THE ALASKA PROSPECTOR
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Valdez, Alaska. ^April 30, 1908. NO 13
TORNADO LEAVES DEATH UNO
DEVASTATION IN ITS PATHWAY
Atlanta, Cla., April 26—Three hun
dred or more persons are dead, en
tire towns have been wiped out of
existence and large portions of
several big cities are in ruins as the
result of the passage of a tornado
through the Mississippi valley states
yesterday afternoon. It will take
days to determine the total loss of
life and property. Mississippi, Louis
iana and Alabama arc the states that
suffered most.
The tornado was the worst in the
history of the United States and the
ruin wrought is appalling. Desola
tion is everywhere in the path of the
destroyer and frantic fathers, mothers
and children are seeking their loved
ones in the ruins. Estimates of the
property loss are being cited in the
millions of dollars but any attempt
to arrive at a commensurate apprais
ment is woefully inadequate at this
time.
From Chicago, Now York, Boston
and in fact every city of any size
within a radius of 2,000 miles relief
trains are being rushed into the
stricken district, and soldiers are 011
the way to enforce order and protect
property. To add to the horrors of
the scene, scarcely had (he dust
begun to settle on the ruins ere gouls
were at work robbing the dead and
looting the wrecked buildings.
In all, so far as the the reports now
show, nineteen towns and cities in
the three states mentioned were
practically razed to the building foun
dation. In Amite, Louisiana, twenty
five are known to be dead and
seventy injured. The death list of
Natchez, Miss., so far is sixty, that
of McLain, eighteen and Alexandria,
Louisiana, eighteen. In the other
towns there are, at the present esti
mate, from ten to thirty dead and
innumerable injured.
Five Dead in Nebraska
Bancroft, Neb., April 25—Five per
sons were killed by a tornado which
carried devastation in its passage
through Cumming and Thurston coun
ties yesterday afternoon. John Man
gleson and his wife were hurled sev
eral hundred feet through the air, be
ing inside their house at the time,
and were crushed to death in the
I ruins of the building. Three other
| persons were killed and twenty build
i ings were demolished by tho tornado.
Dead Mostly Negroes
New Orleans, April 2f>—The latest
reports, received up to noon today,
tlx the deaths due to the tornado at
j 250 accounted tor. The dead are for
j the most part negroes. Thousands
are known to have been injured and
and tho list, both of fatalities and in
jured will undoubtedly be greatly
inereasd by later returns.
Tornado Cause of More Ruin
Meridian, Miss., April 27—For tho
second time within forty-eight hours
the Mississippi valley has suffered
devastation from tho visitation of a
tornado. The territory in question
had hardly begun to recover from the
harror of Saturday when, Sunday,
another tornado swept across Missis
sippi and Alabama, laying thousands
of acres of crops and many cut ire sec
tions of timber land in waste. So far
as is known no liven were lost.
Details of the ruin wrought Satur
day continue to come in slowly, hut
it is evident that the first reports will
be more than borne out.
BIG STICK MAY
HIT LAWMAKERS
President Threatens Ven
geance Unless Congress
men Do His Bidding.
Washington, April 30—President
Roosevelt, has openly threatened to
use the big stick on all members of
congress who persist in opposing his
wishes with regard to the trust regu
lation legislation ho desires passed at
this session. The immediate punish
ment visited upon the recalcitrant
lawmakers will he the president's
veto of all puhlie building bills.
The erection of public buildings in
his state is the congressman's most
potent bid for re-election and it is be
lieved that the threat to veto these
bills will have the desired effect. If
it does not the president has mju*o
another threat for the congressmen
to ponder about. He has declared
that lit; will use all his influence to
prevent the return to Washington of
any senator or representative who
works against the trust regulation
bill.
PRESIDENT GIVEN
DIRECT AFFRONT
Washington, April 28—The senate
today defeated the amendment totho
naval bill providing for the construc
tion of four hattleshlgs. It was an
nounced that, the senate plans for the
construction of two battleships each
yoa*.
This action on the part of t he upper
house Is considered as a direct affront
to the president who has previously
announced that the attitude of the
senate toward the naval bill was a
travesty on legislation and adopted
for the particular purpose of making
the bill ridiculous. The president
has declared that unless the bill
oarrlod the amendment for four
battleships he would veto it.
Harlan Criticises Hoggatt
Heattlo, April 20 -Jadge Nathan
Harlan, formerly United Htates dis
trict attorney for the Third division
of Alaska, has come out in a long in
terview criticising Governor Iloggatt.
Judge Harlan says that the governor
is unpopular in Alnska and that the
, majority of the residents of tlit> terri
tory are opposed to hi* pollclcs. Judge
Harlan also says that there ore
enough miners in {heTanana district.
FOURTH DISTRICT
BILL IS FAVORED
House Judiciary Committee
Is Expected to Recom
mend Its Passage.
Wellington, April 24—There in
every indication that the bill provid
ing for a Fourth judicial district in
Alaska will bo panned at thin session
of congress. The bill ban been under
consideration in the bonne judiciary
committee for nome time and it in
authoritively stated that the commit - j
tee will report favorably next fnen- j
day.
The conditions in Alankahave been I
given thorough consideration and tin
need of dividing the present Third 1
district is acknowledged.
The bill providing for a Fourth
judicial division contemplaien cutting
the Third division in two. It pro- I
viden that Fairbankn shall be the j
headquarters of the Fourth divinion (
which will embrace all the territory j
north of an imaginary lino drawn half
way between Valdoz and Fairbanks.
Valdoz will be the headquarters for'
the Third division.
GOVERNMENT IS
SCORED BY ROWE
Seattle, April 27—Scathing donoun-1
elation of the manner in which the!
government treats the natives of Al
aska is made by Hishop Howe who
arrived from the Nor'bland recently.
The Hishop doclarcH that the conduct
of the government in this regard is
disgraceful and dishonorable, and
that unless the evils duo to t he disso
lute habits of the whites are eradi
cated the natives will be extinct
within a few years.
While in Seattle Hishop Howe will
make public many of the details In
connection with the treatment the
natives are subjected to and will en
deavor to arouse public sentiment to
an extent that will enforce action on
the part of the government.
JnpnneBC go on a Strike
Spokane, April 20—The Japanese
employed In the Oreat Northern shops
here went on a strike today because
contractors have been retaining $/i a
month from the Japs' wages, as pay
ment for getting them the jobs. This
is the llrst Japanese st rike on record.
TANANA FACTIONS
CONTINUE FIGHT
Contesting Delegations Will
Seek Admission to Ketch
ikan Convention.
Fairbanks, April *21—Both Fair
banks dolegations \vill bo represented
at the Ketchikan ro|>ublioan territor
ial convention. Gliauneoy lloyer is
now enre.ntc to the outside with
proxies for the entire McGinn delega
tion The votes are instructed for
(.'ale. for the congressional nomina
tion. The proxies for the Dodge, or
opposing delegation, have been sent
to li. P. Shaekleford of Juneau, Gov.
Iloggal's right bower.
The Wickersham light was con
tinued in the city election and repub
lican primaries, tin* Wickersham ad
herents claiming victory in both.
Five out of seven city eounoilmen
elected belong to the Wickersham
faction. The McGinn delegation to
the Ketchikan convention waselocted
at a primary called by the regular
committeeman. The other was
elected earlier at a caucus informally
called.
CLOM WILL RUN
FUR DELEGATE
John P. Chun, postmaster at Fair
banks, will be an Independent can
didate on the republican ticket for
.election as delegate to congress from
Alaska. Mr. Glum announced his in
tentions last night ill the following
message to the Prospector:
"Have issued announcement, an In
dependent candidate for delegate to
congress.
John P. Glum"
Mr. Glum sought, the republican
nomination, first from one and then
from the other faction of the repub
lican party in Fairbanks, but in
neither 01180 was he successful. Ono
of the Fairbanks factions is instruct
ed for Gale and the other has sent its
proxlos to li. I'. Hhaekolford of
Juneau.
SEWARD POSTMISTRESS
IS AGAIN NOMINATED
Washington, April 20 -President.
Itoosevolt today submitted the name
of IJIIIe Gordon as his nominee for
post mistress of Howard. Mrs. Gordon
is the present Incumbent of the ofYlce,
VALDEZ CREEK
WILL BE BUSY
More Than 200 Men Wait
ing to Go in From Seldo
via When River Opens.
mc PARTY OX PORTLAND
Material for Saw Mill Is Xow
on Way and Townshe Will
Ik' StarLed Soon.
Valdez creek promises to lie a busy
center of mining activity this sum
mer and it is estimated that at least
400 men will go in there by June. At
present, t here are about '200 men at
Seldovia waiting for I lit* inlet and
river to become navigable, and
several parties are coming from Sea
ttle on the Hertha and Santa Clara.
On the steamer Portland was a
party headed by Warren II. Mcrritt,
represent ing t he Yaldez Creek Min
ing Company, which is going into the
ereek by way of Cook inlet and the
Suisitna river as far as Portage. The
company has recently purchased a
steamboat from the ltat Transpor
tation Company and will make the
water trip on this boat. The party
has twelve tons of freight and will
shortly ship in the material for a saw
null. A part of th»- freight consists
of four horses and the company has
two horses inside. Two thousand
feet of hose for slucing is also in the
out lit.
Once in, the parly purposes start
ing a fownsite in the vicinity of its
claims which consist of numbers
•thirty to forty on Yaldez creek, dis
covery on lOldorado, Hig and Little
I lusty, ItiO acres on (Jold Hot loin, and
liU) acres on (Jold Kim.
Hcsidcs Mr. Mcrritt the party on
the Portland consists of W. H. Madi
son, Lee Oberdorfcr, Italph Williams,
Mrs. Mcrritt, S. C. Combs, Moss Ker
wood, Miss Kerwood, I'. Hush, Frank
Wiley and others. The parly will be
joined at Latouche by .lohn Pcrrine,
brother of F. J. Pcrrine of Seattle,
prosident. of t he company. The party
expects to remain inside until about
('hrist mas.
E. T. JETER HERE
TO INVESTIGATE
15. T. Teter, of Indiana, vieo-presi
dent «f the Reynolds companies,
reached Valde/. on Uic Portland Sat
urday, accompanied by William
Brown of Now York, also interested
in the varioUH concerns organized l»y
Reynolds. Mr. Teter declines to
make any public statement at this
t ime, Haying that his purpose in com
ing to Valde/. is to try and find out
the condition the companies are in so
that, he may he in a position to advise
the stockholders with regard to future
action.
Mr. Tutor and Mr. Drown purpose
remaining long enough to make a
thorough investigation and may have
an announcement to make before
departing.
FAIRBANKS EXPECTS
OUTSIDER TO WIN
Fairbanks, April 21—Lawyers and
politicians hero expect that an out
side man will be appointed district
attorney of the Third judicial division
to succeed Judge Harlan, because of
the multiplicity of Alaska candidates.
At least, they arc confident that no
Fairbanks man will bo selected be
cause the town has several candidates
and the rivalry among them is In
tan ro and the personal fooling none
too friendly.
Itnlinna Not Wanted
Washington, April 211 Representa
tive Burnett of Alabama,today urged
the house to place further educational
roHtrlctloiiM on Im migration r The
speaker dwelt, particularly upon the
noooHslty of taking some stepn to
keep the underslrahles of Italy out of
this country.
HISEY NOT GIM IS
VERDICT OF JURORS
Juneau, April 30 — Ed. Jiasoy,
charged with murder in the second
degree as the result of the shooting in
Keystone Canyon, September 'J"), was
declared not guilty last night after
the jury had been out only forty min
utes. The decision was reached on
the first hallott .without a dissent
ing vote.
The Hasey trial was transferred to
Juneau from Valdez on the showing
of the defense that a fair trial could
not be obtained in the former town,
and lias taken the greater part of
three weeks. It is figured that it has
cost the government at least $>50,000
and that the expense to the defense
has been about $.'$0,000. The witness
es were all brought from Valdez.
Ilasey was defended by Judge V.
Ostrander, and F. M. Brown of Val
dez, John Carson, of Salem, Oregon,
and T. R. Lyons, of Juneau. The
government was represented by J. .).
Hoycc, district attorney, and William
A. Harnhill, assistant district attor
ney of Juneau, and Secret Service
Operative McAdams. Assistant dis
trict Attorney W.T.Scott, of Valdez,
was connected with the case until
stricken with the illness that caused
his deat h.
Ilasey admitted the shooting, but
for a defense contended that lie was
an oflieer of the law and that lie act- !
ed in lino of duty in protecting the i
property of the Copper River and ]
Northwestern railroad against at-1
tempts on the part, of men in the em
ploy of the Alaska Home railway to
foreeably take possession of a cut I
made l>y the Copper river people i
through a jutting point of land in the j
canyon.
The question of law advanced by I
the defense was whether Hasey used
more force than was necessary to pro
tect the property in question.
The shooting which led to the ar-|
rest and trial of Hasey took place in
Keystone canyon and was the out
come of rivalry between the Alaska
Home Railway and the Copper River
and Northwestern concerning aright- ;
of-way through the canyon. A party
of Alaska 1 Ionic men headed by Chief
Kngineer Strvcns were just entering
\lu> canyon lor I he alleged purpose of
establishing a camp when they were
llrc<l upon bv Kd 11asoy an employee
«>f the (iu^yi-nheims, who carried an
appointment as a deputy United
States marshal.
Hase\ ordered the Alaska Home
men to halt and they refused to obey
the command. It was then, acoord
ingtothe testimony of the men in
tin- Alaska Home party, that Hasey
began shooting.
Six men, K. Christy, Thayne Heck
man I'red Iteinhardt, John Phillips,
Chris Olsen and V. llutchins, fell
more or 1< ss seriously wounded. The
rest ol the Alaska Home party re
treated and word of the shooting was
sent to Valde/.. The wounded men
were brought lo this city as soon as
possible and the arrest of Hasey and
anot her member of his party, Dick
son. followed shortly.
(it the men shot, all recovered ex
cept ilcinhardt who died several
days later, after his wounded leg was
amputated.
Ilascy was indicted by the grand
jury on a charge of murder in the
second degree, and after much legal
sparring the ease was sent to Juneau
on a change of venue, (leorge Haz
lett, ;i (iuggenheini representative
was also arrested but he and Dickson
were discharged at the preliminary
examination.
The shooting was the cause of much
bitter feeling between those interest
ed, both financially and otherwise, in
the Alaska Home road, and the Gug
genheim interests. At the time the
people ol Yaldez were loud in their
denouneiation of the (lUggenheims
and particularly of Hasey, who was
declared to be a hired assassin who
had prost ituted his oflicial position aa
deputy marshal to interests opposed
to the wellfare of Valde/..
Ilascy admitted the shooting b<rt
asserted that he was ail officer of the
law and that he acted in that capac
ity alone, shooting only after men,
whom he declared were bent 011 mia
ehicf, had refused to halt at his com
mand.
JUDGE REIO ORDERS
DMICE IIS CLOSED
Fairbanks, April 150—Judge Silas II.
Iteid has pronounced tlio doom of t he
dance hall and consternation reigns
in the restricted district. The present
order applies only to Fairbanks but
from the remarks of the court it is
believed that, it will be only a brief
period before the dance hall in the
Third judicial district of Alaska is as
extinct as the Dodo of hallowed mem
ory.
The action of Judgo Keid was taken
after he had considered the report of
| the grand jury and in issuing th<- or
der to close the institutions in ques
tion he followed the recommendations
| of that body. Opposition to the dance
j halls has been developing in Fair
hanks for some time and the grand
jury was presented with much evi
dence tending to prove that closing
the places will be greatly to the bene
fit of the business interests generally.
The movement to bring about the
closing of t lie dance halls lias been on
for some t imo and mnch enmity haH
been aroused in consequence. Within
a week there have been two attempts
at incendiarism, in one case the Eagle
I saloon being set on tire and in the
I other t he home of .lames Hill, a
hanker. It is not known positively
| whether these nttempts are the direct
result of the dance hall agitation hut
such is tin* general belief.
Word of the decision of Judge Uekl
was received in Valdez. last, night and
caused a good deal of talk around
town. The dance hull proprietors are
wondering how long it will be befoio
(he sentiment against their business
chryHtaliy.es into some form that will
bring about legal action similar to
that which has put the lid on in Fair
hanks.
CICLONE KILLS
TEN THOUSAND
Paris April 28-—Ten thousand nn
(Ivoh worn Vci 1 loci by a cyclone which
«wept over Mozambique, Africa, yc«
terday. Many entire vIIIhkch arc de
populated and ar« practically awept
out of exlitance.
Htnte Control of liquor Urged
Wtahlnftton, April 2fl - ReprcRcntA*
Mve Aiken of Mont h Carolina, today
introduced a bill providing for the
control by each nitato of the liquor
traffic within It* borderw.
HEINZE TO OPEN
BIG COPPER MINE
Sail Lake, April 2H Work on tho
linnienno copper proportion nonr Iling
hani, tTtah, in t<» begin in tho near fn
tureand tin' mlncH are to he worked to
their capacity. Such i« tlio declara
tion made hy K. Aiiguntun Hcinze who
control* the mlnen in qucHtlon.
Ilcln/.C Ihih mortgaged the Bingham
Central railroad to tho Metropolitan
'front Company for $21,000,000 and tho
money thun rained in to he owed to
complete tli" road Into the llinghani
proportion and to develop the mlnon.