CABLESHIP MINA
IS AT HALIFAX
While Searehing for Bodies of
Wreok Steamer Was in Con
stant Danger
Halifax, May <3.—The eableship
Minai lias arrived here from the
scene of the Titanic wreck with
15 bodies, having abandoned the
search.
The officers report that I In* im
mense bergs frequently endan
gered the ship and constant care
was necessary to avoid collision
with bergs which did not rise
above the water.
TITANIC PROBE
HAS CLOSED
Senate Committee Finishes Inves
tigation and Will Make
Report
Washington, May <>.—The sen
atorial investigation into I he Ti
tanic wreck has been closed. The
committee will report ils findings
lo the senate with a view of pass
ing legislation providing great
er safety fur tin* traveling pub
lic.
BEN 1ENSGHER
LAID TO REST
Body of Spanish War Veteran
Buried With Military Hon
ors by Comrades
In spite of the rain and the
difficulty in getting to the cem
etery Sunday, the Spanish War
Veterans and friends turned out
about 50 strong to attend the
funeral of Ben Muenscher. The
procession was formed on the city
dock upon the arrival of the Vet
erans from. Fort Liscum . about
11 o'clock and from there inarch
ed to the cemetery.
The pallbearers were Comrades
Merrill, Barrett, Katman, Shat
tan, Doggett und Dennis. The
impressive ceremony of the Vet
erans was held at the grave by
the chaplain and others assist
ing.
"Earth to earth, ashes lo ash
es dust to dust, looking for the
resurrection and the life to coine
under the (treat Commander of
all." Then volleys by the firing
squad and "laps" were sounded
over the grave of the departed
comrade.
District Court.
Thn jury was called and excus
ed until Thursday al in a. m.
I, f). Flynn el al. vs. M. I>.
Oleason et al.; dismissed without
prej udice.
John W. Frame vs. John H.
Wont; suit lo declare plaint id' a
third owner in certain Hhoup gla
cier mining claims.
Waller KalofT vs. Kenal Com.
(In.; set for Wednesday; action
for malicious prosecution.
Jeff Dcvinney, who came In
from, the Midas properly across
the hay, reports that development
work on the properly is continu
ing with splendid results. The
ore ho'dy through which Ihe men
are working keeps up its high av
erage.
LOOAL BREVITIE8.
About a foot of snow on I ho
level remains in the vicinity of
Wortman's rnadhouse.
F. J. Hayes has assumed his
duties as stenographer in the dis
trict attorney's office.
Otto Kanitz, who is confined to
the Hospital of the Good Samari
tan, is on the high road to rapid
recovery.
Henry I)eyo and party have re
turned to the Rutherford-Ram
sey property, where they will con
tinue to stope out ore.
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Messrs. Price and Algaze, pas
sengers on the Alameda for Yal
dez, arc old friends of Mr. John
Feinblooni and will be his guests
while here. The genl lemen, while
wealthy themselves, represent a
strong aggregation of outside
capitalists.
Tomorrow evening the local
chapter of the American Mining
Congress will hold an open meet
ing in the council chamber to dis
cuss Alaskan and particularly
Valdez affairs. All are invited to
attend.
Elinjer Miller, who was brought,
in from Ptarmigan Drop, is still
very il| at the Post hospital, al
though it is said he is doing as
nicely as could be expected under
the circumstances. It will he
many months before lie will en
tirely recover.
floodIrror
IS INCREASING
Mississippi River Continues to
Rise With Fifteen Parish
es Under Water
New Orleans. May f».--Every
day adds t<» the horrors of the
Hood situation in the ^Mississippi
valley. Fifteen parishes are now
under water with the river con
tinuing to rise.
The second levee' has broken,
causing many men working on tin;
dike to be carried to watery
graves. More than a quarter of
million people are homeless and
must rely upon the efforts of the
government and charity associa
tions to provide for them.
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ALAMEDA ENGINEERS
TO QO ON CARPET
Seattle May 0.—The marine in
spectors have preferred charges
against Assistant Engineer Bun
ton and Third Assistant Engi
neer Winter, of the Alameda.
They were on duty when the
steamer wrecked the Colman dock
here.
8NOW KEEP8 WATER
FROM RUNNING OFF FLAT
Hob Mcintosh shoveled out up
per Hroadway mo that teams can
now* go to I he bridge without
trouble. If«> reports that all the
old channels between the *1 ik«» ami
the glacier are tilled with water,
in places being four feet deep.
As soon as the snow water runs
oft" the trail to the Klacier will be
in tine condition for freighting.
SIXTEEN OLUB AND
FRIENDS DANOE WEDNESDAY
The Sweet Sixteen club will
Rive one of their delightful
dances in Kaglei* hall on Wed
nesday niKhl lo which all are in
vited. This will be the last dance
given by the organization this
season and consequently is in the
nature of a farewell social atTair.
Inasmuch as the club has, during
the winter, given a number of
complimentary affairs, a charge
of one dollar will be made for,
Wednesday night's dance.
Jack Carroll will go into Slate
creek this week, having a lay on
the Oole-Dempsoy properly.
GUGGENHEIM LEFT
IMMENSEFORTUNE
Eighty Thousand Dollars Left to
Charity and Balance to
Relatives
Now York, May 0.—The will of
Benjamin Guggenheim, the finan
cier, who lost his life in the
wreck of the Titanic, has been
filed for probate. He leaves a for
tune of $92,000,000.
Charily associations will ben
efit to the extent of $80,000, the
remainder being l«»ft to relatives.
Guggenheim has given very large
sums to charily in the past which
were not made known, as lie ob
jected to publicity.
GERMANY SENDS
NEW AMBASSADOR
I Baron Bleberstein Sent to Eng
land to Restore Friendly
I
Relations
Herlin, May ('» Ofllcinl an
nouncement is made that Huron
Hichcrslcin, who is now fierman
ambassador |o Turkey, has heen
summoned home from Constan
tinople ami will shortly he sen!
In KiikIuihI In replace (Jonnt.Mel
lernich. •
(•real significance all aches In
I In* change #if ri'pri'si'iilal ivcs in
l.iimlnn. Tin* relations between
I In* countries have been very
stained ami the appointment of
Huron Hichcrstejn, who is con
sidered one of the leading diplo
mats of the century, it is hoped,
wil| result in the restoration of
former friendly relations between
'the nations.
goldthieT
IS PAROLED
With Fifteen Months Yet to 8erve
Adams is Qlven His
Liberty
Seattle, May (i..-(icorge Edward
Adams, t li«* assay office gold
thief, who robbed I ho miners of
the north out of thousands of
dollars, was given his liberty on
parole today.
Adams had 15 months yet to
serve and has proved a model
prisoner. His ill.gottiMi fortune
has hern swept away and he is
now a poor man. His wife also
seen red a divorce while he was in
prison.
OONVENTION WILL BE
NECESSARY TO DEOIDE
I
Dallas, Tex., May 0.--A county
convention and possibly a state
convention will he necessary to
decide whether President Taft or
Roosevelt win in Saturday's pri
maries.
VETERANS MEET DEATH
IN TRAIN WREOK
■ i ■ i tmti* — » «
New Orleans, May ft.--Eight
veterans of the civil war who were
en route to the Confederate en
campment at Macon were killed,
in a train wreck near here.
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AMERICAN SHOT
FROM MEXICO
Soldier is Killed While on Patrol
Duty on the Mexican
Border
El Paso, May 0.—Private John
Baker, of the 22nd infantry, was
shot from across the border
while on patrol duly near here.
Numerous depredations are
committed daily by bandits from
across the line who resent the
watchfulness of the American
troops in preventing1 arms and
ammunition from being smug
gled arms* the line for the reb
els. x
PREPARING THE
FAIR GROUNDS
Big Dredger is Filling in Tide
Fiats in the Fair
Grounds
San Krancisco, May <».—The
work of filling in 72 acres of
swamp or overflow lands on the
Harbor View siI«* for 1 lie Panama
Par i tic International Exposition is
now nml«'r way. Tlir giant dredg
er "John MrMnllrn," owned hy
I Ik* San Francisco Hridgc coni
pany, is now pumping mini onto
tin' Hats ami will continue to <|o
sii for |lie n«'xt three or four
mouths. Tin* sand is being tak
«'ii from. tlif liav rlose to the
shorn at Harbor View. One-half
mile of piping is bring used in
this important work. More than
1,0(10,000 euhic yards of fill will
he necessary to complete the con
tract. This is the inauguration
of work for the coming Interna
tional Exposition.
THIRTY MORE
MEET DEATH
Levee at Coupee Breaks and Car
ries Many to Death in
Flood
New Orleans, May rt.—The rag
ing waters of the Mississippi riv
er claimed 30 more victims In
day when the levee broke at Cou
pee.
The water is pouring over a
Kreat stretch of country which is
thickly populated and it is fear
ed hundreds wil| ho drowned.
WOODROW WILSON WINS
IN LONE STAR STATE
Austin, T«»x.. May 0.—Wood row
Wilson carried this stale in the
Democratic primaries on Satur
day last.
LOO
The lower floor of the Seattle
hotel is being re-papered, adding
considerably to the appearance of
the well known hostelry.
hardening has begun in earnest
on the court house grounds. Mar-,
shal Sullivan proposoR that the
federal headquarters shall be the
beauty spot of Valdoz.
If you want all the news all thi
time read the Prospector
LOCAL BREVITIES.
The oily council will hold their
reular meeting this evening.
The funeral of the late Chas.
A. Scott will probably take place,
tomorrow from the parlors of the
Valdez Undertaking company.
James Doggett will take charge
of Jack Miller's Slate creek min
! ing enterprise this season. Mr.
Doggett will go into the interior
'in about ten days.
The Vuldez Mining company
shipped out three Ions of ore on
the Alameda to the Tacoma smel
ter, which was brought down
from the glacier property during
the past winter.
Lewis S. Camicia is lying dan
gerously ill from a complication
of diseases. Dr. Hopkins is in
attendance and owing to the age
nf his patient, who is past 82
years, has little hopes of his re
covery.
Tin* suit of I. D. Flynu and
others against M. I). Oleason et ai.
v. as dismissed by ihe distriet
court. Iioth parties to I he sun be
ing now confined in r.n Kasi I'orl
laud sanitarium.
fieorge W. Uobbins and Wil
liam II. Caswell have associated
themselves as the Yaldez Under
taking company. The gentlemen
are well qualified to carry on the
business which they are "under
taking."
SHRINERS CAPTURE
CITY OF ANGELS
Forty-five Thousand Delegates
Gather In Los Angeles
for Conclave
l.os Anjreles, May li This eily
is in llic bands of the Shriners.
15,000 of I hem. having arrived
here to attend the thirty-eighth
annual conclave. The delegates
are from every stale in the Un
ion.
The city is in holiday attire in
honor of I he visitors and the
business men's associations have
organized to furnish entertain
in jen I for them.
MR. MEALS LOST
EASY MONEY TODAY
A. J. Meals today might have
earned five dollars by 30 seconds
attention but he failed to raise to
the occasion and hence is out that
sum of money. It happened this
way. Mr. Meals, who is one of
the petit jury, came into the
court room within a few seconds
after his name hail been called
ami upon (he completion of the
roll call the jury were excused
| until next Wednesday. Mr. Meals
being noted absent, though in
fact present, will nol come in for
bis per diem.
PRESIDENT WILL STUMP
THE STATE OF OHIO
Washington, May 6.—President
Taft leaves today for a three
day campaign tour through the
state of Ohio.
FAIRBANKS MAN IS
INTERESTED IN VALDEZ
Kmil Fersno, a wealthy Fair
hanks operator, who is interest
ed in the rich pay diseovered on
Kva atnl Heady Hullion ereeks,
now in Seattle, will eome to Val
dez on Ihi» Sampson with a view
of inventing in mining propor
tion in the section. Mr. Fersno
is heavily interested in quartz
properties in the vicinity of Fair
hanks.
A meeting of the hoard of di
rectors of the Church of Kpiph
any and of the Hospital of the
flood Samaritan, will he held this
evening at H o'clock at the roc-,
lory. ,
CUM LINER
IS DISABLED
Ultonia Lost Her Propeller In an
Encounter With the loe
Floes
Halifax, May, fl.--The Cunard
Iinor Ultonia arrived here in tow
having lost h«*r propeller in an
encounter with an iceberg in the
vicinity of the place where the
Titanic was sunk.
The liner had a close call as it
w:is at night when she met the
ii'1' but was traveling under slow
Spi'I'il.
BELIEVED TUFT
CARRIED STATE
Result of Saturday's Primaries in
Maryland Not Known
Yet
Baltimore, Md.. May f>.—The
race between J'residi-nt Taft and
Roosevelt in the primaries in this
stale on Saturday wa« very close.
The returns are .-l<»w in coming
in. From present indications
Taft lias carried the stale.
TRANSFER MAY
BE DELATEO
In Event of War With Mexico the
In view of I lie activity on the
Mexican border displayed by the
War department, it is within the
range of possibilities that the
ltith infantry will not be trans
ferred to the states as soon as
orders anticipated. Intervention
would mean that al| troops at
hand would be immediately dis
'patchcd to the field of activities in
which case the 30th infantry,
which was to have relieved the
16th in Alaska, and which is now
garrisoned in forts about San
Francisco bay, would he sent to
t*he Mexican border, leaving the
I I(Wh to continue in the northern
posts until their services were
needed or until the government
could transport them to the
front.
Unless matters change rapid
ly for tin* better in Mexico, the
chances are good for the ICth re
maining with us for some lime
if they await an exchange with
the 30th infantry.
16th Infantry May P"
main Here
Th«' Valdez Iron Works are
moving today In their new build
ing al the foot of Keystone ave
nue. They will be ready for busi
ness in n eouple of (lays.
The latest fad is polities with
police ami mililia trimmings.
The bombardment of (lie Dard
enellc* was a ureal naval lesson
on IIm* waste of aii\iiiiunition.
An icebergles* ocean would be
more practical than a sinkless
whip.
The subsidised press and mag
azines would indicate the (Jug
genheims have a railroad tor sale
to the government.
rnsinkable ships, like Ore proof
buildings will Mink and burn.