WOULD BE ASSASSIN OF MORGAN
PUIS END 10 HIS OWN LIFE
New York, July 7—F. Holt, thei
man who attempted to assassinate
J. Pierpont Morgan, Jr., in Glen |
t'Ok .- last Saturday committed suickNl
last night by diving from tho top
of !>is cell to tho corridor cement
flooT below, receiving injuries which
caused his death. It was thought
at fin-t he had severed the artery
in one o£ his wrists, using a
lead t>eucLl i"or the purpose, but
this afterward found to not
l>e th-j case.
Acc jfdiut; to tho authorities wara
j I y wireless have been sent out
to ot' icers of steamers plying • on
t'.te Atlantic to search for dynamite
on board their vessels, where it is
supposed to have been placed by
Holt, ;is letters found in his cell
i dicate thut ho had told 'his wife
that many steamers were carrylug
dynamite bombs, which were ready |
to exi'lodo by the use of a se
cret machine whicji was timed to go
oft at a certain hour. '
A trunk full of dynamite was
found today by officers in an
£astside lodging-house, where it is
believed to have been placed by
Holt. Its discovery and -removal
caused a oajiic among the inmates
of the house, who lost no time iu
getting away from the dangerous
viciaity and remaining away until
it was finally disposed of.
Uineola N. 'Y., July 7—In the
Ilolt suicide which occurred here
last night there are many conflict
i-ip statements as to the manner of
tte would-be assassin's taking
cf". It is generally believed, how
ever, that Holt climbed through the
opening af *he top of thu cell door
and from there threw himself to
the narrow court below, fracturiug
his skull ar-d causing bis death.
Several of the 'officers claim that
the body of the man was found in
the corner o' his cell with tho skull j
fvuctured.
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vieo. 0. Heis 'brought with him
frcm the westward a copy of the
first issue of the Nome News, which
\v;is established in that city in
O/.ober, 1>?9, by J. F. A. Strong,
now governor of the territory. It
is a:i interesting early-day souvenir
;>t:d will be "presented by its owner
to Governor strong to place with
th< Alaskan collection which he is
patheriug for the government
library build;:.g at Juueau. •
REPORTS ONLY
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Juneau Empire: The report of
ft'iliiam Maloney, territorial mine
Inspector,'for the month of May,
.as just reached the governor's of
fice. The report shows an examine
lion by the inspector of 23 mining
| piopertias iu the FairDanKa aisiriti i
during the mouth. One fatal ac
cident occurred in the district.
Alex Hellund being killed on May
4tlx by a falling slab from the roof
of a stope in 'No. 4 below Tender
foot creek. This property is being
operated b' E. Hearn, who lias been
operating on the creek for the past
nine years and never before had
any troublo with falling slabs. At
! the time of the accident Hearu's
I men, tea iu number, v. ere opening
up a nevi stope.
| An accident was also reported to
the inspector from the 70-Mile
| country, a prospector named Otto
j Oman meeting his death by falling
| down a shaft. The inspector, speak
line of this accident, says: "There
stems to bo a regular mania for
falling Into shafts in the Fairbanks
district,' this being the fifth or
sixth case during the last winter,
of which two were fatal.
Inspector Maloney is now enroute
to Nome, where he will be stationed
during the summer months, giving
his time to examinations of the
various m'nJng properties in that
section. '
J OS LIN MAY SELL
A. R. TO UNCLE SAM
Fairbanks, June: In a circular
recently received in Fairbanks di
rected to the bondholders of the
Tanana Valley railroad and issued
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RUSSIAN LINE NEAR BRASNIK
BROKEN M TWO BY GERMANS
Berlin, July 7—The Rvssian line
noar Brasnifc is reported tliis morn
ing *o have been broken in two'by
the Germans, 0119-part being driven
eastward and the other toward l>u
blu. The Austro-German armies
tow threaten Warsaw and every in
dication i>ohits to another life and
death stru£sle for the possession
of ti:ia important strategical point.
The British aeroplane fleet opera
tions which were directed against
tlie Germau position at German
Bay on Sun'lay failed, ano the air
ships were ft reed to retire without
hav ng done any damage. '
It is now claimed by Germans
that Brit'sh submarines in Turkish
wati-rs have repeatedly sunk un
L^ifcd passenger ships of neutral
ctuv tries '
Loudon, July 7—The American
tauki-r Platurea from New York to
Swt'deu was seized today by a Ger
man warship and taken to Swine
muude, Germany.
,The Austro-German rush in tho
Eastern war zone h;is apparently
suddt-uly lost its momentum, for
there are now practically no move
ments of importance being carried
out.
A German submarine in some mir
aculous manner escaped a cordon
o' allied destroyers and is now re
ported to be operating near tho
mouth of the T taint's river.
Potrograd, July 7—It i» denied
bv the Russian war office that the
Russian army in Galicia is split.
On the contrary, it is claimed that
the Germans are now meeting with
greater resistance than ever before
and that Warsaw, Poland, is fully
protected from capture.
The terrific bombardment of the
Russian positions by the Germans
'gained tlio latter temporary advan
[ tages in the first stages of the bat
tle south 'of Lubin, between the
Wieprz and Bug rivers, but the
right wing of the German army was
checked and fiually stopped alto
gether.
Athens, July 7—General Von
Sunders, the German commander of
the Turkish forts in the Dardanelles
is reported to hare been wounded.
Rome, July 7—The King was a
witness of the bombardment of
Goritz by the Italian troops. A
general assault of the Austrian
field is now reported to be in pro
grass.
Athens, July 7—Seven German
submarines are reported to have ar
rived 'oday at the Dardanelles.
Paris, July 7—The Germans are
said to be planning a mighty
stroke against the Freneli in Alsace.
fiom tin; headquarters of that road
in New York, Falcon Joslin, its
president, tills of plans and nego
tiations which aro new under way,
which contemplate the sale of the
roid to 'he government.
i'he circular points out that the
deal will urobably lie consummated
next winter or after tho engineers
now on the ground have finished
the appraisement. The circular al
so lias to do with the financial con
dition of the road during the p;tst
two yeirs.
"The government officials have de
ciaied that they do not wish to in
jure the Tunana Valley line in any
way and that its proposals will be
carefullr considered. It is therefore
hoped that when the engineers have
nude their report which it is expect
ed will t.<- seme timo next winter, a
satisTac o •> arrangement on some
basis can be'made with the govern
ment.
Tl'Ci PIONEER OOME8
WITH DREDGE OUTFIT |
Seward Gateway: The tug Pion
e r, Captain O. Beaton, arrived
last n'eht after having towed from
Seattle the great dredging' outfit
tor Cache creek whose coming was
chronicled before. The Pioneer
left Seattle 011 June 1G with the
schooner Gardner City, a scow and
a stern-wheeler steamer, the Lois,
la tew. In charge of the outfit wa
Frank I. Reed, a former operator
of Nome. The schooner and other
crafts towed north were left out
side tho harbor while the tug came
in but were picked up this morning
and the miniature fleet proceeded
on its journey The chief part of
tee outfit consisted of a seven-foot
bucket dredge and 260,000 feet
of lumber. Anchorage will be
the next port. '
While the vessel was on the way
up a man named John Boyle com
mitted suicide aboard. He stowed
away and was found hanging at
Ketchikan. His body wag left at
Juneau. The cause of the suicide
is believed to have been delirium
tremens.
OUXKK OF WHITE
PASS HOTKL RETURNS
C. Racine, owner of the Whito
Pegs hotel in Whitehorse, and his
wife came in on the Princess Alice
this morning. We understand it is
Mr. Racine's intention to again take
charge of the hotel, which lias been
run for the past several months by
Uansotr.e Alquire.
Fruit Jars, Jelly
Glasses, Etc.
orn stock is complete.
■\V'e offer the following special
prices during canning season:
Mason Pints, 80c per dozen.
Mason Quarts. $1.00 per dozen.
Mason % Gala. $1.25 per dozen.
Small Jelly Glasses, flat, 25e
per dozen.
Largo Jelly Glasses, tall with
top, 50c per dozen.
Mason Jar Rubbers, heavy 10c
per dozen.
Mason Jar Tops, 25c per dozen.
Parawax, 15c per pound brick.
P. H. GANTY
EXISTING WORLD RECORD BROKEN
BY CANADIAN KLONOYKE COMPANY
Dr. Henry M. Pay no of New York,
consulting engineer of the Canadian
Klondyke Mining Co. of Dawson,
who had returned on Saturday from
an examination of the company's
property, when seen by a Daily Al
askan representative at the Pullen
House yesterday afternoon, prior
to his departure for the outside on
the Northwestern, which left here
at 8:35 this morning, said,
in speaking of the work being done
by the company:
"The outlook this season -for
the Canadian Klondyke Mining Co.
having a good cleanup is
good, as the company has
large areas of ground that are
cleared, ground sluiced and thous
ands of acres ready for dredging.
One drodge is on the Klondyke
river opposite Dawson, one on the
Klond/ke between Bonanza and
Hear creeks, one (.No. 2, which was
sunk last fall) at the 'moiuth of
Iiear creek on the Klondyke and
the other on Hunker creek; beside-,
t'aey have a hydraulic plant on
| Hunker creek about 30 miles from
Dawson, and another on Last Chaa'ie
creck, about the same distance from
th"t c-iiy.
"No. 2, dredge is being raised
and w 11 be in operation about
Aug. 1st. In doing this work ad
vantage was taken of the conditions
necessary to deflect the course of
.the Klondyke river in order to raise
j elm dredge so as to simultaneously
ground sluice several million yards
(Continued on Page 3.)
FROM HIES
Hames, July 6—V. S. Mar
shal Harding's sale of foxes at the
ranch oi Laliey & Handley, result
ed in George Vogel buying sixteen
cross foxes, one black fox and • a
family of minks, while George
Hincbman purchased one cross fox
and the entire lot of red foxes.
Mr. and Mrs. Odell entertained
Mrs J. F. Ward of Skagvvay, at
dinner 011 Sunday in their beautiful
home. '
T' r. dance given by the Arctic
brotherhood committee in A. 13. hall
last i.ight was very well attended,
n.d an enjoyable time had.
J. F. Ward and wife are up
from their homestead at Davidson"
glacier, shaking hands with old
rriendr. and buying supplies, while
Mrs. Ward is putting up Haines
strawberries while she is resting.
S. J. Weitzmnn has returned
from Juneau, where he spent sev
eral days visiting-with friends and
looking over a business proposition,
but from a business stand point, he
t.' ought be could not better Haines
i-iy at the present time.
Haines held her celebration yes
terday afternoon, beginning with a
baseball game on thu Fort Seward
diamond, between the soldiers and
a native team. It was closely con
tested and resulted in a score or ten
to ileven iu favor of the soldiers.
Then came the tug of war, and al
though the whites had Charley
llockett for anchor man, they were
not in it at all, as the natives had
it all their own way from the start,
an-! the game lasted very quick.
Tnen followed the usual minor
sports, jumping and foot racing.
Celebrating the Fourth of July
in Alaska seems to be entirely giv
en over to sports, -with scarcely
anything to remind us of the rea
son why we celebrate the day; or
to teach the young the causes which
led to our observing it as a nation
al holiday. I do not wish to be
understood as registering a kick
'igaitiSt tin; sports or. that day, but
would like to st» something more
of a literary character that •would
impress on the minds of the young
ti'.e causes, and to whom we are
in'' 1 ted for blewssings of the liberty
we now enjoy.
Louis ShortriJge and wife have
returned to Haiues after having
beeu absent for several years. They
toured the eastern cities giving vo
cal concerts iu company with other
natives of Alaska, visited the prin
cipal cities of the Eastern states
and Canada, and were highly com
plimented by the press in the
cities where they gave concerts. Af
ter 'laving toured the cities of the
Fast they entered a college at
Philadelphia, after taking their
courses in which, they have returned
to tluir old home in Haines. They
say thfcy are glad to get back home.
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