THE CONVENTION IN A DEADLOCK
TERRIFIC STORM
SWEEPS REM
Four Hundred Killed and Injured
and Property Loss Estimated
at $10,000,000
Winnipeg, July l.— A terrific!
windstorm .swept over I lit* oily of
Regina, ami tlion laid waste the
province, leaving nothing behind
]»ul destruction and death. It is
estimated I hut. the dead and in
jured will number 400, while the
properly loss will roaeh * I 0,000,_
OO0.
What was I lie oily of Re«rina
i> liul a mass of debris, and the
largest buildings in the oily wore
redueod to kindling wood. Tele
graph and telephone lines are
d<»wn throughout the province and
consequently detailed informalion
oannot be had but sufficient has
been learned to know it was the
worst storm that ever broke over
the immense stretch of country
/ying west of hero.
. Relief trains have been sent
^ from hero and other points, all
available doctors and nurses po_
inff to the scene of the catastro
phe.
One of the busiest seasons is
looked for. this seaon at Killisnoo
by President Carl Spuhn.of the
Alaska Oil and (iuano Company.
The City of Seattle on her las!
trip south took 500 barrels of
r fish oil from Kollisnoo and with
tons of herring beinpr brought in
by the fishermen, more oil will
be sent out on each southbound
boat. The oil is shipped to the
\V. I'. Fuller Co.. San Francis
co. A crew of thirty men was
put to work this week at Killis
noo and the plant i* employing
more men than at any lime in
its history.
It is estimated that Dawson
imports 0,500 oases of eggs an
nually. selling on the average
for 5u cents a dozen wholesale,
or $15 a case, making a total
of $100,000.
Woodrow Wilson Forges Ahead of Clark In Twentieth Ballot
But Holds His Forces Intact and Can Stay a Nomina
tion—Indiana Goes To Wilson and Foss
Drops Out of the Race
'A
Clark in Baltimore.
Baltimore, July 1—Champ Clark
arrived here at 11:15 on Satur
day night and immediately issued
a statement denying the charges
made by Bryan that he had af
filiated himself with the .trusts
and. moneyed interests. Unstat
ed that while he was pleased and
fell honored hv.New York's vol.',
he had obligated himself in iw>
wise to that delegation or anyone
represeuting lliein.
Twenty-seventh Ballot.
Itailimore, July I.—The eon
vent ion was called to order
promptly at It o'clock this morn
ing and immediately proceeded In
balloting. No change occhrred on
the 1*71li ballot, Clark receiving
•'i(»7 I--, Wilson J05, Underwood
112 1-2, Foss i3, Harmon 39.
Marshall 30, Itryan I. There is
no change or break in sight. The
convention will continue ballot
ing until a nomina'tion is made.
Whole Hog or None.
Washington, July I Repre
sentative Underwood says thai it
is the head of the ticket for him
or nothing and that he will stay
in the tight until somebody is
nominated.
Splitting Up.
Baltimore, July i.—After the
first roll call the New York dele
gation split their vole, gTving
Clark 78, Wilson «), anil Under
wood 1, hut tin? unit rule was
demanded, and the vole of the
full delegation was given to Clark.
On the l?Htli ballot a break to
Wilson came from Indiana, Sen
ator Shively announcing I bat
21) «>r the an votes or Ilial slate J
for Wilson, amid a great uproar
and cheering from tbe Wilson
partisans, leaving hul one vole
for Marshall, lie says I bey will
«!iek by Wilson throughout the
light.
Tbe boom •»I* (iovernor l**oss, of
Massachusetts, lias collapsed and
the vole of Ilial stale has return
ed to (Mark.
Flays Bryan.
Hallimorc, July I Hefore the
first roll call was taken today.
John Slaiichliebl. of the New York
delegation, look tbe platform and
in a speech said that William
Jennings Uryan was llie only man
that Uryan. favored as the can
didate of the Democratic parly:
He said Ilial Hryan/*was ,jus| as
had as llyan. Helinont and others,
whom the Nebraska!) always held
up as scarecrows. He said the
New York delegation did n°t meet
with favor in the eyes of Bryan
because the men from the Empire
state were not puppets of wax
in his hands to he moulded to his
sweet fancy and lo he used (o the
profit and aggrandizement of thai
money-grahhiug, publicity-seek- j
ing Nebraska marplot. Bryan
made no reply, occasionally smil-j
ing as StanchI'n-lil ponreil it intoi
him.
Two More Ballots.
Italtimore. .Inly | The zMMli j
ha 11«> I showed no material change
over the preceding one. Th«*
.MOIh call of the r<»|| wa< <111 i<*kly
called nil tin- result being an
nounced. when a number of del
egates from various states chang
ed over to \\ ilson, placing the
New Jersey man in I lie lead by
four votes. Mere pandemonium
again broke loose, lasting several j
minutes. The result of the bal
loting showed Wilson had receiv
ed '•<'><>. as against Clark's 155.
The (Hark men are standing
solidly together and show no evi
dences of their having any in
Ien'"on of deserting the speaker.|
On the contrary, leader* of the
C.lark forces say they will slick.
thus making it impossible to
nominate without a considerable
portion of the Clark vote. Should
then* he an attempt to stampede
I he (Mark forces the conserva
tive element will go to his rescue.
Intense excitement prevails as
each successive ballot is taken.
The Alaska delegation lias heen
consistent throughout. f«»tir vot
ing fi.r (Mark ami two for Wilson.
The Platform.
Haltilore, July I.—Tim plat
form. which is ready to submit
fo 11 »•• convent ion, as soon as it
names its nominee, leaves tin*
questions of the initiative, refer
endum, e<|ual siilVra^e ami I tie
iiilierilance tax matter to tin' re
spective states to deal with as
they think proper. II endorses
direct legislation, one term of six
years for the president, vrimiual
prosecutions against violators of
the anti-trust laws, an adequate
navy, territorial government for
Alaska, similar to that granted
other territories anr the opening
of the coal fields of the north
ern territory.'
Win. Wren, of Chicago, is in
III.' city. lie is interested in
properties in the copper bell.
GOOD PAY AND
j HIGH FREIGHT
Eight Creeks in Ruby District
Have Pay But High Freights
- Bar Development
.Pay on uitflit creeks has been
found in the vicinity of Huby
Mily, which assunw Iho future of
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTIONS
CONVENED SINCE 1832
BALTIMORE, THE HOME OF DEMOCRATIC CONVENTIONS—
WHEN THEY MET AND WHO THEY HAVE
NOMINATED. ,
• %
The convention which opened
n( Baltimore Tuesday, June 25,
is the 21 si nntional assemblage
of the Democratic parly, while
the one recently in session in Clii
eago was only the 15th Hepuh
liean national gathering. Hut the
Democratic parly surpasses fho
Republican in nge much more
tlian this difference would indi
cate. Horn in the hank contro
versy of I71M, christened by Jef
forson, its founder, in 1792, and
strengthened in the division
among the people which Wash
ington's neutrality proclamation
at tbft ^ginning of tjia Anglo
Fren'tfff "war in 1703 caused, tlje
' .Demoflratio parf,y pa?$ed its cen
tennial mark more t^n a decade
i' *But the history bt the party's
conventions date* back onfy to
1852, in which year the nation
al delegate convention method
of nominalintr candidates for
president and vice-president wan
adopted. The flpst national Dem
ocratic convention wan held on
May 12, IHU2, at Baltimore, and
adopted Iwii rules which have
Ktiided I ho action* of all subse
quent convcnlions. One of these
provided th/it tho delegates, when
ho instructed, should cant the
vote« of their states as a unit,
and the other that no candidate
should he nominated without a
two-thirds majority. Andrew
Jackson wa« nominated for pres
ident and flfnrtin Van Burert for
vice-president. They were eleet
'• -V • •
The **cpr$ noUonal fyfnocriU
fc convention met on May z$,
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Hi.' place a* a ruining camp, ami
if is struggling for development
tinder adverse condition*. The
Pioneer says:
frn a letter tr> Jim Slrelic, dated
Huliy, May 15, K. II. I.anglcy tells
of tin- conditions llial niv retard
ing (In* dchelopnienl of llial di.*_
Irirl. lie *ays Dial Itnhy is as
suredly a mining camp, ami is
looking heller than evrr before,
Iml freighl rales to ih<> creeks
are almost prohihilive. lit- says
I here is pay on eight creeks, Iml
nothing much will he done the
present, summer because mining
appliances arc not 011 the ground
and llir moni'y is not in the
eounlry lo do anything with.
Freight lo the principal creeks
costs 25 cents per pound. A 10
horse power hoiler. with hoist,
cahle, wheelbarrows ami lool*
complete, cost $.'1,000 in frciuhl.
on Ihe hoiler alone lite freight
heing $1,500. There were I en
plants *enl to difTcrenl creeks in
Ihe dislrill, not one of which
cost less Ilimi #1,000 in freight.
The miners are getting 80 a day
ami hoard for to hours' work,
and when the price of provisions
is taken into consideral ion it will
readily he seen that mining is a
very cosily proposition.
Lyons-8haw Wedding.
Th" marriage of Miss Margar
et Lyons I" Mr. Francis Shaw,
of Seward. Alaska, was solemniz
ed last evening al eight o'clock
a I the home of the bride's* par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ly
ons, 20i Newall street, the Mew
Father Itaydes reading Ihe ser
vices. Only Ihe immediate rel
atives were present at Ihe cere
mony, while a small reception to
Intimate friends followed.
Mr. and Mrs. Shaw left, on the
evening train for Portland, where
they will remain for a fow days.
From there thoy wijl Journey to
8eattle taking the steamer lo
Alaska. They wilj make their
home ii> Seward, Alaska, wljere
Kfr. Bhatf edftpr of the* Sew
M 0^eW.-.^a[la Walla pn
illations to pur contemporary to
|W£ wertlWirO. May Mr. and Mrs.
Shaw's I roubles be small ones,
ami I licit* joys long ami lasting is
llii' worst the Prospector wishes
t li.'in.
LOCAL BREVITIES.
.tmljre ('.usliinan ami familv w ill
I• • a\•• I• • r Tacoina on the Alaiue
• la.
.MTlios. II. Shepard will be
a passenger for tin* outside on
I In* Alameda I <» be gone for a
sliorl visit to friends and rela
tive^ in I lie city of destiny.
The Itrildll oil left Purl Wells
lliis morning it', order to bring a
number rtl the miners working in
that section to the rily for Ibe
Kourth of July.
Al. Sullivan was a returning
passenger on I lie Alameda, lie
reports Ibe death of I. I). Flynn,
former councilman, which look
place about ten days afro a! the
Fast Portland sanitarium. Mr.
Flynn was an old ami respected
resident of Valde/,, whose many
friends will lw> pained to hear of
his demise. He leaves a broth
er in the stall1 of Washington
and a daughter in the state of
Ohio.
NORTHLAND NOTES
•'ne Mount Andrew mine, in
the Ketchikan district, will re
sume operations'
An epidemic of measles pro
vails al Moosehide, a native vil
lage near Dawson.
Lot Jumping has become sn
common at Ruby. thM the own
ers threaten to shoot.
Townsile Trustee Charles In
gersoll has begun the issuance
of townsile deeds, No. I going to
Chas. H. Cosgrove. To secure a
deed it is necessary that you
prove ownership, pay tho admin
istration fee, prove that you have
trnid all the to*m Uxes and *•
Jessipentu, and the dee<l will be
issupjfl to you til once Ketchikan
Miner. '
SEAMEN'S STRIKE
IS ON PROGRAM
Contemplatod Strike of Sailors
Will Tie Up All Coast
Shipping
X«'\v York. •(111> I.—Tlii* fiuisl
wisi' Seamen's Union have voleil
11r jro on a strike ami unless tlio
NOME DEMOCRATS
ARE ACTIVELY
Working for Success of Robert W.
Jennings anr Have a #om
plete Organization
Xoimr, .1 iino ^1) Tin* assi*r
lioris madi* hv I lit* supporters of
(*i1111<• i*«*. I hat I here an* no l)i*m
ncrals in Norm*. is a |»n-*i*i|t> false
hood.
.\onn* has a wlroim l><*mocralii*
rluh ami a campaign t*omiiiill«*i*
composed of 50 members and is
\v«dl oryaii i/i'd in lioth I In* I own
and in llii' onllyin^' dislrirls.
itilmon* is discredited h«Mv as
well as in tin* rest of Alaska. It
I the oilier 111!•♦••• divi.-ion> sup
| po|-| Jfiinmys a«« well as lln* Sec
ond, his t'lcclioii is assured. Hy
authority of tin* .\oiin* I >cinocral -
lie ('.ampai'^n CommitI••••. C.onrad
Krcedimr. chairman.
companies accede I" I!■ •*ir •!#•—
111 a 11 * I -< fi»r a c|msci| >lmp th«> sal°
lurs will km nsliMiv lyjiiK up all
iMia>l shipping
A <l«>l«>KaliMii <if | he Huy ScmuIs
MilMriiMMl I In* iM'Mspeetiir lhal
Iheir refusal Im parade <tn llie
I'miicIIi mT .1111> was due In llie
rael llial Ihare hul. a ver>
I'l-w <>f lIn* Iimvs It'll iii Imwii and
that these arc iim| equipped with
uniform--. Thai il wmihl im
possible for 111«>iii Im make a
«*!*«*« I i I ah It* shiiwiiiK. Mlherwisc
I hey wonhI hi' mily inn glad l»»
lend llieir eH'orls in making I In*
Fourlh a day Im he remcinhered.
They nhjerl, hii\vi*\er. Im llie re
prisal* placed upnu lliein hy Ihe
cm111m iI let*, as I here are many
Iimvs in Imwii wIim <|n iim| helMiig
|m Ihi' ScmiiIs ami are md res pi*
silde fur whatever admit I
Semiis nifty lake.
Mrs. Iti'Miilield and I'ele I.iml.
IimIIi residents nf SI. .Michaels,
were di'Mwncil iii SI. Michael hay
llie lallcr pari nf May. They were
mii ft pleasure crui-e ami IhchMal.
capsized.
JUDGE EDWARD E. CUSHMAN
HONORED DY HIS FRIENDS
A SPLENDID RECEPTION TENDERED TO THE DEPARTING JU
RIST BY LEADING CITIZEN8 OF VALDEZ AND THE
BAR ASSOCIATION
A farewell reeeplion was len
dered In Judge ('ushmnn on Sat
urday <•>-«• nink hy (lu* Tillikum
C.lnh, which wn* largely ollciidcd
hy IIi«* professional nml hysiuess
men of I he clly, ns well ns I he
olTlrprM from Kort Uscum.
Hon. Fred M. Hr»\vn, presidenl
of I In* Vnhh'z Har Ax8ocinlioti,
presided riming I hp rendition of
Ihi' formal program, later niir
rendering I he chair In Mr. CI. K.
Ihinnell. Tables had heen ar
ranged ahonl. I he rooms upon
which had heen piled cigars, to
bacco, pipes, cigaretles, sand
wiches and things lo wel Ihem
down with.
Tho toantmaflter called upon
Paul d'Heirry to explain "How
easy it Is to he four fifths right,"
which was followed by K. E.
Rilchie giving o ahort dH^erta
linn mi "Territnrhil cmivi>nlinns."
Arthur |,ang told why ht< was a
democrat anil (leorge II. Walker
very feelingly spoke tipnn Judge
nushmnu's ahle .services mi I he
Alaska heiirh and I.he loss In n*
in Ihe judge's promotion.
Mr. Joseph II. Murray Jhen rend
Ihe following clever indictment,
giving Ihe judge nn opporlunily
to reply to Ihe remarks which had
preceded of n eulogistic charac
ter:
Indlotment.
The People of Alaska, Plaintiff,
vx. Edward- E. Oushman. De
fendant.
lion. Edward E. (inshman is
hereby aocuaed of Judioial Big
amy, in thai on or about the 19th
day of April, A. D., 1912. Ihen and
there being Judge of the district
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