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VICTORY FOR WICKFRS1IAM
(From I>a wsuti News.)
Our friends across the lino are to be
congratulated upon having selected
as their representative in congress
one of the most able and honorable
Alaskans in the territory. There was
never any doubt of this result since
the dellnite announcement of Judge
Wiekersham's campaign. Of the five
candidates the most formidable was
John Corson, a Seattle lawyer who
claimed to have received the regular
nomination of the republican conven
tion at Ketchikan. It was in reality
stolen for him by the Hoggatt gang,
assisted by the Alaskans who live
and do business in Seattle.
In the Seattle directory this year,
as for many years, one reads: "John
W. Corson; ofllee, Alaska building;
residence, Butler hotel." The name
of the ofllee building is presumably
the basis of his claim of being an
Alaskan. The country is as much to
be congratulated that it lias turned
down the attempted rule of Alaska
from the Hotel Butler, as it is upon
soundly defeating the cohorts of Hog
gatt and his monopolistic friends.
We have pleasure in tendering our
felicitations to Judge Wiekersham
upon hit* victory over his maligners,
and to share in the satisfaction he
must feel that the confidence he re
posed in the people of Alaska has not
been misplaced. The enthusiasm
which marked the course of his cam
paign was a well earned mark ot pub
lic apprcciat ion. Leading democrats
all over came forward to vote for
him. It was not a mere party victory,
hut one which attested the worth and
integrity of the man Alaska lias been
proud to select.
BRINGING IN THE SHEAVES'
If the Guggenheims want to build a
railroad from Valdez or play at build- ;
ing and incidentally scatter a little ,
cash around the townsitc nobody will
Kctoutau injunction to stop them. I
The rich ought to be encouraged to!
walk away from their change for
thereby many less fortunate persons !
exist. A tip to a waiter is some help !
and Valdez has been waiting all the J
year for a little railroad dispensation.
It looked for one while as if the
town would not have a railroad this'
year, contrary to all precedent, and!
would have to depend wholly upon j
the regular channels of business, but 1
just when it appeared as if the worst
was yet to come a Guggenheim cngi* j
neer blew into town and began to 1
tear up the earth. lit; hasn't gone
far but tho town will get. the board j
bill of a few men if nothing else.
Still if precedents can bo trusted
the Guggenheims are due to spend a I
few thousand dollars here right away i
quick. They always do it. when any
body else starts a railroad or even
puts up a suspicious talk. Perhaps
they will keep a payroll here until I
the Hirsch railroad prospect peters j
out or becomes a real railroad.
In any case the Guggenheims are
ontitled to the glad hand, whether j
they are merely binding or have dis
covered what their engineers have
always told them, that the easiest
way for a railroad to get away from
tho coast to the interior is to start!
froe» Valdez.
It is to be hoped that they will fin- i
ish counting the vote of the Wash
ington state primary before election
day.
These dreams of assassination plots!
are coming so fast that they crowd j
out good snake stories.
Tho war upon easy divorce .as a
mosns of getting rid of unsatisfactory
consorts seems to bo inducing a large
number of gentlemen and Indies to
adopt the simpler method of killing
tho offenders.
If claiming in going to nettle it
Bryan Ih already oiected.
After a Hpectacnlnr Htiirt toward
limitIohh glory in tho prize ring
Kotohol Iiah boon Hiiddonly Htoppod I
by » Dutchman with ft iifimo that
aoundH liko Milwaukee beer.
Pictured of Onpt. ifnloH, who shot
a man in purmianee of* M.<- unwritten
law," Ahow that he looks like that
kind of nil Idiot.
And now It Ih Raid that tho OtiKK«n
holmn Are going to put Valdoz on n
bmneh lino. Let them onmo. VaI
dess would rnthor have two or throe
rnilroftdH than one.
Tho Cluggenholm enginoor net a
nlngio row of stakeH Along UoHorva
tion avenue. Mimt l>e for ono of thoHo
mono-rail lino* the magAxineA have
been tolling about.
LETTER DETAILS
STORY OF GRIMES
Los Angeles, Sept. 11—Past criminal
actions and future criminal intentions
of the members of a gang of organ
ized highwaymen, burglars and in
fact men willing to commit any man
ner of illegal act are made public in a
letter left by Carl Southerlaiul, a
youthful desperado who two days ago
committed suicide here. At the time
of bis self-inflicted death. Souther
land was being hunted for the murder
of Police Captain Auble.
Southerlaiul, who was about 18
years old, had according to his letter
been a criminal almost from child
hood. lie had participated iu all
manner of crimes, committed in
nearly every city of importance in
I the United States. He was a mem
ber of a gang, having headquarters
in Chicago, the members of which
i operated in all parts of the country.
The police say that the letter gives
information of crimes now in con
templation but the ollicers refuse to
divulge what those purposed crimes
are. They have, however, sent to
the ollicers of the cities selected as
fields «.f operations, the information
contained in the letter.
FIFTY-FIVE DIE IN
BUILDING BRIDGE
New York. Sept.. 11—Fiftv-llvc hu
man lives have to date paid sacritke
to the voracious demand* of t he bridge
being erected t > span tin* distanci' I »«•
twoen New Yurie and Itlaekwells b
land. The bridge in as yet far from
completion and since the number of
deaths now clia/geable against, it has
been made pu'dic s;> • Mia ion is rife
as to how many will pay toll before]
the structures now jutting from eith
er approach ar • joined.
The factsc meerninx the mortality
consequent upon the construction of
tho bridge went made public by the
Central Labor Union.
FRIGHTENED CHECHACO
DESERTS HIS PARTNER
I'. Sully arriven in t.»\, u Saturday
night from Happy river by the way of
Sunrise. His partner bad deserted
him and he was seven days without
food, except what he eojld gather of
berries along the way.
Mr. Sully and a man by tho name
of Joe McDowell, a eheehaeo, had
been prospecting together all summer
on Happy river and tributaries. Mc
Dowell was afraid of bears, and also
hvcame very badly frightened because
of occasional earthquakes, one of
which was so violent as to tip over a
pail ot water standing on the ground.
About three weeks ago, Sully left
McDowell in camp and went out for a
prospecting trip and expected to be
gone about three days. When he re
turned at the end of that time, he
found that McDowell had taken all
the supplies and the boat and disap
peared.
Sully was without food, and far
from any camp, lie set out down the
river, gathering a few berries as lie
went. It was rainy, and without
food and shelter he made his way un
able to eator sleep. When be reached
the Skwentna river he made a raft
and floated down to Lake creek. By
that time he had been seven days
without food and was almost crazy.
His memory had failed him, and he
could not tell how long he had been
out. At this point he was taken up
by some prospectors who were going
up Lake creek. They gave him light
refreshments and nursed him back to
a normal condition. Then they pro
vided him with the necessary supplies
and sent him on his way.—Seward
Gateway.
TRIAL OF POACHERS TO
BE HELD IN OCTOBER
WnfOiingtof], Sept. 10—Ordorn wore
infiurd today from the department of
Junttco, directing Judge HllasH. Hold,
of tho Third ill vlnion of Alaska to try
tho Japanono Healing poachorn in Val
(lo7, in Ootobor. Tho department if
aklng m ueh Intorent in the caae.
Japanese Poachera Due
Tho Jnpanoiip poachera captured
near the noal IhIiuhIh in July nro due
to nrrlvo in Valdes any day now. Tho
report that tho Nteamor Berth a learned
by wlrelenn from tho gunboat York
town that the lattor wnn on her way
to Valdoz with the poacher* In Incor
root. Tho liortha caught tho York
town hut only gonnip panned hetwoon
them. Tho Japanono will undoubtedly
oome on tho nteamor Dora to Howard
within a few dayn If thoy aro not
brought In by a revenue outtor
ett and Roberta, dontlnta, next
to Seattle hotel, Valdoz, Alanka.
DUNN BACK FROM
CLIMBING WRANGLE
Bronzed from his life in the open
and enthusiastic concerning Ins ex
periences of the past two months,
Robert Dunn, magazine writer and
somewhat explorer is back in town,
after having made a little journey to
the summit of Mt. Wrangel, the
hitherto unelimbed volcanic peak of
Alaska. Told by Dunn in casual con
versation the exploit does not seem
extraordinary, but it was really one
of hardship and determination to over
come difllculties that would have dis
couraged the average seeker after
knowledge of high altitudes.
Dunn was accompanied by W. R.
Soule of Copper Center, and the In
dians at least never expected to see
either of them again, for there is a
tribal legend to the effect that he
who braves the summit of Wrangel
never returns. Dunn failed to find
the bones of the luckless Indians tra
dition lias murdered upon the moun
tain's apex but in other respects his
venture was a success and upon his
return lie was warmly greeted by the
semi-aborigines of the Copper river
valley.
Dunn went in by the way of Chet
aslina, camping at an alt itude of I,
200 feet on llm east fork. On .July *Jti
Dunn and Souie, taking with them a
pack horse climbed to the <5,*200 feet
level and on July 27, burdened each j
with thirty-five pound packs, they I
left the timber line and started up thei
Chetaslina glacier t.iward the summit i
of Mt. Wrangel. making caiup at an !
altitude of 10,115 feet. The next day j
they ascended to the edge of the ae- 1
tive crater but after waiting two
hours for a snow storm to subside ,
were forced to return to camp, where
they stayed all of July}20.
July :U> was clear and Dunn and
Soule starting at I o'clock in the I
morning succeeded in reaching tliej
summit at 10 a. in., mounting oil the
northeast side. They found the era-!
ter to be in the form of a tunnel and i
very symmetrical in construction. I
Steam was coining from the depths!
and the sides of the cone arc buried J
beneath ashes. The crater is about
loO yards across and to the interior
sides cling banks of snow. The era
tor is located on the southeast side of
the final peak.
Chetaslina glacier is full of crevass
es and the going was dangerous ow- j
ing to the fact that niOst of these ere- '
vasses are covered with snow. Dur- j
ing his efforts to take a photograph
Dunn fell into a narrow crevasse but
caught himself winh his outspread el
hows and was drawn to safety by
Soule, summoned to the rescue from
camp by Dunn's cries.
Dunn is of the belief that it has
been many years since the crater
spouted ashes. In his opinion the
residents of the valley mistake steam
from melting snow and from the cra
ter itself for ashes and smoke, follow
ing the ascent and decent of flic
mountain Dunn and Soule put in a
couple of weeks hunting mountain
sheep but without success. Dunn
will start east on the Santa Clara.
CLAUSE IN HEPBURN
ACT UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Philadelphia, Sept, 11—Tim circuit I
court of appeals, in a decision handed
down yesterday afternoon, declared
unconstitutional that clause in the]
Hepburn act forbidding railroads act- I
ing as producers of any commodity.
There was one dissenting 'decision,
two members of the court, agreeing as |
to the act being unccustitutional. |
The opinion tills seventy-live type I
written pages of legal sized paper.
The clause iu question is aimed at.
the raiiroadH owning coal mines but |
in its scope it includes all commodi- j
tics and limits the railroads to the
business of carriers. The coal mine :
owning railroad companies made a|
test of the clause and during the
period tin* question was in the courts
the railroads operating in t in* west- j
urn states shutdown their mines with
the result t hat coal famines prevailed. !
IOfferts to transport coal from mines
not owned by the railroads met with
unusual difficulties.
Ship I/ttclle SJnkft Off NiiHhntfnk
Nan FranelHoo, Hopt. 10—Word (lint
tlio woodon Hhlp Lucile reoently wont
on » rock and mink off|4NiiNliaj<ak, on
tho wentorn coawt of Alaska, wan
brought to thin olty yenterday by tho
:>flloorH of the ntoamHhip I<cIhih, ar
riving from Brlntol hay.
Election Returne Come In
Kleotlon return* from Hnnitna Hta
tlon are a* follow*: Hon an IH, Wick
cr*hatn 4, Clum 1. Twenty-four vo
ted in favor of territorial government
and one agftinHt it.
Kleotlon roturn* from Konal pre
cinct give Konan21, Corflon 13, Wlck
erHham 2 nnd (Inni 1.
Return* from Hope precinct give
Ronari 10, Wiekcrtdiam 1.
Returns from Knlk glvo Wicker*
fthnm 11.
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W e carry Slims, Stouts, Shorts, Mediums; clothes to fit any
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We are especially strong this season in menfs furnishing
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Remember your outfit for spring and get your order in early.
We carry the best goods money can buy, let us figure with you.
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Capital
PROTESTANTS ARE IN
TEAR OF CATHOLICS
London, Sept. 12—King ISdward is
considering nn extraordinary appeal
presented to him today by the Pro
testants of L( ndon and asking that lie
forbid the profession of Catholics
purposed in honor of the I Messed Sae
ramenti next Sunday. The Protest
ants base their reqnent 011 the ground
that, riots are iiUely to result if the
Catholics are permitted to carry out
present plans.
For some weeks all the Catholic
societies in I.omhui have been busily
engaged in arranging for the pur
posed procession and a royal edict
againstcarrying out tliese plans will
bring a storm of protest. The Cath
olics laugh at t lie surest ion of riots
resulting.
Men close to the throne express the
belief that the king will ignore the
petition and declare that the danger
of trouble is so slight as to merit lit
tle consideration.
STEAMSHIPS COLLIDE
AND ONE IS BEACHED
Seattle, Sept. It—Steamships Chip
pepa and Sentinel collided in the
dense fog that prevailed on the bay
Saturday afternoon and the latter
was so badly injured that she had to
be beached to prevent her from sink
ing, Iloth vessels were traveling
slowly when they hit but the fog was
so heavy that when the lookouts, al
most simultaneously, saw the danger,
there was 110 time to prevent the col
lision.
The Chippewa is 011 the run between
this city and ltrifish Columbia ports
and the Sentinel plya around the
Sound. 11 is probable that t he Sen
tinel can he repaired with little ex
pense. None of the passengers were
injured although those 011 the Sent i
nel had a bt»d fright.
This is (he second collision to occur
011 Elliott bay in less than a week, tin*
Whatcom and the City of Topeka
coining together in a fog last. M011
dny. :
CATHOLICS PARADE
BUT CAUSE NO RIOT
London, Hopt. M- Tho much anticl-j
patcd procession of Catholic clergy
and Hoclotien took place yonterday
and dospito tho exprcHHcd foara of the
I'rotontaiitH there waa no untoward
domonHtration. There wan, oil tho!
part, ol Mi oho hostile to the affair,
Homo loudly ox pronged derision of t ho
heavy guard, a guard mado up of Kng
IIhIi poors* who aro mombor» of tho
Catholic Church.
Tho proooHHlon brought to a oIoho
tho Kuoharint eongroiw, and wan
hoadod by tho Vanmitoll popea and
legates. Tho parado was wltnOHHOd
by tho 1 argent, crowd to aanemblo in
(iondoit hIhoo tho funoral of (/uenn
Victoria.
8eotty Crawford MnkcHBIg Htrlkc
M. Mo,Noll and Ooorgo Clark, ro
cont arrivals from tho Innldo copper
country, report that Kcotty ('raw
ford, a well known resident of Val
dor,, ban mado a big strike on tho
Skyflorlvor mountain, about twolvo
mllos from tho MoCarty property.
Craw ford'h olalm carries a #ood frai
lty of copper glance and born! to oro.
Telegraph mul Mail Town in Itself. m a.'.kHniith Shop,
Station. v -J etc., etc.
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VALDEZ HOSPITAL
ItiMwrvnlion Ave. near Court House
Private Rooms for Patients Graduate Nurses
Hospital Tickets, $1.50 per Month.
Phone 77
Man Ih I/OHt On The Yentnn
According to a report recently
liroii|{hl to Howard by T. It. Wllgon,
VVi 11 iiiin Doyle, a pronpnotOr i« mip
poned to have lout bin llfo in the
Yenttiii count ry Mi In Hummer. Doyle
wah known to have ntarted out. alone
early in the Hummer on a little pro««
porting trip, evidently intending to
be gone only a few days, but nearly
throe montbH have panned and noth*
lux Iihh boon hoard of hlrn during
that time.
llciny,
Hauorkraut 2 ll>« for 2f> o.
LovO & Whitley.
FORAKER ANDTAFT
HOLD A LOVE FEAST
Cincinnati, Hopfc. 14—Senator For
akor called on I'roHirlontlal Nomlnoo
Tnft y oh to nifty afternoon ami earno
away HinillnK nfl^r h vIh!t lanting f< r
more than an hour. Honator Forakor
doolaron that hl« vlait wan ft tno«t
plonnant 0110 and that ho will work
hard In bohalf of tho ropuhlican
tioket.
Honator Foraker «ay« t.horo la no
truth In tho report that ho In to bo
como a polltloal goon-illa.