METAL MADE OF
HUMAN CORPSE
Chicago, April 18—Human bodies
may yet become articles of commer
cial value, even after the soul which
occupied them has fled. This atleast
is the promise held fourth by Richard
Puchs, brother of Wolfron Fuchs, a
famous scientist.
Richard Fuchs has just perfected a
method of turning human cadavers
into metal. He has been experiment
ing along this line for years. As yet,
however, he has not gone far enough
to determine whether or not the
metal thus created will lend itself to
formation into articles of utility.
POLITICIANS ARE
FLAYED BY HORR
Seattle, April 18—A sensation ha
been created, not only in this city but
throughout the entire state, by the
allegations made in a circular letter
issued by Christopher W. Horr, pres
ident of the direct primary league. It
is charged that the politicians have
entered into a conspiracy to defeat
the object of the direct primary law
created by the last legislature. Horr
spares no one in ins letter and sets
forth certain events which have a
tendency to substantiate his allega-j
tioiiH.
So far the politicians have made no
reply but it is known that they are
in a state of alarm for fear that the
disclosures will result in a complete
retirement of all those who, holding
olliee at. present, desire to be retained
as servitors of the people.
Horr lias implored the people of
the state to rally to the support of the
direct primary law and to see to it
that its intents and purposes are car
ried out to the letter t his fall.
BROKEN LEG IS
CHOSE OF DEATH
Seattle, April IS—J. P. Dengler a
commercial traveler from New York
died in a hospit al here last night from
shock resulting from a broken leg.
Dengler slipped as In- was walking 011
Second avenue.
TRAFFIC IN TEXAS
TIED UP BY FLOODS
Fort Worth, Texas, April 20—Rail
road trafllc in the northern part of
the state is at a standstill owing to
the unprecedented Hoods of the past
day or so. At. Waco a broken leveo
has resulted in the inundation of the
town. The entire loss caused by the
floods is more than $1,000,000.
CALE WANTS COAL LAND
RESERVED FOR NATIVES
Washington, April 20—Delegate
Cale of Alaska lias introduced a bill
In congress providing for the with
drawal from entry of coal lands at
Wainwriglit Inlet. It in the purpose
of the bill to have the coal lands set
aside for the natives and the mission.
Wainwriglit Inh.t is at the north
went extremity of Alaska, only a lit
tle Hout.h of Point Harrow.
AMERICAN AUTO RACER
GIVEN TIME ALLOWANCE
Hcattle, April 20—By agreement
with the other participants In the in
tearational automobile raco the
American enr will be given a time al
lowance to make up for the time lost
on the trip to Valdez. The Italian
and the American cars will sail for
Vladivostok tomorrow.
The Paris Journal auto, an Inde
pendent entry In the race, reached
Hcattle yesterday and will depart
from here for Shanghai en route
across Asia.
Steamer For Bering Jynke
It. I). Iteoflo, of Katalhi, has made
arrangement* to put a stern wheel
steamer on Boring river, from (,'hll
kat to Stillwater. Tho distance Is
about twenty-four miles. Tho steam
er will be propelled by an HO- horse
power gasollno engine, and will draw
only ten feet of water, when loaded.
Her carrying capacity Is 35 tons. Mr.
Reese also has a tlO-horso power gaao
llno tug, and with this he will engage
In tho lighterage business. Tho tug
will tow the steamer from Hcattle
direct to Katalla, and he expects
them hero not later than May 1ft. —
Katalla Herald.
DYINC MAN WIRES
GALL FOR DOCTOR
New Westminster, B. C., April 18—
Bleeding to death from a deep axe
cut in his leg, operator McBey of the
government telegraph station at Cam
eron lake crawled nearly a mile to his
instrument and to the operator at Al
berni sent wort! of his predicament.
"I have sunk an axe into my leg
and am bleeding to death" was the
message which came wavering over
the wire to the Alberni operator.
Physicians at once loft Alberni and
they arrived at Cameron lake just as
tho wounded man was dying.
FOUR LIVES ARE
CUPID'S SACRIFICE
London, April 18—Jealousy and un
requited affection caused three lovo
tragedies resulting in four deaths in
Europe today. Tho first to bo record
ed was the tragedy which befell Cana
Kerotivieh and Bajin Kojopelich, of
Servia, both of whom were shot down
by the groom's brother just as a wed
ding ceremony was about to be per
formed. The murderer was a rejected
suitor of the bride.
In Lisbon, the sister of Mary Con
ceigo was preparing for her marriage
to a man whom Mary loved. Driven
to desparation tho discarded woman
placed arsenic in a pudding of which
the sister partook, death resulting
shortly afterward.
In Paris Henri Duval and his bride
wore proceeding to their as yet unoc
cupied homo when a former sweet
heart of hers slipped from behind a
tree and stabbed Duval to death.
SENATOR FULTON
FACING DEFEAT
Portland, April 18—Present indica
tion!* are that United States Senator
Fulton was defeated for renomination
at yesterday's election. While the
returns are not all in, the incomplete
count from a majority of the coun
ties points to the election of Henry M.
Calce.
This is the llrst timo in this state
that a senatorial contest has been de
termined by the direct primary and
the result has caused consternat ion in
the ranks of the politieians.
LABOR UNIONS WANT
SHERMAN ACT MODIFIED
Chicago, April 21—At a meeting of
labor union representatives assembled
from all parts of the United States,
held hero yesterday, a monster peti
tion was drafted to ho sont to con
gress asking that the Sherman law
be so amended as to eliminate that
section which under a recent ruling
of the supreme court prevents labor
unions using the boycott
KURDISH BRIGANDS
THREATEN RUSSIANS
St. Petersburg, April 21—Word linn
just been received by the war depart
ment that Russian troopn in Persia
havo been surrounded by Kurdish
brigands and aro in grave danger of
annihilation. It in feared here that
the brigands havo joined the Kurdish
troopB.
Preparations are under way to send
assintance to the beleaguered detach
ment.
PRESIDENT YIELDS
TO LONG PETITION
Washington. April 18—President
Roosevelt has bowed to the request*
of thousands of persons through tho
United 8tat.es and ban tanned orders
that Col. Btewart, who for somo time
past has boon exiled at Fort Grand,
Arizona, shall report at Port St. Au
guntlno without command.
Petitions asking lonlency for Col.
Htowart were circulated In nearly
every state In the Union and In every
case was very genorally signed.
A. Amey Meets Death
A. Amoy, an Ttallan employee of
the railroad company, at Cofdo1 a,
wsh killed last week whllo blasting
stumps out near camp 3.
A number of fishermen who have
been employed at Unga and Hand
Point came over from Howard on the
Yneatan. They are part of thirty
five men who left the fishing grounds
during tho summer dullnesn and camo
to Howard on tho Dora In search of
employment.
RICH MAN KILLS
CHIEF OF POLICE
Warrensberg, Mo., April 20—Po
lice Chief James Ryan is dead and
policemen Bashama and Pollock aro
seriously wounded as the result of an
attempt to arrest Bryon Hall, son of
a wealthy merchant of this place.
Hall was drunk at the time and im
mediately after shooting the ofllcers
he committed suicide.
The tragedy occured in tho corri
dor of the Esta hotel.
LOVE DRIVES
DIVINE TO DEATH
Woodbury, N. J., April 18—Loved
by three prominent women of hit* con
gregation and unable to decide which
one he held in the greatest affection,
Rev. Cleorge W. Tomson, paHtor of
the Woodbury prenbyterian church
Hhot himself through the brain last
night. Death was almost instantane
ous.
At first the affair was shrouded in
mystery but the investigation devel
oped the fact that the divino sought
death as a solution of the quandary
in which the love of the three women
had placed him.
WEALTHY IN
DIES IN WANT
Seattle, April 21—While his broth
ers were searching for him to toll
him that ho was heir to a $f>0,0U0 es
tate, Willis Chapman was dying, a
charity patient in the Wayside Emer
gency Hospital in this city. Chap
man died yesterday and it was not
until the body had been taken to tho
morgue that it was identified as that
of the man for whom search has been
made for more than a year.
Chapman originally came from
Chicago and it is in that city that the
fortune awaited him.
MACKENZIE RIVER IS
BETTER THAN KLONDIKE
Seattle, April '21—That the Macken
zie river country is destined to be
come a greater gold producing dis
trict than tho Klondike is the state
ment of John Oliver, a prospector
who has just returned to tho states
after four years spent in tho country
referred to, Oliver was also in the
vicinity of the Great Slave lakes,
which according to him, is also rich
in gold.
KLONDIKER DROWNS IN
THE PEACE RIVER
Winnipeg, April.21—Emlle Cardinal,
his wife and child were drowned in
Peace rivor yesterday. Cardinal, who
is a widely known Klondiker, with
his family, wan traveling by dog team
from Athahaska. They broke through
the ice.
TACOMA FIREMEN ARE
. NOT OUT OF DANGER
Tacoma, April 18—While they arc
yet alive, the recovery of Lieut. Co
hort and Truckman Harbin of the flro
department is extremely doubtful.
Tho moil are Huffering from the of
foets of inhaling fumes of the nitric
acid at the Waterloo drug store flro
yesterday. Tho othors injured are
out of dangor.
LITTLE WINTER FOOD
FOR ISLAND FOXES
Owing to the demand for blue fox
skins and tho raphHy growing sonroity
of then;, various attompts have l>eon
made not morely to protect tho blue
fox but to cultivate It, and some of
the Aleutian islands, notably tho
Homldl group, havo boon acquired
for that pur|K»se by various compau*
los. In this connection tho question
of food supply is ono of great impor
tance.
On Ht. Oeorge, for InHtanoo, the
fox flnds plenty to eat In summer,
preying on the abundant sea fowl and
their eggs, but. when the Island Is in
the grip of winter food is scarce, tho
birds havo gouo, the foxes havo oaten
up nearly all the little lemmings on
the Island ant' there is vory little to
be had. Hometlme fish Is washed
ashore by a heavy storm, but this
source of food Is uncertain aiul the
foxon havo taken to eating the sea
urohlns, or oohlnodorms, found along
the shore at low water.
WOMAN REPORTER
TAKES OWN LIFE
Chicago, April 20—Mrs. Ellon Call,
daughter of former Governor Llew
ollan of Kansas committed macule
here today by taking strychnine.
Mrs. Call has been divorced and has
been working on the Chicago Herald
as a reporter.
No reason for the women's act has
been discovered.
TERROR REIGNS IN
PORT AU PRINCE
Port an Prince, Hayti. April 20—
Tliiw city is in a state of extreme ter
ror. Dozens of persons, supposed to
be enemies of President Nord Alexis,
have been murdered, their assassins
Hooking them out in their homes and
011 the stroets. No 0110 at all promi
nent politically fools safe and many
have barricaded themselves in their
houses.
The authorities are seemingly doing
all in thoir power to put an end to
the wave of crimo and the eity is be
ing guarded to prevent the osca] o of
the guilty.
ATTELL GAINS
DECISIVE VICTORY
Seattle, April 21—It. took Abe At
tell eight rounds to dispose of Eddie
Kelloy of Buffalo in the tight for the
world's featherweight championship
at Pleasant Iioach yesterday after
noon. Kelloy was severely punished
from the first gong, Attell taking the
offensive.
The end really camo in t he seventh
when Attell practically knocked out
his opponent with a loft to the stom
aehe and a right to the jaw. Kelly
came back for the eighth however,
but was knocked down throe times
in rapid succession and referee
Johnny Roid slapped At toll on the
shoulder when Kelly's seconds threw
a towel into the ring to save their
man from further punishment.
Attell was subjected to considera
ble punishment and Kelly, despite
his defeat, showed that he is a comer.
There were r>,000 persons at the
ring side, among them boing some of
the most notable fluht fans of the
country.
CHILDREN OF WEALTH
ARE CLOSELY GUARDED
Now York, April 21—Owing to re
peated demands by members of the
Black Hand, accompanied by threats
of violence unless the demands bo ae
ceeded t<>, the parents of the Rocke
feller children and those of tho Me
C'orinick children have employed de
tectives to guard the little ones while
they are on the street.
A few weeks ago Mrs. McCormic^,
who is a daughter of Rockefeller, re
ceived a hitter from tho Black Hand
calling her attention to the poverty
and misery in tho world and suggest
ing in pointed terms t hat she do some
thing to alloviato conditions. Other
letters of similar import have fol
lowed.
SEEKER FOR POLE TO
START FROM DAWSON
Heat tie, April 18—0. J. Proidsen, a
famous Norwegian explorer is to
make Dawson his starting point on
an expedition in search of tho North
pole this summer. Freidsen will uso
dog teams. His expedition in com
pletely financed.
Finds Sentn of Oold
Reno Nov.,-Arthur dale, a laborer,
took shelter from a storm recently
here, and while hiding beneath an
overhanging rock he diHcovered a
st ringer of quartz which is ho rich that
it looks like a gulden seam,
Thq. discovery was made in tho
desert about t welve miles south of this
city, dale was dead broke at. t he time
and today he may be clasHed amongst
the wealthiest men of the West.
The stringer Ih three Inches wide
ami probably is the richest ever found.
In many places chunkx taken from it
enn be sold as pure nuggets, and its
lucky owner needs oidy to use a ham
mer and sell It out as a pastry man
sells sllcos of cake.
Ho has had a shack erected near
the spot and never goes more than a
few yards from hi* treasure.
19, A. Henderson eontinuos as a
deputy clerk of the district court at
Fairbanks under the reign of O. A.
Wells as clerk.
FRED N. BROWN
ATTORNKY-Af'LAW
Valdez. Alaska
W. T. SCOTT
Attorney-At-Law
Oflice
Court House VALDEZ
John A. Carson,
Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law.
SALEM,
Member of
Alaska Bar. OREGON
W. LINCOLN REEDY
Dentist
EITEL BUILDING
SECOND AND PIKE
Seattle, Wash.
Dr. H. COCKERILLE
DEKTIST
Second Street
On Reservation VALDEZ
F. BUTTERWORTH
Civil Engineer and Surveyor
Surveys accurately
aud promptly made.
Ofllcc over Valdez Market, Room 3
(Opposite Scuttle Hot.'l)
OPENING
Hotel Savoy
Seattle
Rates $1.00
up
Additional four stories, containing "8 rooms,
each with bath. Twelve rooms with bath,
specially cotistiucted lor commercial display,
size 10 x 23. A greater part of all these rooms
have an unobstructed marine view. The en
tire manoeuvres of Atlantic tleet can be seen
in any part ol harbor at one glauce. Just a
reminder that we have a few rooms left in our
"12 Stories of Solid Comfort."
The A. Van der Naillen School
of Practical Civil, Electrical Mining
Engineering. Established 18G4
Occupying their owu'building, workshop anil
and laboratories. Open all year. Great de
mand for ex-students in all lines. New stu
dents should enroll at once. Address .list
Street aud Telegraph Ave Oakland, Cal.
Notice of Forfeiture
Valdez, Alaska, February 1:1, 1908
To Gabriel Asplaii'l:
You arc hereby notified that there has been
expended in the year 1907 in labor and im
provements upon tlie Alice placer group of HO
acres the sum of four hundred dollars ((100)
and upon the Company Numbei Two group of
li'iO acres the sum of eight hundred dollars
(|800); both of said groups of claims being sit
uated upon the middle fork of the Cliestoche
na river in Clicsna mining district, Territory
of Alaska, the said sums being the amount rc*
miircd by the laws of United States governing
tlic location and holding of mining claims,
necessary to hold said groups of claims afore
said for the following calendar year, to wit;
the year 1908; the said work having been per
formed by your former co-partner in said
claims, W. A. till key; and tnat the said W. A.
(iilkey has since sold and transferred to the
undersigned, Wm. A. Schroeder, Jesse It. Car
ver aud James Garrett, all his right, title and
interest in anil to said claims.
And unless within ninety days after the
completion of the publicntion of this notice,
towit; within ninety days after the 14th day of
May 1908, you contribute your proportion of
sucli annual assessment work, to wit; the sum
of one hundred dollars (9100) for the said Alice
group of claims, and one hundred dollars
(|100) for the said Company Number Two group
of claims, your Interest in said claims and all
of them, will be forfeited to and l>ccoinc the
property of your present co-owners,aforesaid.
Wm. A. Schroeder
Josho B. Garvcr
James Garrett
Notice of Forfeiture.
Valdc/., Alaska, February liltti., 1908.
To A. I'. M. Falck :
Von nro hereby notified that lliere lias been
expended In the years 19or>, 1906 and 1907, in
labor and improvements on the "Little Hlos
som" lode mining elaim and 011 the "Dig
Blossom" lode mining elaim, situated on Cop
per mountain, near Landlock Itay, I'rinec \Vf 1 -
11 a in Sound, Territory ol Alaska, in the Vahlez
Recording District, the sum of ftiOO.OO the said
sum beiiiK the amount required by the laws of
(he United States governing the location anil
holding of mining claims, necessary to hold
said claims aforesaid for the to'lowing calen
dar year, to wit; the year 1908; tho said work
having been performed by your copartner in
said claims, bonis Little.
And unless within ninety days after the
completion of the publication of this notice,
tn wit; within ninety days after the 18tli day
of June, 1908, you contribute your proportion
of such annual assessment work, to wit: the
sum of |!'j0.00 for said "Little lllossom" mining
claim, and the sum of $160.00 for said "Dig
lllossom" mining claim your interest insaid
mining claims and nil of them will be forfeited
to and become the property of your present
co-owner, aforesaid,
LOIMH LITTLK,
Co-Owner
NOTICK OK KKHTOK ATION OK I'CHLIC
LANDS TO 8.KTTLKMKNT AND UN THY.
Department of the Interior, General Land Ol
flcc, Washington, D. 0., February 'JA, 1908. No
tice Is hereby given that the public lands in
the following described area, which was ex
cluded from the Chugach National Portal.
Alaska, by the President's proclamation of
September 18,1907, if not otherwise withdrawn,
reserved or appropriated, will by authority of
theSecretary of tho Interior be restored to the
public domain on June 1,1908, and become
subject to settlement on and after that date,
but not to entry, filing or selection until on
and after July I, 1908, under the usual restric
tions, at the United Hsate* Land office at Ju
neau, Alaska: A tract of land extending 0110
mile back from the tide line, 011 both shies of
the bay known as Vnldcx Arm, following the
tide line from Its Intersection with tho line of
MAdeff. 80 inln. longitude west from Green
wich, easterly around the head of the Volrlez
Ann. Warning Is hereby expressly given that
no person will l>o permitted to gain or exercise
any right whatever under any seltlement or
occupation begun prior to June I, 100#, and all
such settlement or occupation Is hereby for
bidden.
ft. A. Italllngcr.
Commissioner of the General Land Office.
Approved Fobrnary 24,1908:
Frank I'leree, First Assistant Secretary of
the Interior.
In tho I'robate Court, Valde* Precinct, Terrl
tory of Alaska. Hon. John Lyons, Judge.
In the matter of the Kstate of I/ouls Brown,
Deceased. Notice of Final Settlement.
Not'ee Is hereby given that Kfiut Ilrantset,
executor of the Above named estate, has ren
dered and presented for settlement and filed
In said court his final Account as admln'stra
tor of said estate. And that on the 30th day of
March. 1Q0A, at the honor of 10 a. tn. At the
courthouse, before said court, In the town of
Valdc*, having been duly appointed by the
Judge for the settlement ol snch account*, at
which time any jieraon Interested In saM
estate, may AppeAr and file exception* In
writing to the same and make resistance
thereto.
Dated this 1.1th dAy of January, 1908,
Knnt Brantset,
Kxccutor of SAlri Will
, REMODELED.
into- tad Hold
SEATTLE
New Managkmknt Popular Pricks
European Plan Central Location
Finest Cafe and Bar In The City
Wilson & White Co., Props. Chns. Perry, Mgr.
C. C. Rudolph
PHONE NO. 3
DEALER IN
Doors, Windows, Builders' Hard
ware, Mouldings and Finishings.
Tar, P. & B. and Build
ing Paper.
PAINTS OILS GLASS
C. B. Overhisor Chus. Cowell
COPPER CENTER CLUB
C. B. Ovkiuiiskk & Co Props.
Fine Wines, I/iquors and Cigars
Everything First Class
and Up-to-Date.
COPPER CENTER, ALASKA
D. BERGMAN 8c CO.
KSTAHI.IKIIKI) lHti7
St. Paul, Minn.
La Hit est Dkai.kpk in thk Noutiiwest in
RAW FURS
SlUp Direct to Us. Write for I'rlce List
Ellamar
Mining
Companv
Powder, Caps, Fuse,
and all other nec
essaries for the
Prospector.
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Prices Reasonable.
Ellamar. Alaska
HOTEL DILLER.
Headquarters for V tildes* people. Lio rooms
Kates 50 eonts, |1 and $ I .f«0 per ilny. Flrstelnsa
Kestnurnnt in ronneellon. Free ISus. Opposite
U. S. I'ostotllee.
Cos. First Av. University st.. SF.ATTLF.
Hotel ARLINGTON
W. O. POTTS, Prop.
Kuroppim I'lan, Kemodelled niul Newly Fur
lllsheil. Telephones In Knelt Itooin. U.S. I'. O.
In HnlldiiiK. Hot and Cohl Water. Kates f>Oe
to |2.ii0. Qpottl^
1st Ayr it Uxivkknity St. Ot<llllC
To MCMILLAN FUR & WOOL CO.
■irorriKH BTI iqc
IHrOWTEKH J" UP i"C
MINNKAl'OI.lH, - - • MINN.
WRITE rOW CIRCULARS
If you desire write or ship to
McMillan Fur
&, Wool Co
1407 Lanoi.ky St., Victoria. B. C.
Notice of Sale
Notice in hereby given that 011 the 2nd day
of May 1!KW. ol 2 o'clock r m at tli<> Warehouse
of the Vnldez Dock Company at the westerly
end of the wharf of aforesaid Pock Company,
there will be offered for sale nnd sold lo the
highcHt bidder for cash payable at theennsuni
million of thu sale, the following personal
property:
1 Hbl. China, Marked Howe A Holler.
h libls. Straw " J. W. I.lttlo dt Co.
I Orlp "Burlapped " Stephen Kn<ly.
1 llbl Lanterns " Alaska HomeK'y.Co.
1 Case Flasks " O. C. Hltcliie.
1 Case Flasks " \V. II.lilackwell.
I llox Cnsli Itt-Kist• r " IteynoblH Alaska
Development Co.
3 boxes Term Cotla " Shippers Order, No
tify Alaska Cons, Co.
5 Crates Htalr Work. l)o
1 Cox Stair Work, Do
1 llox Column*. Do
1 Hdl. Wood Mouldlug. Do
12 Hundles Col* etc. Marked Oeo. It, Dedmau,
1 llox Chain lllock " Order Mallldle
Machinery Co., Notify Alaska Mottling Co.
Aforesaid properly having remained un
claimed and the trelght < barge* unpaid f«»r a
period of more than three month* from thl*
date the aforesaid properly will be sold In ac
cordance with the provision* of Sec. 278-l'art
V. Chayter 29 of the Alaska Code.
Valdez, Alaska. April 7th. 1<HW,
Valde* Dock Company.
A K, Orlgsby, Heey.
Notlcc of HcaHtiffof Account
IN TIIK UNITKD 8TATK.H COMMfBHfONBK'M
COURT, VAI.DK/. I'llKCINCT.Al.AHKA
IN I'HOHATK
In the Matter of the Kstate i
of (
Thomas W.Doherly,deceased )
Notice I* hereby Riven thai Nina N Doherty,
administratrix of the estate of Thomas W.
Doherty, dece,i«ed, having lllcd In this COtlft
her final account and report of her ndtnlnlsl ra
tion of the estate of said deceased, the hearing
of which ha* been fixed by said court for the
12th day of June, IWS, at 2 o clock, p m.t of
said day at the ofllce of (lie above named court
In the court lionse at Valde/,, Alaska, as the
ttrne and place of the hearing on said report
ami account: and all rx>r*oii* Interested In
said estate arc untitled that on or before said
day and hour to file any objections thereto;
and to appear at said time and place and show
cause If any they have why said final account
and report siionld not t»e approved and rallfl
od
Dated at Valdcr., Alaska, this ttth day of
April, l««.
JOHN I.YONH.
Probate Judge.