The Alaska Prospector
I'ublUheU hi Viildez, Alusktt, every Tliutiday
by tlie I'rosi*ectok Publishing Co
Phone Main l.
Entered at the Valdex Po;-iotHce as keconcl
eltit>« matter.
ubu-rlptton per year. ?J for six month
HiiRle eopie* JO cent*
MISS BENEDICT WOBBLES.
MIbs Mabel Bdnodint the Unalaska
school teacher who escaped from the
sailors of the navy and revenue cut
ter service who stormed that citadel
of virginity, tlie Jesse Lee Home at
Unalaska, and lived t^> toll the tale
to the Seattle newspapers, either can
not get herself quoted correctly or
elso she get* bill8.1 up in her own
statements.
Miss Benedict writ cm to the Seattle
Times that slcs was misquoted by the
Times reporter who said she charged
that sailors had bombarded the Jesse
Lee Home vi e! armis, especially tlie
arm]. Thin t >u ; N reasonable be
caufo the Time i isn't particular about
facts when i! is put'.ing together a
good yellow st »ry. However in both
Times and IM MUs Benedict reiter
ates vague i'.i sweeping charges
against the me < f t li< revenue cutter
service the b.n-lci: of which charges
is that "conc'iti >n:- ;:re terrible," and
thut women, l> ch while and native,
arc in a pari* n . state when the cut
ters are hard b/.
How if Mis i i:e:u'u! • v il! ja.L give
a few specific:.:ion . i ::-ua»l of con
tenting hei"('ii « it ; preachments
about the tot.ii i 'i>i\i\i:y of I he men
011 the cutter . onic detinue infoima
tion may tin; he acquired.
WOMlvN VvS. MEN.
No, the foreg. .i:ig caption is not Un
title of ;t ease at law — for divorce or
anything like tliat— but is merely to
cull attention to the tact that, placed
on record as supposed t<» i:*I» • in be
half of the identical «»1 >j« t tin-women
and the men • >t Vaide.: star.d tar aj>art
when it tomo to a en nparison of
things accomplished in behalf of the
Valdez exhibit to be made al the Al
aska-Yukon- Pacific Kxposil ion. So
far as lies within their province—and
even beyond this provinc- —i he inoin
bi-rs of the Yalde/. Ladies Auxiliary
have wrought well i n; lb ■ Si«m«' can
not be said in the nic.i loll, of the
town. Why this i< can be account
ed for in only «»i:«• way; the inon of
Valdez seem not aware > i l oir op
portunity.
True, since .he i.ucptiu:, of the ex
position pr.-jee;, ina.iy Alai; ns have
Meoffed at tl:<- plan as < n<- purposed
only for tlie b.-nelii of Seattle, but it
must bo renu mbcivd that ibenaincof
Alaska is absolutely identified with
the affair and liial Alaska must stand
or fall by ihr shewing made by the
territory. Visitors to .lie exposition
arc not going to make anaiv of tin
reasons why Alaska is not well rep
resented (in ease it is net i but will
only formulate their judgement of l lie
territory upon what the\ see exhibit -d
from the territory.
The business men 01 Yaldi/. should
respond to the plea of the members
of the auxiliary, and should prollt by
the good example set by this organi
sation.
In borne eases the politicians of
Washington seem to be able under
the direct primary to frustrate t!iod<
Hires of the people w ith a facility
equal to that obtaining when the con
vention was the thing. A j oint in
support is the fate of Judge Hum
phric, who llrst was and then was
not nominated for the supn me bench.
Talking about luck in loMerien, in
the recent jury drawing f»>r the com
ing term of the district court at Val
do« 110 Cordova name* were in the
box and twenty-nix wore drawn. Sew
»rd had fifty naniCH in I lie box and
throo were drawn.
Some ot President Koosevolt'a
■tronuonily no ma to have innooniated
Candidate Taft; wlioi the latter
wants a little oxtranoous advertising
ho ban bin Hpeoial train jump the
track.
If It in true that u hoii of Ala <ka'«
dologato in ooiigrean lum cracked a
Wlaoon Bin bank vault it proves con
clusively the unlltneHM of Alaska for
•elf-government.
Junta llttln more time ard iIiIm
eampnlgn might beeonv rn 1< n«.y
With scandal an the stinkpot mill ol
1884.
If Hcrvla goo# to war Kju^ Peter
Raragcorgovltch ought to out quite a
• wAt.h with his name.
J«fM» Will So* Fleet Tomorrow
Tokyo, Oct. 17—1The Atlantic fleet
will arrive off Yokahama tomorrow,
according to wlrole** report * received
this morning. The fleet lint* en
countered rough weather, onfl man
being drowned and several of the
yeaseln being Rlightly damaged. Ail
Japan la In gala attire In honor of
tho visitor*.
ALASKA JUDICIAL EXPENSE
If refinement of cheese-paring
economy Iras caused congress to with
hold from Alaska tho poor boon bt
; bisection of the Fourth judicial divis
I ion some interested person should
1 take a minute oiT and show that
billion-dollar aggregation that while
preserving the Third division intact
saves the salary of an additional
judge, district attorney, marshal and
clerk, it entails traveling expenses for
various officials far exceeding these
extra salaries. 111 fact the salary in
crease would be less than the total
salary of the four new ollicials named
because the number of assistants
would be reduced by one each in the
offices of attorney, marshal and
clerk. The aggregate salary increase
would be loss than $10,000 annually.
Taking the recent jouruey of Dis
[ trict Attorney Crossley from Fair
banks to Valdcz by way of Seattle—
which route brought him through
[ in shorter time than any other—The
i Skagway Alaskan showed the folly
of a judicial system which -ends an
Alaska official 1000 miles to go from
one town t.) another X50 miles away,
waistiug a mouth of time in the
: elFort. The Seattle I'oat-Intclligen
j cor copied the article and illustrated
' it with a map which ought to make
1 the situation plain even to a United
| States senator.
If somebody will show that map to
the senate at. the coining session and
tlie Fourth judicial bill still fails to
pass the dissenting members ought to
spend the summer vacation in a
kindergarten.
REVENUE FLEET KEPT ISUSY
(Scuttle Tilne.v)
When one stops to consider that the
coast line of tin* I'nitcd Slates proper
is about 10,000 mill's, the cruise of
the combined revenue licet in Ah.s
i kan waters lakes o.i .*e. p c .r.ble pro
I portions.
During tin* season jn I c.i
tain Munger's live f hip:-» e >vered a to
tal of more than (it),Don miles. That,
is—iheir voyage in the aggregate
would reach nearly two and a half
times around the earth at the equu
tor.
There are sonic_ good names in
that lleet— the Hear luiiicd for buck
ing the ice: the MeCulloch w-wch re
ceive d its baptism ot funic in tin- hat
tie of Manila Hay; the liisl trie itush
—I In- l'erry and the Thetis.
During tin? season just closed some
one of those ships lias penetrated t he
Arctic to Harrow; another has circled
the seal islands; and yet another has
made the voyage to Attu—a thousand
miles west of I he meridian of Hono
lulu.
All of them havejdone good in the
name ol the Government, tor the
master ol a revenue culler in north
ern waters is a sort of Prince Hounti
ful who dispenses inanitoi.l benefits
wit I) a lavish baud.
A combined voyage ><i t'0,000 miles
looks rather large lo the average
landsman. Vet the mariner thinks
nothing of it. He knows that the
coast line of Alaska, with its innu
merable inlets and islands, is fully
2;$,000 miles in length; and that the
live vessels of the revenue fleet must
be up and doing in order to get over
their territory and report home in
good »•( a son.
ills indictments
DISMISSED BY COURT
Two indictments against. Allred'B.
lies whicji were t returned by the
grand Jury, in the district court in
August VMYJ were dismissed today on
j motion of the defendant's attorneys,
' Ost randcr & Donohoc, and with the
i consent of the district attorney's of
I flee. The dismissal; amounts to Un
acquittal of Mr. Ih'H of Ihe charge
made.
Mr. lien van charged witli conniv
ing with Oliarloa FH6nd' to forge a
! deed to alleged mining property on
: Oleary creek in thtf Tanana. It has
.^inco been uMcertainod that no such
property had' over been loo a tod by
Friend or anybody elne. Friend's
I atory to Ilea was that ids real name
was Oiirt Diekoi Hon, that Friend wiih
an aliaS; tliat under Hit* true name of
Dickcrsbu ho had located thiH prop
orty, which was of considerable value;
that he was in great' need of money
for medioal attendance for IdH wife
and to pay prosHing bills; Mr. Ilea ad
vanced lllm the mofoey ho asked and
Friend executed the debd aa (Jiih
DickerAon.
Boon atterwai'd the matter Wfla
called to the attention of the grand
jury and on the (oMtitnoiiy of Friend
Mr. lies wan iridioifd. No indict
mont wati returned a&Ainat Friend al
though lie aeotiHod himself of forgery
in bin toHtimony before the grand ju
ry. Friend ban since loft Valdez tin
der a eloiKl.
Mr. lies has hefcn trying for two
years to obtain a hearing or a <Iih
inixnal of tho cake ah<t tlila was aoconj*
pllsflfcd today i»V order of Judge Hold',
it wiih Admitted by the' district,attOf
noy'a office thai It liad no ca'icagalnfti
ilea and fhftf. the Indictment \Vaa re
tunica solely upon tin testimony of a
man nnwrth\<ttf .bsltbf. Judge liar
Ian, former dintrlft attorney, stated
» oi\ after trie matter wan i»rought to
hi* attention that the Indict meat 1
noVer unAflld baC6 been found.
Seattle, Oct. 17—Declaring that the '
seas were so huge that it was im
possible for a tin; to live in them,
Capt. Farraricommander of the Hat
tie Gage, denies that ho acted in
a coward'.j manner when he aban
doned the cannery bark Star of Hen
gal off Coronation island. The de
nial and explanation apj ear in an af
fidavit tiled by the captain today
with the local United States marine
inspectors.
The preliminary hearing held in
San Francisco shortly after the wreck
of the Bengal resulted in the captains
of the llattie (!;ge ai d the Kayak;
being held responsible for the loss of
the Bengal, wliieh resulted in the
death of 100 sailors and cannery em
ployes. Tl.c Ural healing bus not |
taken place, but i it results in cm-1
Arming the findings « f the prelimi
nary hearing, the tag boat captains
will be charged with manslaughter
under the federal law, and in Alaska
prosecuted on the felony charge.
Ccpt. Farrar declares that ho did
all in his power to saved the Bengal,
I only abandoning her when it was
certain that any o'her ccurse would
have resulted in the loss of the tng.
The captain says that the tugs are
not adapted to towing, heing primari
ly for iuo a.< tenders mm! lachiir . the
powt i* <>; a i( .ular t»i\v lion! H<\ho
says that Hie . ugs are not particularly
seaworthy • they have too niU' h
carrying eapscily, and were never
intended for r sngh weather.
rsons suffered serious in
ji.i\ in tin- i'orest lire- which destroyed
ihe t«>w11 Net/. and which (or a time
Saturday threatened to cause the
cu..tih ot those aboard the relief train
soot to their asHidtauct the day be
tui v. i ho story of the escape from
wliat secmcil cortaindoafh i.-» one ot
lierwioin on ihe.part of the '.rain crew,
and ol ihe utmost suffering on the
part of all.
Surrounded on every aide by a wall
ol tire, momentai ily drawing* nearer,
lite refugees sought what celiet the}
initio lind l>y cowering clo.se to the
iloors ot t h'c ears in which i1k\ wciv
uaking. Members of the train crew
oraved the furnace heat ahead to
ascertain ilie chance of success if the
train made a dash lor safely, and re
turned with „ information that .such
action meant certain death because
of the huge trees across the track.
'J'hen thu men returned to where the
Oiggt st olisl met ions lay anil set tire
to them so that tticy might burn
through where they blocked the
track.
Hour upon hour the helpless suf
fers waited, lighting with such im
plimcnts as were at hand the Haines
threatening to destroy the coaches
affording their only relief, .the lire
wlis within a few y.ods of the train,
when the < ngin ter llnally decided
that the trees across the track had
t/urned sulliciently t-> prrmit the loco
motive to hurl tic m aside. Ti e warn
ing was given and with so ii eu ihions
| and other articles the windows were
| sualed as well as possible and the
I train started.
For nearly a mile the pathway lay
! straight through a vcritablo holy-1
Ic&ust. Railroad ties were burning,
and in many instances the rails were
warped by the terrific; heat but by a
mirac-lo the train kept to the track
and llnhlly emergi d into safety, more
resembling a gigantic firebrand than
aught else.
cogpiaontof the ganger that]
threatened 11*«* reftigerh, a relief part,y
had assembled outside the Are zone,
and ho hood jih the train eaino to a
lialt. the injured were brought into
the open air and the work of renunci
ation began. Fifteen of those taken
from tlx* train were di»ad; of all those
aboard, not one who did not bear
Home Injury an the result of the ex
perience.
In ail the lire has rendered 2.000
families homeless, and has destroyed
property valued Into the hundreda of
thousands of dollars. Of those who
enoo pod.with their Uvea, not ono Inn
more than the clothing In which now
elnd. Hteps are being taken for the
relief of the vIcMrns.
Fort! Indictment In Dismissed
Judge Hold t his morning dh inlsM d
the indictment brought by a previoua
grand Jury ^gainst Peter FoHl. The
chho i# oho growing ctit of trouble In
, Kntalla, two embryo railroads caus
ing a clash lietwecn rlral Intercuts,
FOrt,I was Indicted on a charge of
assault With a deadly weapon, but-as
both railroads have gone out of ex- j
Istertef! and as the only parties to the
action to appear were the United
Htates and the defendant, the indict- j
ment was dlamlssed.
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Bankers and General Merchants (Inc)
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that satisfy*
We have just received our big line of fall clothing* v ••
We carry Slims, Stouts, Shorts, Mediums; clothes to fit any
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Every suit guaranteed, read guarantee in our display window*
PRfCES from ■
mm. oo to $30.00
We are especially strong this season in men's furnishing
goods of all kinds*
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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TUFT RIDICULES
SCHEME OF BRYAN j
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Louisville, Oct. 17—William Jen
nings Bryan's hank guarantee scheme
received a severe scoring from Can- j
didate 'I'afl during the lattcr's speech
delivered in this c ity last, night. Mr. |
Taft. declared that the scheme will,
if it becomes effective, open the way
to fraud and will make every honest
hanker responsible for the integrity
of any o;.e who wishes to start a
hank.
According to Mr. Taft, the Bryan
scheme makes it possible for anybody
t«> start a bank, regardless of the
honesty of the purpose behind such
institution. The scheme, declared
Mr. Taft, makes 110 provision for
safeguard in this respect, but does
place upon all banksrs the responsi
bility of protecting the depositors in
the wildcat institutions.
Mr. Taft is the first republican
presidential candidate to carry a cam
paign into this state. His meetings
have been largely attended and his
re marks well received.
Slf TITER BILL -
IS WEALTHY AGAIN
Spokane, Oct. 17—Bronzed by his
long exposure to the sun and heat of
the desert Kwiftwater Hill dates, of
Klondike fame, arrived in town this
morning from Nevada. Swlftwater
declares that he is once again in "the
hit? money" and that his present
claim exeeeds in vah\e any of his
prior discoveries.
After pOHOHsing himself of new rai
ment Hwlftwater began to familarize
himself with the cafes and it was
then that ho llrst learned of thedeatl.
by suicide in Valdoz, Alaska, of his
former wife, Hera Beatrice Cook, lie
expressed regret that ids former wife
sow fit to lead the life that preceeded
her self-bought death but • disavowed
any personal responsibility.
Oaten has announced his intention
of investing in this city a portion of
ids newly won fortune/ .
BIG STRIKE OF LEAD
AND SILVER IS MADE
From the Westward comes the
uovvh of n big strike in silver and lead
ore. Hecks and Johnson, who liavo
been in the lliamna country for the
pn«t season on a proMpeetlng trip, are
the discoverer of the ledger which
lies in close proximity to what is
know as the Dntton Copper property.
An open cut ban been run on the
lodge disclosing a width of twelve
feet. The outcrop, It Is stated; can
be traced for ml'jei.
The ledge lies In a limestone for
mation, apparently being an intrusive
vein. The outcrop Is ft carbonate ore,
which at depth should turn into a
sulphide. Assays pf picked sample#
give a return of ounces in silver
and 40 per cent lea^l to the ton. '
Wortman's Roaiouse
Bar and General Merchandise
Accomodations for Travelers
Pontius Magnuson Prop.
The Teikhell Roadhcuse
48 Miles From Valdez
On Government Trail.
Best of accommodations for man and beast. Fresh Meat
always on hand. Horse and Dose Feed All the latest
improvements. PRIVATE ROOMS. >
Mrs. Ed. Wood, Proprietor.
DRY CREEK ROADHOUSE
I/. G. nnd G. B. RORER, Proprietors. - '•
118 MILKS ON FAIRBANKS
FROM VALDEZ AND EAGLE TRAILS
Alaska Coast Co.
S. S. BERTHA, 8,h of each mnlb
S. S. PORTLAND,25th oi each ™*nth
' ' ' ' * ■ ■ *i > $
From Valdez for
Juneau ahd ail Pugct Sound I'orlfi .1
Rights Reserved to Change .Steamers or Sailing Dute# \Vithout<Notice.
A. S. DAUTRICK. General Agent, VnUlez, Alaska.
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VALDEZ HOSPITAL
4 ' ' • V
Reservation Ave. near Court Houw
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Private Rooms for Patients Graduate Nurses
Hospital Tickets, $1.50 per Month.
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SCHOONER BAINBRIDGE
HITS COTTAGE CITY
f ' J
Seattle, Oct. J9—Inveatlgat-lon haa
determined that tho voaaol which on
Friday nightcollidod with tho l,ynn
Canal Urtor Cottage City la the
rtohootier Hainbrldge. Tho latter Is
not injured.
Tho Cottage City haa her atom
broken and Ih laid open clear to hor
fore mailt. The wonder ia that alio
did not alnk. Tho paaaengera who
woro uninjured wore Saturday night
taken north on tho atcatnahlp Jeffor
Hon, and the freight will go north on
tho Tampion, departing tomorrow.
While there haa hcon no Inveatlga
tlon Into tho oauao of tho accident it
Is believed that the Cottage City la
equally culpable with the aehooner.
The Paoiflc C.'oaat Btoamahlp Com
pany, owner of tho Cottage City, haa
aMUmed all damagea suffered by the
paaaengera on the otnatnihip.
DOME GREEK HAS
ANOTHER MURDER
Falrbanka, Oot. 2t~ IloMrt Dunn
yentorday afternoon ahofc and killed
hln former mining partner'* brothor
in-law, EHllng. The homl'eide too k
plaeo on Domo orGek And only hiongro
detail* nre obfhlrtnble at ibis time.
Ill feeling between the two men ban
existed for nonio time, the iron bio
growing out of M»o Half of Dunn'* In
terent to Kbllng and Dnnn'A former
partner, Morgan
Ono of the afcorie* of the shooting
In that Dunn entered thA enbln on tbo
elalm and thai when Kbilng renehed
for a gun, Dunn «hot In nelf defense.