The Alaska Prospector
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REPRESENTATION ON VOTES
The proposal t«» base representation
in the national convention 011 the
vote oast for tin* republican nominee
at tin* last preceding clcction lias
been raised at every national conven
tion since 1 s<i<> but each time has been
turned down because the party mana
gers feared the effect on the negro
vote in the doubtful states. Mark
Hanna defeated it twice in succession
for that reason and also because the
negro vote belonged to M< Kinley in
the conventions.
Nevertheless sooner or later the re
publican vote will be made the basis
of representation because the growing
sentiment in favor ot a square deal
ill polities as well as in business will
enforce the demand. The present sys
tem of basing representation on the
electorial vote gives a tremendous
advantage to the southern states
which never east an electoral vot > to
a republican candidate for president
and rarely elect a republican con
gressman.
South Carolina, Louisiana and .Mis
sissippi, polling less than in.nun repub
lican votes in recent elections have
18, is and "JO delegates respectively in
the national con vent ion, while Kan
sas, with *210,son votes for Roosevelt
In 15(01, has the same number ot dele
gates as Mississippi; Minnesota with
21ti,0/>l votes has only two more, and
Nebraska with l.'ts,.v>s votes has only
lti delegates- less than an\ ot the
southern states named.
This condition is h<> intolerable that
its sufferance for so many years is
comparable only to popular endur
ance of the brace game methods of
corporate monopolies until the recent
rebellion which has resulted in a
slight trimming ot high finance.
The country at present con
fronted with tin- sad spectacle of
having its president held up ii> criti
eism and subjected to acrimonious
abuse as one who has descended to
"dirty politics" in order to hrin^
aeout the nomination o( his own
choice as his successor. The press
dispatches indicate the prc-convcn
tion workings are <>t ;i character as
by comparison to make t lie Ketchikan
convention resemble a (piiltin^ bee.
However, it must be remembered
that a disgruntled politician i- in a
class by himsell when il comes to
making a noise like a mart\ r toasting
over a slow lire, and possibly the
president is less culpable th in it seems
at this distance.
Philosophy I?veil In Hanking
k That even «>n• • engaged in somater
ralistic an occupation as hanking can
on occasion indulge in philosophy is
evinced by (lie following, taken from
the address delivered by (ieorge H.
Caldwell, manager of the bond de
partment of tin- American Trust and
Savings Hank, of Chieago, before a
convention of Arkansas bankers:
"Binee I have lieen in your state I
have met many of your bankers ami I
find that your lite here in lliis beauti
ful, progressive and growing state is
much the same as with us, full ot
crosses and temptations, it is said of
almost every Chicago man that In
comes into this world without his
consent and goes out against his will,
and that the trip between the two is
exceedingly rocky at times. The
rule of contraries is one of the
features of his cxistancc. I find that
rule applies here as well as with us.
When a man is little the big girls kiss
him, and when he is grown up the
little girls kiss him; it he is poor lie
is a had manager, if lie is rich he* is
dishonest ; if he needs credit it is
hard to get, if he is prosperous every
one wants to "do him" a favor; if he
is in politics it's for the pie; if out of
politics he is not a patriot ; if he does
not give to charity he is a stingy cuss,
if he does it's for show; if he is ac
tively religious he is a hyproeritc, if
he takes no interest in religion he is
a hardened sinner, if he gives sym
pathy he is a soft specimen, if he
cares for none he is cold-blooded,
and usually a banker."
ED WOOD BUYS FOUR
FINE DRAUGHT HORSES
Four flno draught horaea, purchased
In Beatfle hy Kd Wood <»f the Copper
Klvor Draying ('otnpnny, arrived on
tho Ponnaylvanla. Tho animala. 1wo
Iron gray and two Mark*, are flnoly
matched and are |M>worful I«»«»lt i mc
horaea, weighing In tho neighborhood
of 1,700 pound* each.
Tho two toama will bo uaed In dray
Ing work Around Valdez and tholr ap
pearance thla morning eanaed many
expronalona of Admiration from lover*
of flno horao floah.
(oil For Bid a
nida will bo received by undor
algned until Thumday .June \ith at 4
p. m. for putting In flume l»o»>* near
.now dyke, Hpcciflcatlona In n»' offlee.
MjjL AI flrlKHb#
VALDEZ IS TO BE 1
GOLD MINE CENTER
Citizens Organize to Wrest
Fortune From Waters of
Glacier Stream.
Valdez is about to take unto itself
the glories of a gold mining head
quarters. True, there is not nnu'h
excitement attached to tin- newly ac
quired honor and it will not ho until
along in November that announee-I
ineiit will be made of the 'result of
'operations, but all that to the con
j trary gold mining is to begin iim I a!
company for the purpose has been or
ganized.
"Valdez (ilaeier Placer Mining
| Company" is the name of the new I
eoneern ami it is a close eorporrtion.
stock being limited to ten shares,
each member to hold one share only,
paid up Johnny-on-the-spot ;t
share. Fred brown is president and
and A1 (Irigsbv is sccrctary-treasurt r
of the eompany and the stockholders
arc Fred brown, AI (Srigshy. William
Scott, ('apt. black. K<lmtind Smith,
j Dr. Rv.st-rom,William Finical. Ilenrv
| Suessdorf, John Lyons ami Charles
Crawford.
With the exception <>! tli \v« r''
; necessary to construe*, a fbun •. tle i
I company will not ailtl much to the!
Valdez pay roll t"i it i» purposed to1
let the glacier stream do the w> rk
between now and the time ol the!
j clean-up- This latter job will be at
tended to by the stockholders in i
person, and in the meantime these I
stockholders will spend their spare!
| time in scanning automobile cata-j
| logucs and mapping <nit trips t hroii^h |
| F.urope, in anticipation of t he Novcm- !
I her dividends.
The plan, which is a child ol the
j brains of President brown and Secre
tary-treasurer (irigsdy , is to construct
ja flume, three feet wide, three feet
| deep anil fifty feet long and to build
therein riflles in which will he placed
quicksilver, the whole to be placed
! where the waters of the glacier will
1 How through it and deposit their
den burden, which will follow the
j dictates of affinity and amalgamate
, with the quicksilver. The rest will
I be easy.
It is known that the glacier waters
I carry gold in small quantifies and it
Ihe scheme proves a success it will
j be worked on a larger scale.
DETECTIVE KILLS
I BANDIT IN FIGHT
Pittsburg, .lime {»—One I>:i11<iit is
(load and three others are holding a
| citizen's posse at hay as the result «»t
'the attempt made this morning hy
l>ctcetive Knglchart to arrest all tour
men. The detective earn:* upon the
! bandits, who it is believed are
guilty of numerous rohheries
in I'ittsburg and vicinity, in the
neighborhood of Klizaheth and :>t
once ordeied them to surrender. In
the li^ht following one of the handits
was killed and tlie others made their
| escape.
At the time of the shooting tin
men were at the farm of John Patter
son, and l'fttterson and ICuglhart soon
summoned to their aid a half dozen
farmers and started after the handits
who were finally run to cover in a
smalt thicket where they are defying
attempts to capture thetn. Assistance
has h'een summoned and another
armed posse is on the way to the
scene of the trouble.
Wedding ilellB Out of Tune
Miss Margeret Lee and Frederick
Moby were married last evening at 8
o'clock in their future residence on
MeKinley street, (Vmimissioner John
Lyons performing the cermony. Wed
ding peans were tolled by several ex
uberant youngsters who substituted
various noise making instruments for
bells. The young couple are well- ]
known in Valdc/,, the groom being J
steward of the Tillikum club.
Muffler For OnaoUno Ktiglnc
Hob. Kutaehlnakl Of the Alaska Iron j
Works has InvontAil a muffler for
gasoline ami eoal oil engines, which i
after a trlnl on the launch "Put Put" j
has provwl to be satisfactory. The <
mufller makes the exhaust of Hie en-!
Kino almost nolaelens. A patent will j
be obtained for this novel mid defer
able Invention.
Fishermen hivn been using dynn- j
mite in the lake stream and large i
numbers of doad huh killed by explo
sive* have been found in tho stream
in tho last few day*. Citizens who
are keeping clone tab on the Offense
ask the Prosj>eotor to Hay that thoy
know who flred off some of the
charges «nd that a roourranee will re
sult In the arrest. of several person*.
N J* ,
ALASKA CENTRAL
TRIES TO SETTLE
Warring Elements to Hold j
Meeting and Make Effort
to Resume Work.
Seattle, .1 iiik* !>—John Hallaine,
promoter ol ihi> Alaska Central Kail
road is planum;;' for tin- resumption
of work on thai project and lias strong
hopes that these plans will mature in
the immediate future. Hallainc's idea
is to issue r< eeiver's eertilieates and
the advisability of so doin^ will be
discussed at a meet inn of t hose inter
est oil to be held in this city Friday,
at which time .lud^e Ueid of Alaska,
who appointed the receiver, will be
here. A. ('. Frost, president of the
road will also he present, coming
front C'hieai;o for the purpose.
I Y.iler t his plan, if it is agreed upon,
the receiver's cert ilieates will be a
first lien upon ali railroad property
and therefore ;.',iitc<hve security for
any moneys advanced upon them,
ai d it is asserted thai the money is
promised for immediat*. construction
ii|><in that basis.
S!K PERISH III
Mil HOLOCAUST
i
Silvertoii, Colo., June !•—Six per
sons dead, eij^ht ilyin^ and twenty
live iii danger i> the record to date of
a lire in the < ioltl Kinji mine. The
lire started I his morning; and is st ill |
burning and at least twenty-live men j
arc imprisoned, hut whether or not
they are dead it \-.< unahle to deter
mine.
As soon as tin* alarm was given a [
rescue si|uad was formed and started
into the mine Im11 ran into a sudden
blast o! poisonous j.',as which over
came them. A second rescue party
found the lirst and after risking their
own lives the members ot the latter
managed to get those i I the former
to the surface but loo late to save the
lives of those not alivadv killed by
I he nas.
The lire i- :-iill hnruing liercel\ and
will probably have to l>e Hooded as
there are miles o| workings so heavi
ly timbi red as i<» for a long time
furnish t• i• • I lor the llamcs. The mine
will not l>e ilocdcd until it is ascer
tained whet her or not those imprison
ed are dead or alive.
NEBRASKA TORNADO
KILLS TWENTY-FIVE
Omaha, .1 tint* !> Reports from
Southern Nebraska show thai I li«»
tornado of Saturday was far mom
serious lliau at first supposed. So far
tin- death list 11;i^ been established at
twenty live, and It f t \ persons are re
ported seriously injured.
As near as can be estimated the
crop loss will reaeli s.Mo.onn and the
loss due to the destruction of build
ings will m 'irlv approximate this llg
ure.
TANANA PAPERS
PRAISE JUDGE REID
.Judge Heid's conduct of court busi
ness in the Tanaua is highly oom
inendcd by all the Fairbanks news
papers, which hardly ever agreed on
any other subject. All comments are
in the vain ol the following from the
News.
Since his arrival in the Tanana
April I, Judge Reid has heen con
stantly at work, and tho manner in
which he has cleared up ollicial busi
ness has been a wonder to a lot of the
attorneyH of the valley who have
boon used to taking their own time
in jotting their cases disposed of.
Tho work of the court has many t imes
boon conducted at great personal in
convenience, many sessions having
lasted from early morning until late
at night, and while there was no olli
cial demand for the expenditure of so
much persomd time in the work of
his olllee, Judge Held has his sat isfac
tion in tho ooiiFoioUHneHM of a duty
well done.
Outside the work of tho court, tho
judge has made himself popular with
men of all classes and all factions of
lifo in the Tanaua. ISvory one has
been brought to the realization of the
fact that his honor is absolutely "on
tho square," impelled only by a de
sire t*> perform Ids duty as he sees it
and to moot out justice with an im
partial hand, without reference to
persods.
Capt.. Scliagc on Hnntn Crtm
('apt. I it J. Holwgo will on Mm
freight fltoamor Hnnta Cm/, iim »h«h
tor for (.'apt.. R. H. Oalno thno
monihH hence, when repairs now tin- ]
dor way nro completed on tho verncl. i
(Inc) Bankers and General Merchants (Inc)
Visit our BIG STORE while in the city and look over our line
of Dry Goods, Groceries, Ladies' and Gents' Furnishings, Boots, Shoes,
Hats and Caps, Rubber Goods, Furniture, Carpets, Linoleum, Mats,
Draperies, Glass and Crockery Ware, Hardware, Stoves, Miners'
Supplies, Etc.
We receive a large shipment of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables on
every steamer. Special attention is called to a line of S. & W.
canned Goods, which are the highest pitch of perfection.
DREYFUS SHOT BY
FRENCH FANATIC
I
I
Ceremonies in Honor of
Body of Zola Interrupted
by Murderous Attack.
Paris, June <>—Maj. Alfred Dreyfus
m.is shot and slightly wounded l>,v |
Loins Anthelne (Jregori during tli«> i
interment of tho Ixxjy of F.mile Zola
in I lie temple of fame today. Oregon
lired twice at .Maj. Dreyfus hut only
wounded liim slightly on the wrist,
'the assailant was prevented from
| doing an\ furl her damage hy Mathieu
] Dreyfus, the major's brother who
seized (Jregori.
fJregori is a writer on La Franco
Militaire a sedidous publication, and
it is said that he is a tool of La Action
Franeaise, a society the members of
which assert that the court did wrong
in refusing to grant an appeal from
the decision acquitting Dreyfus, i
| Since the famous trial of the man so :
long under the cloud of disgrace tho
I society has been doing all in its!
1 power tn cause a public feeling I
i against Dreyfus. Zola was one of the
st rongcsL supporters of 1 h eyfus in t he ;
| lalter's hour of trouble and it was in j
great measure due to the efforts of
the author that a second trial was
granted the army ofllcer. Dreyfus
took prominent part in the cere
monies in the temple and the shoot
ingcatised great excitement. (Jregori,
as he fhvd, cried out that. Dreyfus
was a traducer of his country and
deserved to die.
For a dramatic moment after the
shooting, and while (Iregori was in
the hands of Dreyfus' brother there
was an absolute silence, Dreyfus
smiling while he grasped the wounded
wrist, standing a few feet from his
assailant. Then the crowd, composed
in part of some of tho most notable
men in France, roared out in its rage
at (Jregori who was seized, his cloth
ing torn from his person and himself
badly beaten. Mathieu Dreyfus did
his best to protect (Jregori who was
finally turned over to the authorities
and locked up.
The affair caused a sensation in
l'arls and tho sentiment, of the major
ity of peinons as wo 11 as of the news
papers is with Dreyfus.
TREASURY PREPARING
TO EXECUTE NEW LAW
W/iHhinjjton, Juno 0 -The troaaury
department Ih getting ready to oxo
ente tho now currency law and <h tI)!h
effect. in preparing a lint f»f hank*, by
HlafoH. It haH a inouneod that. It Ih
ready to rocolvv application* for per
miHHioii to form curroncy AHfloolatlons.
Tho now law will not, permit tho
concentration of public funds hi any
one hank, iih han often boon the ewe
heretofore.
I will remain in my office Thnnidav
ovonlnj/q from 7 to 9.
(3. T Daooktt, Don tint,
Noxt to Seattle Hotel.
AIM (Otlimm COHPAtlT
COOK INLET STORES
Susitna Tyoonok Sunrise
Merchandise, Stores, and Outfits of all
kinds, necessary for Miners, Prospect
ors, Hunters and Trappers. Large
stocks of guaranteed quality 011 hand
at all seasons of the year.
PURCHASERS OF FURS OF AM, KINDS
Tclogrnph mid Mail ^ ToWfl lfl Itself. Ma.ikHiiiith Shop,
Station. I etc., etc.
Wortman's Roadhouse
FOOT OF SUMMIT, TWENTY MILKS FROM VATjDHJZ
Accommodation for 40 horses. Warm Doghouses
A FULL STOCK OF GENERAL. SUPPLIES
KI(KI(ilir_'/() rnrtcd for
from Vnhlez to the Summit
Pontius Magnuson Prop
The Teikhell Roadhouse
48 Miles From Valdez
On Government Trail.
Bent of accommodations for man and beast. Fresh Meat
always on hand. Ho rue and Dog Feed All the latent
improvement*. PHI VATIC ROOMS.
Mrs. Ed. Wood, Proprietor.
DRY CREEK ROADHOUSE
I/. G. find O. R. RORER, Proprietors.
11S MILES ON FAIRBANKS
FROM VALDEZ AND EAGLE TRAILS
liasha
Steamship
Company.
SEATTLE - VALDEZ ROUTE
FROM VAI/DV;Z:
Pennsylvania - 12
Santa Clara - - - - 19
Kara! Ion 27
Htrnincr Dora *atU from Hovvnnl the 15th of
caoh month for t'linlnxba nn<t way port*
J. If. Ht'Ncit, Vai.dkz Dock Co.
P. & P. A., Hoattlfl. Lor-nl Aftanb.
VALDEZ HOSPITAL
Reservation Ave. near Court Ilouwe
Private Rooms for Patients Graduate Nurses
Hospital Tickets, $1.50 per Month.
Phone 77