Jelephic N®
Santa Clara At Seattle
Seattle, June *27—Steamship Santa
Clara arrived this morning from Val
dez and way polls.
Jail For Denver Bookmakers
Denver, June '27—The bookmaker
arrented laHt week for violating the
anti-gambling law were sentenced to
six months in Jail and flned $100 each
this morning- The bookmakers will
take an appeal.
Another Gould Wants Divorce
New York, Jane *27—Mrs. Frank
Gould has by applying for an abso
lute divorce, added to the divorce
reeord established by the (iould fam
ily. It is announced that Frank
Gould will not contest the action.
This is tlu> third divorce action
participated in by a member of the
4 lould family. Mrs. Frank Gould was
an actress at t he t iine of her marriage.
IyOeb Refuses Chairmanship
Oyster May, June.'to William Loch,
Jr., has refused to accept the chair
manship of the republican national
committee, tendered him by Presi
dential Nominee Taft. Mr. Loch said
tins morning that lie will enter pri
vate husincss after his duties as sec
retary to President Kooscvclt cease,
with the retirement of the latter.
Spanish War Hero Dies
Cincinnati, Jiiiir '27—Col. Alitor,
famous as a hero ol San Juan lull
• luring 111«• Spanish-Ameriean war, is
dead. Disease «•<n 11 racted in tin*
tropica was tin* cause of death.
Congressman Parker Is Dead
Lead City, S. I)., .Iiiiic 27 Con
gressman I'arkcr <>t South Dakota
died here v esterdav atternoon. I ><*;it li
was caused hy dropsy.
Capt. David Wallaee Dies
Seattle, June '27- ('apt. David Wal
lace, tor thirty years an employe of
the I'aeilie ('oast Steamship C-nnpany
died here l is! nigh'l •
War With Japan Far Off"
Boston, .1 une 27— War with Japan,
if such a thing ever he, is at present
so far nft as to he unworthy of con
sideration according to the belief of
Judge Thomas liurke of Seattle who
is in this cit s enroute home after
nearly a year spent in the Orient as a
commissioner tor the Alaska Yukon
PaeiHc Imposition. Judge Knrke ex
pressed this opinion during a con
ference with Presidential Nominee
Taft.
Bertha Sails Northward
Scat tle, Jnne 2ti Steamship Bertha
of the Alaska Coast Company sailed
for Valdc/. and way ports yesterday
with a tull passenger list and a capac
ity cargo ot trcight. Steamship Sew -
aril ot t lie Alaska Steamship Company
has arrived trom the north an<l will
depart Tuesday with a lumber cargo
lor < 'ordova.
Whites Warned From Canneries
Seattle, ■!niu* "JIi — Tin* 1 Titit**<l Fish
ermen's lTnion has issued a warning
to white men to keep away from
Ketchikan. The warning stales that
the canneries arc supplanting whites
with Japanese to man (he seine
h< >at s.
Copper Takes a Fall
New York, June 2<>— Copper took a
fall today descending from 12.87-.'■•y
I2.7f».
Gamblers Gain Court Victory
New York, June 2<5—The race track
gambler* gained a victory in the
supreme court (his morning when an
order was issucil dismissing the case
against them in the lower court. The
supreme court holds that, the indict
ments are illegal hecause the wording
of the complaint is wrong.
A-Y-P Fund To He Investigated
Seattle, June ;w>—United States'
District Attorney PJtncr IC. Todd has J
heen ordered to investigate1 the colli-i
hined Seattle and state appropriation i
of $l,(MKi,(KH> for the Alaska-Yukon
I'auiflc Imposition and find out it it is |
hona tide. 1'pon the report made by
Mr. Todd will depend whether or not
congress aids the exposition, for it* |
$(i.')0,000 appropriation is dependent,
upon $1,uuo,oou being raised by the I
state nnd Seattle.
ltnbonic Plastic On Steamship
Na^aski, Japan, June tfO The (!an
andia Pacific liner ttmproHa of China
arrived here this morning and in un>
dcr quarantine heeau*e of t lie prcHonco i
aboard of btihnnle plague. It is re
tried that there were twelve deaths 1
aboard the vessel but. only one is
admitted to by her officer*.
Martial I,aw In Persia
Teheran, June :W) - The *hah haa
declared martial law throughout Per
Mia and the Cossacks have beeh given
free rein to do as they please in their
effort* to defeat the revolutionist*.
Fifty members of parliment are con
fined In dungeons and are being tor
tured. A press censorship has been
established Other governments have
been advlfled that foreigner* arc hi
danger In Pemla.
BRYAN FIGHTING
FOR FIRST BALLOT
Denver July 2—Bryan's followers
are leaving undone nothing that will
tend to assure his nomination on the
tlrst ballot. Governor Johnson of
Minnesota and Gray of Delaware,
through their managers, deny that
they have on common ground organ
ized against the Nebraekan.
From Lincoln, Neb., comes word
that the friends of Mr. Bryan want
the not ideation of his nomination de
livered to him in his home In Fair
view. The politicians are insisting
that Mr. Bryan receive the uotitlca
tion in gome big city.
Sullivan of Illinois says that the
delegation from that stato may offer
John Mitchell, tl e labor leader as a
i vice-presidential candidate.
So tar the platform discussion has
been coullncd to the anti-injunction
plank.
'"After the temporary organization of
the convention, next Tuesday there
will be an adjournment of one day,
out of respect to the memory of for
j iner President Cleveland.
BLACKBIRD MINE
IS RICH PROPERTY
(Continued from page 1)
In? a navigator would undertake to
run a si cam vessel in the rushing
tides of that arm of the inlet, where
the tide rip runs like a wall of water
from a hursted dam. lie made the
head of the Ann safely and after
tackling several placer properties set
tled on a string of claims at the head
of Crow creek, lie has heen doing
development work on these for several
years and has taken out considerable
money although he has never worked
on bedrock, which is nearly 100 feet
deep.
Millions In Gold
The hydraulic mines of Cook inlet,
Mr. Girdwood believes, will be yield
ing gold coin for the next 100 years.
His Crow creek mine, owned by the
Crow Creek Hydraulic Gold Mining
Company, carries pay dirt from the
surface and where sampled at bedrock
has given up from $1 to $1 a yard.
Mr. Girdwood's home is in New
York but he spends more than half of
each year in Alaska, which he con
siders the great est mining count ry on
earth, and he believes further that
the noblest work of man is to extract
gold and copper from Alaska's in
wards.
Orchard Will Not Hang
Poise, July 2—It has been Dually
determined that Harry Orchard will
not be hanged, despite his demand
that tin* death sentence he carried
out. The governor today announced
that Orchard's sentence has been
commuted to life imprisonment.
Jacobson After Johnson'*) Job
St. I'aiil, July 2—The republicans
of Minnesota today nominated Jacob
JaeobHon as candidate for governor.
Am (lovernor Johnson will not be a
candidate the republicans believe
they are certain of victory.
Perland Gets Noiulnation
Hangor, Me., July 2 -The republi
cans of Maine today by acclamation
nominated Hert Kerland for governor.
Saratoga Contract Ih Awarded
The contract for raising the wrecked
si earner Saratoga from the reef off
Itushy island has been let to the
I'uget Hound Halvnge Company of
which J^mcs K. I'haro is manager.
A cable message received Unlay by
the Valdez Dock Company in this
city announced the fact. The rock
Ing steamer Santa Crust will do the
work but she has not yet sailed from
Seat tie.
T/lgbtbouHc Ih Delayed
J. 10. Ferguson, who has the con
tract to erect the lighthouse provided
for ('ape llinobinhrook came to Val
dez on the Pennsylvania for the pur
pose of ins|>octing the sit** for the
lighthouse. II« says that, the con
struction will not begin until some
time next year.
LAW PROVIDES FOR
MINING ALASKA COAL
The manner in which the coal de
posits of Alaska may be mined iu net
forth in the bill passed at the last ses
sion of congress and which is entitled
"a bill to encourage the develope
mcnt of coal deposits in the territory
of Alaska." The full text of the new
law follows.
"Be it enacted by the senate of the
United States of America in congress
assembled,
"That all persons, their heirs or
assigns, who have in good faith per
sonally or by an attorney in faot
made locations of coal lands in the
territory of Alaska in their own inter
est, prior to November 12th, 190*5 or
in accordance with circular instruc
tions issued by the secretary of the
interior May lttth, 11)07 may consoli
date their said cluims or locations by
including in a single claim, location
or purchase not to exceed 2(550 acres
of contiguous lands, not exceeding iu
length twice the width of the tract
thus consolidated and for this purpose
such persons, their heirs or assigns,
may form corporations who may per
fect entry of and acquire title to such
lands in accordance with the other
provisions of iaw under which said
locations were originally made; pro
vided, that no corporation shall he
permitted to consolidate its claims
under this act unless seventy-live (75)
per cent of its stock shall be held by
persons qualified to enter coal lands
in Alaska.
" See 2. That the United States
shall, at all times, have the prcfer
enco right to purchase ho much of the
product of any mine or mines opened
upon the lands sold under the provis
ions of this act as may he necessary
for the use of the army and navy and
at Much reasonable and remunerative
price as may he fixed by the presi
dent, but the producers of any coal so
purchased who may be dissatisfied
with the price thus fixed shall have
the right to prosecute suits against
the United States in the court of
claims for the recovery of any addi
tional sum or sums t hey may claim as
justly due upon such purchase.
"Sec 3. That if any of the lands or
deposits purchased under the pro
visions of this act shall be owned,
leased, trusteed, possessed, or (•on
trolled by any device permanently,
temporarily, directly, indirectly, tac
itly or in any manner whatsoever so
that they may form part of, or in any
way elfcct anv combination, or are in
anywise controlled by any combina
tion in the form of an unlawful trust,
or form the subject of any contract or
conspiracy in restraint of trade in the
mining or selling of coal, or of hold
ing of such lands by any individual,
partnership, association, corporation,
mortgage, stock ownership, or con
trol, in excess of 25(10 acres in the dis
trict of Alaska, the title thereto shall
be forfeited to the United States by
proceedings instituted by the attor
ney general of the United States in
the courts for that purpose.
"See. 1. That every patent issued
under this act shall expressly recite
the terms and conditions prescribed
in sections two and three hereof."
I
Frame Gets Cordova Alaskan
John Frame took over the Cordova
Alaskan last week, and will henee
torth he editor and proprietor. 11 «•
had heen part owner of the paper
from ita start. Mr. Frame is one of
the hest known newspaper men in
Alaska. Me eomeH to Cordova from
Juncao, where lie had lived for a long
time and had boon editor at sometimo
of nearly every paper published there.
He recently Hold the Juneau Trans
cript, and gave up the editorship of
the Juneau Record to come to Cor
dova. Mr. Frame in a clever writer,'
a good boomer and a hard scrapper
and will no doubt make t he Alaskan
lively enough.
William II. White, a colored man
with gold tilling in his teeth, is
wanted by hit* sister at Youngstown,
Ohio, reports the Douglas island
News.
James M. Lathrop and Mrs. Latli
rop were passengers for Seattle on
the Farallon. Their stay outside will
lie of short duration.
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IN 'I'll K 1'NITKH HTATK8 COM M IKHION
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VAI.DK/. I'llKCINCT
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of > In I'rubnlo
Kolicrl A White, ilccenncil. ;
lly Order of snld Court imulu heroin on the
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Imvini! elnlms ncnlnst void <leeen«e«l, or
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SEATTLE - VALDEZ ROUTE
FROM VAN)HZ:
Pennsylvania - - - 12
Santa Clara - - - - 19
Farallon 27
HIcmniT l>orn vkIIh from Howiiril (ho Ifttli of
eni-h Month (or rmilnxkit nti«l wny jM»rln.
H. Hunch, Vai,dk'/, Dock 00.
F. & P. A., Hcntllo. Local Agent..
Patronize
a Home
Industry
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machinery; refrigerator plants; en
ines, steam, gasoline and kerosene;
eating plants, plumbing, etc., etc.
Steam Fitters
VAI/DK2 - - ALASKA
A specialty made of repair work on
any kind of machinery, boilers, en
gines, etc. Pttmns driven. Work
promptly and efficiently executed.