VALDEZ week
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December 3, 1908. No. 46
HAYTI IS IN FEAR
OF REVOLUTIONISTS
Government Troops Meet
Inglorious Defeat At Hands
Of Ardent Rebels
PORT AU PRINCE IX DANGER
United States And France Have
War Vessels In Harbor Of Cap
ital To Aid Foreigners
Port an Prince, Dec. 1—All efforts
to maintain peace have failed and
today Hayti is in a state of revolu
tion. Commanded by General Si
mon, a large force of rebels is head
ing for this city, and panic prevails
here as the government troops seem
wofully helpless in the face of the in
vaders.
The rebels are flushed with victory
gained yesterday afternoon at Ansea
van, where the government troops,
although superior in numbers, met
decisive defeat. In every locality the
rebels have been successful in their
battles and have seized several towns
which they now hold.
The United States cruiser Tacoma,
and the French wrrship Duguy are
hero, and are prepared to protect the
citizens of the countries they repre
sent. The vessels will care for all
the foreigners in this city, and the
native residents are in hopes that the
rebels will be so awed at sight of the
war vessels that the city will be spared
attack.
RICH MAN VICTIM
OF ODD ASSAULT
Seattle Real Estate Broker
Is Summoned To Vacant
House And Wounded
Seattle, Dec. 1—Lured by clever
pretense to a lonely house, Frank At
wood, a wealthy real estate dealer of
this city, was this morning made the
object of a vicious attack on the part
of an unidentified man. With a bul
let wound in bin knee and blood (low
ing from a jagged wound in his head.
Atwood managed to escape his as
sailant and stagger into the street,
calling for help. Departing from the
rear of the house Atwood's assailant
tied and is now being hunted by the
police.
Atwood can give no cause for the
assault. He says that last night he
was asked over the telephone con
cerning a house his oftlco had for
rent. He engaged to meet at the va
cant house the man who telephoned,
and thi>! morning proceeded to keep
tho engagement. Atwood entered
the houso alone, belioving that his
prospective client had not arrived,
but no sooner was ho inside that he
was struck on the head with some
heavy woapon. Ho turned to run
and the thug shot, wounding Atwood
in the knee.
Atwood says he believes that rob
bery was tho motive, but the pollco
Incline to tho belief that At wood is
concealing something and they hint
at private motive for the attack.
Pope Of Rome la Worae
Rome, Dec. 2—The condition of tho
pope, who for several days has been
ailing, is ho much worHo that oousld
erablo nlarm is felt. His physicians,
however, declare that there Ih no
great danger.
The United States of Columbia has
but one iron foundary. It Ih at
Bogota, and Ih used to smelt native
ores for casting purpose*.
The greatest floral display ever
shown at a world's fair will be oxhlb
lte<l at the Alaska-Yukon-i'aeifle ex
position in the landscape gardening
of Olmstoad Brothers.
Nome now has a lodge of Odd Fel
lows,
Tho Hkagway city treasury Is
empty.
CORDOVA TOWKSITE
MEN GAIN VICTORY
Judge Reid Decides Patent
Gives Right To Land To
Mean Low Tide
SEWARD CASE IS DIFFERENT
Ejectment Proceedings Brought Ny
Alaska Central Have To Do
Willi Spocial Reservation
Judge Reid in tbe district court this
morning decided the Cordova water
front ease in favor of the townsite
company on the ground that its pat
ent to the upland is without reserva
tion. Ti»e defendants maintained
that the statute reserving sixty feet
along the line of high tide for a pub
lic highway in certain cases, is of
general application and on this theory
based claim of right to go upon
tlie land. This view was rejected bj'
the court and tlie title of tbe town
site company up to the line of mean
high tide is sustained.
In rendering ins decision Judge
Reid made it understood that the
case at bar is not of the same nature
as that brought by the Alaska Cen
tral to eject squatters from a sixty
foot strip in Seward. Judge Reid
stated that in the Seward townsite
patent this reservation is specifically
made while no such reservation is
made in the Cordova townsite patent.
The Seward caso has not been de
cided.
The action was brought by John
Dalton, William J. tshepard and
Edmund Doverspike who asked aj
total of $49,000 damages and permis
sion to tie to C street with a wbarfl
they are building.
ARGHBOLD BOOSTS
FOR STANDARD OIL
Octopus Is Declared To Be
Responsible For America's I
Trade Balance
Now York, Deo. 1—Implicit belief
in tho statements of John I). Arch
bold of the Standard Oil Company,
would cause the people of the United '
States to rise up and call the Octopus
"blessed." According to the btate
ments made by Mr. Archbold on the
witness Htand, the favorable balance
of trado 'marking tho commercial
relations between this and European
countries is directly due to exporta
tions of the product of the Standard
Oil Company.
Mr. Archbold duclurcd that 03 per
cent of the products of the Standard
is sold abroad, and in fact the major
portion of his time on the witness
stand has been devoted to trying to
establish the fact that instead of
prosecuting the Standard Oil Com
pany, t he government should treat It
as an asset to he cherished and
nurtured.
i\ wwiiiuira wne, coming down
stairs one morning, met the physician
who was attending her husband. "In
ho very ill?" she asked' anxiously.
"Ho is," replied the physician. "I
fear that the end is not far off." "Do
you think," sho asked hesitatingly,
"do you think it proper that I should
ho at his bedside during his last
moments?" "Yes. Hut I advise you
to hurry madam. The host places
ar<< already being takon.
"In your opinion," asked the mem
ber of tho investigating committee,
"what Is the cause of tho evident un
rest among the Indians?" Comanche
Pole, the noted scout, blew a cloud
of smoko into the atmosphere. Then
he took his pij>e out of his mouth.
"Fleas." he answered.
Thieves an? operating at. and near
Dawson.
TOWN COUNCILMEN
GET ECONOMICAL
Municipal Lights Are To Be
Placed On Meter For Pur
pose Of Saving Money
PROMOTERS GET PERMIT
Time When Taxes Will Become
Delinquent Is Extended Until
• First Of January
Economy strode through the town
council chambers last night, and all
the councilmen except Ed. Wood,
who is in Seattle, shivered with ap
prehension and then took a fall out
of the Alaska Water, Light and Tele
phone Company. It seems that some
of the councilmen have been putter
ing around some place whore all the
light and power is distributed and
measured by means of a meter, and
it was learned that luminosity comes
cheaper this way, so the council de
cided that the town shall install a
meter, and thus reduce considerably
the monthly lighting bill.
It is probable that Mayor Brown is
responsible; any way he opened the
door permitting the entrance of Econ
omy. and Economy did the rest. The
action of the mayor was far from be
ing committed with malice afore
thought, for he began by praising the
new street lights, expressing the
opinion that the council did a good
job when the are lights were decided
upon.
Al. Grigsby helped out by remark
ing that MeKinley street at night
makes by comparison Second avenue,
Seattle, appear like darkest despair.
Councilman Grigsby has just returned
from Seattle, and spoke as one forti
fied by knowledge.
11 was a* .this stage of the proceed
ings that Economy insinuated its line
work, and the die was cast in favor
of the meter. The street and lighting
committee will attend to the tine de
tails.
The council voted to extend the
time for taxes to become delinquent,
January 1 being fixed as the date.
The original date was December 1.
This extension of time is customary,
but town warrants used to pay taxes
will not be credited with interest
from December 1 on.
Providing it can get the consent of
owners of property on upper Broad
way, the toboggan slide corporation
may erect the slide in that thorough
fare. A committee representing the
slide corporation presented the sub
ject to the council, and was informed
that tho council is powerless to dis
pose of a thoroughfare without the
consent of the owners of the property
abutting thereon. The council, how
ever, favors the project, and granted
the desired permit, subject to action
of the property owners.
Treasurer Wheat was instructed to
obtain from the deputy United States
clerk an itemized statement of licen
ces paid into the court but retnrnablo
to the town. It is the dei'ire of the
council to keep a close check on the
licenses in order that those who are
backward may be urged to remit.
Councilman Grigsby, who is also
treasurer of the school board, was al
lowed $.'100 so that he may close up
the financial affairs af the term draw
ing to an end.
Archbold Sheds No Light
New York, Dec. 2— John D. Arch
bold proved a denso person this morn
ing when placed on the witness stand
to testify concerning the inner work
ings of the Standard Oil Company.
Mr. Archbold said that he doos not
know anything concerning the own
ership of the Security Oil Company,
a Texas concern believed to bo
owned by the Standard, nor would he
acknowledge possession of any Infor
mation in eonnoction with the Anglos
American Company's loan of f'2,000,
000 to James McDonald. The Anglo
American Is a subsidiary holding of
the Standard and Mr. ArcM>old Is a
director in the concern.
Riitt to Figh'. in England
London, Dee. 2—Jimmy Britt, of
{California, this morning signed ar
ticles to on February V> fight Johnny
Summers of England. The purse Is
£5,000. Britt wil' In a few days leave
1 London to go int<* training near here.
HAYTI AT MERCY !
OF REBEL FORCE
Citizens Of Port au Prince
Advocate Surrendering
To Revolutionists
MINISTER OF STATE RESIGNS
Hostilities Cease While Govern
ment Officials Discuss What
Their Course Will He
Port au Prince, I)oc. 2—Flushed
with success the rebel army is today
| camped within a mile or so of llayti's
capital. For the time being hostili
ties have ceased, the rebel general,
Simon, having declared an armistice
for two days in order that the gov
ernment officials may decide on the
course they will take with regard to
vthe defense or the surrender of the
city.
It is generally believed that the
government cause is lost, and the
citizens of Port au Prince are urging
surrender to the rebels. Minister of
State Borno has resigned, and the
cabinet is in a condition of disorder.
Everywhere the revolutionist troops
have been victorious, and it is re
alized that it will be folly t <» attempt
to defend Port au Prince.
FRISCO'S POLICE
READ IS DROWNED:
I
Chief Biggy Falls Overboard
From Patrol Boat And
Sinks In The Bay
San Francisco, Doc. 1—Chief of Po
lice Biggy wan drowned in the bay
this morning while returning to the
city in the police patrol hoat. In
some way, not accounted for by those
with him, the chief fell from the boat
sinking almost immediately.
It is believed that in falling the
chief struck his head on the side of
the boat, or, that he was struck by
the propeller. The men in the launch
mado every effort to lind the body,
but to their best belief it never came
to the surface.
Chorus Girls Have Hard Luck
Duridg a recent engagement of "A
Stubborn Cinderella" company, at
the Olympic Theater, St. Louis,
thieves took two dozen pairs of tights
from out of the dressing rooms. When
the pretty chorus girls got ready to
dress for the performance the follow
ing night they found that they were
without the proper costumes. Somo
feelingloss attache suggested a coat
of tlesh-colorcd paint, and it looked
as if there would be a serious shrink
age in tho chorus ranks, till the ward
robe woman came to the rescue and
got in communication with a local
costumer, who furnished a bunch of
nondescript tights. Thoy wero tried
and made to do, although the effect
in Home of the instances was more
' than funny. Somo of the #irls com*
plained that the substitute garments
were too short, some too long, somo
too wide, while one little chorus
beauty from Boston, to whom an at
tenuated pair had been given, declared
that they were too dreadfully narrow.
Tho girls managed to get along with
them, but it was a funny looking
chorus that "A Stubborn Cinderella"
presented that night.
Many New Comers In Skagway
Tho population of Skagway Is In
creasing so rapidly through tho sim
ple, natural, anti-race-suicide princi
ple, and wholly without regard to
the immigration question, that it
makes an old resident, nervous lest he
may get lost in the crowd pretty
soon when tho people grow up and
take their natural places in the side
walk crush. Is'nt it about time a
new oenstis be taken?—Skagway
Alaskan.
Tho paving of eleven miles of
streets and walks at the grounds of
the Alaska-Yukon-l'aeille exposition
is now under way.
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DIAMOND JUBILEE
IS FATAL AFFAIR
Pageant In Honor Of Emper
or Joseph Results In Death
Of Four Spectators
HO ARE BADLY INJURED
Austria's Ruler Bestows 3.000 Ti
tles In Promotion Upon As
Many Subjects
Vienna, Dee. 2—Four persons wore
killed and 140 seriously injured in this
city yesterday during the diamond
jubilee celebration in honor of Em
peror Joseph. The accident occured
during the big parade. The streets
were thronged with excited men,
women and children and the weaker
were trampled by those frantic to
obtain a view of the pageant.
Durimr the day the emperor con
ferred titles in promotion upon 3,000
of his subjects.
LONG NEGOTIATION
BRINGS SUCCESS
Agreement Between United
States and Japan Result
Of Many Letters
Washington, Dec. 2—It wan not
until after long correspondence that
the agreement between the United
States and Japan finally arrived at
the stage of acceptability to both
countries. For months before the ex
istence of the negotiations became
public Secretary of State Root and
Ambassador Takahira were engaged
in the arrangement of details.
Formulated in the main on the
methods to prevail with regard to
the commercial development of the
countries on the Pacific, and partic
ularly as regards China, the exchange
of notes is also made the medium cf
an avowal of friendliness between
this country and Japan. It is stated
that throughout, the negotiations
wore conducted without a hitch.
LIEUT. HAY 10 BE
COURT-MARTIALED
Action Of Capt. Henderson
Proves Stories Concerning
Cruise Of Thetis
Port Townsend, Dec. 2—Confirma
tion of the oft denied stories of trouble
aboard the revenue cutter Thetis
comoH this morning in the filing of
court martial proceedings* against
Lieut. Hay, one of the officers of the
Thetis, The charges are preferred hy
Capt. Hendorson, master of the cut
ter, and they bear out all that has
previously been said concerning the
conduct of Lieut. Hay.
Hefore the Thetis arrived in port
from the north, reports of the vnrious
acts of insubordination on the part
of the officers had reached here.
When, however, the Thetis arrived
her officers denied the reports, and it
was given out that the cruiso of the
Thetis had been unmarked by any
untoward event. Other charges are
expecYcd to be preferred.
Winter Moil Departn For Arctic
Winnipeg, Dec. 3—One thousand
pounds of mail destined for the Uni
ted States and the Knglish subjects
In the Arctic Circle departed frrtm
here *oday. The mall Includes letters
and papers for the whalers from
San Francisco who are wintering In
the far north. The mall goes from
here to Dawson, from where It will
l>o taken In charge by the mounted
police and transported lo its destina
tion.
GORDON IS WRITER
OF ROOT DECISION
Bar Association Committee
Is Assembling Evidence
Against Justice
*300 THE PRICE PROMISED
Great Northern Attorney Declares
He Gave Suspected Man £20.
000 As Bribe Money
Spokane. Dec. 2—Kvidence that
| M. J. Gordon told at least part of the
truth when he made charges against
Supreme Court .Justice Milo A. Hoot,
is being quietly assembled by the
State Bar Association committee ap
pointed to investigate the charges.
It lias been definitely established that
Gordon wrote at least one decision
handed down by the supreme court
in favor of the Great Northern Rail
road Company, and that this decision
was 'submitted by Root as his own
opinion.
At the time of writing the decision,
Gordon was attorney for the Great
Northern, and he promised Root $3 00
but Root never received the amount.
Gordon lias proved beyond a doubt
that lie wrote the decision, which ap
pears on the supreme court tiles as
having been written by Root.
Gordon asserts that in all he has
given Root $20,000 for favorable de
disions in cases where the railroad
was involved. To the contrary, firm
friends of Root declare that he has
never received a dollar for improper
services.
SUICIDE SUSPICION
IN 8IGGY DEATH
Frisco's Police Chief Known
To Have Worried Concern
ing Graft Charges
San Francisco, Dec. ~—That Police
Chief Biggy committed suicide when
lie went to his death beneath the
waters of the bay is the belief held
generally by those intimate with the
state of mind «»f Biggy during the
period to elapse since ihe suicide of
Morris Haas in the county jail. The
graft prosecution has openly accused
the police department of having at
the behest of Ruef made it possible
for the assailent of Honey to shoot
himself, and this had caused Chief
Biggy much worry.
The men who were In the launch
with Biggy when lie went overboard,
can give no comprehensive account
of the accident. All they know is
that the chief went overboard and
that his body sank immediately. So
far alt efforts to find the body have
been futile.
Police Commissioner Kiel is one of
those who is convinced that Chief
Biggy committed suicide. In discuss
ing the affair, Commissioner Kiel
this morning stated that Biggy was
much worried concerning the charges
made against him by the graft prose
cution .
Stamp Famine Is On
Valdcz is in the grasp of a famine,
its visible supply of United States
postal stamps being exhausted. The
reason why, is that Postmaster Jeffer
son is, and for several days has been
unable to open his safe. In this safe
repose large quantities of stamps of
various and sundry donominations,
but they cannot be reached until the
safo is ojiened, and the safe cannot
bo opened until some Yegg man out
of a job happens along. Mr. Jeffer
son has cabled to Seward and to Cor
dova, appealing for help, and expect*
that the |>ostmasters of those towns
will resjH»ndwith aid in the shape of
stamps.
The Northwestern Development Co.
has now ready the sum of $320,000 for
nsoin developing its properties in the
Kougarok and for improvements in
the Reward Peninsulia railroad.