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VALDEZ, ALASKA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1912. wo. 151
HE IS PROMOTED
TO OETTEB LIFE
Dusky President of Haytian Re
public Blown Heavenward by
Explosion of Powder
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Port au Prince, Aug. 8.-Gener
al LeConte, president of the re
public, and his entire household
were burned to death, including
400 others, when his palace was
destroyed by fire following an ex
plosion of a powder magazine ad
joining the palace. The explosion
demolished the palace, burying
the inmates under the ruins, Are
quickly following, cremating those
who were imprisoned in the de
bri«. The explosion went off with
terrific force, demolishing many
buildings in the immediate neigh
borhood.
DENIAL UNNECESSARY
FIGHTING CONTINUES
Mexico City, Aug. 8.-II is de
nied here that peace is in sight
or any where close al hand. Thir
teen states are yel in open rebel
lion and the federal troops are in
«'i state of disorganizal ion.
MAYOR GUVNOR
TO VISIT FRISCO
Bay City Will Give Mayor of Qoth
am a Warm Reception Dur
ing His Stay
San Francisco, Aug. 8.-Mayor
William J. Gaynor, «>f N„*w York
City, has accepted tin; invitation of
San Francisco ami the Panama
Pacific International Exposition to
visit this rily next mnnlh. While
here many honors will he shown
I he dist inguished chief executive
of the metropolis of Ihe United
Slates.
Mayor Oaynor w'ill spend ten
days in California and while here
will journey to the "Grove'' to
witness the annual "jinks'" of the
Bohemian club. He will he taken
over the exposition site and var
ious functions will be arranged in
his honor by the municipal auth
orities and exposition directors.
This is Mayor Gaynor's first
visit to California since his elec
lion to office. He has always ex
pressed a deep interest in the
coming world's fair and is anx
ious to learn more about the pre
parations for this great project.
PLENTY MONEY
TO PROBE GRAFT
Rookefeller Hat Been Induced to
Use Influence and Purse in Be
. half of Qraft Probe
Now York, Aug. R.-The commit
lee of wealthy busir.e »3 men wn#>
hnvo come together »vil'i n view
• I < xposing the m jmi p» I graft
.->candals and punishing the guilty,
have induced John D. Roekofeller
to join tho movement. He will
sco fhat Hie probe does not fail
for lack of money.
If is the intention of tho com
mit Ice <o employ a force of de
tectives lo report upon tho pro
looled vires of the city and lo
place the responsibility of lis ex
istence whore it belongs. The dis
DONT TAKE TO NEW CONSERVATION
RESENT WjCKERSHAM'S RUTTING IN
Chicago Moose Herd Breaks Away After Nominating Roose
velt and Johnson—Taft Will Veto Tariff Bills—Marsh
all Will Campaign Maine, Roosevelt, Rhode
Island, and Johnson In Illinois
Chicago, Aug. 8.-Both Roose
v.olt and Johnson were nominat
ed by acclamation under a sus
pension of the rules. There was
not a noil call or ballot taken dur
ing tin' entire convention. The
n»»w parly was formally christen
ed the "Progressives," leaving ofl'
I he prefix "National." The plat
form follows closely |he lines of
Roosevelt's speech. Aside from
I he conservation theory the plat
form promises the people of Alas
ka the same measure of self-gov
ernment that has been given oth
er American territories, and that
federal olTicials appointed for the
territory shall be bona fide resi
dents of Alaska. Senator Dixon,
of Montana, was selected as
chairman of the national commit
tee. Roosevelt will begin his
campaign in Ilhode Island on the
ICth of I his month and will speak
throughout the Pacific coast
states beginning in October.
Johnson will begin his campaign
in the stair of Illinois, taking in
the middle west.
Ruby City, Aug. 7.—Conservation
policy announced by Roosevelt and
parlieipaled in by Wickersham,
doing incalculable damage |o the
delegate's prospects for re-elec
tion. People here opposed to Col.
Roosevelt and his conservation
theories. HIame Wickersham for
mixing up in Chicago convention
against interests of Alaska.
Katalla, Avig. 8.-Citizens here
indignant Wickersham's partici
pation in Hull Moose convention,
by which he gave Alaska's coil
son I. to Roosevelt's ultra conser
vation cult. Katalla killed by
conservation and will resent
Wickersham'* at I il ml«» of acquies
enee by overwhelming majority
against him.
r.hii'Jigo, Hoosevidl I•• fI here for
Oyster bay at 2 o'clock this af
ternoon. Oscar Strauss, of New
York, will he named as the Pro»
gressivescampaign treasurer, and
George Perkins, of the Harvester
I rust, and Frank Munsey, the pub
lisher, will be placed on the finan
ce committee.
Seagirt, Aug. 8.-Governor Mar
shall will campaign in Maine, cov
ering the state thoroughly.
Topeku. Aug. H.-Governor
Slnhhs won I In* senator-ship over
Curl is afler a sluhhorn li^ht in
the slale wide primaries. This
leaves a hlfee outlook for the ad
ministration forces in this slale.
Wa^hingon, Aug. 8.-AI a cahi-j
nel nu'elin^ hehl this morning]
President Tall staled (hat lie!
would \i11o Ihc recent 1> passed
wool larill' schedules, generally
known as the amended La Kollelte
hill. I
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Iricl attorney's office is continu
ing unabated its work to ferret
out I lie guilty parieipants in the
recent murder plot in which the
police arc involved.
New York, Aug. 8.—John Rocke
feller, Jr., is in possession of im
portant proofs regarding black
mailing graft in this city obtain
ed through detectives employed by
himself. This proof will be used
as a basis upon which the volun
teer committee will work to un
earth the crookedness existing in
municipal departments of the city.
HERE'S A MAN
DESERVESSUCCESS
Alone and Single Handed He
Drives a Long Tunnel to
Drain a Creek
Naif While, of Lynx creek, lias
just II n is hod one of (lie biggest
jobs ever undertaken by one man
in Alaska or any oilier mining
country. He has completed a tmt-j
nel through solid rock 1,100 f.»i»i
long, to draw off Hie water on
Lynx creek, in order t<» gel a! the1
! rich placer lhal lies on bedrock,
but wh'ch could not be worked on
account of Hie water. The tun
nel was started several years ago
and work has been delayed by ihe
fael that White bad to gel oul and
work at day's work in order to get
money to carry out his own plans.
He had prospected on Lynx creek
until he was satisfied that the big
money was there if only some
scheme could be worked to drain
the creek bottom effectually.
When the project of tunneling the
mountain was first broached, the
idea was derided by almost every
one, and no one cared to work
on the proposition, declaring that
it was impossible to complete the
tunnel without putting on a big
crew, and then it would tako a
world of money. Unable to get
workmen to take an interest with
him, and having no money with
which to hire help, White started
alone nnd unaided and finished Ihe
job.
Sanders, the painter, return
ed on the Mftriposa after a short
slay in the flpiril City.
LAND O'GOTION
TO NUGGET FIELD
What Years of Patient Labor and
Faith in Country Wili
Accomplish
It's a long .jump from a Texas
cotton Held lo a placer claim in
Alaska and not always a good
jump to make, but J. E. Matlhie
son, of Sunrise, figures that it
was the best move of his life. Ten
years ago, discouraged with just
barely earning a living from year
to year, Matthieson decided to
make the trip to Alaska and see
if he could not make more money
mining than the ranch would
bring him. He settled at Sunrise
and started looking for placer, as
It is the cheapest to work and the
Matthieson finances are at a low
ebb.
On Resurrect ion creek lie bl
eated some ground, which, while
it did not pan very high, had some
gold in every pan, and then began
the long grind of getting together
enough money Id buy a plant. The
three sons helped and every year
saw some prospecting done on the
ground and something laid a«ide
for the plant.
Sometimes when there was al
most enough money on hand to
make I he purchase, the opportun
ity would come up to buy adjoin
ing ground, and 1he chance was
too good t«> be ov *rlooked, and
the money would go into more
ground until at last the Matthie
gon family owned 22 claims. Late
last, summer the plant was bought
paid for and installed. This year
the old man and the three boys
started work as soon as the water
started to run, and up to the 1st
of July had cleaned up 9fl,tfl0 over
and above all expenscs.-Seward
Oateway.
KILLKD
IN MINK EXPLOSION
Bochuni, Oer., Aug, 8.-Two
hundred coal miners are dead as
the result of an explosion here in
a coal mine as the result of the
presenoo of lire damp.
Mark Olcason, of I.andlock bay,
ii in the city.
KAMI NATIVES
6IVEN HEW HQME
Removed to IvanofT Bay, Where
They Are Started in Life
Anew
Tin* people of Katmni village,
together with a few from Afog
nak, ahout too in all. have been
taken hy the 8. S. Manning li> Iv
anofT bay, a little west of Chignik.
on Alaska peninsula, where the
government has set them up in
housekeeping, furnishing them
everything from houses to dories
and a sein.
The new village has been nam
ed "Perry" by Captain Reynolds,
in honor of the genial captain of
the Manni ig..
Captain Merry says the sile for
the building is wonderfully beau
tiful, having a fine land-locked
harbor and an excellent beach.
There is also plenty of flsh and
game. While the Manning was
there I lie men made a haul with
the sein, getting such a large
eatcli of salmon that they could
not pull il ashore without great
danger of breaking the net. For
• nice in their lives, at least, the
people of the now village were
thoroughly clean, and with com
plete new outfits, have a clean
start in life.
Eigh of Hie people of the old
village, who were very badly dis
eased are in a temporary lazaret
to in Kodiak, under the care of
Dr. Joseph A. Silverman, awaiting
transfer to some hospital.
Taking everything into consid
eration, the people of Katmai are
in far better circumstances now
than they were before the erup
tion. and they, at least, have rea
son to be thankful for the disas
ter.-Orphanage News-I.etter.
The real reason for the with
drawal of the Hcrfha from the
Southwestern Alaska run and con
verting her into an exclusive
freight carrier is the recent, edict
that she should carry no deck
loads. As much of her freight
was carried on deck the little
sfeamor did not pay expenses af
ter the deckload order went into
effect.
MOUNTAIN CLIMBERS
RETURN TO STATES
Dawson, Aug. 8.-Four members
of the Parker-Brown Mount Mc
Kinley expedition have reached
hen* anil are reluming lo their
home in the states. They are
certain Ihe l.loyd party never
made tin* sunimil of llu* moun
tain.
Mrs. \V. A. Dickey and dau^h
l.-r, Hester, art' in Ih«» city from
l.amllock bay.
MAKE GHftNGES
GABLE SERVICE
Cordova Hopes to Have Headquar
ters of the Cable 8ystem in
Their Own Town
i
i Seattle, Aug. 3.-Ninety miles of
jcable for deep sea and interme
diale service to Alaska has been
ordered, and is but an item for
jinany improvements planned f«»r
11 lie Alaska system.
Kvenlually il is believed the
government wireless stations will
lighten the load of the cable and
take care of nearly all the com
mercial work, thus leaving for the
cable mostly government busi
ness.
Another improvement planned
is to make Cordova the head
quarters for the interior business.
However, no assurance can se
cured at this time how soon this
may be brought about.-Cordova j
Alaskan.
bUPERViaiNQ INSPECTOR
COMINO HERE SOON
Wnshinglon, Aug. R.-Georgo
Uhlor, Hupprvising inspector of
strain vpsspIh for Hip United
Hf.alps, will visit nil Ihe princi
pal porl» of Alnskn during Ihe
prpscni sumnipr. Mr. Uhlpr. I»p
forn coming info h|m prpspnt r»f
flrp, wn» provident of the Mnrim*
Knginpprs' Assorinlion.
William Bnnok lins Im-kiiii nn
action ngnin*t Kri Thompson nnd
Dave Wnllncp for *5PI.2B for
wage- ilur. K. K. Hitrhin nml I,.
Reed nr«< attorneys for Hip plain
I iff.
THE MARYLAND
AT PORT WELLS
Information Erroneous Owing to
Mixing Up of a Message Re
ceived at Whitshed
The dispatch received yester
day stating that the Cruiser Mary
land had started for Yaldez was
an error due to the (angling up
of a wireless received by the na
val station at Whitshed.
The Maryland is still at Port.
Wells and will remain there un
til the work to he done in that
neighborhood is completed, which
will be some time tomorrow. The
vessel will then either proceed to
this place or Cordova. If to the
latter place the Maryland will not
reach here until about the 151Ii
of the mouth, as her itinerary
frives her four days in Orca Inlet.
FALCON JOSLIN IS
SEEKING HONORS
San Francisco. Aujr. 8.—The
Ihiril annual meeting of tin* Inter
national Highway Association i-^
in session here. Falcon .T<• 1 i11
was selected as senior vice-pres
ident for Alaska.
SENATE STANDS BY
AMERICAN SHIPPING
Will Encourage American Ship
ping and Qive Coast Lower
Freight Rates
Washington. Ani:. K.-.\fl«w a
lengthy debate Ih«» senate refused
to strike out Hit* House provision
from tln> Manama Canal loll ex
fiuptifiK American coastwise \e<_
scls from paying lolls. Senators
favoring exemption of t • • 11 held to
the position thai when Iii•> I'liited
Slab's obtained sovereignity over
the canal -1 rip. it wiped out the
provisions of (lie llay-Paunre
fo(e |realy. guaranlccin;; oilier
nations equal rights with Ameri
enns using the canal, a position
maintained hy I lie mo-i aide in
Irenntional lawyers.
John <irecnleaf i* <• :ied to
town on the Mariposa iasl night,
after having spent I lie season on
Slate creek.
VALDEZ MINING GO.
RESUMES WORK
Propose to Run Lower Tunnel to a
Point Under Pay Shoot on
Upper Levels
Work will be begun on I In*
properly of Hie Valdez Mining
company, o(T (lie glacier. This
morning a dozen pack animals be
longing |o .lames K. Wilson were
loaded with provisions ami pow
der fo he taken lo the properties.
It is the intention of Mr. Ker
nnn, the snperintemlent. to extend
the lower tunnel to n point under
Hie pay shoot showing on the two
tunnels above and on the apex.
The company has decided not l<»
lei n contract nnd will do the work
I hemselves.
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