Alaska Prospector
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ANOTHER BONANZA DUE
Alaska is due to report another
bonanza placer field and the symp
toms point to the region of the upper
Husitna river, on Yaldez ereek and
adjacent tributaries of the main
Htream. All accounts which come
from thore Indicate the existence of a
great district. The geological forma
tion is that of the other bonanza dis
tricts of Alaska and the Yukon and
the discoveries so far made corrobo
rate the testimony of the rocks,
Nohody believes that the day of
bonanzas in the north is past—that
the Klondike, the Tanana and Nome
will close the list. In that vast re
gion between <'ook inlet and the Are
tit; ocean gold lias been found where
ever the prospector has scratched the
surface and it seems probable that
thi* mining so fur done is no more
than the amputation of the vermiform
appendix. Prospectors who have ex
plored the ground superficially from
Cook inlet to the Yukon admit that
they took out "wages" on nearly
every creek where t hex washed gra
vel, but t bey passed on became they
were hunting for souict liiug easy and
xvoiild not di^ long enough in one
place to see if rich dirt lay deep.
The Susi'na district is tributary to
Valdez and if this summer's discover
ies adx'ertise it as the newest bonanza
the stampede will he mainly through
this town, and from here most of the
outfitting will be done. It is impor
tant that. Yaldez should lose none of
the Snsitna trade bx failure to obtain
a mail route and improvement of the
trail into I lie district.
SKATTI/lv CAN HIvI.P
Seattle )i;ih an opporlunity to show
friendship for Alaska by lining up ils
political i 11 f 111 tM) «■•- with the people of
the territory against the little Hog
gatt corporation squad. II Alaska's
professed friends iii Seattle will in
duce the Washington delegation in
COIIgrCHH to support Delegate ('ale,
the representative of the territory,
against the governor-lobby ist who
represents nobody hut himself and
his pet corporations, they can earn a
warm feeling for the Sound eit> which
does not now exist.
If Seattle and the Washington dele
gation in congress do not support the
overwhelming ant i-lloggat t senti
ment of Alaska the territory willsnp
port thc A la«ka-Yukon fair principal
ly hy the absent treatment.
, The Katalla Herald calls attention
to the fact that George A. Shea one
of the Hoggatt delegates to the re
publican national convention, has
been living in Nevada during the past
two years. This is true. Mr. Shea
stated on the way to Ketchikan that
he had not been in Nome for two
yeai;H and that it was uncertain
whether be would go there this sum
mer. Ill- simply carried to Ketchi
kan a bunch of Nome proxies given
him by Cabell Whitehead with in
structions b» vote them in the inter
est of (lov. llog^att. Whitehead goes
to Nome once in a while when be is
not lobbying at Washington along
with (lov. Ilo^alt and Steve Birch
for corporate interests iu Alaska.
Judge Wiekcrsham will receive lit
tin support from his old friends on
t he southern coast in his Ii^I• t for
congress against Delegate ('ale. Had
In* become a candidate sixty days ago
('ale would not have !»«••*n in the Held,
but tho anti-lloggatt forces of tin*
territory arc lined up now in support
of tho present delegate and they are
not to lie deflected hy any move in
the interest of Corson whether it he
led hy .1 udgc Wiekcrsham or any
other man.
When I hoy find the man who (ires
stray shots in the business part of
town they ought to net him out in the
open and take a few hundred shots at
the end of his nose.
Mr. Mryan is going to (liter a lew
H|>eeehoH Into a phonograph. Well,
he has been running at tho mouth
like a phonograph lo, these many
years.
A prohibition plank in the demo
cratic platform will hunt up the party
In the northern cities, where It* four
eornors ronton whiskey barrels.
The American automobile is lead
ing the ben/ine buggy race through
Hlborla. Kvldontly it. caught t he first
train.
Transport Crook In Port
Transport Crook, bringing the de
tachment of the Twonty-nocond In
fantry that In to take the place of the
men of the Tenth ntatloned at Fort
l.lHcum arrived In port today. The
detachment, of the Tenth will go out
on the fVook.
Htearnhentod furnished room* at
Hotel Valdez.
FORCES OF SHAH
GAIN 616 VICTORY
Tabriz, Persia, June 20—The Hha's
forces Ruined a decisive victory in a
buttle with revolutionists here last
night, the tight lasting until this
morning. In all more thun loo were
killed. The revolutionist* retreated
in disorder. Peace negotiations are
being made today and it is believed
that conditions in Persia will soon
returned to normal.
In Terheran evidences of the slaugh
ter marking the outbreak of the re
volution are being rapidly removed.
The dead are being buried in trenches
and the wounded are being cared for.
Nearly 1,000 lives huve paid sacrifice
, to what at first promised to be a long
and sanguinary struggle and t<» de
throne the shah,
MAN IS ROBBED
NEAR WHITEHORSE
Whitehorse, Alaska, June 2fi—Leon
Sochia, a miner from Fairbanks was
yesterday afternoon held up on the
trail fifty miles from here ami robbed
of $|f>o, his savings ot the winter.
Three men believed to be those who
robbed Sochia are under arrest.
It was nearing night when Sochia
was confronted by the men who rob
bed Imiii. They offered him no per
sonal violence and after taking his
poke st ail ed oil toward the interior.
Sochia hiuvrf'd to Whitehorse getting
in here early this morning. Ah sooii
as lie t• > 1 <I his story otliccrs started
out on the trail and met three men a
tew miles from town. The men could
give no satisfactory explanation as to
their whereabouts during the last few
days and as I lies had between them
praetieally the amount ot money
taken from Sochia they were placed
under arrest and will be held pending
flirt her in vcsl.igat ion.
LETTER TO WIFE SAYS
HUSBAND IS DOOMED
Taromu, June'2ti Mrs. Harry How
land, wife of t he prosecuting at torney
of I'ieree county, today received a
letter through the mail telling her
that tier husband has been sentenced
to death for interfering "with those
who have never harmed him " Mrs.
Rowland is greatly worried by the
threat hut her husband pay a little at
tcntion to it.
Kowland hast been very active in
proseeut iit)* tenderloin saloon keepers
for the least infraction of the law.
lie has put a stop to gambling and
has enforced t he Sunday closing laws
and it is believed that the letter to
Mrs. Kowland was sent by some hab
itue of tin* tenderloin.
VENEZUELA IS OFF
THIS COUNTRY'S LIST
Washington, .1 line, 2l>—From now
on, unless ('resident Castro commits
some overt act Venezuela is off the
list of the I'nitcd States. The ad
ministration this morning made pub
lic the fact, that all diplomatic rela
tions with Castro's country have
been abandoned so far at. least as
Caracas is concerned.
Iii common with other countries
the United States will not for the
present withdraw the consuls from
other cities in Venezuela, hut the
representatives will keep aloof from
anything of a diplomatic nature.
Displeasure at the manner in which
President Cast roof Vcne/.cula lias been
treating Americans is the reHHon ad
vanced ,>y t he administrat ion for recall
in^ Minister Hleeper. The administra
tion will not act further in the mat ter
until after Mininter Hleeper arrives in
thin country and makes hi* report.
TAFT TRYING TO DE
CIDE CHAIRMANSHIP
Washington, July I—Presidential
Nominee Taft Ik today in conference
with Krank Hitchcock and Arthur
Voreys in an effort to nettle the <piCH
tion of who Ih to he chnirman of the
repnhliean national committee, Taft
want* Hitchcock hut the leader* of
the party in Ohio urge the appoint
ment. of Voreyw, who wah Tftft'n man
ager in that state, and Hay that the
appointment of Hitchcock tncann <1Ih
rupting the party In Ohio.
After Mr. Taft formerly abdicated
hln position an wcretary of war, yoa
terday afternoon, he held an Infor
mal reception to hid K"°dbye t<> the
heads of the department.
Klondike Operator Dlen
Heattle, July I—Krank Cleveland a
well known mining operator of Eldof
ado creek, In the Klondike, died here
yesterday from eommmptlon.
THOMPSON LAD'S
AUNT IS INSANE
Scuttle, June 27—Mr«. Lucia Kyau,
aunt of Cheater Thompson the youth
who killed former Judge George
Meade Emory two years ago next
month, became violently insane
this morning and wandering from tho
home of Cheater's father made her
way to Lake Washington into whioh
she threw herself. The wonan's at
tempt at suicide was witnessed by
two men who succeeded in saving her
life after a bard struggle. The
woman's strength despite her age,
was that of a maniac,
News that Mrs. Kyan Is Insane
caused much comment in this city,
where feeling against the slayer of
former Judge Emory is still very
strong, Young Thompson was ac
quitted of the murder on the grounds
of insanity and at the time the ex
perts who testified in bis behalf swore
that be was incurable. Less than two
years ufter tho commission of the act
his father obtained Chester's release
from the insane ward <>1 the peniten
tiary by a court hearing during which
the same experts testified that the
youth has entirely recovered bis
reason.
One of the pleas made at the mur
der trial by Will H. Thompson, the]
father, was t hat there is and lias al-I
ways been insanity in the family.
Now that another member has be
eomc insane there is renewed con
demnation of the jury that turned
voung Thompson loose.
STEAMSHIP SINKS
AND 85 PERISH
Coruna, Spain, June 2(5—Eighty-live
persons perished last, night as the re- |
suit of the steamship Larschc st riking 1
a rock near here and going at once to
the bottom. Eighty persons were
saved.
It was a calm night and why the J
steamship should have hern oil her
course is a mystery that will probab
ly never he solved for the captain and
olllcers of the Larache went down
with her. There was only time to
launch three of the life hoats.
REMAINS OF CLEVELAND
ARE LAID TO REST
Princeton, June 2<!—Just at. sun
down all that was mortal of drover j
Cleveland was laid to rest in the eein
etary in this city. The services were
attended by many of the most promi
nent men in public life, the list being
headed by President Koosevelt . Mil
itary honors were accorded the re
mains of him who for two terms
served tin* United States as its chief
executive.
Princeton has been tilled with
strangers for twenty-four hours, hut
only those possessing invitations were
permitted to enter the cemetary dur
ing the services. Four companies of
infantry and cavalry, acted as guard
to President Koosevelt and also served
to keep order.
SOUVENIR HUNTERS
ROB CLEVELAND GRAVE!
I'rinceton, June 29—Tin* grave of
drover ( Ueveland has been despoiled
by souvenir hunters who swarmed
into the cemetery almoHt. um hood an
the burial service wuh (tomploU'il.
Owing to a misunderstanding the
militia wuh not informed that Mrs.
Cleveland wiHhed the cemetery to be
guarded until the strangers whooame
to Princeton had departed from tbo
city and coiiHeqnently the morning
after the funeral it wan discovered
that alj the Mowers and even a gr<«at
portion of the Hod bad been taken
away from the grave.
News Notes Froni Heaver Dam
June 33— Special correspondence.—
Of the nine hears ween in the vallev
of the Telkhel thin season, only two
were shot. The glacier bear killed at.
Heaver Dam w«h an exceptionally
fine Hpccimen.
The road commissioner men are re
building the bridge across the Telk
hel between Haina and the Dam.
Htewart creek bridge Ih also being re
paired.
There are more prospectors working
pt the Telkhel valley thin year than
there has been since 1900.
Tod Date* horses unwilling to wait
for the completion of the wagon road
or to climb around the high trail, at
tempted to swim through Keystone
canyon a few days ago. Tod whh en
route to Heaver Dam with a paek
train load of fresh fruit and vegeta
bles.
VALDEZ BANK 8 MERCANTILE GO.
(Inc) Bankers and General Merchants (Inc)
Visit our BIG STORE while in the city and look over our line
of Dry Goods, Groceries, Ladies' and Gents' Furnishings, Boots, Shoes,
Hats and Caps, Rubber Goods, Furniture, Carpets, Linoleum, Mats,
Draperies, Glass and Crockery Ware, Hardware, Stoves, Miners'
Supplies, Etc.
Wc receive a large shipment of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables on
every steamer. Special attention is called to a line of S. & W.
canned Goods, which are the highest pitch of perfection.
HLQEZ BUI & MILE CO., INC.
Si PIONEER OUTFITTERS 8m
RUEF UNO HENEY
CLASH IN COURT
San Francisco, .1 unc'2t»--Kpecial I'ros
pcuUir llcncy and Abe Ruef clashed in
court this morning during the bribery
trial of t In-lat ter, llcncy accused Ruef
of employing assassins andliuef called
Hcney a damned liar. Court at
taches prevent cd physical violence
being done.
The trouble started by Ruef mak
ing formal objection to the presence j
in the courtroom of lleney's special !
guard because of the fact, that the |
latter was armed. There were a few j
sarcastic remarks accompanying the !
objection which was interrupted by
lleney who said:
"If any trouble starts, you will get j
yours first because you hired assas
sins to kill me."
"You damned liar, you" replied
Ruef *• turning toward llcncy who
started toward the defendant, only, to j
be seized by t wo husky balitfs who i
prevented further hostilities.
JUDGE REFUSES RUEF S
MILLION DOLLAR BOND
San Francisco, June '20—Superior
Judge Dunn this morning caused con
sternation and despair in the Ruef
camp by refusing to accept, securities
offered as bail by lluef and represent
ing $1,000,000. Ruef's lawyers argued
and implored but. all to no purpose for
Judge Dunn held that the securities
are not reliable.
For several weeks Ruef has been
trying to obtain his liberty on bail
and has offered several securities but
all have been refused. The securities
refused this morning were obtained
only with much difllculty and great
hopes were based on their being ac- j
copied.
BRITISHER WOULD DO
HONOR TO JULY FOURTH
I<<M1<I011, Juno 2(1—Hpeaking in tho
hotiHP of commonx tbia morning John
I/onmlalo urged Mint tho date of inau
gurating the now penny poatal ugroo
inont botwoea Knglnnd and tho
United HIhe olinngocl from Oeto
hor I t*> Mm* Fourth of July an a token
of tho good will felt hy Knglaud U>-.
\var<l A morion. N<» definite notion
wan taken with rognrd to the matter.
Oncnr 8n1l In Ilonpltal
Onenr Hall, a woll known mining
man underwent an operation for
hemorrhoid* MiIh morning. The pat
lent atood tho or<l<'al well and it Ih
expected that tomorrow h<< will agnin
he operated on, MiIh time for stomach
trouble. Mr. Hall linn been n Mufforer
for Home tlino and wan forced to come
outaldc a work or ho ago. He in at.
tho Valdoz hoHpitnl, tinder eare of
Dr. I>alton.
H. N. Kcelof, vlee-proiildent of the
afiHoolatcd Morgan-Guggenheim eor
poratlon will be a paHHonger by the
next trip of the Yucatan for Cordova
to Inapeot the work being done there.
Telegraph and Mail ^ Town ill Itself HlH-ikamith Shop,
Station. ' etc., etc.
Wortman's Roadhouse
I«T)OT OK SUMMIT, TWHNTY MM,US FROM VALDEZ
Accommodation for 40 horses. Warm Doghouses
A FULL STOCK OF GENERAL SUPPLIES
♦wJEm'T
(■«.!, I nu-lril fur XPOlltillS MagllUSOII PfOp
from Vftldez to tin; Summit
The Teikhell Roadhouse
48 Miles From Valdez
On Government Trail.
Brut of aeeommodatioiiH for man and boast. Krenh Moat
always on hand. IIoiso and Ook Food All the latent
improvement#. I'RIVATIC ROOMS.
Mrs. Ed. Wood, Proprietor,
DRY CREEK ROADHOUSE
I,. O. and O. B. RORER, ProprictorB.
118 MlLKS ON FAIRBANKS
FROM VALDKZ AND ICAOLK TRAILS
ALASKA COMMERCIAL CO.
Have established a sta
tion at SUSITNA, at
the forks of the Susitna
and Yentna rivers and
will carry a full line of
MINERS' SU P PLIES
Other Stations at UNAI,ASKA, KARJVUK,
AFOGNAK, SUNRISE, KODIAK,
KAGUYAK, TYONOOK
ALASKA COAST CO.
Kquippcd with Wireless
THE "INSIDE" ROUTE
To Juneau and All Puget Sound Ports
52m S. S. BERTHA JULY BID
Right roHorvotl to ohnnRo ntoatnorH or huIUiik flai™ without notion
H. K ALBXANOKR, a. h. DAUTMtfK,
Oknkhai. Manaokh, Taooma. (Iknkrai, Aobnt, Valdkz
VALDEZ HOSPITAL
Kofwrvation Avo, nrnr Court Hoimr
Private Rooms for Patients Graduate Nurses
Hospital Tickets, $1.50 per Month.
Phone 77