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THE LAWYER AND TIIK
NEWSPAPER
Deeming that his client * have by
reason of the publication ir» tin* Pros
pect >r of <i story «•«>jiin>^ the crime
with which they »r charged been
injured in their ch.-iices for obtaining
a tail-trial hy jtny, Attorney Fred
l)ro\\ n expressed i<' open court yes
terday his belief that tlu Prospector
is guilty of contempt < t court. Judge
Reicl, however, hi Id differently, and
in ho holding expressed liberal views
as to the provinces of the press.
Asa matter o' Sac* Mr. Brown was
laboring under tw iM;<pp:\ hensions,
the first thai a n . s|». p< r willingly
lends itself t ■ the purin.se .1 a law
yer desiring t > li\. ■ i'- '■ •! before the
general public, an ; !> mm hiiiI that a
newspaper publishi :■eeounl « of hap
penings for i).<• i u. | ■ !e oi venting
its own spite. In : • •.111• instance is
ihe c.iti
i nature.
!i>t rson
There arc, .i ei b\ ! i > !I• 'I.
newspapers than i •> ' • -a'ae m in
creasing I r.oir c i it . • In
groat length iipoi <v;iii< 1i.m< tiic
detail i ;«r.• "i m;;,
Seldom, however. i •
under suspicion i political promi
nence doei in.ilic > into tlit'
ecpiation; in joli'.n . a in love and
war, most ncwspap •. I. i. ve thai all
is fair.
Hut, aside from th -<• pn ;t iin
question, .Mr. limwn • < •mplaint \\
based on tin- fiii'ih:-; l> .i»»i mat : ,i
owners of .t n • .v-oap
up'in all que-ui • ii 1 in^ t » <i'»
the puhlicati r. o. n<". •. Ay.t..: Mr.
Drown buihl.-\\ iilem' )• >un-lat ion. for,
il.side iroin it ;> i ; 1.»li*•;.*. at; 1
attitude wills r •l. »ni t • «pi"*.t ion.- > i
groat public innim r.1 ■ • owner- 01 a
newspaper ii: ■. *" • 1... \>
in the selecting • matter
Supreme in <• mtn:.,e o: th ■ •"•tri• -t 1 \
ni'ws policy a i.ewsjij.pcr i the
managing cd. < a..i ; '.in pi-igiin i.t
all oth'Ti mi.; ; in ou.•
ease in one liunili. 1 ;i nv, i>< 1
'•enow, ual" .1 !.:.n.-t ■■ :> \.a riling
owner, whin 1 pa; « . < out in. <r
ll >W tvll.'ll i» I ■' t •' ei I •! i.1 ! i In lie
handled. A id 1 In • 1 <1 < - r h
t he Prof-pcctor; i he •
offer advice nor i - i.
for t lie purpo .i 1.1 i ll i
ti<>11 germane loilie .vciia! ■ 1 oicts,
and thisonlv when ! he ov ,e.--; - In si« «
to he such as would rata.ai!\ !«• ap
plied to by a M-eU'-i' 1 >! nu< nuati a
upon a cert .iin subject,
So far a-' < < • '< r:; ' ' • p: i . as
> t.v J.ho «;<l vi ■
t iin things, ami th'* »11 >*S iter <|u< .n
as to their news vain--, the judgment
of the editor maintain'. Tlnu 1 hi.,
judgment (i 1 i<I.~ o;>p< .sit i<m in the
judgment ot others i-. net a subject
of surprise, | art icidarh v. !i< .. the
opposition form H i . . its judgment
upon the fuel that ii is I. irnml.
. a> r
•iiia
TI10 oflleial eanva ;he vote for
delegate to congress ..hows that the
Third Judicial division cast almost
exactly (in p( r cent <1 tin1 total; the
Second division east 'J > percent ami
the First division l~> per cent. Ac
cording to the apportionm n! heivto
foro prevailing in torr.t'rail eonvcii
t ions oncli divlnion ban lift \ <|< :< vat<- •.
'I'llIh gives th" l-'irst di i ion as miieh
Htrength in convention , for it* l > per
C!ent vole as the Third gets for l»t> per
cent.. Would the Juneau p<-liti<• int s
label this as a square deal?
11 is hard to decide whether to
laugh or preach !■ normon hi n a |urj
stums a verdict in dcfi nice <>t the
ridcnee, the Iji'a ami llw iie<tmeti >is
of
the court.
^ las anylio<l\ not i< < 'I 11. .' I,• • i> i ;»••• ■»
president i:d nominees this year run
ii/pairs. There art Hill Hrvan and
till I Taft; Tom Watnon and 'loin His*
gen; dene Dchu and dene CliaOn.
A Japanese monumr til in Virginia
boarn an iiincrlptioti in two lauguugOH
—Janauese and Knglhih. It wiih
procted at the cxponnc ot the .Japan
ese government an a memorial t*» a
commissioner and inspector in the
bureau of the .lapanc «• tohaeeo mon
opoly! who dlod while slntioncd at
Richmond wevera I y ai> ago.
OtlO of the Interesting illustration
In the November Popular Mechanic*
whowh the huge intake of the new
I waterworks tunnel In the Niagara
I fiver, being rained ont of the wider.
The Intake keeled over and sank to
the bottom Just «« It wan heing
started on It* trip downctn ain.
A now method of protecting safes
I* to arm them with a grenade which
explode* when the mfe Is blown open
and MIIh the air with deadly fumotl,
|0 that hurglors eannot proceed with
their work.
BOLD BUST THIEF
IS HI8H FINANCIER
"Hobbie .Miller, the debonair little
chap who, two years ago, exchanged
a couple ol dollars worth of bird shot
for $01),OIK) worth of gold bricks on a
Tanaim river steamboat is again in
Seattle after an eighteen months' so
journ on McNeil's Island and six
weeks in Fairbanks.
Miller': eighteen months on the Is
land was4 !»v wa\ of earning $1{>,000,
also in g< 1<1 brick:;, and bis inopt re
cent trip nit:- Fairbanks was for the
purpose i f (."Heeling the money.
When Miller took the fortune in
g«>K brick*. which was lying around I
kino ot lo(...<> ,tnd arelcHS like on the
! deck ot 11:• • steamboat Tanana, he
didn't do it with an idea that he
could away with it. On the eon
t "iii'i , : > i -i.'v. 1 e would be caught.
Willi AliiJer it was business, not
burglary. Il« bad planned the deal 1
before he went i 't- Alaska, and when,
lie a-k d lor ami secured the position
ot night w.i Mi ni o:i tiic* steamboat
he was merely carrying out the pre
liminaries ti> I i ej.say into the realms
of higher llnaucc.
\VIn?,i hi.- < hanee came and he
K\vildied aii.miii.lit urn f<>r jjoltl (lust
and h'nitlu <h. t his hunk lie was j
inrr. lv <•< »!isien ly p.ir-niiiij; his plan
! i it:- ii ;.i • ••>.. 1 ■ i*-i• >i». As stated
l>« foiv. ;c !i:ic\v ,v n! . he caught. i
Ther i- ::■> t 11a:e :■ :i a'.vav"
in Alaska. \il !.<• .1 sir. d wa ■ that1
In In- cau;:ii' ;i 11•.-i* in- had ^ >t his!
hrii'k- clear »-l t..< -! i.i .tnd safely
cached.
Miller's plans \.<rked «»ut as In* had
laid thi-m. lie made nis way from j
: 11 j«* stc.unh at. . nd w ith liiin went
i tin1 bricks, Siinic ol : h« in—£&0,000
'worth- he cache ! under a warehouse
, on l lie ('hem>a Uivi r. The balance—
>l.),iiu i worth— !n curhe.i somewhere
else, wh 1 ■ <»:.I\ himsi If knows.
.
1 h.-ii hi caught and his case
| c '.aMished as the record in the erim
j itial iiiu'i.iU <>[ either Alaska or Yu
I1"."
It v,i:- alter he was taken thai Mil
■ c\ t r;iOniinar_\ business ability
s i . cd. The hi icia* ho
| ha.i take.i !.clunked to the hanks of
I'au 'i inks. T!ie\ wen consist ed to
: t... -ii a;'..it in .-'..'at.Ie ar.d .heir
;. \ is. . .. ii .. wa . iiSMu e<l 5.% an
C(imj#an\. Their value was
i\ i' ii in tliiin the hanks could
allord to li.se. or the insurance com
i j»;tn\ 11 <i;i 1 tn pay, which was pre-1
t ci:'el\ what Miller ii.-nl (inured.
s aired thai he would
j.;ci tlii i,care, t thin^ to a lite seu
i tcii'-c thut ;ls- Alaskan court had con
I'l aled aholil it .
"\li i' i}, I i. ' sini ltd Miller. "No j
In i ks.''
I"i.:• i>;i I s, i Ik insurance company
.. • I 111 •• < < (I i< i r^ < 11 I lie law 111 real mod,
i ;ij< !«•«!, |HMyt"! aixl «li«l other things,
l»i;l Miller-<miled them oil until thoy
v.crr r< ii«ly lit talk business. Then
I Miller mad.- I tit* I onus.
Aiu r short di< Kcring he offered to
•<w;tn ^ >0,(K)0 woiMi of the bricks for a
1 I wo w ars' sentence. The banks
wanted (lie ol her !&lfi,000, but, no in
<in< < men! which thoy could hold out
to Miiler moved him. Hp had figured
I that a-his homo slako and hp says
hiinn ii I i would have taken thp lim
it hrfon h< would have ho far thrown
down th< nuiguiilcent financial ntruc
I furp he had preefed.
In Hip pud ii was as Iip made it. Hp
Was given two years and Ipd tho Uni
ted Stairs marnhal and n squad of
wo ripd batd« rs acrosy Hie Chenoa
| and told them where to dig. Thpy
found their share and Miller was tak
« n to Hip government' penitentiary,
whore, by model eonduet, he eut
down his time to eighteen montliH.
TIipu he went Into Fairbanks, trailed
by detectives of the insurance com
pany, which Htill had to make good
for the $10,000 worth of dust he bad
cached for his personal use. And
now, denplte dotootlvoH and other
hindrances, he Is hack with a nicely
certified paper for the mint value of
th" balance he held out and announ*
ecdhat, win n opportunity comet, ho
will » he I his name and his past, and,
with the «tako In hand, go somewhere
where his ability for finance may
b ••full twlng."- Seattle Times,
lhoto supplies nt Owl Drug On.
VALDEZAN PLANS I
3,700 MILE TRIP
From Valdez to Seattle overland by
dog sledge, an approximate distance
of 3,700 milcH, is the job mapped out
for himself by Billy Cooper, an in
trepid nuislier of the Northland. The
start from here, according to present
plans, will bo made December 10, and
Cooper figures he can cover the dis
tance within three months.
The route of travel will be: Valdez
to Fairbanks over the government
trail; from thence to Dawson, touch
ing at Circle and Eagle; from the
Klondike metropolis to the mouth of
tin* llootalinka, and from thence fol
lowing along the Canadian telegraph
line along hake Teslin on Telegraph
creek, stopping at Hazleton, Bnlko
ley, Fort Frazcr, Blaekwater, Ques
nelle, Alexandria and Soda creek, on
the Frazcr river, and from thence
crossing over to Asheroft, H. C., where
the first railroad will be reached.
From Asheroft to Seattle the trip
will bo made over county roads.
Cooper figures that he will have t<>
break trail for (>9J miles with snow
shoes.
Cooper will have a specially ecu
strueted vehicle for his journey. it
will be known as a "hob sled."
Wheels will be ta'.cen along so thai
when bare ground is encountered
t hey may be substituted for the sh d
runners. The Alaska Construction
Company is making the basket por
lion of the sled, while Cooper him
self is making; t he runners and wheels.
Cooper will travel light and take
six dog:* to draw the sled. One ot
the dogs is a MeKeiifcie river huskic,
another a Siberian wolf, the others
being huskies and malamutcs.
Cooper, better known in the Yukon
country as "Caribou Hill." is one of
the characters of the northern coun
try. In lS9(l he went to Circle City,
was among the first stainpoders to
the Klondike, made money there and
then joined the Nome rush in IftOO,
where he dropped his bank roll, or a
goodly portion thereof, lie was on
t he scene when Fairbanks was boom
ing, and eventually came to Yaldez.
He is a man of tremendous energy
and poHsessess the nerve to carry to a
successful conclusion, if human en
deavor can avail, the long and ardu
ous trip lie has outlined for himself.
While in Dawson and Nome Cooper
was considered the welter weight
champion. lie met and defeated
Phil Smith, I'M Kelloy and many oth
er well known fighters.
OFFICER IS SHOI
BY INSANE WOMAN
Mrs. Blanche Duvall, an insane
woman, shot and killed City Mar
shal A1 Miller of Fairbanks at 1:30
this morning- Mrs. Duvall is now
in the custody of the United States
marshal's office.
Word of 'he shooting cnmo to Val
dez in the shape of a telegram from
Chief Deputy Marshal Hhea to Mar
aim! Love. The message states that
Shea has been obliged to employ a
woman to act as matron in the eare
of Mrs. Dnvall, and says that it may
be neeessbry to employ a second
matron.
Details of the affair have not reached
Valdoz, but It is presumed that (ho
shooting is the result of an attempt
on the part of the city marshal to
take Mrs. Dnvall into oustody.
Sunpect Murdera Patrolmntn
Portland, Nov. 3—J. B. Delanny,
while resisting arrest last night, shot
and killed Patrolman Htahl. Delaney
Is alleged to bo the man wanted In
Seattle to answer to charge* of rob
blnpf ears belonging to the Groat
Northern Railroad Company.
Former Alaskan Dlen
Seattle, Nov. 3—A Sydney, mana
ger of the United St ates metal redue
tlon works In ibis eltv, died last
night from tuberculosis. The do
ne««ed was 3« years old, and was well
known In Alaska where he spent a
number of years.
I
, (Inc) Bankers and General Merchants (Inc)
HART SCHAFFNER & MARX Clothing, the clothcs
that satisfy*
We have just received our big line of fall clothing*
W e carry Slims, Stouts, Shorts, Mediums; clothes to fit any
form*
Every suit guaranteed, read guarantee in our display window*
RRfCES FROM
&1S.QQ TO $30.00
We are especially strong this season in men's furnishing
goods of all kinds*
Remember your outfit for spring and get your order in early*
We carry the best goods money can buy, let us figure with you*
(All FOR noil! flOUR and 5. J t Canned Ms
sum ieo japs
USE FOUND GUILT!
Twenty-M-vcn Japanese, members
of tln» crew of the Saki Maru, were
j last night found guilty of unlawfully
killing fur seals. The jury was out
about twenty minutes. The crow of
the other schooner will he placed on
! trial tomorrow morning.
The ease agaimit the Japanese
i platted on trial yesterday admitted of
little contradiction on the part of the
defense. Assistant district. Attorney
Hay, in his opening statement, said
that he would prove that the schooner
| was captured within the three-mile
| limit ami that after her capture she
was approached by six of her boats,
in some of which were seals, just
killed. One of the small boats con
taining fresh seal skins and one un
skinncd seal was captured by the
Bear before the schooner was taken.
One of the boats belonging to the
Saki did not return to the schooner,
and lias never been heard lrom.
Mr. Ray's opening statement was
substantiated by the testimony of
Capt. Hcrtholf and other ofllcers of
the Hear.
In defense, Attorney 15. 15. Ritchie
had to offer only tlie testimony of tho
captain of tho schooner, which is to
the effect that he believed himsolf
twelve miles at sea. The day was
foggy, and the last reckoning had
been taken the night previous to
capture. The captain maintained
that if lie was within the three-mile
limit, his vessel had drifted thore.
Mr. Ritchie and Mr. Hay became
involved in a slight argument, as tho
result of the former's cross examina
tion of ("apt. Hortholf, Mr. Ritchio
endeavoring to make the witness
make a decided indentiflcation of the
defendants, or to admit his inability
to do so. Judge Roid intervened and
rebuked the attorney for the defense,
asserting that the proceedings savored
of sharp practice. Mr. Ritchie de
clared that he stood upon his rights
to have the defendants identified as
the same persons apprehended for
the alleged crime, Capt. Hortholf
identified the captain of the Hakl,
and the trial proceeded.
WirelcHH Btatioii For Wrangcll
Washington, Nov. 3—Tho govern
m|iit has ordered that a wireless sta
tion be immediately established at
Wrangell, Alaska, and also one at
Kt. Petersburg.
An automobile that, swallows Its
own dust Is deflcrlbe I with illustrA»
Hon In the Nfovembe^ Popular Mocb*
miles. l'ipo-t Kiiek upVthe dust from
I he roar wheels and (Jraw it Into a
box from which ll Is f^gahi deposited
on the road in granulated form.
Wortman's (Mouse
Bar and General Merchandise
Accomodations for Travelers
Pontius Magnuson Prop.
The Teikhell Roadhouse
48 Miles From Valdez
On Government Trail.
Best of accommodations for man and beast. Fresh Meat
always on hand. Horse and Dog Feed All the latest
improvements. PRIVATE ROOMS.
Mrs. Ed. Wood, Proprietor,
DRY CREEK ROADHOUSE
I/. G. and G. B. RORKR, Proprietors.
118 MILES ON FAIRBANKS
FROM VALDEZ ANI) EAGLE TRAILS
Alaska Coast Co.
S. 8. BERTHA, 8th of each m(,iith
S. S. PORTLAND,-5t|1cadi "nmt|1
From Valdez fof
Juneau and all Pugct Sound I'orlfl
JtightH Itcsorved to Change Steamers or Sailing Dates Without Notice.
A. S. DAUTRICK, General Agent, Vnldes?, Alaska.
VALDEZ HOSPITAL
UoBervation Avo. near Court House
Private Rooms for Patients Graduate Nurses
Hospital Tickets, $1.50 per Month.
Phone 77
DYNAMITERS Ft
OF THEIR PURPOSE
Hoattln, Oot, 80—PoraonR unidenti
fied lawt night exploded a big char go
of dynamite under tho twoatory homo
of I van Looh, almowt totally do«troy
Ing tho Htructuro. Might por*on«
wore In the hotiao at tho tlmo hut no
on© wan Injured. Tho nound of tho
©xplonlon wan hoard In all part* of
tho city, and glana wan ahattorod In
honnof* block* romovod from tho
Hcono of tho outrage.
Ixiort can glvo no reawon for tho at
toompt. upon hl» llfo. Thoro l« no olow
Upotl which tho oflflo«rn can net.
DYNAMITE SUSPECT
IS UNDER ARREST
Seattle, Oct. 81— Frank Wallace
was thlfl morning placed under arroat
on the Hiinplcion that ho In tho por
aon who night before laHt, attempted
to kill tho family of Ivan Loos. Wal
lace wjih recently sued by Loe«, who
aHk« Judgemont for tho aum of $t>9,
and It. Ih believed that tho dynamiting
wan done out of rovongo.
Wallaco donlcH any knowledge of
tho dynamiting other than that ob
tained by reading nowwpapor accounth
of tho affair. Ho la, however, unable
to give a natlafactory account of hla
whereabout* on tho nlgh^> of the out
rage, Wallace, according to tho po
lice, had throat ened to bo revenged
upon I/ecu.