valdez weekly
iTol. 7 Valdez, Alaska, September
Prospector
JUDGE MID 111 PROBE
RUMOR OF ILLEGAL VOTE
Seattle, Sept. 11—-Judge Silas 11.
Reid, upon arrival in Valdoz, will
take steps to have the grand jury to
be called there investigate the reports
of frauds committed at the delegate
election last month. Like course will
he adoj ted in Fairbanks. Further,
the Judge will take action that, if re
ports be true, will cause a few un
pleasant moments for those of his ap
pointees accused of taking an active
part in behalf of John Corson's cam
paign for election as delegate.
Judge Reid departed yesterday on '
the Portland for Valdez andfche made
the statements referred to in the fore
going just before hoarding the steam
ship. Tn concludingJudge Hoid said:
"I JJiirpose so conducting my of
fice that no one will be writing books
criticising the performance of the ex
ecutive duties of the judge of the
Third division during my eneumbeney.
Appointees of mine must remember
that any otlicial act of theirs that war
rants criticism is a reflection upon
me as well and they must govern
themselves accordingly."
WASHINGTON VOTE
IS SLOW OF COUNT
Seattle, Sept. 1 r>—Returns from the
primary election held September s
are as yet incomplete but sullieient of
the vote ban been counted to assure
the fact that Congressman Jones lias
obtained the republican nomination :
for United States senator to succeed
Senator Ankeny, who was a candi
date for re-nomination. Cosy rove is
the republican choieo for governor
hia vote, combining thatcast for lirst
and seeond choice, being 18,800 to
Mead's .'{7,000 and Mellride's :{(i,:{(>().
The democratic nominee for senator
is George Cot.terill of Seattle and for
governor John I'attison of Colfax, i
For lieutenant-governor the repub
lican nominee is either Charles Coon,
present incumbent, or M. 10. Hay, a
merchant of Wilbur, the result of the
count in this instance as yet being in
doubt. The democratic nominees for
he place is A. C. Edwards of Spo
kane
Other results of the primary so far
as counted are:
Secretary of state: Sain II. Nichols,
present incumbent, rep.; Ot is John
son, Taeoma, dem.
State auditor: C. W.Clausen, rep.,
present incumbent.
State treasurer: Edward K. Erwin,
Spokane, rep.
Attorney-general: W. I\ Bell, Ev
erett.
Commissioner of public lands: E,
W. Ross, rep., present incumbent,
Albert Schooley, Chehalis, dem.
Superintendent, of public instruc
tion: Henry II. Dewey, rep.; Eldridge
Wheeler, Montesano, dem.
Insurance commissioner: John H.
Schively, rep., present incumbent;
Edwin F. Masterson, Tacoma, dem.
Congressman, lirst. district! Wil
liam E. Huni|>hrey» present incum
bent, rep.; Charles II. Miller, Seattle,
dem.
The vote for senator is: Jones, 17,
933, Ankeny, Snell, !>,<S08.
Congress, Second district—F. W
Cushman of Tacoma, republican, r<
nominated; Brown, democrat.
Congross, Third district— Miles l'oln
dexter of Spokane, republican; (lood
year, democrat.
EDISON SAYS AIR
WILL BE NAVIGATED
Soattlo, Sept. ir>—That navigation
of tho air will in Minn become a» wafe
and an practicable an is at preHont
tho cnHO with navigation on either
land or water in the declaration made
hyThomntt A. HdiHon, the wizard of
the ©leetrleal world, who in at. preHent
in Heattlo on a vlnit. Mr. iOdison ex
proHHCH the belief that time will prove
tliat neither the dirigible nor the
aeroplane 1h tho proper era ft for aerial
■orvlco but that the airship of the
future will bo operated by a mechan
ism eoiiHtrueted on tho principle of
the npiral lift
In tho opinion of Mr. KdlHon, Kar
tnan Ih working in tho right, direction
when it comcH to airHhip building and
tho Wizard nays that it. will be only
a Hhort time before others realize
IIiIh. Mr. IOdison says that, once the
oorroct Idea is arrived at its develop
ment will be only a quflfitlon of a
Hhort time.
Try uh for OfTlce HupplleH.
Alaska Drug Co.
HUBBARD IN HOPES
OF MINE SUPPORT
Co-operation of the owners of cop
per mines 011 Prince William sound is
being sought, by O. P. Hubbard to
tbe effect, that, at Mineral gulch there
maybe erected a concentrator. Mr.
Hubbard has for a long time had the
concentrator project in mind and
last year, just before the financial
troubles of the east, had the project
about tinanced. The money strin
gency, however, gave a set back to
the plans.
In discussing his concentrator pro
ject Mr. Ilnhbard says that it is not
purposed to have the mine owners
defray the entire expense, or any
where near it in fact, but to have
t he hi take sutllcicnt stock in the en
terprise to assure the eastern finan
ciers with whom Mr. Hubbard is ne
gotiating that the concentrator can
expect t he business necessary to make
it. a profitable investment. Mr. Hub
bard believes that with this assur
ance he will have 110 trouble in per
fecting his plans and having a con
centrator ready for operation next
spring.
The concent rator as at present pur
posed will have a capacity of about
lf O tons of ore a day. In connection
with it there will be a line of barges
for the transportation from the mines
of the ore to bo concentrated. This
barge line will be operated without
expectation that it will bring in more
revenue than is sufllcicnt to maintain
its operating expenses.
Mr Hubbard believes that a concen
trator will result in a great increase
in sound copper mining activity as it
will enable mines that cannot now af
ford to ship because of smelter and
freight charges to be placed on a pro
ducing and a paying basis, Ho far
only 0110 or two mine owners have
been consulted by Mr. Hubbard, who
has since his return been busied with
other affairs but he purposes to from
now 011 make active efforts toward
the success of his project.
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY
DIRECTS RUSTIN CASE
Omaha, Hept. 10—DiHgUHtcd at tho
manner in which the polico depart
ment has handled (ho Dr. KiiHtin
murder oiiho, (ho proHecnting attorney
ban (iikon personal charge of tho In
vcHtigation and Iiuh relegated tho po
lico to tho hack ground. Tho prone
cuting attorney charge** (In* polico
with neglect and Hay* that by their
dilatory tactics* (hey have allowed
witnoHHea of (lie utmost importance
to CHoapo.
One thing (hat tho proHoeutlng at
torney is* very anxlotiH to locate 1h tlio
revolvor tiHod to hrlng about (ho
death of Dr. KiiHtin. A reward offered
for tho recovery of thin weapon haw
Hot hnndredH of mnall boy« (o making
a Hoarch.
BIDS WANTED
To do annual labor on novon coppor
claims* on l,ong bay. Hhln to ho for
driving Hhaft now (t'l foot deep, by tlio
foot.. All ore taken from Hhaft, to ho
piled up. Itif 1h (o bo Hont to J. I).
Meenaeh, ICIIamar. Money dopoHited
at ICIIamar to be paid when work Ih
completed.
New Onrbngc Cnna
Call at Hheet-Metal Work» and boo
tho new garbage eaiiH. Mont, modern
in conHtructlon. Ho nanltary and
havo one, ho (hat your neighbor will
not complain of you.
(Jul! at Owl Drug Co. tor Kutliymol
Tooth l'ante.
MINNESOTA FIRE
IMPERILS LIVES
Duluth, Sept. 10—Foroat fires aro
blazing fiercely within flfteon miles
of this city and a territory 100 milot
square is encompassed by the Are
zone. Settlers are fleeing by the
hundreds, the majority leaving be
hind every thing they possess other
than the clothes on their back.
Grand Marias is completely cut off
by the lire and 700 persons are in con
sequence lighting for their lives, by
hack-firing attempting to prevent the
destruction of the town and their
own death in the inferno by which |
they are surrounded. Hibbing, tlio
largest town in Mesaba range is
threatened with destruction and all
the men, women and children are
lighting the Humes.
Kverywhere in the fire zone th»
timber burns like tinder as there has
been no rain for a period of fourteen
weeks of the hottest kind of weather.
The proximity of Lako Superior has
been the salvation of hundreds who,
driven from their homes, have sought
refuge on rafts which have been pad
pled out on the lake.
Duluth has raised f*20,000 for tho
relief fund and other cities in the state
aro coming to the fore with generous
subscriptions.
Duluth, Sept. 11—With the coming
of afternoon yesterday there came al
so a change in the direction of the
wind that brought slight relief to the
tire threatened districts of Minnesota.
Checked by the necessity of facing
the wind instead of aided by being
driven by it, the lire has to an extent
heeded the efforts of those working
frantically to save thoir homes and
tliomseives and it is now believed
that further danger has boon averted.
It is as yet too early to make any
comprehensive estimate of the loss
suffered by reason of the lire but it
will be very great. Hundreds of res
idences have been burned as well as
barns and farming implements, Great
sections of country have been laid
waste, crops have been destroyed end
timber has been ruined. Ho far no
loss of !??« >»»s been reported.
Duluth, WiH., Sept. 12—Unless there
comes a heavy rain within the next
forty-eight hours destruction by for
est. lire will be the fate of every Cook
county town and hamlet along the
north Hhore of Lake Buporior, At
present the majority of the inhabitants
of these towns are huddled along the
shores of the lake, surroundod by
their personal belongings and await
ing the moment when it will be nec
essary for them to take to tho water
in order that life may be spared to
them.
The change in the wind that yostor
day brought promise of relief to those
who for the past week have boen flro
harrassed, has brought threatened
disaster to those of Cook eounty, and
a vast area is surrounded by fire,
even now licking at the outposts of
the settlements. There has not boen
a drop of rain since July 10 and tho
whole country is sun-baked to a con-'
dition as inflammable as is tinder.
TOILS TIGHTEN IN
WIFE MURDER CASE
Seattle, Hopt. 16—lSvidoneo that
Loo JohiiHon, the Nome mining mnn
eharged with murdering hlH who and
afterwards cutting np and attempting
to burn the l>ody, alto rod tho will loft
by tho woman Ih in tho liandn of tho
oflloera. Undor tho namo of lHabello
Gilchrist tho woman had a will drawn
by Attornoy James Lawlor of this
city, and now Lawlor ban to tho ofll
eers pointed out tho alterations mado
in tho document.
When MIhh Gilchrist oamo to Law
lor who waH on hor way to Nome and
WRH in a hurry to havo her will drawn
up. Tho will as it oxinta at prosont
ban boon ho altered an to practically
invalidate it. Tho hand writing of
tho lawyer Ih clean and legible but by
a cramped hand now clauses havo
been inserted and tho names of tho
first toatators havo boon torn off and
as a substitute ban boon written
"Ilavo another will to pro|»erty in
(!anada." Tho namo of tho unbHti
tilted benefleiary Ih unintelligible.
The offloora bollovc that the evl
deneo that tho will liaH boon altered
eHtabllRheH a causo for the murdor of
Mrs. Johnson and thoy are confident,
that. Johnwon will be convicted.
REYNOLDS IS OUT
DECLARES BROWN
Wi)llam Carson Brown of New York,
' who wan in Valdez with E. T. Totor
i of tho Reynolds Alaska Development
Company last spring, denies that the
Reynolds faction ban regained con
trol of the corporation. In a letter
to a federal olllcial here he says:
"I notice in the Prospector of July
30 that Reynolds is in control now of
the company's affairs. This is ab
solutely untruthful. lie has nothing
whatever to do with it, and as yet no
ofllcers havo been elected to take the
place of Kistler, Teter, Brady and
the rest. In faet the meeting in Se
attle has developed a most bitter
hatred of Reynolds, Brundage and
Mason, who are assisting Rej nolds,
and it looks to me now as if that Se
attle meeting was going to be a fail
ure of its purpose, and that the pres
ent olllccrs will hold over until the
next annual meeting. Reynolds and
his clique tried some revolutionary
tactics which did not work, and now
they don't know where they are at.
Please tell overj-body you soe that
that statement in tho paper was un-1
true and also Reynolds is not free
from the U. S. indictment, and is
etill out on bail, the case coining I
think some time next month."
The Prospector publishes tins state*
mont from Mr. Brown because the
people of Valdez are great ly interested
in all that pertains to Reynolds and
the Reynolds companies and it seems
to bo diflicnlt to learn the real facts.
Both the Reynolds faction and anti
Reynolds faction persistently claim
to be in control.
MAN OF MYSTERY
III HAZLETTVILLE
L. A. Clarke, man with a secret
and a transit, was up bright and early
this morning and accompanied by his
trusty chain-men and rod carriers
hied himself into a launch and thcnco
to Ha/.lettville. Now Ha/.lett ville,
be it known, was at one time selected
as a townsite and coast terminal of a
railroad and the project was a child
of the nimble brain of John Uosene
whose head recently fell undrr the
Guggenheim-Morgan hatchet.
It is said that when Mr. Rescue's
official ornament to his shoulders suf
fered docapitation ho rallied his
faculties sufficiently to bind up the
wounds with the maps, Held notes
and other data affording information
concerning the proposed route to the
proposed railroad. Hence it is figured
in certain circles that it is to roplaeo
said information that the energies of
Clarke etal aro being employed.
Tho foregoing explanation of the
mystery is by no means the only one
extant and it is a person with poor
mental equipment who cannot ad
vance a theory as to the preseneo in
Valdez of the surveyors. One thing
is certain and that is that at the close
of yesterday's activities the outfit left
a nice little row of stakes along Res
ervation avenue, just, across the line
marking the limit of tho townsite.
There was also a visit to tho ofllce of
tho deputy clerk where search was
mado for certain records.
In connection with tho presonee of
Mr. Clarko old timers riso to remark
that ho iH the first. engineer to come
to town who has notbeon entertained
at a haiuiuot. No ono can explain
thia apparant. departure from estab
lished custom, unless it bo on the
hypothesis that tho citizons of Valdez
huvo become blase and are weary of
tho banquet habit.
Whafcovor tho purpose, there is no
doubt as to tho fact, that Clarke is
working at tho behest of the (iugg
onhoims and the prevailing opinion is
that it Is to further tho dog in the
manger policy that, haw horoloforo
marked tho company's operations in
Valdoz. fly OHtahliHhing surveys tho
(higgonheims make it possible for
themselves to by going into court de
lay the operations of any other com
pany and possibly entirely discourage
competitors.
Thore Is, too, a report that tho pro
gross of operations out of Cordova
has eneonntorod now difficulties in
the way of quicksand that swallows
MO-foot piles as though thoy wero
toothpicks. Homo oxpress the belief
that Valdor. will yet become the base
of operations of t he (Uiggenheim road
Into the Interior.
DR. F. R. CHANEY DIES
US RESULT OF IIS FULL
Dr. F. It. rhaney tiled lust nighfc tit
10:40 in the Valde/. Hospital as the
result of injuries received in a fall
down the mountain side yesterday
noon. A bad fracture of the skull
was the leading cause of death al
though it is believed probable that
internal injuries were also suffered.
A broken leg and broken shoulder
blade also resulted, and contact' with
jagged rocks had torn tin- scalp
nearly off.
As near as can be estimated Dr.
Chancy fell and bounded for a dis
tance of 150 feet. The tlrst fall was
a drop of nearly twenty feet and
after that he rolled and plunged to a
small bench. II" was uucousious
when W. II. Whittelsey and K. 15.
Spiers, who were close to him at the
time ho slipped, reached him and he
never regained consiousness.
During the period of nearly tour
hours required for Spiers to conic to
town and return with a relief party,
Whittlesey held the injured man, who
a part of the time was delet ions, so
as to prevent him from falling further.
It was about I o'clock when I)r. F.
IM. Boyle reached the injured man,
and administered such relief as con
ditions made possible.
The relief party that started out
early in the afternoon was late in
the evening joined by others. The
injured man was about 2,000 feet up
the mountain side and the climb to
reach him was extremely dilllcult.
It. was necessary to cut a trail through
the brush in order to get the
injured man down the mountain side
in a litter constructed of small trees
and blankets. Hopes were used in
places and by carrying and lowering
its burden the relief party finally ar
rived on the flat where Ed. Wood
was waiting with a wagon in which
the injured man was brought to town.
Dr. Chancy was taken immediately
to the hospital where Drs. Boyle,
Dalton and Winan set about to attend
the wounds. It wan j11ht an (hi* work
of cleansing the he ml wuh completed
that Dr. Chaney died
Dr. Chaney has been a resident of
Valtlez for a year and a half, coining
here from Portland, where he in 1900
wuh graduated from the medical, de
partment of the I'niyersity of Oregon.
Dr. Chaney was an only son. His fa
ther died when he was a hoy and his
mother is a teacher in the public
schools of Portland. Dr. Chancy was
about 2S years old.
During his life in Valdez, Dr. Cha
ney was popular, lie was secretary
and treasurer of the Tillikum Club
and was an l\lk. He had always tak
en a prominent part in the social af
fairs of thi- town and had a host of
friends.
This morning Dr. Dalton cabled to
Mrs. Patton, formerly a nurse in the
Valdez Hosuital, but now in Portland,
acquaint ing her of the facts and re
questing her to inform Mrs. Chaney.
The disposition of the hodv will await
instruc tions from Portland. Friends
of Dr. Chaney say that the affection
between mother and son was inor
than ordinarily strong and the effect
of the news will, it is feared, pros
trate the mother.
The party that started out yester
day morning was composed of Dr.
Chaney. W. 11. Whittlesey, H. It.
SpiersandC. II. ihumell. The pur
pose was to seale the highest peak in
the range* north of town and the course
taken is very diilicult. The peak is
5,400 feet high and the men were
about half way lip when the accident
occurred. In bis fall Dr. Chaney
struck Whittlesey a glancing blow
and a dual accident was narrowly
averted,
At the time of the accident Hun
nell was in advance of the others and
ignorant of what had befallen Dr.
Chaney, continued to the summit.
Bunncl was caught in a snow storm
ami did not get to town until mid
night-.
HURRICANE BRINGS
RUIN TO ISLANO
Turk's Island, H. W. I., Sopt. VI—
Tlio worst hurricane in ninny years
swept this island yesterday afternoon.
A Mimes the wind blew at tin- rate of
100 miles an hour and the havoc
created is beyond description. Kntire
villiagos are swept out of existanee
and Oratul Turk the largest. city is
devastated.
It is not known how great is the
loss of life but the mortality is hound
to be excessive. The ruin wrought
by the hurricane is believed to he the
worst calamity ever suffered by the
British West Indies.
UNCLE JOE CANNON
ROASTS GOMPERS
Danville, 111 , Hept. 12—Joneph ('an
non, Hpeakor of tho Iiouho and candi
date for ro-oleetion, opened hi« caui
palgn horn Inst night hy an attack on
organized lulior insofar an organized
labor'H demands for national IcgiHla
lion aro concerned. Mr. Cannonucored
President (iompcrx of the American
Federation of Labor and Hcoffed at
the prohahlllty of the hitter's de
mand* being granted.
Mr. Cannon upoko.fora period of
two bourn and nearly all of the time
wan devoted to the labor (mention.
Mr Cannon declared that he will
never mipport the anti-injunction and
boycott polleicH advocated by (tam
pers.
; Among politicians, the attitude of
Mr. Cannon In connidorcd ana very
| detrimental to IiIh chance* for re
-election. The manner in which he
j make** hlH convlctloiiH commandn ad
. miration, hut not approval in a poli
tical HOIIHC.
The Weekly Prospector
Coplea of the Weekly ProHpeetor
will be given to dally subHerlborw who
' wlnb to nend them outflldo.
TOPEKfl WOMAN IS
• DEAD AT AGE OF 113
Topeka. Sept. 12—Mrw. Sallie Ruth
erford died here this morning after
having lived through the storm and
mtnuhine of 113 yearn. There is in
disputable proof of the fact that Mi*h.
Rutherford whs at the time of her
death the age asserted.
Mrs. Sallie Rutherford had been a
resident of Topeka for many yearn
and up t^> the time of her death had
retained to a remarkable extent her
mental and physical faculties. Dur
ing the entire period of her life her
days ot ill health total less than a
week.
REPUBLICANS LOSE
VOTES IN MAINE
Portland, Mr., Hop!. 10—Incomplete
returns from the state election show
that the ropnblicatiH, while probably
enccoBsfnl, will win by a Hinallcr plu
rality than in any presidential year
in twenty-four years. Ho tar Fernald,
republican, has 72,000 and (birdner,
democrat, 05,000, giving the republi
can a plurality of about 7,000 for
governor.
Republican party leader# declare
that the rcnult ban no national hI^ciiitl
eance ho far as Maine is concerned
and that the national Ihhuch cut slight
flguro in the way the vote wan cant.
Tho republicaiiH say that (lardner'n
immense popularity with the farmer#
is responsible for democratic Kains
made in the rural districts.
DentifUa
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