THE CONVENTION
IN NEW YORK
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Nom'nate Oscar Straus for Gov
ernor of the Empire
State
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Syracuse, Sept. T.^-The pro
gressives of this state met in con
vention here, nominating Oscar
Straus for governor, he being a
dark horse. Although not an act
ive candidate his name had been
frequently mentioned as a possi
bility in that connection.
Slraus was a member of Roose
velt's cabinet, having been Secre
tary of Commerce and Labor and
an ardent supporter of the Col
onel. During the excitement of
I ho nominations Jack McGee, one
«>f the Colonel's Rough Riders,
tossed his suspenders on the
platform, pausing a gToat out
burst of cheering. There were
22 women delegates on the floor
of ttie convention.
MINING ENTERPRISE
SOUND FOOTING
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The Alaska-Qa8tineau Properties
Are to Be Mined on a Large
Scale
Announcement (hat Hayden,
Stono. & Co. haw taken an inter
est in the Alaska-Oastineau prop
erties will he read with great in
terest. The principal mine involv
ed is the Alaska Perseverance,
though coupled with if are prop
erties on Sheep creek to I tie south.
The group constitutes the south
ern' part of the great lode that
runs through Silver Bow basin
back of Juneau. To the imme
diate north is the Alaska-Juneau.
and beyond that the Ebbners. The
large size of the ore bodies has
been established. Up to the pres
ent. none of the properties on this
lode have been adequately finan
ced, and with ore worth but $1.50
to $2.50 per ton, large scale op
erations are imperative. It fs
proposed to tap the Alaska-ftasli
neau ore bodies at depth by means
of an adit and to erect a large
•nilI on the chanm ' below Juneau,
following essentially the same
lines as already adopted by the
Alaska-Juneau and discussed last
week. There is every prospert
of success, since failure in the
past was due rather Jo bad financ
ing than poor mining. Mr. John
R. Mitchell, the man )»n the
ground, having tnnde the best of
n poor situation.
With the death of \V. ,T. Suth
erland the properties came under
the control of Messrs. B. T,. Thane
and \V. P. Hammon, and now that
adequate funds are to be provid
ed. another large low-grade mine
in the Juneau district would seem
to be assured.-Minfng and Scienti
fic Press.
James R. Hayden has begun
an action to recover a tramway
from the Reynolds Alaska Devel
opment company, which he alleg
es he had In storage with the de
fendants at Horse Shoe bay, on
I,atouche islAhd. The tramway
if, valued at $7,500. Damages to
Iho extent of $500 with costs 4s
also prayed for. It appears that
the tram wa« sold under an ex
ecution to S. A. Hempfe, and bf
the latter sold to, Tfayden, wtyi
then stored it with tfr^ defendant
company, who later r«fu$ed"(6 dlk
liver ft to HaydeY). '
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Ralph \VllMniVja Is fA 'from
Shoup bay, where he has been de
veloping properties In which he
is Interested.,
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SHERMAN ILL
M WITHDRAW
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Taft's Running Mate May be Com
pelled to .Withdraw From Tick
et on Acoount of III Health
Boston, Sept. 7.-Vice-president
Sherman, who is seriously ill, may
withdraw from the Republican
ticket on account of his inability
to participate in the campaign.
It is rumored that should he do
so the /national committee will
probably select Curtis Guild, now
ambassador to Russia, to fill his
place.
GOVERHOR CLARK
'RETURNS SOUTH
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Says While Congress Was Giv'ng
Alaska Home Rule It Should
Have Done So
Seattle, Sept. 7.-Governor Clark
leturned from St. Michael on I he
icvcnue cutter McCullough. He
criticizes the limitations of the
Lome rule bill, saying that as long
«s congress deemed lhal Alaska
hmild govern i|s own local af
fairs, sufficient latitude should
have been given its legislature,
in the enabling act, to do what
Ihe bill wag presumed to p.**init
Khe people to do, that is govern
themselves. He characterized t h»*
ill as a half way measure.
SURVEY PARTY
ON THE GROUND
Ready to Survey Bering Coal Field
Under Auspices of the Navy
Department
Tim Mariposa, on this I rip
nnded I In* government's surve;
•arty ai Kalallu, consisting of \ ■
urn each skilled in his own tlc
partmenl, all under the direction
»f Dr. Joseph A. Holmes, head of
flie Federal Bureau of Mines.
The intention is to make a sur
vey of the coal eld.? with a \ic\v
of the use of the coal by the nn\>
in Pacific waters, has been un
dertaken by the Navy depart men),
in conjunction with the (^oiuinis
sioiier of the General Land office,
congress having appropriated the
;gum of $50,000 for thia purpose.
Not only will the coal fl.Md he
surveyed but the measures them
selves will be studied to ascertain
'whether the coal can he profitably
mined. No patent^ having been
issued, the title to the entire field
still rests in the United States.
The party will at once begin pack
ing supplies in from Katalla to the
flelda in order to be in readiness
to begin the actual work when I)r.
flolmes assumes charge.
A study of the availability of
the Matanuska coal field,' which
Jg tributary to Seward, is now be
ing made by ofTicer* from the
Cruiser Maryland, but the decision
fof the ' governrhenl to project a
»\irvey of tfie Bering river cOal
field tins'glvpu real hope tV> Aldsl
[j.anA thftt the building of ft rail
fofta in, (hat cooA'lry i« also un
ite r cotiHltfehklieih "hy Ihe govern
ftifcnt. the MattViusVi* field f* at
ftvotfr ea'^lf reached tlimn
Ihd efrrrtii najfl; though ]faHW
wlfo tldWalfcf!
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MINING COMPANIES
' IN WATER FIGHT
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Ditch Company in Nome Sues for
a Million and a Half Dollars
Damages
Nome, Sept. G.-The Miocene
Ditch company, controlled by the
Pioneer Mining company, has in
stituted suit against the Wild
Goose Mining company for a mil
lion and a half dollars damages
for having diverted the waters of
Nome river for I ho past six years,
al'eging. thai said waters were
act|u.red by the Mioconr Ditch
company under rights obtained
through purchase from the Cam
pion Ditch company. Fink and
Lornon represent the plaint ill's
and William fSihuore the defend
ants.
Nome, Sept. f».-Judge Lyons
eaves for Seattle on the Victoria,
having finished the docket. Three
miners who were prosecuted by
the Pioneer Mining company wore
acquitted.. Before returning lo
Juneau Judge Lyons will visit his
parents in Walla Walla, Wash.,
meeting Mrs. Lyons in Seattle.
iTlie legislative election is creat
ing but little interest, the people
here having but little confidence
in the bill parsed insofar as its
■power to pass remedial legisla
tion.
ATTORNEY GRILLS
CITY OFFICIALS
.New York, Sept. 7.—At the trial
• f Inspector Hayes, the attorney
grilled Police Commissioner Wal
do, and showed that (Saynor's pol
icy was not lo suppress vice, but
lo merely have his administra
tion present an outward appear
ance of decency.
T
TO TESTIFY
Washington. Sepl. 7'.—Mor^an
will probably be supoenaed t<>
testify before Ili«» Senate Investi
gating Committee. regarding con
tributions made to the political
parlies within the past, few years.
SOCIETY GIRL
REFORMING CITY
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Chicago, Sept. 7 .-Virginia
Brooks, a young society girl re
former, has started an investiga
tion exposing the crookedness of
politicians and now has caused
the arrest of gix women a* white
slavers.
HIGH ELYER
MAKES RECORD
^ !*«• MillIH
H ou I gat#, FP*nce, Sept. 7.-Gar
ros, the well kriotvn aviator, as
cended to the height of 10,240 feet
exdfeed.lflgU^ ffilford by 2,400 feet.
bo'rt't' target ' the Womctft's
(luild a riinneV next
Thursday evepTng In the* Arties
building, Afcjfopley and Keystone
ItWel#, 1
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TO MEET THE
ALASKA TRADE
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ncreasing lis Output to 1,000
Tons Daily in View of
Alaska's Output
Tacoma, Aug. 31 .-Counting on
a great increase in the output of
the copper mines of Alaska, and
|>r paring to grasp a large pro
portion of this increased busi
ness, the Tacoma branch of the
American \Jleflning & Smelting
company will build anew practi
cally Ihe entire plant at Point
Defiance during, the coining year
at Ihe. estimated expenditure of
$300,000.
The plans <>f Ihe company for
this year include Ihe const ruc
tion of Ihe new copper smeller,
which will have a capacity of l,_
000 |<»ns of copper ore a day. and
three new blast, furnaces with a
converting department. One is
now completed. New flues will be
installed and a sleel building 300
by i00 feel long by about 00 feel
high will be erected. Work on
1his has been started.
"The explanation of these con
templated improvements." said E.
Y. Walker, manager, "is that the
directors see the light. They
know what Alaska is going to d«i
and wish lo prepare for this enor
mous increase in Ihe output ot
copper ore, which is bound to
come with the opening up of the
country for general development.'
FAMOUS BEAUTY
DIES IN JAIL
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Njew York. Sept. 7.—Carrie
Beauty, who became famous in
Ihe production «»f the Black
Crook, in Niblos (larden. and an
old-time friend of Ihe late Sen
ator Tom Piatt, died here in jail,
the victim of the morphine hab
it.
WORLD'S SERIES
START OCT. 8TH
New York, Sept. 7.-Tlu» world's
"Merit's will begin October Hlli. II
,:iow looks a* if the Now Yorks,
i»f IIip .Nationals, ami Boston,
of llu» American League, will meet
for I lie supremacy.
FED POISON
TO VICTIMS
Chicago. Sepl. 7.-Frances Ford,
Ihe woman arrested f«»r complic
ity in the murder of Messmaker,
at West Hammond, Indiana, les
tifled that 12 of the victim* in
Henri floss' resort were given to
(cjrink from a b|ack bottle, re
sulting in a short time In their
death.
SAMPSON ARRIVES
IH SEATTLE
Seattle, Sepl. 7.-The Steamship
flainpson arrived at midnight with
a heavy freight list from the
north. She will sail on Sunday
evening.
Don't fail to attend the Mooao
dance thig evening, an a specially
good time in promlnod everyone.
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LOOSES IN RACE
FOR HIS LIFE
Loses Life When Within 8ight of
His Goal in Race Against
Death
Rochester, Minn., Sept. 7.-John
Morrow, a well known merchant
of Council City, in the Nome dis
trict, lost in a 52 days' race on
a stretcher against death, in an
effort to reach the Mayo Brothers,
H,he famous surgeons, whom he
hoped could cure him of cancer.
Morrow breathed his last just as
lie reached llu* sanitarium.
TUFT WITHDRAWS
i THE OIL LANDS
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President Withdraws 37,000 Acres
of Oil Land for Use of
the Navy
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Washington. Sepl. 7.-l>residenl
|Taf| has issued an executive or
der withdrawing 37.000 acres of
oil lands adjoining (lie Midway
.fields in southern California f«»r
the use of ttie navy. Experts es
timate that tliet will give the navy
a fuel supply to last for al leasl
|25 years. All entries which have
jbeen made on the reserved lands
jliave been ordered cancelled.
OUR MINISTER
OK BOLIVIA FAKE
Tells of 250 Americans Who
Stampeded on the Ferguson
Letter
This spring will long for re
membered hy many Alaskan min
ers, who. afler getting llu- Bolivia
gf 'd fever. stampeded to the South
A.: ■•rir an "diggings" in further
.M'iinjh of the p. eciou* metal. The
iimllierners, nearly all <»f them,
Igol "stung" properly, as reeenl
interviews hy some of tin- unlucky
,prospectors will testify,
i h. I), fiarvey. an Alaskan min
jer who has been, during many
jyears life at mining, in Porcu
pine. Allin, Nome. Council, Can
dle and Cordova, wrote a letter
to Horace <*;. Knowles, American
minister to Bolivia, not long ago,
asking for further information
about the mining prospects in Bo
livia. In reply Ambassador
Knowles sent the following re
ply, from La Paz. It says:
"Replying to your inquiry rel
ative to the gold mining situ
ation in Bolivia, I would inform
you that within the last Ave
months more than 250 American
gold seeking miners have arrived
in La Paz. Nearly all of them
were tempted to come down hore
by a certain flotitious letter sup
posed to have been written by one
John Ferguson to Jim McCormlck
f>f Iditarod. Alaska, and wftich let
ter was full of lies and misrepre
sentations regarding placer mta
ing on tfie Tfpuani river in the
rjorthiern part Bolivia;. 'The
nald letter was a fako.
"A few of the «>ald 2.r»fl inin|,t*s
braved the hardships and went
lo the Tipuahj river and to oth
er sections In search of placer
gold. The most of them have re
turned to I.a Paz with unfavorable
(Continued from page 3).
RATE GUTTIN6
STILL COMES
The Rate War in Southeastern
Alaska Promises Still More
Slashing
Seattle, Sept. 7.—The manag
ers of the Steamship Humboldt
announce that they will cut the
passenger rate* to the lowest they
have ever b«*en to all points in
Southeastern Alaska in retaliation
of the cuts made by the other
steamship companies in the hopes
of running the Humboldt off Ihn
jroule.
Max Knlish, mami^iT of tbe
llumbobll. says bis sl«-anu*r can
slaml I lit* slash in ral«*s about as
: we 11 a any nf tli.> hIIkt liiu* ami
that lln* llumbiibll has 11<• I >• • L
'announced bedrock ral<*-.
NEW CAMP IS
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Considerable Development Work
, Going on at Ruby and Bright
Future Ahend
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j l.ong creek is .-slowly hut sure
ly pushing forward lo a most «ub
sLanlial standing in Hi'* mitiiiipT
world.
A telephone message was re
ceived last night by .lark Connolly
staling thai Alec Cameron ami
partners had reached gravid on
I lie Susie Association and found
a good prospect. This line* up
•villi I lie money found on the low
er end of tin* Novikaket, lioslon
: Bench. No. N below and I he Key
slope Association. Mr. Cameron
:belie\e* only a lillle more work
,wii| be necessary I• • land the pay
's! reak.
j Captain Crane is in town and
reports an encouraging prospect
'on the lower lay of the Keystone
|A social ion.
j Andy Webster's men on the ad
joining ground above have finish
ed 3ft0 feet of flume, built a hop
'per. and are making the prospect
hole larger and timbering if for a
working shaft. By the time Wob
'sler arrives with 1 ;• 'her for a
'dump b"''. they \ * .• ••• uly Irt
{.sluice. ff the ground -luices ait
well as is contldently hoped a 50
Ihorse power boiler and mining
.plant will 1m- put. on file claim as
'soon as I he snow nie«s.
[ (Jus St en fell is putting down a
working shaft near his lower line.
! On I he Keystone Association,
•Anderson and McDaniels arn
working hard.
[ Scot|y Martin and partners
'started a hole near the creek, but
'were chased out by wafer. They
are going to try again.
Carlin & Co. have found bel
ter money toward the creek, which
gives greaf encouragement to the
boys on I he 8usie Association.
Smith & Co. on the Boston
'bench, are sluicing every day and
will clean up soon. Sam Godfrey
is still busy on the lower end of
th* Novikaket, and is drifting in
good dirt.
Barnard & Buckley on the upper
'end of the Novikaket, cleaned up
•000 from a lillle over 200 feet
square feet of bedrock uncovered
In Ihelr prospeel tunnel.
Lahoski fc Stroup are sluicing
steadily and a good-sited poka
fast accumulating.
The Windy Bench laymen are
slill driving tunnels and blocking
out ground. A small clennup of
$2,200 was considered very satis
factory.
Bachelor* were tarred under
William III. of England.