CAMPAIGN PROBE I
IS PROGRESSING
Shown Thai tha Big Corporations I
Furnished Thres-fourtha of
the Funds in 1904
Washington, Oct. 3—Former
""^Treasurer Sheldon, of the Repub- i
Jican National committee, testi- i
V fled before the Senate Investigate ]
ing committee that the large cor- I
porations furnished three-fourths <
of the funds for Roosevelt's cam- 1
paign in 1904. i
Archbold, Morgan, Frick and i
/^-Could gave $100,000 each, and
Ifarriman gave $240,000. Senator 1
Dixon, of Montana, campaign <
manager for Col. Roosevelt, here <
interrupted the proceedings by i
charging thai the committee were
only probing the Roosevelt funds i
and demanded that the collections i
and expenditures of all parties be i
taken up. Much wrangling endued,
h when finally the committee made i
it known that all contributions to
the several parties will be impar
tially looked into. The commit
tee were taking witnesses as they
came.
MANY HOLDUPS
. NEAR FAIRBANKS
Miners Aroused After Many Dar
ing Robberies and Threaten
to Take Action
*
Thr» miners on the creeks about
Kail-hanks are much exercised ov
er .1 number of holdups which
have recently occurred in that
section. Says the Times:
"Aroused at the steady increase
in petty thievery in the district.
"The rubbery of the bunkhouse on
C 2 below, Chatanika river, Thurs
day night is taken by residents
of the camp in the light of the
proverbial straw that caused the
camel's hack to give way. The
robbery was as daring as it was
unlooked for, and has caused the
operators and miners of the dis
to lake more than the usual
p- amount of precaution in safe-,
suarding their gold and valuables,
file first report <»r I lie theft
reached here yesterday morning,
il being brought by some of the
^ laborers who are working for the
laymen on the claim.
"Brown. Dunlap «Sc Roberts an1
the laymen on the ground, which
ij owned by Sehatipp & Keeler and
which lies well in tin.' flats of the
Chatanika, some distance below
town. The robbers are believed
to have entered the bunkhouse
while the men were all asleep,rifl
| ed the clothing of the laborers and
departed richer by 970 in coin and
about 925 in nuggets. Of the eight
men in the bunkhouse, two lost
pfert of their valuables. One of
the men lost $54 In coin.
"It is rumored in the camp that
some action will be taken by the
t miners unless the department of
.justice autfiorlzes the appoint
ment of a creek deputy within a
«hort time."
William Schmidt, ably second
ed by Mrs. Schmidt, has opened
a neat delicatessen in the store
rooms formerly occupied fry the
N*P"roda Cafe, next door to 8. Blum
& Co., where all the little delica
cies can he had in season. Such
an establishment is a novelty in
the city hut will undoubtedly
prove a success.
Grant Remington in night-watch
man at the sawmill. /
The "Dutch,;.-lunch" at N",
„ Schmidt's, next to Blum's. Try it.
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WILLIAM SULZER
FOR GOVERNOR
teoeives Democratic Nomination i
on Fourth Ballot—Seventh
Time After Job
Syracuse, N. Y., Oct. 3.—Con
gressman Sulzer was nominated i
ror governor on the fourth ballot 1
>y the Democratic state conven
,ion. Governor Dix, who was a i
candidate to succeed himself,
vithdrew on the third ballot, '
riaking the nomination of Sulzer
certain. , i
This is the seventh time Sulzer <
las boon a candidate for the po- i
>Iti«>n. Alton B. Parker, who was
'boson permanent chairman of
be convention, in taking the ga
said Ibat the New York dele
gation's actions in Baltimore were
ictuated solely in the best interest
»f harmony and in conclusion said
lint In* was a Progressive IVmo
• ra I.
WILL TELL
HIS RECORD
Seattle, Oct. 3.—Robert T.
Hodge, progressive candidate for
governor, says be has heard that
hi record as a prize fighter has
been dug up, and says be will
"beat them to it" by telling of his
l ing batt les in his slumping tours.
His last appearance in the ring
was with Tommy Reilly, in which
Hodge was knocked out after one
minute and i5 seconds.
DE PALMA WINS
VANDERBILT CUP
Milwaukee, Oct. 3.—I)e I'alma,
driving a Mercedes, won I lie Van
derbilt eup, making his 299 1-2
miles in four hour.} and 20 min
utes and 30 seconds. TelzlefF set
a furious pace: for 200 miles,
when his engine burned, taking
him out of the race. Immense
throngs viewed the race.
THOMPSOM
CONTINUE WORK
The annual meeting f>F Ihe
Thompson-Ford Mining company
was held last evening and Ihe
following direclors were chosen
for the ensuing year: W. D.
Thompson, J. W. Oilson, Fred.
Wilson, Al. howling and Wm. M.
Wilson. The directors elected the
following off leer* of Ihe com
pany: President, W. I>. Thomp
son; vice-president, Fred. Wil
son; secretary-treasurer, J. W.
Oilson. The report of the secre
tary showed a satisfactory and
economlcat management of the
company's affairs and the resour
ces of the company were such as
to justify the continuance of de
velopment work all winter. Rup
plles for the winter's work are
now all on the ground. The com
pany recently put In a car system
lo handle ore and now have a good
supply of- air since the installa
tion of a fan.
Work on the Mountain King,
at the head of Mineral guloh, is
progressing very favorably. Mr.
Smith proposed to place develop
ing machinery on the property <•
the spring, being more than sat
isfied with the showing made in
the lower levels this season.
HEARST MAGAZINE rl
DENIES FORGERY
lays Originals Badly Blurr«d and I
Copies Were Made on Anoth
er Typewriter
New York, Oct. 3.—In reply to
he charges made by Collier's 1
Weekly Hearst's Magazine denies I
hat the Archbold letters in ref- <
jrence to furnishing campaign J
funds to the Roosevelt campaign 1
,vere forgeries. It says the orig- i
nal letters were badly blurred in i
copying and were re-copied on an- I
>ther typewriter and made as near I
in exact reproduction of the orig- i
inals as possible. I
STAGE LINE 10 '
WILLOW GREEK
Business Houses Responding to
the Call to Keep the
Trail Open
The subscription list being eir-j
culated to subsidize a stage line
to run between Valdez and Willow
creek is meeting with much en-j
couragement, sufficient progress
having already been made to as
*ure the running of a regular
weekly stage during the winter
months. The bench! to be deriv
ed ijy this town by the inaugura
tion of thi.s service and keeping
the pass open to travel cannot be
overesl imated.
The business houses which have
so far been seen by the committee
and the amounts subscribed by
them are here given, and will be
published each evening until the
full amount is subscribed. The
amount opposite the names will
be paid in each month:
Valdez Dock Co *50.001
S. Blum 50.00
V. B. & M. Co 50.00
Al. White 25.00
Ingram & Bush 25.00
Tony's Place 25.00
Seattle Hotel 25.00
Exchange Bar 25.00
Northern 25.00
B. F. Millard 25.00
Owl Drug Co 20.00
O. A. Bergen . 10.00
I ove-Whitley Co 10.00
K. W. HAnt 5.00
Valdez Sheet Metal Works 10.00
Si. Klias Hotel 10.00
A. von Gunther 10.00
William Hopper 5.00
STATE OF OHIO
TO CHOOSE SITE
San Francisco, Ocl. 3.—Gover
nor Judson Harmon of Ohio and
three commissioners will arrive
in this city early in October to
select a site for the state build
ing at the Panama-Pacific 'Inter
national Exposition.
The chief eexcutive of the
''Buckeye" state is scheduled to
leave Columbus, Ohio, tomorrow.
'During his stay in this city the
governor is to b® the guest of
lionor of the exposition, and the
Ohio State 8ociety is also plan
ning for hi8 reception and en
tertainment. $
The danoe given last evening
in Moose hall by the Ladies' Ouild
for the erection <>4 a contagious
ward in the Hospital of the Oood
Samaritan, was a social as wall as <
a financial success, the hall being
crowded to oapaoity. Many novel
features Were Introduced, contrib
uting largely to lt>e "success of the
entertainment.
1VICTS LYNCH I
A NEGRO BRUTE
»risoners in Wyoming Peniten- I
tlary Fool.Both Sheriff and
the Mob
Rawlings, Wyo.t Oct. 3.—Con
rcts in the state penitentiary i
ynched the negro assaulter of
3randma Higgins, an old lady of
10 years, who was known to have
)cfriended the brute. Fearing the .
nob the sheriff had secretly re- '
noved (he negro to the peniten- ■
iary and at- the moment of the
ynching Ihe officer was defying a
nob in front of the county jail,
lent upon taking (lie prisoner.
IALDEZ LEADS
BANKING CAPITAL
This City Has Largest Paid Up
Banking Capital of Any
Town In Alaska ,
The hank of tin* Yaldez Banking
ami Mercantile company has in
creased its paid up capital slock
from 88,300 to 8100,000, besides
having a surplus of $11,507. A!
the stuck of this well known in
stitution is now fully issued ami
paid up, giving Yaldez. with the
bank of S. Blum & Co., a banking
capital of $300,000.
Nome comes next with a hank
ing capital of $225,000; Fairbanks
and Juneau with a capital each
of $100,000. Other towns in the
territory have much lower capi
talizations.
This speaks well for Yaldez and
her business affairs, but it's not
a marker to what we expect to
have within the next four or live
years, by which time we will have
had an opportunity to develop our
.latent mineral resources. The
hanking business breeds conserv
atism, there being no more cau
tious calling in the realms of
business and when we see the
banks gradually and steadily ex
tending the scopo of their work
we are forced to the inevitable
conclusion that their field of bus
iness has widened, compelling
them to meet the additional dr-1
mands made upon them. I
FUTURE HOME
BE IN SEATTLE
Mrs. P. D. Overfleld ha.* re
turned from San Francisco, where
she went after visiting Mrs. Mont
gomery Russel and Mrs. Pierre P.
Ferry, and ig at the Peryr Hotel.
Judge Overfleld was a passenger
on the Victoria, and after making
some visits on the coast he and
Mrs. Overfleld will return to Val
dez, Alaska, for the remainder of
his term as United State* federal
.judge for the Third division of
Alaska. Upon completing this
term in June, Judge Overfleld will
probably reside in Seattle.—Post
Intelligencer.
Mrs. Rudolph Schmidt is hav
ing the front of the Fraotion
building changed preparatory to
Ihe establishment of a delicates
sen and Dutch lunch house, an
(veil as a Germany bakery. It in
expected the establishment will bo
leady to serve customers within
Ibo next 1ft days. —
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First ptarmigan of the season
at the Vatdez Cafe.
INUM THE JAPS
STRONG BACKER
ndomitable Jap Has Plenty Back-ji
ing to Open Hie Aniak
Properties
Seattle, Oct. 3—W.-da, the Jap
anese musher, is in the city on
iii3 way to Nome. He will leave
Friday on the Northwestern. He
is backed in the opening of his
Vniak properties by Mclllhenv, the
Louisiana Tabasco king, and says
tie has money enough to open his
properties so I hey ran he worked
In advantage.
A very convenient landing float
lias been placed al the Yaldez dock
for the convenience of the mos
quito fleet and small launches. All
traces of the late accident have
[)een removed, workmen being now
engaged in rebuilding I lie ware
houses which were demolished by
I lie Mariposa bulling in.
AN ULTIMATUM
TO TURKEY
London, Oct. 3.—The Halkaji|
Coalition are mobilizing one mil
lion soldiers and have given Tur
key one week in which t<» accede
to their demands for complete
automny. Iloumania has prom
ised to aid Turkey in ease of war
ami Italy i> helping in preventing!
an attack upon Turkey.
GEORGE E. ADAMS I
RETURNS TO PEN I
Seal lie, Oct. 3.—(ieorge K. Ad
ams, recently released from 1 lie
penitenliary on parole, after hav
ing- served a portion of his term
for robbing the government as
say office here, still persists in
his innocence of having contem
plated counterfeiting. He has re
turned to McNeil' Island lo com
plete his term.
RUNS AMUCK
ON STEAMER
Dan Clavelle, a Hunker creek
roadhous<> keeper, who was a
passenger upstream on the steam
er Casca from Dawson recently,
became insane when two days out I
(Tom Dawson and, seizing an ax,!
look possession of the lower deck
for a time.. Captain Charley
Bloomquist was equal to the oc
casion and turned the hose on
the man for a short time, which
unexepected treatment cooled him
down lo such an extent that he
wan taken in charge and placed in
the "strong" room on the boat,
where he was kept until the
steamer landed here, when he was
taken to the barracks, where he is
now recovering. It was a case of
too much booze. Dr. Clark i* of
the opinion that Clavelle will be
all right in a short time. He was
on his way to visit his old home
in Montreal.—Star.
Judg« fUtlr*s From ■•noh.
Los Angeles, Oct. 3.--Superior
Judge Hutton has positively reit
orated that he will not bo a can
didate for re-election to the su
perior bench and in proof of his
statement officially withdrew his
naino from the public flies. Judge
Hutton wa» the presiding judge
in the Dnrrow bribery trial.
SAYS COLUMBUS
WAS SPANIARD
Cuban Scholar Has Documents to
Prove Discoverer Was Born
in Spain
New York, Oct. 3.— Dr. Con
stantino de Horta y Pardo, of Ha
vana, a Cuban scholar of note ami
a fellow of the Royal Spanish Geo
graphical society, has undertaken
to prove to the satisfaction of the
American Geographical society
and theHispanie Society of Amer
ica lhat Christopher Columbus
was a Spaniard and not an Ital
ian. He maintains that Columbus
was horn at I'onicvedrn, (lalicia,
Spain, and not at Genoa, Italy.
I)r. Ilorta has gathered a mass
of documents l'» prove his con
tention ami these are now in New
York awaiting the consideration
of tin* American <ieo^raphicul so
ciety and I lie llispanie society.
After these organization* have
completed their examination. Dr.
Horta purpose^ to publish I lie de
tails of his research in a pam
phlet .
FELLS DEMOCRATS
HOW TO WIN
Helen McAvoy Tells Seattle Dem
ocrats That Victory is Put in
Thirty-six Hour Days
Mrs. II.|,mi .Mitchell McA\o>,
formerly of Cordova, ami well
known in Valih'/., js doing politics
in Seattle. She is a constant at
tendant ill Democratic meetings
and the newspapers freely <piote
tier remarks and advice. About
ten days ago before the King1
llounty Democratic Club Mrs. Mc
Avoy prescribed the following
formula:
"You won't gel Democratic suc
cess through belting in pool halls
r»r loitering around hot-air head
quarters. but you've got to put
in a 30-hour day from now until
election." She then went on to
skin the big Hull Moose as fol
lows :
"The most pathetic thing iu
this campaign i> the benighted
women who are standing by Theo
dore Roosevelt, the only presidenf.
r>f the United States who bv force
compelled a woman pleading f«u*
the rights of her husband who
was unjustly discharged from the
navy, to leave the While House
ground, where she had gone on
nn errand of mercy.
"The animal guards -al the
While House were given orders to
eject her, and they did so with
Bitch physical vigor that she was
ill at the Willard hotel for six
veeks from the effects of the beat
ing. Thai woman hod a brother
In congress, too, but the drag at
Lhe White House, under Roose
velt, was so strong that even he
could do nothing. And some of
you women are supporting a
candidate for president who could
iffer such an affront to one of
your sex."
Mr. Holland, before leaving for
he outside, let a contract to Cook
»nd Ritz to run 100 foot of tunnel
»n the Big Four properly on Min
eral creek, depo-iling $2,000 in
the V. n. A: M. bank to pay for the
work. Provisions and supplier are
now on the way to the properly.
Mr. Holland will return here in
February, when he will bring with
Mm a hundred tons of develop
ing machinery to put on the
claims.
Household furnishings for sale
?.heap. Inquire at'cable office.