KENTUCKY IS TORN
BY ANOTHER FUED
Former Sheriff To Be Tried
For Murder And Judge
Flees For Life
Jackson, Ky., Jan. 4—What prom
ises to become the bloodiest feud in
the history of the feud-bcdarkened
state of Kentucky is now brewing in
this city. Ed. Callahan, former
sheriff, is the direct cause of the
trouble, for Callahan is this week to
be brought to trial for the murder of
James Beaton and Rash Sebastian.
Large numbers of adherents of one
side or the other in the fued between
the Callahan-Harkins faction on the
one side and the Beaton-Sebastian
supporters on the other, are in town
and the citizens are terrorized.
Judge Tauldee, before whom the case
is set for trial, has fled, and he has
sent word that he will not sit in the
case unless lie is given protection by
the federal troops.
The feud leaders, fearing the call
for troops, have called their clans to
gether, and it is probable that they
will unite against a common enemy.
The followers of the Callahan-Har
kins faction are for the most part
outlaws and are unusually desperate.
REYNOLDS CLAIMS
SHOWING UP WELL
H. D. Reynold's dream of owning
producing copper mines seems about
to be realized by those who invested
their savings in the company he
organized. Indications are that the
operations under the Reynold regime
quit just before ore in paying quan
tity was struck, for (J. W. Harrington,
who is doing assessment work on the
Horseshoe bay properties, has on
countered what he believes to be
promise that a real mine exists there.
A1 Sollors, who has been working
under Harrington, is in town, and he
brought samples indicating the pres
once of shipping ore in considerable
quantity. The ore, while it. has not
been assayed, will, according to the
belief of mining men, run about 7
per cent, and the vein is two and one
half feet wide. The ledge was struck
in about 1*20 feet, starting in the tun
nel next to the shaft house. Good
quality ore was also found in the
shaft.
According lo Sobers, Harrington
expects to complete the assessment
work in from twelve to fifteen days.
When ho does, if all accounts be true,
the social feature of life around
Horseshoe will reeeivo a setback.
Sollers has much to say concerning
coasting parties, dances, and more or
loss activity on the part of one, Bill
Trout and one, Murray. Sandpaper
ing slod runners, good mucking and
othor features not altogether accord
ing to the noeossitios of strict con
finement to the duties of mining aro
more or loss 011 the tongue of Sobers
when he starts talking of what is go
ing on around Horseshoe.
Sobers says that if there is anything
mystifying in this conversation, Har
rington will givo explanations when
he comes to town.
Sullivan To Buocecd Grlacom
Washington, Jan. O—Jamra Hull!
van of Philadelphia Ih Hlatfd to nuo
ceod AmbftSHftdor Orlncom, now Mi in
country'a repreaentativc In Italy, but
whohan rfifllgned,
Crulaer Binka; Sailora Drown
Hydnoy, Jan. fl—Hlxtoan Rallorn
warn drowned tfllH morning whon
t-ho Britiah orulwor Advanca Hunk as
tha rannlt of a collision.
NEGRESS SHOOTS:
~ NEGRO MAY DIE
Cleo Warded Declares That
She Defended Life Against
Sam Comfort
Sam Com fort, a negro, in lying in
the Valdez Hospital seriously and
perhaps fatally wounded, and Cleo
Wardell, also a negro, is in the fed
eral jail, where she will he held with
out charge pending the result of her
victim's injuries. The shooting took
place about 7 o'clock this morning,
the woman using a shotgun to shoot
the man in the left breast.
The Wardell woman is an inmate
of the red light district, and her vic
tim is a recent arrival from Cordova.
He is known as a quarrelsome man,
and has been in trouble here before.
She says that he spent a great part of
last night hunting for her, and that
this morning he tried to break into
her cabin.* He was armed with a ra
zor, and was threatening to kill h<»r.
It was then that she shot.
The woman was arrested by Town
Marshal Hoffman. She has never
been in trouble before. Comfort is
too badly wounded to be able to tell
his side of the story.
Yesterdav Comfort had trouble
with Charles Williams, porter in the
Buffet. Williams had to enlist the
assistance of Marshal Hoffivnn in or
der to obtain some article from a
cabin accupiedby Williams and Com
fort.
CHINA IS HUNTING
FOR DISTURBANCE
Pekin, Jan. 5—International com
plications are. likely to follow the dis
missal from office of Yuan Shik
Kai, China's minister of foreign
affairH, for the foreign diplomats con
sider the act as an affront to The
Powers. Ho far has the affair pro
ceeded that the ambassadors from the
United States, from Knglaud and
from Germany have demanded action
looking to the reinstatement of Kai.
The other ambassadors have declined
to interfere unless serious complica
tions follow.
Yuan Shih Kai has always been
very liberal in his dealings with the
representatives of foreign countries,
and it is believed that it is for this
reason that he has been removed
from office. In other respects the
now govemmont of China is showing
its hostilitiy to foreigners, and it has
taken over all foreign telegraph
lines, establishing a strict censorship.
Foreigners, in cases of emergency
whore soerecy is demanded, are
obliged to use tho Italian wireless
system.
Ah yot China han given no ofllclftl
explanation of her attitude, and ail
that the rcprcRentatlvoH of foreign
countries have on which to bane
their suppositions Is the mnnner in
which they are boing treated. There
in little doubt but what China will be
called to account for the seizure of
the foreign telegraph linen.
Brother Killn Hinter'B Betrayer
IiO« Angeles, Jan. 4—Cecll Thayer,
JO yearn old, was thin morning shot
and killed by William MltehcM.
Mitchell declares that Thayer be
trayed Mitchell's sister, and then re
fused to marry her.
Roy Rutherford, well known in
Valdez, his former home, In in town
from Fairbanks on his way to the
states. Mr. Rutherford now con
siders himself a resident of Fairbanks,
and will return to that town In
Mareh.
WORK STARTS ON
BIGGEST DRYDOGK
| Government Structure To Be
Erected At Bremerton Will
Cost $2,000,000
Bremerton, Jan. 5—Thin morning
I with elaborate eeremony work waf
begun on what will bo tho largest
drydock in the United States. In
part it in to bo an enlargement of the
drydock now in operation bore, and
the costs of the improvements will
be $2,000,000. Contractor Erickson
of Seattle expects to complete the
work in two yearn. The length of the
drydock will be 820 feet, ' inside
measurement, and the width will be
135 feet.
Preaunt at the ceremony eonaequent
upon beginning work were a number
of the most prominent men in the
northwest.
ROOSEVELT BLAMES
UNCLE JOE GANNON
Washington, Jan. 5—In Inn mes
sage to congress in connection with
the secret service mixup President
Roosevelt denies tlmt he ever said or
ever intimated that the majority of
the congressmen are in fear of the
result of investigation on the part of
operatives in the secret service de
partment. In this respect the presi
dent goes to considerable pains to
make clear some of his statements in
reference, in his original message, to
the secret, service department and to
the attitude of congress in this res
pect.
In the message read today, the
president asserts that Speaker of the
House Joseph Cannon is the mail
responsible for all the trouble con
cerning the secret service, and the
president further advises that the
house reverse its action Jtaken last
year in this connection. The mes
sage was received without public
comment on the part of t he congress
men.
LARGEST SHINGLE
FACTORY BURNS
Bellingham, Jan. 5—Fire starting
early this morning in the drying wiom
of the I'uget Sound Mill, the largest
shingle mill in the world, completely
destroyed the structure. W. Cleve
land was killed by being caught un
der a falling beam.
The loss is estimated at 1500,000.
The mill will be robuilt, work starting
immediately. The cause of the fire
is unknown.
ALASKA COAL AREA.
OF VAST EXTENT
Washington, Jan. fl—Alaska con
tains 792,320 acres of workable coal
deposit according to the report of the
government geological survey juafc
placed on flle. The grnnter portion
of thl« eoa) deposit Is on and baek of
the western coast.
Tho flame report, estimate* the- pop
nlation of Alaska fc6 he 31,000 per
inanent white residents, 7,000 tran
sients and 35,000 natives. The value
of merchandise shipped to the states
during the flsoal ye^r Just past is «*
tlniated to have a ^alne of $32,000,000,
WOMAN GOES FREE
ON VICTIM'S SAYSO
Sam Comfort Declares Cleo
Wardell Acted In Self De
v 'tense And Is Arrested
Clert Wardell, whoso true name is
Rottie Wilson, was last night dis
i
Charged from custody, Commissioner
Beeks deciding that under the evi
dence adduced at the coroner's in
quest there is no reason to hold the
woman for preliminary examination.
The commissioner's decision was ar
rived at after Ham Comfort, the negro
who yesterday morning was shot hy
the woman, testified under oath that
"'she was not to blame, and that lie
was entirely at fault. Comfort has
been charged with assault with intent
.to kill, and if he recovers from his
wounds he will be given a prelimi
nary examination before Commission
er Beeks.
In holding a coroner's inquest be
fore he was provided with a corpse,
Commissioner Beeks acted under Sec.
3B5 of Carter's Annotated Alaska
Codes. This section provides that it
is the duty of a commissioner to hold
A coroner's inquest when a person
has been dangerously wounded under
circumstances that indicate either
suicide or assault. The code also
provides that when possible a coro
ner's jury shall fix the identity of the
person inflicting the wound, and also
fix (he degree ol the crime.
! in the case at issue, the Wardell
woman was held on a charge of as
sault with intent to kill. Last night,
the jury went to the bedside of Com-;
fort, who admitted himself at fault, !
and it also heard the testimony of a
number of witnesses, all of whom tes
tified that Comfort has a bad repu
tation, and that he had made threats
against the woman. The jury's ver
dict is that the woman acted in self
defense. The jury was composed of
Harry Whitley, Thomas Quinn, Kd.
|
DeMoss, George Treat, C. <\ Ru
dolph and E. II. Wheat.
While a few Hue shot penetrated
Comfort's lungs, it is believed that he
will live unless blood poisoning sets
TYPHOID THREATENS
VICTIMS OF QUAKE
Rome, Jan. 6—Reports from Mes-j
sitta state that typhoid is raging and
that there is grave danger that t he
disease will spread beyond the de
vastated district. The authorities are
taking active steps toward the suj>
pression of the disease, but it Is be
lieved that It will bo impossible to
prevent great mortality among those
who are in the zone of ruin.
The first consignment of relief sup
plies was received through the medi
um or American vessels, in many
oases the supplies were purehased in
Europe by agents aoting under 'cable
orders from the United States, and
placed aboard American vessels, these
supplies were hurried to the suffering
of southern Italy.
Plana to rebuild are now under way.
Washington, .Ian. fl—The national
branch of the Red Cross Society this
morning announced that It has re
ceived from Americans contributions
amounting to $100,000 to be placed at
tho disposal of the Italian earthquake
sufferers.
Jury Briber In Convicted
San Francisco, Jan. 2—E. A. Hlakc
was this morning found guilty i
of attempting to bribe John Kelly, at
the time a prospective Juror in the
Ruef case, and was sentenced to four
years in the penitentiary.
'COUNCIL WILL SUE
ALL DELINQUENTS
Town Is In Debt And Money
From Taxes Is Needed To
Help Square Accounts
All persons in Valdez who are de
linquent in the payment of their
taxes are to he sued in action brought
by the town. This was decided upon
at a meeting of the town council last
night, and the action will begin im
mediately after the legal lapse of
time following the publication of the
delinquent notice. The report of the
town clerk is to the effect that while
a considerable number of property
owners have failed to pay their taxes,
tln> number is less than last year.
The present council is confronted
with going out of office in April with
the town in debt about $12,000. The
debt now is in round numbers $8,000,
and the expenses will run it up to
the figure estimated, for nearly all
the licenses for this quarter have
been paid, and the taxes due will
not offset the expense of government.
However, the council was in debt
to the extent of ?6,000 when it took
office, and it has built the glacier
dyke at an expense of $17,000, only
$2,ooo of which was shared by the
Reservation. Councilman (irigsby,
who is also treasurer of the school
board was allowed $f»00 for school
expenses.
The councihncn spent considerable
time discussing the action of Town
Magistrate .Murray and Night Mar
shal Manthey, who are blamed for
the fact that the sailors from the
Yucatan, arrested Christinas night,
were turned over to the federal
authorities, with the result that the
town lost the )j>100 and costs paid as
line. The councilmen argued that if
the marshal and the magistrate were
afraid that the punishment would be
so severe as to mean a long jail sen
tence, they should have "gone
through" with the case when it was
called before Commissioner Keeks,
instead of permitting the men to get
off with a Hue, light when the ser
iousness of the offense is considered.
Manthey and Murray were ordered
to appear before the next meeting of
the council and make their explana
tions. Murray will also be instructed
to hereafter to be on hand with his
monthly reports. I.ast night there
was a bill from the I*. S. Marshal for
the board of prisoners but there was
no one present in the council meet
ing who had any knowledge of the j
subject.
$10,000 IS ASKED
FOR ALASKA GAME
Washington, Jan. rt—An appropria
tion of $10,000 for the protection of
Alaska gamp is rocommended by the
hoc rotary of the Interior in his re
port to congress. The appropriation
in asked in connection with the game
law for Alaska passed at the Inst ses
sion of eongress, and the plans of
tho secretary of the Interior Inclndo
the appointment of a number of game
wardens.
It Is probable that the appropria
tion will be granted, for there was
110 opposition to the game law bill,
which was Introduced by Congress
man Humphrey of Washington.
American Counsel Relieved Dead
Rome, Jan. 2—It Is believed that
Ameriean Counsel Cheney is one of
the earthquake victims. He was In
Messina. The king and queen are at
the scene of the disaster. The king
has given 1*200,000 toward the relief
of the victims.
VALDEZ IS SOON
10 BREW ITS BEER
Company Is Organized To
Place Old Plant In Opera
tion In Six Months
I
Boer manufactured in Valdez will
i
! soon be searching its way down th«
| parched throats of citizens of th«
town. A stock company has beon or
ganized, has bought the building for
! nierly used as a brewery and within
six months the Valdez Brewing and
Bottling <'ompany will be supplying
the local trade with beer.
At the head of the new enterprise
in A. .1. Wendlcr. formerly engaged
! in the brewing business in Canyon
; City, Oregon, and associated with
him are a number of prominent busi
1 ness men of Valdez. In addition to
Mr. Wendlcr the incorporators are
Joseph ('. Pieringer of Valdez and C.
| Brown of Canyon City. The diree
| tors are A. J. Wendlcr, «l. C. Dier
inger, William M. Wilson, T. A. Cobb,
S. Blum, Del Clark and C. Brown.
The corporation is capitalized at
$50,000. represented by as many
shares, and of this amount 12,000
shares have hem subscribed in Val
de/. That the new enterprise is des
tined Ui receive local support is indi
cated by the fact that subscriptions
were sought for only (1,000 shares, the
extra 6,000 representing over sub
scription.
Mr. Wendler is a practical brewer,
having been graduated from Milwau
kee. He has thoroughly investigated
the local situation and is confident
that the water is of a character to
permit of manufacturing a high grade
beer. Indicative of his confidence is
the fact that he has given those who
subscribed for stock six months in
which to make payment, and he is
going ahead with the expenditure of
sufficient money to place the plant in
operation,
Mr. Wendler went out on the Penn
sylvania and he will shortly begin
shipping in the machinery necessary
to place the present plant in readi
ness for operation. The plant was
owned by S. A. Hemple, was pur
chased for $-1,000. Mr. Wendler ex
pects to be back in Yaldez early in
March and he. says tlias he will have
beer on the market within ninety days
from the date of his return.
All of the saloonmen of the town
have plcged their support to the en
terprise providing the beer supplied
is of good quality. This Mr. Wend
ler guarantees, and he is taking all
the chances consequent upon failure.
COLUMBIA PANAMA
RUMPUS SETTLED
Washington, Jan. H—Columbia and
Panama have practically settled their
lontf standing difficulties, negotia
tions to thin effect having jnst been
completed through the intervention
of the United States. By (he term a
of ihe agreement Columbia recog
nizes the independence of Panama
and Panama agrwes to pay to Colum*
bia $'250,0(10 each year for ten years.
Thin money will be furnished Panama
by (he United States.
The Intereat. of (In- United State*
In the controversy hot ween Columbia
and Panama growaoui of the Panama
canal. For many ycara Columbia baa
insisted that it in entitled to exereis*
Jurisdiction in the cane of Panama,
formerly a part of Columbia but
Claiming independe nee as the reanlt
of a revolution.
Houae Votea $800,000
Washington, Jan. 5- The house thia
morning voted $HOO,(tOO for the r«
lief of the earthquake sufferera ia
I Italy.
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