
TROOPS LEAVE
Tokio, July 25.-The contingent
nf seven marine guards who have
been stationed al the American
naval hospital al Yokohama, have
been permanently withdrawn and
embarked aboard the cruiser Cali
fornia for the United Slates un
der the charge of Sergeant War
rell, who was Admiral Dewoy's or
derly on board the Olympin.
These guards represent the last
contingent of foreign troops
which have been on Japanese soil
since 1850, when Yokohama was
opened to foreign trade. Their
leaving thn^ was historically nov
el.
THE FISH TRUST
TO START FIGHT
To Freeze Out Independent Pack
ers Quoting Product Below
Price of Production
Portland. On*.. Aujr. :so.—An -
nounceiuenl made today 1»\ I In*
officers of I In' Alaska Packers As
sociation that salmon prices
would !>«> unin.'icifully slashed
his season is believed by students
of the fisheries husine* to in* tin1
tirt pun in a probable war on in
dependent fish packers by the
Alaska Packers Association and
thf Northwestern Fisheries com
pany.
The prices quoted for Alaska
salmon today are far below the
Cost of marketing the commodity,
and if the prices do not advauc -
before the final nurdafions an
made, several packers of sma'i
capital, but of larpre investinei:1.
will ko i7. the wall, it is feared.
JTnday 111.* following prices were
posted:
Alaska Reds, tails, do/. cans *1.10
fffedium Reds, tails, rloz. can-* t.l.'i
Alaska Pinks, talTs, do/, ean- .«>r»
Chums, tails, do/. caiw..O_' t-.v
LOCAL ITEMS.
Tlio full consignment of ma
chinery for (lie Alio.* properly wns
received on I ho Alameda, and was
loaded directly onto scow* for
j shipment io Slioup hay. The AI ire
will be, with the installment of
ilhls machinery, one of the host
^equipped properties for develop
ment on I he bay.
Robert Mcintosh is moving 20
ton* of freight from this city to
Shoup hay for the Thompson
Ford company, who will work on
their properly (luriiiK the winter.
A. F„ (Irigsby returned on this
morning's sl«'amer from Seattle,
where he went on a short busi
ness trip.
Mr. McDonald, assistant super
intendent of the Copper River
road, is in the city on business
connected with his company.
Mr. and Mrs. Lone.v Price and
child, of Cordova, are visiting
friends here, intending to return
r»n the Alameda.
KG QUESTION
FOR THE HAGUE
Government Not Allow Panama
Question to be Arbitrated
at The Hague
Washington, Aug. 30.-The State
department is of the belief that
the government will not permit
the Panama canal question to be
brought before The Hague tribun
al for arbitration from the Ameri
can standpoint the question being
purely a domestic one in which
foreign powers have no say.
SEN/STEPHENSON
HEART FAILURE
Aged Lumberman-Senator Strick
en With Heart Failure While
Traveling on Train
Milwaukee. Aug. 3n.-Senator
Stephenson was .sudednly .stricken
with heart failure while riding on
n Northern Michigan special train.
J'hysieians were iimncdiaU'ly
.rushed l<» I lie ai<l of the senator,
who was hastily carried lo this
city.
At lending physicians will not
proguoslicnle the result of the at
itack.
Considerable niachiiiery, includ
ing a stamp mill, arrived on last
iuiKht's steamer consigned to do I.
Millard, hut as thai gentleman is
visiting Shonp hay today, its u<c
(onld not he ascertained.
mrs.hTrogers
DIES SUDDENLY
New York, Aug. HO.—The widow
of the late H. H. Rogers, the
Stanadrd Oil magnate, died sud
denly while en route here. At the
time of her death she was sealed
in a dining car. Her remains will
he interred liv the side of her late
husband.
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OIL STEAMER
WHS ON'FIRE
Sanla Hnrhara. Cal., Aim. .'10.—
'Word was received in llii* city
that a largo oil steamer hml burn
ed In I In? water's edge mid that
all I Ik* crew had been saved by
winuning nshore. Nothing in
known here as to the name of
the boat nor the number of the
I crew sbe carried.
Repairs on the Copper Hiver
railroad have so far progressed
that trains can now pas* over the
temporary roadbed. For several
da» after the floods subsided and
the danger had passed, passen
gers were taken acros tbp breaks
in small boats. It will be some
time, however, before the roadbed
in put back in it* normal condi
tion.
waftf (o point# will do
w#irf6 fltt It In the po«tofflo« be
fore closing hours.
TRUST HTE:
mm ARREST
Head Manufaoiurlng Concern Un
der lndiotrilent for Placing
Dynamite Under Mills
Boston, Aug. 30—William Wood,
president of the American Woolen
company, a very wealthy man,
surrendered himself to the olTi
cers to answer an indictment by
the. grand jury in connection with
the reported placing of dynamite
in the Lawrence mills during the
recent strikes.
SERIOUSLY ILL
Causing the Executive to Cut His
Trip Short and Return
Home
|
I Owing In Ihi' .sri'iotis illness of
Mrs. Clark, who is suffering from
nervous collapse, Coventor Clark
has been obliged to shorten his
trip lhrough the territory by
.omitting the visil t«> Nome, where
il was planned in spent! several
i days.
(iovernor and Mrs. Clark will
!lake |he steamer at SI. Michael
nnd sail direr I I«> Seattle, arriv
ing there ahoul September 5th.
It will be a great disappointment
1o the governor and Mrs. Clark
thai they cannot make I heir in
ferior trip complete by spending
•several days at Nome and vicinity,
as had been planned.
TUFT VETOES
ALASKA OILL
I
Washington. Aug. 30.—President
Taft has vetoed the bill giving a
three years' extension to I lie Alas
ka Northern railroad, in which to
tile maps of location and to make
extensions to their present Hl
'ngs. No reason is given for I lie
' el o.
MANY WITNESS
j BOOTH'S FUNERAL
!
I London. Aug. 30.—Two million
■ people lined I he streets leading
from the Abby to the cemetery ov
er whieh the funeral cortege of
(Jen. Booth passed. One hundred
and twenty thousand persons were
tin the funeral procession.
—r— r—.—
AI am *da Paaaangara.
The following passengers ar
rived on the Alameda Friday
morning: R. 0. Wiltte, F. M.
Quinn, C. K: OrifTin and wife, B.
L. Johnson, J. W. Bagley, W. II.
Morrison, A. E. Origsby, Jamen
I.alhrop and wife, E. M. Farmer,
C. E. Campbell, H. T. Geperloy, W.
8. Matthew*, George- Tumor, T.
A. Haggen, Mrs. M. Blum, \V. 8.
Bouse, ft. B. Brubaker, J. Brown
rigg, M. Price and wife.
►; jitns Mogbloom was a passen
ger ftn Ihv Three M. from Elln
inar.
W^jtlM jlrl.for houaawork
for family, of two, in Oordova. In
Qulro.of mt+. Mayir Blum, phona
58 Valdai. 30 2t
WHITE RIVER DISTRICT SHOWS
SIGNS OF MINING ACTIVITY
RUMORS OF RAILROAD BUILDING INTO THAT SECTION HAST
ENS DEVELOPMENT OF A DISTRICT SAID TO BE VERY
RICH IN Q6LD, COPPER AND COAL
Henry William Handy, who re
turned a couple of days ago from
an expedition which carried him
into the White river country, is
enthusiastic over the rich miner
al resources of that section of the
country. He slates I hat there is
wonderful activity both iu stak
ing claims and in development
work in l In- neighborhood of Scolai
pass and along Ihe fool of the
Scolai and llusscl glaciers, as
well as on Ihe other side of the
boundary line. A number of min
ing people are now in Ihe coun
try and many sab's <»r property
have rccenlly been made.
The X. A. 'J'. & T. compan> have
bouglil a number of claims, and
.Mr. Handy slates llial report
credits them wilh having paid
£2on.000 for one group upon
which chunks of native copper
were taken ranging from Ihrec to
eight tons in weight. Bob Wiley
has also bought, bonded and leas
ed considerable properly. Ii js re
I
period thai ho is representing the
CJuggenheims, and that whenever
work lias demonstrated anything
valuable he is always on hand to
negotiate for the property. Close
brothers, from the London house,
have been llieer in person and il
is said they expended §780,000 for
claims in I he Rainy Hollow coun
try, from which point il is report
ed they ex pee t !o build I lie While
Pass ami Yukon railroad into the
'While Iliver eonnlry. Snr\eyors
are al work .'{00 miles from Haines
Mission "I hroiigh I he Alsac eonn
lry |o the headwaters of the While
river, and in the rndghleirhood of
the rich coal deposits "11 Hahhitl.
and Moulder creeks.
Mr. Ilaudy states that most of
the prospector-* and mining men
are Americans. They are work
ing on both sides of the boundary
line and are required to take in
their supplies from Dawson, go
inn by steamer to While river and
(Continued on page 3}
I NAVY DEPARTMENT
! HEAD MOVEMENT
i
!
| Exploration of the Bering Coal
Fields Result of Action by
Navy Department
I
i
I A j'ceeiit issue of Mm* Post-In
telligencer has the following ar
ticle willi h-fiTt'iU'i' to |he ex
pect I'll survey of tin* Merino coal
field:
"Preparations fiu; an immediate
survey of the llrring river coal
Held, Alaska, with a view to the
use of its coal by the United
Stales war vessels on the Pacific
coast, have been undertaken by
the Navy department in conjunc
tion with the commissioner of the
general land office. Pending the
passage of the navy appropria
tion bill by congress, containing
pi impropriation of upward or
> r»i•.imio for tlu* proposed work.
l»r. .Joseph A. Holmes, director of
I lie federal bureau of mines, has
been placed in charge of an ex
pedition. Dr. Holmes, who will be
accompanied by a parly of 40 en
gineers, has not left Washing
Ion, bul it is planned by the navy
department to have llie expedition
|leave Katalla with horse pack
(trains and supplies as soon as Dr.
IHolmes can arrive in Alaska.
(lonrge \V. Kvan«, of this city,
who, with Dr. Holmes, accom
panied Secretary of the Interior
AValter I.. Fisher on I he latler's
rip lo Alaska a year ago, is among
those selected by Dr. Holmes for
the expedition, the announcement
of (he expedition having mine
through a letter forwarded him.
Mr. Evans is at present in Tlrit
ish Columbia.
"A study of the availability of
the Matanuska coal field, which is
tributary to Seward, is now be
jnir made by the officers from the
cruiser Maryland, but lh*> decision
of the government, to project a
r.irvey of I he cBring river coal
field has given real hope lo Alas
kans liinl the building of a rail
road in thai country is also under
consideration by I he government.
The Matanuska Held is al prcs
|enl more easily reached than lb.'
tltc.-in»: field though farther fioin
I ulew iter. Title lo all I he lands
in loth Held* rests in the United
Sln'es, i o paleul as yet having
been is«iie-|"
A FRAIL WOMAN
! CHARGED ROBBERY
i
A FraM Woman Charged of Rob
bing Bank of Montreal of Ov
er Quarter Million
!
; .Ni'W WVsl min>liT. Aug. :*!».—AI
j in* l>avis. I In* ;i I \\ if»« uf Wal
IIit l>avis, is char^reil directly with
Hit' robbery ni' Iwn hundred ami
'seventy thousand dollar* from the
| Hank of Mmili*i*«tI at this plan* last
September.
The woman was arrested in To
ronto ami brought here fur Irial.
GOVERNOR WEST
NAMES ATTORNEY
Portland, Aug. .'Mi.-(io\crnor
West yesterday named It. M. Ks
jlerly as district attorney for Mult
nomah county, vice Evans reuio\ -
ed. It is thought now that tho
real work of dcaning out Ihe
county of its had characters and
immoral houses will begin in car
1 nesl.
The announcement made by the
management of the Copper River
and Northwestern railroad that
they would establish their main
depot at the wharf has raised a
storm of protest from, the busi
ness men of Cordova, who con
tend that in case the depot is re
moved to the wharf, many of I lit*
steamer arrivals will never go up
to the town, nnd that thn transfer
business will be killed outright.
II was the intention of the com
pany to open the station at the
head of Second avenue one hour
before the departure of trains, as
an accommodation to town pat
rons of I he road.