CASTRO SCHEMES
TO MURDER GOMEZ
Vice-President Of Venezuela
Causes Arrest Of Would
Be Assassins
Caracas, Doc. 24—Agents of Presi
dent Castro of Venezuela are charged
with instigating the attempt made
this morning to assassinate Vice
President Gomez, who is now at the
head of the government of Venezuela.
The attempt was unsuccessful only
becaused forewarned, Gomez caused
the arrost and imprisonment of those
who wero commissioned to kill him.
The conditions in Caracas conse
quent upon internal disscntions are
improving. Rioting has ceased and
political affairs are rapidly assuming
a normal state. So far there has been
no attempt 011 _ the part of Colombia
to enter Venezuelan territory, al
though the Colombian army is mob
elized on the frontier.
TOBOGGAN SHOE
MAKES A GIG HIT
The toboggan Hlide last, night estab
lished itself as the most popular
medium of enjoyment yet to make
history in Valdez. At one time of
another during the evening and night
nearly every one in town took a
slide, and all unite in pronouncing
blessings upon tho heads of those
who put through the plan resulting
in the construction of the slide.
Prom all information at hand tho
only ones to be disappointed by t lie
slide aro thoso friends in the states of
L. Archibald who expected to see
him this winter. Mr. Archibald lias
been threatening to follow his assis
tant in building the glacier, W. S.
Amy, who at last reports was in
Chicago, heading for that dear old
Lisbon, New Hampshire. Last night,
liowevor, Archie and Henry Suess
dorf wont to tho toboggan slide, and
now Arehio doclars that ho will never
depart from Valdez so long as there
is any snow.
Many other distinguished citizens
and citlzenesses of Valdez cast
dignity to the long ago last night and
spent tho tiino descending with speed
and ascending with some effort so
that thoy might doscend again. Tho
younger generation was also greatly
in evidence, but asido from size thero
wore no distinguishing features in de
meanor.
Tho slido management has left
nothing undono to make conditions
attractivo, and tho slido and tho ter
ritory immediately adjacent is well
lighted.
VENEZUELA MAKES
PEACE OVERTURES
Washington, Doc. 26—The United
Htato^ in again on friendly torms with
Vonozuela. W. J. Buchanan, an a
reproBentatite of tlio state department,
has departed on tho cruiser North
Carolina to investigate tho conditions
under tho now government, which is
headed by Vice-Presldont Gomez. Tho
now government is to resume friendly
relations with Ftolland and with
France, and it is tho purpose to at
once set about to undo all tho wrongs
committed under tho Castro regime.
Caracas, Doo. 26—The spirit of mob
vlolonce that for soveral days past
has boon quiescent In Caracos, this
morning was f&nnod Into activity by
conditions consequent upon the work
of ousting root and branch all that
savors of the Castro government. A
large crowd of Castro sympathizers
began a demonstration, whoroupon
the adherent* to tho new government
Interfered. As tho rosult of tho fight
two anti-Castrolsts woro klllod and
100 or more portions were Injured.
Troops dispelled tho rioters.
LEADER OF LABOR
SENTENCED TO JAIL
Gompers, Mitchell And Mor
rison Are Declared Guilty
Of Law Violation
Washington,Doc. 24— Samuel
Gompers,"president, Frank Morrison,
secretary, and John Mitchell, second
vice-president, all of the American
Federation of Labor wore this morn
ing found guilty of violating the in
junction granted the Buck Stove
Company, and were sentenced to im
prisonment. Gompers was sentenced
to one year, Mitchell to nine, and
Morrison to six months. All gave
bonds for their release pending the
result of an appeal.
The men were tried before Justico
Wright of the supremo court of the
| District of Columbia, the fight in
their defense being made by the best
lawyers in the employ of organized
labor. The case is of vital importance
not only to organized labor but to the
manufacturer as well for by its tlnal
determination stands or falls the
power of the injunction as it now ex
ists on the statute books, in its appli
cation to the boycott.
The Buek Stove Company ease is of
equal importance to t hat, of the Dan
bury Hatters Company, the first
great case fought and lost by organ
ized labor. Both manufactories were
by organized labor placed on the un
fair list, and their products were boy
cotted. The Buck Company obtained
an injunction against all branches of
organized labor forbidding the main
tenance of the boycott, and il i« for
the violation of this injunction that
the sentences were pronourcod.
Ml AND SISTER
UNITED BY CHANGE
Seattle, Dec. 24 •—Twenty - eight
years ago CI. L. Graham, now a min
ing man from tlio Fairbanks country,
departed from ln» homo in Detroit,
and to date he has never returned. In
the interim a Bister has been born to
Graham but until !ast night ho had
never seen her, and then the meeting
was a freak of chance.
Graham, last night, strolled into a
hotel and casually glanced over the
register, whore he saw the name of a
Miss Graham who hailed from De
troit. Graham wondered if the per
son whoso name loomed from the
page could be a relative, and ho sent
up his card, a fow minutes later find
ing himself in tho presonco of tho
young woman.
Graham explained tho mission of
his call, and a fow words sufficed to
establish tho relationship of brother
and sister. In a few days Graham
will, in company with his sister, go
back to Detroit for a visit.
Packing Companies Under Gun
Chicago, Dec. 24—The federal grand
jury tliiH morning began an investi
gation of the various packing com
panies of this city. The companies
are charged with having accepted
rebates, and tho investigation is
made in connection with similar in
vestigations into tho affairs of the
railroad companies alleged to have
granted tho rebates.
Reno, Nov., Dee. 28—It Is reported
hero on good autWorlty that on Janu
ary 1 President Iloosovolt will appoint
M. A. Murphy of Carson City to ft
judgeship in Alaska.
The only Alaska judgeship to be
come vacant is that In tho First divis
ion, now hold by Judge Hoyal A. Gun
nison. It has boon announced from
Washington that Judge Gunnison is
to bo reappointed although the an
nouncement has come from no au
thorative source.
: ROADS IN ALASKA
HELP GOVERNMENT
Maj. Richardson Files Report
Showing Mail Routes
Derive Benefit.
Washington, Dec. 26—That the
government is one of the greatest
beneftciaries from its own efforts in
road building in Alaska is tho burdon
of the report just made by Maj. Wilda
P. Richardson, head of tho Alaska
road commission. According to Maj.
Richardson the direct benefit to tho
government comes in tho reduction
of time and expense in carrying the
mails.
The report states that during
tho season just past the commission
has constructed or improved 165 miles
of wagon road, 383 miles of sled road
and 241 miles of trail. The report
says that tho difficulty in distributing
tho expenditure of the fund under
the control of tho commission result
in attacks on the superintendents,
who in many cases are blamed for
what tho residents of the localities in
question consider to be n display of
partiality. Maj. Richardson says that
the only remedy for this condition of
affairs is to place the local roads
under control of local authorities.
Maj. Richardson says that there is
no doubt of the possibilities of .agri
culture in Alaska, and that there are
many localities offering inducements
to the right character of settlers.
Seattle, Doe. 26— Work on Alaska
roads, directed by the Alaska road
commission, is to be rushed on a big
scale the coming season. Particu
larly is cliia true with regard to the
Valdez-Fairbanks trail. Recently
I 'cut. Orchard, and Superintendent
Ingram, the latter in charge of the
road work out of Valdez, have been
in Seattle buying largo quantities of
supplies for the summer's work. A
big shipment was made 011 the steam
ship Jeanie, now on the way north.
VALDEZ FINANCES
I LOCAL INVENTION
Organized and financed by Valdez
men the Harvey Oneman Double
Hammer Drill Company is now a re
ality, and is now ready for the busi
ness preliminary to placing 011 the
market the invention it purposes to
handle. The company is capitalized
at $100,000 represented by as many
shares of stock at a par valuo of $1 a
share. There is no promoter's stock,
and to all practical purposes tho com
pany is a close corporation.
J. O. Dierlnger is president, H. J,
Harvey vice-president, Alvah Eames
socrotary, and Sam Blum treasurer of
tho company. The directors aro II.
J. Harvey, A. E. Grigsby, J. C. Dier
inger, Edmund Smith and John H.
Burton.
II. J. Harvey, the inventor of the
drill, will go out on the Portland to
night for the purpose of making ar
rangements for the manufacture of
the drill, which, a* its name indicates,
will enable ono man to do tho work
now done by two when it comoB to
drilling, for mining or for other pur
poses. Many old minors who have
inspected tho drill aro convinced of
its value as a labor saving doviee.
MANILA BOOZE IS
I SOLDIERS DEATH
Manila, Doc. 28—Klovon soldiers
aro dead and thlrtoon more aro In a
serious condition m tho result of
drinking vino, tho native intoxicant.
Tho drinking bout took placo In
Camp Kolthloy.
Tho "It" mine, a ooppor property
near Kotohlkan, was purchased by a
Heattlo company for $10,000; $40,000
more was spent In building docks,
tramways and In dovolopment work.
The "It" then produced $24,000 worth
of oro In forty days.—I?x.
NOME MINER HAS
HARD EXPERIENCE
William Hall Starts for
Siberia and Arrives in
Seattle from Japan.
Soattle, Dec. 20—Ending ji journey
of 10,000 iniles, more than half of
which was made alone and under the
most trying conditions, William Hall
of Nome, this morning stepped from
the gang plank of the Japanese liner
Iyo Maru, just in from Japan. To
thoso residents of Nome now in Soat
tlo who knew of the beginning of
Hall's journey his appearance caused
the greatest surprise, for they sup
posed him to he in Siberia—or dead.
On September 1 Hall departed from
Nome in a small sloop intending to go
across the Bering Sea to Siberia, a
trip under ordinary circumstances re
quiring only about two weeks in the
making. Caught in a storm, Hall's
little craft was forced to the vicinity
of Kamchatka, where he became im
prisoned in the iee. To get back to
Nome, or to arrive at, his destination
was impossible, and he was compelled
to follow the coast of Japan until he
reached civilization.
Hall endured terrible hardship while
making the journey, and it will be
many days before he fully recovers
from the effects of an experience that
in ninety-nine eases out of a hundred
would have ended in death beneath
icy waters, or along some barren
shore.
JOHNSON DEFEATS
BURNS WITH EASE
Sydney, Australia, Docs. 2(5—For
the first time in the history of pugi
lism a negro is the world's heavy
weight champion, Jack Johnson hav
ing annexed the honor at the close of
the fourteenth round of his light with
Tommy Burnt). It was not a knock
out for the police to*)k pity on Burns,
who was tottering about the ring un
able to defend himself, and stopped
tho fight. From the tap of the initial
gong until Burns was helped into his
corner, the light was all Johnson's
Burns has some consolation in his
defect, (or ive gets $150,000 of the
$.15,000purse, such being the arrange
ment insisted upon before he would
grant. Johnson's long-held desire to get
into the ring with the white man. The
attendance was 20,000, the biggest
crowd evor to witness a prize fight in
Australia.
Los Angeles, Doc. 20—.Mm JctTeries,
retired and undofeated world's heavy
weight champion, wants to match the
winner of tho Burns-Johnson fight
with tho winner of tho Kaufman
Barry fight. Ho has cabled terms to
Australia. The Kaufman-Barry fight
will bo hold shortly.
TWO ARE KILLED
IN LABOR FIGHT
Danville, Ky. Doc. 20—Two mon
wore killed and thrco woro wounded
thin morning in aelaHli botween Htrik
Ing minorH and United State* mar
flhata. The miners have been on a
Htriko for Home time and have penit
ently rofuBed to obey a federal injunc
tion directed to prevent them from
interfering with the management of
the mine.
Thin morning tho Htrikorn were as
wembled in the vicinity of the mine,
and flvo deputy martial* wore wont, to
dlHporno tho strikera, and to arrowt
threo of tholr number. Tho atrikorH,
rofUHod to permit, tho arront and tho
fight rfcfuiltod.
Drier Bay Wbatf Collapaca
Tho Hubbard and Klliott wharf at
Drier Bay collapaod laat week accord
ing to a report to Junt arrive In Val
de7„ Tho warohouHo, containing
coal and a umall amonrit of morchan
dho wont Into tho bay. Tho accident
wa* calmed by terodoa.
SERIAI, NO. 081.
U. B. Land Ofttce at Juneau. AlaHka,
Suptomber 10 1908.
Notice is hereby given that, in pursuance of
the Act of Congress Approved May 10th. 1872
and the amendments thereto, the THREE
MAN MINING COMPANY, a corporation or
§auixed and existing under the laws of the
tate of New York, said corporation having
complied with the laws of the District of Alas
ka and entitled to acquire aud own property
therein, whose post office address in Alaska is
Landlock Ray, Alaska, has made application
for a patent for those certain lode mining claims
named 'Redemption," "Keystone,', "Discov
ery," "8corcher," and "Jay," all situated on
Landlock Kay, In the Valdez Mining a:id Re
cording District, iti said District of Alaska,
and described by the ofllclal plat herewith
posted and by the field notes on tile in the of
fice of the Hon. Register of the U. 8. Land Of
lloe at Juneau, Alaska, as follows, to wit:
"REDEMPTION" LODK CLAIM.
Commencing at corner No. 1, whence U. 8 lo
cation monument No. 12 bears 8. 12 deg. 18
Ultn. E.806.6 ft. distant: thence N. .13 deg. 45
mln. E. 005 ft. to cor. No. 2: thence 8. 39 deg. 4(t
mill. E, 1480 ft to cor. No. :t: thence 8. 33 deg. 45
min W. 005 ft to cor. No. 4 : thence N. 39 deg.
40 mln. \V. 1480 ft. to cor. No. 1, the place of be
ginning. Less that portion of said "Redemp
tion" claim in conflict with the "Fida!go"
claim said area in conflict containing 1.042
acres. Not area of "Redemption" claim 18.658
acres. The notice of location of said "Redemp
tion" lode claim is recorded in the office of
the recorderjfor the Valde*, Alaska, recording
precinct luphookl II;of| Mining Locations, at
pages 365 and 306.
"KEYSTONE" LODE.
Commencing at corner No. 1 whence U.S. lo
cation monument No. 12 bear* 8.35 deg. 03 min.
W.759.87 ft. distant: thence N. 39 deg. 00 min.
E. 601 ft. to cor No. 2: thence 8. 54 deg. 27 mln.
E. 798.20 ft. to cor. No. 3: thence 8 39 deg. \V.
592.70 ft. to cor. No, 4 : tlicnee N. 55 deg. 05 mill.
\V, 798,90 ft. to cor. No. I, the place of begin
ning, less that portion of said "Keystone"
claim in conflict with the'•Redemption" claim
and the "Kldalgo" lode claim, said area In
conflict with Redemption" claim containing
2.083 Acres and said area In conflict with "Ki
dalgo" claim containing 0.207 acres. Net nreo
of '•Keystone" claim 8.625 acres. The notice
of location of the said "Keystone" claim is re
corded in theofhee of the recorder for the Vul
dH, Alaska, recording precinct in * honk ti of
■fining locationn at pnges 472and 173.
"DISCOVERY" LODE.
Commencing at corner No. 1 whence t'. 8. lo
cation nioiiiinicnl No. 12beais8. H6deg. 17 mill
W. lH59.a5 ft. distant: thence N. It deg. 15 min.
K. 003 5 ft. to cor. No. 2: thence 8. ">-4 deg. ()£>
min. R. N91 ft to cor. No. 3: thence 8. 25 (leg. .'•!»
rain. W. HOI K ft to cor. No. 4: tliencc S. 44 (leg.
15 ill in. W. 200 ft. to cor. No. 6: t hence 8. (VI drg.
30 min. \v. looft. to cor. No. 6: thence N. Si
ilcg. 27 min W. 949.8 ft. to cor. No. l. the place
of beginning. loss that portion of said "Dis
covery" claim in conilict with the "Kidalgo"
lode claim and the "Last Chance" lode claim,
said area in conilict with "Kidalgo" lode
claim containing 0.0.% acres and said area in
conflict with •' i ast Chance' claim containing
0.210 acres. Net area of "Discovery" claim 12.
K50 acres. The notice of location' of the said
"Discovery" lode claim is recorded in hook (i
of mining locations at page 471 of (lie records
of the recording precinctjofjvaldcz, Alaska.
"SCORCHER" LODE.
Coiiiinencing at corner No. 1 whence I'. 8. lo
cation monument No. 12 hears8. 39(leg. 05 min
W. 1960.0 ft. distant : thence N. 19 (leg. 05 plin.
E. 596.0 fl to eor. No. 2: tliencc K. 54dee- 10 min.
E. 760.3 ft, to cor. N'o. 3: thence 8. 19(leg. 05
mill. W. 597.7 ft. to cor. No. 4: theme N. 51 deg.
05 min. \V. 706..3 ft. to cor. No. 1 the place of be
ginning, containing 10.052 acres. The notice
of location of the "Scorcher" lode claim is re
corded in hook (> of mining locations at page
572of the records of the Valdez, Alaska, record
ing precinct.
••JAY" LODE.
Commencing at corner No. I whence 1'. S. lo.
cation monument No. 12 hears8. 2H4cg.nl niln.
W. 2591.9 ft distant: thence north 5H deg. Hfi
min. K. 551.2 fl. to cor. No. 2: thence 8. 51 deg,
HH mill. K. 1314.2 fl. lo Cor. No. 3:thence 8. 5H
(leg. 38mill. W. 565.3 ft. to cor. No. 4: thence N.
51 deg. 10 mill. W. 1341.3 ft lo cor No. 1 the place
of beginning containing 16.407 acres. The no
tice of location of said "Jay" lode claim is re
corded in hook (i of mining locations at pages
174 and 475 of the records of the Valdez, Alaska,
recording precinct.
Magnetic variation 28 deg. :so. min. Kast. To
tal net area included in this application 06.
572 acres. The above described claims are
bounded on the northeast by unknown claims,
on the southeast by Landlocked Bay, on the
southwest bv the Juneau lodo claim ami on
the northwest liy the Juneau, Kidalgo and
1.as( Chance lode claims.
Any and all persons claiming adversely any
portion of the above described mining claims
or premises are required to llle with the Reg
ister and Receiver of the U.S. Land Ofllcc at
Juneau, Alaska, i lie I r adverse claim there
against, under oath during the period of the
publication of this notice or they will be
barred by provision of the statute.
John W. Dudi.bv,
Register.
It is hereby ordered thai the foregoing no
lice be published for the statutory period in
the Valdez Prospector, a weekly newspaper
printed at Valdez, Alaska.
Joiin \V. Drnt.BY,
Register.
Dale of First Publication Oct. 29, 190ft.
Dale of Last Publication, Jan..7, 1009.
InTlie I'rohate Court, Territory of Alaska,
Prince William 8ound Precinct, Heforc 8. A.
Crandall, Probate Judge.
In the Matter of the Es "i
talc of John I,. Johnson, > Notice of 8c, I tic
Deceased. J ment of Account.
Notice is hereby given that W. C. L. Heyer,
Administrator of the estate, of John L. John
son, deceased, has presented and rendered for
settlement and filed in said court his final ac
count of ills administration of said estate; and
that Tuesday the 9th day of February, 1909, at
10 o'c'.ock a m.,at tho court room at Reynolds,
Alaska, has been appointed by said court for
the settlement of said account, at which time
and place any person interested In said estate
may appeal and tile objeetlons in writing to
sa'd account and contest the same.
Dated December 7, 190*1.
H. A. Crandall,
Judge of Probate.
BROOKLYN FIRE WAKES
THOUSANDS HOMELESS
Brooklyn, Dec. 24—One thousand
person a are homeloss this morning as
the result. of n Are in tho apartmont
house section of the city. Several
blocks of thin elass of buildings were
destroyed.
Although the lire started at an
early hour there wero no fatalitios,
and no one wan seriously injured.
iThe majority of those burned out
lout everything except their night
clothes.
Ilaflcy Case Is Postponed
For somo reason unknown in Valdez
Judge Gunnison in Juneati has
ordered that tho trial of Ed Hasey,
set for January 4, be continued un
til Feburary 15. Word of the contin
uance was received Thursday ovening
too late for publication in tho Pros
pector, and bulletins were posted
around town. Hovoral Valdez witnes
ses in tho cape havo left for Juneau,
and several others were all ready to
depart Thursday night on the Port
land. Assistant. District Attorney
Ray Is In Juneau, having departed
from Valdez on the Banta Clara,
sailing on December 20.
PURS WANTED—In Knight Is
land 8aloon—Fox, Martin, Mink and
Ermine.
otlce of Dissolution
Notice is hereby given that the co
partnership heretofore exiting be
tween A. O. Smith hikI C. L. Hoyt,
doing business under the firm name
of the Uulkaua Trading Company,
conducting a business of road house
and trading station and business in
cidental thereto, at Gulkana, Alaska,
has this day been dissolved by mutu
al consent of the co-partners. The
said O. L. Hoyt. having taken over
the business of the co-partnership,
will collect all accounts payable, due
or to become due said co-partnership,
and will pay aiul discharge all co-part
nership liabilities.
Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this 2!nt
day of October, 1908.
C. Ij. Hoyt.
A. CI. Smith.
John A. Carson,
Attorney and Counsellor-at-Law.
SALEM,
Member of
Alaska liar. OREGON
Dr. H. COCKERILLE
DEKTIST
Second Street
On Reservation Y A LI > EZ
The A. Van der Naillen School
of Practical Civil, Electrical Mining
Engineering. Established 1864
OwiinUiiK their «t\v*n 1 >11 i 1< 11tik• workshop hn<I
and liiboriktoricB. Open nil year. <;reat de
mand for ex-students in nil Hues. New stu
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SEATTLE
New Management Poimi.ak I'iucks
European Plan Centkai. Location
Finest Cafe and Bar In The City
Wilson »C Whit" Co., Props. ( tins. Perry, Mgr
Hotel ARLINGTON
W. G. POTTS, Prop.
European Plan. Keinodcllol mul Newly Fur
niHlicd. Telephones In Knch Room. U.s.P.O.
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HOTEL, &ILLER.
Headquarters for Yalricz people. 120 rooms
Kates ftOcollts, |1 ami fl.50 per day. Klrstclass
Restaurant In connection. Kree llns. Opposite
C. S. Postolllcc.
Cos. First Av. A University si.. SKATTI.K
Ellamar
Mining
Gomnanv
Powder, Caps, Fuse,
and all other nec
essaries for the
Prospector.
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Prices Reasonable.
Ellamar. Alaska
H. ELLSWORTH
ASSAY
OFFICE
Seward Ai.ahka
F. BUTTERWORTH
Civil Engineer and U. S.
Deputy Surveyor.
Surveys accurately
and promptly made.
Office at residence, McKinley St . on
Reaervation
MRS. ANNIS FAINTS
WHILE TESTIFYING
Flushing, 1/. I., Dec. 25—Mrs. Wil
liam AnniH fainted this morning while
on the witness stand testifying
against Thornton .1. Mains, on trial
for murder iih an accessory to ("apt
Peter C. Ilains, slayer of William A.
Annis. Mrs. Annis had given u thril
ling account of the killing of her hus
hand, and had succcnftfully withstood
a Revere cross examination.
Ho far in its progress the ease
against Thornton J. Mains looks very
aerlous. It seems clearly established
that he deliberately urged hi* brother
to kill Annlfl.
Prescriptions are our specialty. A
Competent registered PharmnelHt In
charge.
Red ('ross Drug Co.