VOL. 8.
VALDEZ, ALASKA, SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 1812
NO. 117
BRYAN SPLITS NEBRASKA'S VOTE
THE SHERIDAN
ARRIVES AT NOME
After Bucking the loe Floes Ar
rives Opposite St. Michaels
and is Unable to Dock
Nome, June I'D.—The Trans
port Sheridan arrived opposite
Fori Davis yesterday afternoon,
having made her way out of the
ire packs of | lie Yukon. She was
unable to make St. Michaels ow
i11 — to I lie iee helween her ami
shore.
They are hell in;- in ;tl Ituhy
thai I lie camp will product' s-jnn.
utiu iliis summer.
SAYS HANFORD
WAS DRUNK
Former Commissioner of the
Tanana Testifies Before Con
gressional Sub-committee
Seattle, June 20 John Tiath
iii*s«l. who was for live years a
1 'nitcii Stales eomniissioner in
the Tanana, now a eilv weigher,
leslifiei] before I lie Congression
al suh-eonunillee investigating
jnlo Ihe eonduel of Judge Corne
lius 'II. Ilanford I ha I he has seen
Judge Ilanford drunk upon Ihe
~t reels of Seal I le.
ENGLISH FIGH-ER
IS beaten!
New York, .lune —\l. I'al
/.»•!' knoekeil out Homhadirr Wells.
Ihe Knglish pugilist, in (he third
round. His seeond* threw up Ihe
spoiipc as llir ItriLisher had drop
ped from Ihe ell'eei of a right
hlow and lay inert.
Says He Wont Support Clark So Long As New York Votes For
Him-The Missourian Is Still In the Lead But No Nom
ination Is Yet Made—No Substantial
Change On Seventeenth Ballot
Up to Twelfth Ballot.
Baltimore, June 29.—Recess
was taken at yesterday after
noon's session from 7:30 to 9
o'clock, when tin* convention was
callt'd to order by Chairman
James. Hallotinur was started at
omv and was k**pt up until ad-i
.journmenl litis morning at
The last hallot taken was. the
twelfth, ('.lark made a son^a-!
lional Rain <>u IVi«• truth ballot!
nitiid the wildest enthusiasm last_j
ing over an hour, when New York j
swuiij: from Harmon with its 90
\nii-> lu ('.lark, tin' latter reach
ing fl.Hi Votes. Wilson is steadily j
holding his own, liis last total I
being 35i. It is hoped that some
agreement will be reached in the
caucuses before the convention
is called to order at I o'clock this
afternoon.
The Platform.
Hall imoi v., June 21) The plat
form is ready t <> he read when
I tie president ial nominee has been
i:i:i• 1 <*. II is believed dial Hie doc
ument will appeal Im ('.id. Jloose
vell ami will cause him I• > aban
don Hie third parly movenienl.
Bryan Paves Way to Break.
Mnlliniore, June Hryan
paves I lie way for a boll of the
Nebraska delegation, giving Wil
son 12 votes, leaving Clark but
four votes from the state. Bryan
says thai he will not vote for
Clark as long as tin- New York
deleiration supports him, as with
that vote Ik* becomes the candi
dal*' of llii> moneyed interests.
On III** fifteenth hallo| no nomi
nal i"ii has been made.
Effort to Break Deadlock.
Itallimiire, June »'.i The I 7 111
halhd ha.- i*e-1111I'd in dm nomi
nation. I lie re have bei«n no suh
sI;1111 i;11 changes sinre ltryan'>
allempl |o sl.ampede .Nebraska lo
Wilson, vhairman Jones will
probably advocate that I he two
thirds rule be abrogated. The
national committee refuses l.o at
tempt In smash the deadlock.
Appeals to Wilson.
Seagirt, \. J., June 20.— Hun
dreds of messages have been re
ceived by Wnndriiw Wilson urg
ing him In go I" Italtinmre al
• inee. The governor will i*4'main
here,receiving the news id' the
I cuiivi'iil ion hv a private wire.
A well known nali\e of Kla
jwack died of heart failure la~l
j week. The IhmIv w a - taken to
i Kuke for burial.
IMPENDING STRIKE
OF FISHERMEN
They Demand a Better Price for
Fish and Threaten a Tie
up of the Industry
Arronliiifi I<> Kazis Krauezun
as. formerly inspector in charge
of I he {roYt'i'iiuu'iil immigration
service in Alaska, a battle royal
has bccu*inaufruralcil between the
IMicrmen in Hit* lower part oT
Son!heastcrn Alaska ami Ili«» ran
nerymen nf iIn* same locality.
"I'nlil Iliis year," said Mr.
Kraiiexunaiis while In- was here
reeeiilly mi his wa> li» I lie i111•• r—
inr Ml Alaska. "Ilie fishermen
lia\e Im-imi (felling and - i cents
r«»r I hi* 1111111 In*i* of lisli necessary
In niaki' a ciiM' •»I' salmon. I.asl
year canned salmon was sold by
lln* canneries I'M- sr» a eas", ami
Ihf eenls. logethep willi Iho
i ceiil* |»ui«l lo thf government
for taxrs, is all of lln> #5 I tint re
THE NEW TIN STRIKE
AT THE HOT SPRINOS
A TWELVE FOOT LEDQE UNCOVERED CARRYING GOOD VAL
UES—VEIN TRACED FOR THREE THOU8AND SEVEN
HUNDRED FEET
It was Ili(*<■«• years a?<«» Ilial at
the infliK»ilion of Kalron Joslin.
Robinson went to tin* 11«»t Springs
camp lo look for ltn> source «f
I In* slivani tin of Unit camp, lie
learned Ilia I Hie hiruesl amount*
of I lie eassilerile were- found ill
liio months of ToTly gulch and
Idiilio creek, fo lie began pros
pecting on I In* left limit of To fly,
lirsl securing some pieces of
cassilerile associated with Iho
ledge mailer so I hat he had an
idea of whaI I he vein tilling was
like.
I P near I lie head of Sullivan
and Tofly he came upon an Intru
sive rock eklefidiitg northeast and
*outhwe*t across the heads of
Sullivan, Tofly and Idaho'gulch.
This proved to he an altered rhy
olifc. On the hanging wall of the
dik«* lie found ii in which ho
discovered tin. This In* slaked.
Al "Mini Ii111«■ Mr. Ilohinson
made n mIi i |mim*ii I of si ream tin
In Mnrnwall. Kimlntid. ami tin*
value* prosed In he so aslound
iiifx I IinI lu» decided In In-Kin n
sy.«d"innl ir si arch for Ili«> tin. To
llii* end lit' Weill outside ii ikI s pen I
some lime in llic smellers nnd
.studied everything he rouhl find
(»n Ihe snhjeel of tin, lis oeeur
renee nml method* of treatment.
Then ho returned, bringing with
him an assay tint fit, for Mr. Rob
inson is nn assayer hy profes
sion, having follower! Ihal ordi
nal inn in Nevada before coming
lo Alaska.
Filled With all of Ihe knowledge
Ihnl he eonld neqnire on Ihe sub
(Conlinuod on Pnge 3)
mained in Alaskiu This year the
fishermen have «l«• 1 crinined t*» p<-|
a I»• *111• r price for I li«*ii* work, an.I
after orfianiziiur. darkled lo raise
the price |o <1«»nk>11* last year's
price. The cauuerymcii have • »r—
panized t<• resist I In* raise. 1ml I
Iliink Hial I In* fishermen will lipid
if muI In I In* end."—Dispatch.
MUCH PROSPECTING
NORTH YUKON
Efforts of Prospectors Are Devot
' *
ed to Arctio Side With 8ome
Show of Success
Arrivals «• n I hi1 Jacob- front
Tanana report lliaf A. Vauli<*r.
Ilir former deputy marshal al
Ihal place, is cleaning up his wili
ter's ihunp <>n (5 ran I creek, in I lie
i J i • 111 .Mountain country coaslward
I'roni (iihliou. ami thai the results
being gained are. to all purposes,
very satisl'aclory. His dump con
si-led or ahout I,?nn huckets of
diri taken from the narrow slveak
lliiil was uncovered in the creek
last year hy diligent prospect ing.
As i lie ground is wet, I he winter
is I lie only time in which il is
practicahlc lo he worked. Vau
tier expected that I lie dump would
pay a pood ileal heller than wages.
According lo word brought
from Tanana. Hie prospectors are
I u rn i UK their efforts to the
benches of the various creeks in
thai region and all are hopeful
lluil a definite pay streak of good
value will lie uncovered. To sub
stantiate the helief. a steamboat
man who had been out prospect
ing during the winter brought in
to (iihliou hul a short lime ago
I wo nugget* that had been pick
ed out of Hie windlass bucket.
One of the nuggets weighed * I fl
and another when placed on the
scales showed a Milne or over
*20. Other gold had also Imvii
obtained, bill I lie average value
of Hie dirt was no| enough In
justify it being'termed "pay."
The pold is nearly all coarse.
Iml there is no qunrlz associated
with any of il. || is believed lhal
considerable work will be done in
lhal seel Ion next winter.
.1. II. Dinks, manager of Hi!'
Alaskn Commercial coiiipnry's
business at IJnalaska. is a g ie«i
at ih»j Northern, says a Beat lb*
paper. Cluing In Kodiak in 1870,
he has been a resident of Alaska
almost continuously for 40 years,
and he said that he expected to
spend his remaining day> there.
His tir>t |»«• -iI i»m was manager
<»f I In* Hl|S> j;|M_.\||UTicail C.o||l
mcrrial <*<hi11»si 11V al K<><Iiak. lie
spent l\v«» years in San Francisco
and then returned north again,
lie wa> a sITfp carpenter mi thoi
Atlantic cnast in his younger!
days.
CHARGES FRAUD
INTERIOR MINER
Creditors Charge Smith With At
tempting to Get Away With
Large Sum
*
j <'.linrgiiir that < •»»rv«• Smith, j
I inn- «• I tin* i avium's of tlif I ea se mi j
III.* rich I >ji I x ImmicIi of Kva creek,
has with in I «*n I to defraud his |
creditors, pi\cn a 11<il•• of s.'j.KnO
I•» Klsie .Miirsi-. which noli.* In* in
structed his partner, llenry llaui
iltun. It* pay: that lie has with
in I lie post in days taken shi.nnn
of gold dns| received from his
operations on Kva creek and lurn
j'd il over to Klsie Mor«*e. who
has concealed il ahoul the prem
ises of lh«' Klk hath house, with
intent to defraud Ihc said Smith's
creditors; that lie has paid a note
of *1.700 two years due to the
Washinglon-Alaska hank, thus
making I lie hank a preferred
creditor: that the said Smith has
within the past five days permit
led an execution levied on his
property on Kva under a judg
ment rendered against him in the
commissioner'* court two years
[afro; and that he has committed
other acts of bankruptcy: the
creditors of Smith have come in
to court asking that lie he ad
judged a bankrupt and that a re
ceiver lie appointed to take pos
session . of. I he properly of the
allowed bankrupt, and I hat the
said Smith and Klsie Morse lie
enjoined from in any way di«po*
inir of the properly, particularly
the gold dust.
JUDGE LIND8AY .
INCORPORATES PARTY
Ijc.nVer, .lone ?0.--.Judge l.ind
sa.v and others* yesterday incur-J
porafed the Progressive parly <»fj
r.oiorndo.
The chninher r»f cmninercc held
their regular meeting last even
ing and considered a number of
mailers of interest lo the com
munity;
MEXICAN INFLUX
INTO ALASKA
Jails of Southeastern Alaska Are
Filled With a Worthless
Class of Greasers
Haymoii I'oncepiion, a Mexi
can, was brought up from Wran
^Tfll on 111 • • 11 ii niliohll hy I'. S.
Marshal Kniilkncr. and will rv«*,
;i H) months' .«-«• i»I • • i n • i • in I tic fei|_
.•ral jail 11• • r«• for slahhimr anoth
er Mexican on I'rince of \\'al-<
i«I a 1111.
The Mexican i »o 11111 ,*i t i< hi in
\laska i> l'a>l hi'i'oiiiin^ lhenm>l
I ronli|«*>iiiin> r |i'M ii' 111 willi which
llii* aul horil io have I«• ileal. In
I In* la<| few \cars I h«*> ha\e
l|inn|i't| i ill i: Si mi I hca > I '* en Alaska,
rs|iiM*i«ill\ in ami ah<ml K«*Iclii
Kan. ami I here mv imw hiimlreil>
of 111•• 111 simI liM-etl iii'imml in Ilic
nearby camps ami canneries. The
Ketchikan .jiiil is fi11«*«I with crimi
nal Mexicans, who are serving
MARIPOSA RACES
FOR DRY DOCK
IVIarip&o Makes Flying Trip to
Reach Bremerton for New
Propeller
SratI •)11iif ,»(>.—Tlif Mari
posa arrixi'il at llii> nioru
injr aTlfi* :i fast raff l«» llii-» purl
in onlfi* l<» Vfacli lli<* dry i|ufk at
Iti'fiiifi'toii |'»»i* 11• • i" in'\\ |ini|ii* 1 Iff
liffnlV tin* f|i»^j||'_r • I • • II "I tin*
ilufk <i\\ iM- l<> Hi" Jij-.• • 111 |i—• •:»I
>fjir's ;i|i|ir<i|irial pin ruifin.: i»•
an •• 11 < I Siiiii|:i\. in I'lni^ lit. S!ii
will >ail f'M* III1' tii•>*(11 "it "In*—
>ia\ at In ii"f|«»f:» in t! i • • I •
Hi »»ll.
IF NO MONEY
WILL QUIT WORK
If Sundry Civil Bill is Not Passed
335 Postal Employes Will
Have Pay. Stopped
Washington ..Jinn* "Jl».— II Ih«*
Suinlry «:j\ iI hill i- in>l pas-i-il
brfniv M<unlay iniiliiiuhl. Ili!*•••»
J111 n > 1 !*«•« I ninl 111 i i * I \ _ li \ < • postal
• • n11• 11>yi"» will lia\i* llifir pay
>|i»|i|wi| a ii 11 will In- 1111 it I • 11 • l" r<»n_
11 ii in* I hrir srr\ irrs. ,
KLONDIKE DETECTIVE
PASSES AWAY
Vanrmi\i-c. II. .11111 • • •_'!>.—F
I it 11 \ \\ i• 11* 11. 111 ri i ii" rl v a >rar
yiM'l in I In* Nurl 11\\• • -L Mounl.od
l*« 11 »«••*. ami • 11 Known («• |\|on_
• liki* ri'^ioj!-. ilii-il liiTi- xi—liTilay
afire a Nmu illin^s.
r.i.|. I'.. I*. .MilJar.l |.>II lor Purl
W'rlls on 1111> |{. |". M. in.lay |<»
look omt a nnnilii'r of propi-rlirs
in I hat MM-lion.
AN IMPORTANT STRIKE
ON RAMSAY-RUTHERFORD
WHILE UPRAISING ON 8HAFT A BLIND VEIN IS CUT WHICH
SHOWS A8 STRONG A8 ORIGINAL LEAD AND CAR
RIES VERY HIGH VALUES
A new >lriki' wih ma«|p oh Hip
Hani*<ny-HtiHiprr<iril propprl i.'s
• In rin^r I lie wppk, wliirh promises
I«• inlil nmlpiinlly l«» I In* valtip «•(
iIn* propprly. A forrp of iikmi hart
Im'i'm put l" work uprai*inir i»mt
I lie - shaft hi'iiiK mm nk from lli«<
working himirl. wltPii limy «* 111 in.
Im a tn'ruii|l \t in which rtop* mil
■♦how up on th«< siirfaep ami i<
pariilleliriK Hip Hrsl vpin on u
similar <1 ip ahonl 15 feel rti*lnnl.
The sppoml vein i>. fully as wirtr
ns Hip oiip, opPllPil ami wliilp lin
assays have heen lumlp of Hip vpin
mailer, from hII nppparanpp* il i*
penally as rfeli, -a- frpp KiJIrt pan
hp rtisperm'rt willi Hip naked pvp..
This makps Ihree vpins known in
he on Hip properly all williin a
shorl dislam'p from one anolh
pr.
J'lio \\Mik •»r -diking llm main
sliaTi is prnfcivssinir steadily ami
I Ik* macIm 11 «t> To,, ihf 11• • i-*i ami
compressors i* l»iinu cmplaccd.
II will n<i| It,. Ittu^r 11111iI iiiltliljiiii.
al men will he placed I•» work"
liml lilt' llt'N I'lopllM'lll "f 111.' pi'ttp
»* 1*1 > Will III! pll»ln'i| Im ll" III IIIH.hI .
A HEAVY SUIT
AGAINST MORSE
.New York. .111n«* million
dollar stiil has heeii IhhiikIiI
anainsl Hatik«*i* Morse fur Jell
ing lIn* "Nick ami assolx of IImj
llenlizalinn company in Violafioit
of-an unreeineni made. '
.11 is * In lc«l' thai Kanihliim in
l ift1 al Nome ami I here is mi of- .
fori mi I lie pari of Hit' aulhori
lit's to slop il.