SNOW SLIDE
BURIES GAMP
Contractors on Bunker Hill Had
Narrrow Escape From Snow
Slide
Whalen ami Anderson, who
have been working on their
Slump's hay properties, had a
narrow escape on Friday last.
While they wore working in their
tunnel a snowslide look away
their ramp and all ils ronfenls,
leaving no I rare of I heir onre
happy home.
The hoys, in no wise discour
aged, rami! lo |own and on Satur
day purchased a new out lit, re
turning this morning prepared to
continue their work. They are
now in on the ledge a distance of
75 feet and report the prospects
to be very encouraging, the ledge
gaining in values as they go in.
They are developing I lie Hunker
Hill property.
NEWSfRoF
PORT WELLS
Winers of New Camp Approve of
The Weekly Launch Ser
vice From Valdez
William Beyers anr Leon C!i
rotix arrive.1 from Port Wells on
Saturday. Mr. Beyers is h<ire
makiiiK arrangements for I ho op
ening: of his store al <««dden. His
stoek of goods art' on the Samp
son ami will In* discharged at Kl
lamar, to he transported hy the
launch to the new Port Wells
towns iite.
Mr. (Sironx, who has been
working for the Th»>mpon-I)avis
company, a (Jordova corporation,
slates thai they have run their
cross-ml 110 feel, having 1M) feet
lo run before striking Hie pay
shoot.
In that distance they have run
into a number of rich stringers.
From surface indications Mr. (Ji
roux feels confident the company
has a rich piece of property. It
is their intention lo build a per
manent camp at the mine as soon
as Iho snow will permit, the pres
ent camp being situated near the
beach a mile distant from the
workings, which are about L\000
feet above sea level.
Cavanaugh & Boone are on
their properly on Ksther island
but have nol been able to do much
of late, a siiowsJide having cov
ered I heir working*. They
WILL SEND WARSHIPS
TO MEXICAN COAST
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PRESIDENT TAFT 8AY8 HUNDREDS OF AMERICAN FAMILIES
ARE LIVING IN TERROR ON WEST COAST OF MEXICO
AND WILL BE BROUQHT AWAY
Washington, April 22—I'rcgi
dent Taft announced today thai
warships would bo sent jo tho
went const af Mexico I»» enable
Americans to leave.
Many Americans are reported
lo bo in desperate straits there.
No foreign vessels are permitted
to land and tho country back from
(ho coast is terrorized by roving
bands of (jutlaws. Hundreds of
American families are reported
to bo living in terror and actual
want «mi I lie coast without I ti o
means of gelling away.
frazier would be
. THE DI8TRIOT ATTORNEY
A petition has boon signed by
BlorneyH of the Third judicifil di
vision asking for the appointment
r>f cassitis M. Frazier as district
nttnrney in ease a vacancy occurs
in thai office. Mr. Frazier is a
practicing attorney in Cordova.
MANY BODIES OF TITANIC PASSENGERS
ARE BEING RECOVERED BY CABLESHIP
None of Survivors Know How William T. Stead Died As He
Was Not Seen After Ship Struck—Memorial Services
Held In All Churches—Surviving Banker Says
Criticism of Ismay Is Unfair.
SI. .Johns, N. it., April 22—Six
ty four bodies of those who lost
I heir lives on the Titanic have
been i ecovcred by I be eableship
Maekey-HenneU. The bodies
ar-. all recognizable and had life
preservers on when recovered.
Halifax. April 22—The simm
ers Bremen and Rhrin reported
by wireless that bodies of I he
passengers of I lie Titanic had
been sighted. They did nol re
port having picked up any of the i
bodies.
Ni'W York. April 22--The ralde
ship which is searching' for I In*
hodics of the Titanic wreck is
under eharler hy (he While Star
.Steamship Company.
Washington, April —Vice
1'iesiilent Ismay denied tin' re
port that hi* used his influence to
have the Titanic make a new
speed record. The investiga
tion is hcing continued today !>•'
fore the senate committee with
Ismay si ill giving testimony.
Philadelphia. April 22s—Wil
liam Carler.a hanker of this city
who was saved because he-knew
how lo handle a lioal, says I ho
criticism hiMiif? heaped upon Viee
President Isinay js unjust. The
steamer was not Irving lo make a
record huL was I raveling al her
usual rale of speed. The fsiel
thai I lie steamer was improperly
equipped when she sailed was
known to the inspectors and that
all steamers have heen in the
same condition for years.
Washington. April 22— A
strange incident in connection
with the wrecking r»f the Titanic
heeanie known today when all the
survivors testified Dial they
knew nolliiiiK of how Mr. \\". T.
Stead, the noted aulhor, «1 i«-«I. He
was iiol seen on deck after tli.
boat struck, ami jt is II lie
was rendered unconscious hy
striking something when I In*
steamer hit the ieehcrff.
New York. April 'J'J—Memorial
services were 11«• I<t in the eliureh
se tlm*u}rlioiit Ameriea yesterday
for those who Inst their lives in
the Titanie wreek. President
Taft atelided the memorial ser
vice for Ma.joi Archihahl Hulls.
GREAT LOSS OF LIFE CAUSED BY TORNADOES
_ ' * *' I
Chicago, April —Many peo
ple were ki 1 lc<l as I he result of
three tornadoes which swept por
tion oT the middle slates in
widely different, sections yester
day. Wire comnmnieation with
Hie sliieken districts has been
interrupted hut news has been
received that scores were Killed
and hundreds suffered injuries.
Thirty-two persons were in
stantly killed, scores fatally in
jured and hundreds hurl when the
town of Bush iti Williamson
DESTRUCTIVE ELEMENT VISITS THREE STATES AND LEAVES
TRAIL OF DEATH—SCORES KILLED AND HUNDREDS
INJURED—PROPERTY LOSS HEAVY
county. III., was wrecked. The
tornado swept a wide patti across
the county, leveling the town of
lladdick in Kankakee county.
AVord received from lladdick
states that there is scarcely a
building left standing and the
killed ami iii.jiti*c*<1 an* mimlx-rer!
by scihts.
('hica^*, April 2 J—Another
tornado swept. I ho town oT Moroc
co. in Newton county, Indiana,
last night and left a trail «»f death
and destruct ion in ils wake. All
ronvmunicaliou witli (lie stricken
district has boon rut off, and it is
feared lIk* loss of life will be very
heavy.
Kansas City, Anril —Many
people are reported to have met
death in a tornado wliirli swept
the southern part of this slate.
Several towns are reported
wrecked with heavy loss of life.
The storm covered a wide area
and the property loss will lie
enormous.
have about -0(» sacks «»I" i*i<*li ore
ready for shipment.
AlexSinglelary and bis out III »>n
Avery river are busily engaged in
pulling up a water wheel and an
arasta with which they hope to
treat their selected ore . They
will also put up permanent
camps.
The outlook for the Port Wells
district is very bright and it is
thought there will be' ipiite an
influx to lhal section as soon as
traveling in the hills becomes
possible. The placing of a
Weekly boat on the run between
ValJez and the new camp is good
news to the miners of that sec
lion as they most all desire to
trade with the merchants of (his
city.
Seattle still lives, th'M.-^h (iill
ism is as dead as a door nail.
MANY ASPIRANTS FOR
VACANCY IN JUDGESHIP
PROMOTION OF JUDQE TO FEDERAL BENCH IN WASHINGTON
MAY LEAD TO GENERAL CHANGE IN ALASKA—
OVERFIELD MAY RE8IGN
The appointment of Judge
(hishman lo Ih«* federal bench of
I lie slate of Washington and
I he vacancy created in I his judi
eial division by the promotion of
Bushman, has created an inter
esting silnation anions Hie many
aspirant* for judicial honors. II
is# generally conceded thai I In1
president personally would wish
lo give I he judgeship lo bis old
friend, (icorgc. R. Walker. On
I he other hand the political siUKi
Iion in the stale of Washington,
may require Ibe president to ap
point a man from that slate for
the position vacant in this divis
ion in order lo keep Ibe presiden- /
lial fenees in repair in Ibe Siwasl/
slale.
If is generally well understood
lhat lo land Ibe plum it is neces
sary lo receive the ondorsemenlof
National Committeeman Shackle
ford, dov. (-lark, Charles llerron,
I he attorney general and I lie
president. These Mr. Walker
has. Political cxcgencies alone
stand between him and the hon
ors he seeks.
Mr. West is also an aspirant 1
for the office, but the powers
that be are not for him and con
sequently he is not in the run
ning. <
Fink, of Nome, is too well 1
known by the administration to I
sret anything, and if appointed
would not l>e confirmed by IIm*
senate. It is generally given out
in republican circles I hat Juil^e
Ovcrllcld's resignation is in the
hands of the depart men I of jus
tice, hut unless that, something
unforseen happens he will he per
mitted In serve out I lie term of
his appointnient. hy being re
moved to this district in all
probability, the new appidntee be
ing assigned to the Fourth divis
ion.
ferred from "Nome to. Vahlez.
Phe Shackleford combination
liave a modus vivondi with thn
president hy which all appoint
ments for Alaska arc to be made
by them, and in '10 case will an
mlsbler be permitted to graz? in
I his northern poiheal pasture,
without the convent of the Ju
neau bunch, save only should the
president ask, for the sake of par
ly expediency, the naming of a
carpetbagger, as in the Washimr
Lon case.
Rumor is also current that Dis
trict Attorney Crossley in to re
ceive his ofTlrial conge, but that
dory has beon recussitated so of
en I hat it in hardly worth tho be
ieving. Somehow he soems to
live his ollirial life, if f«»r no
other purpose llian In remain
a (horn in I In* side «»I' his
lilies. The facl is. Mr. ('rossh-y
is .siilVrriiiK for having been a
ronscicut ious, if nol a tactful of
ficer.
Mr. Khackleford is m»\v in
Washington conferring with
President. Tafl. and il is expect
ed thai we shall soon hrar who
are to adjudicate our I roubles in
the Third division
LAWWER8 QET HUFFY
OVER COURT'S ACTION
liecause Judge Over Held retain- |
cd another allorney to aasist them j
in their capacity as attorneys for
the defunct Washington-Alaska
hank, Louis K. Pratt and son have
tendered lh<> court their rcsigna
I ions.
SEARCH FOR RODIES
WITH FLYING MACHINE
FUND BEING RAISED AMONG MILLIONAIRES TO RECOVER
BODIE8 OF THOSE DROWNED BY BLOWING UP WRECK
OF TITANIO WITH DYNAMITE
Now York, April 2'J—Hrveral
multi-millionaires pain In raise
i fund whereby the bodies of
those drowned when fh«» Tllnnic
sank may bo recovered.
If. is believed the hull can be
broken up by tho uho of dyna
mite, and the bodies taken down
with hor would rise to the sur
face.. If is also planned to fake
in aeroplane to cruise over fhat
portion of the ocean to look for
IxmIm>h. Many aviators have off
ered their services.
Ciliff Johnson is in from Hhonp
glacior, intending to return in
the morning.
Ol io Kan it/. was taken lo I ho
Hospital of I ho Good. Samaritan
today, suffering with a serious at
tack of pneumonia. Dr. Sloeiu
is attending him.
LA FOLLETTE BEAT"
PRESIDENT TUFT
President Third in Race in Ore
gon Primaries Held Last
Saturday
Cortland, April — In Ili«> |ii*i
in,-nil's in this slate only o.'l.noo
republicans voted. of this num
ber Roosevelt rereived 25.01)0, l.a
Kollelte 20.000 an.I Tafl. IK.000.
Wilson has an e\en thousand
majority over Champ (Mark.
MAKING GOOD TIME
IN LANDING MACHINERY
Tin* (lanieron-Johiison people
surrri'ili'il in lamlim: Iheir enlin?
outfit <»n the Klacifi* on Saturday,,
a day ahead of schedule lime.
The remainder of tin- journey to
the proper! i«»s will I asy sled
ding.
r.aptain Harm-It. I.eroy To/ier.
ami Mr. We.-t will leave for llie
south mi tin- .Northwestern.
DREDGING IS
BEST METHOD
Oldest Camp Will Yet Yield Mil
lions When Dredges are In
stalled
Captain Marnelle slates thai.
I h«* (1 i 1*1* l«* district. «• i n • of I h«* < • I« J —
t>s| ramps nr the Yukon basin,
having been worked continuously
by hand met hods since IHKT>, is
destined >0011 to Ih> an important,
drwltfer ramp. Owinjr to a
searrily of water ami tin* llal 11a
111 n* of tin' creek beds hydraulic,
plants were not successful in thai,
section. while lifts ronhl md ho
successfully worked owinjr to lint
llal nature of tin- bedrock, which
choked tin' throats of Ihc hy
draulic elc\alors.
A man by tin* nany of Kliuer,
who is best known as the father
of drrdKiiiK in the Yukon, lias
built a dredjfe near the mouth of
Masladon creek. Preliminary
lesls of the dredge have demon
strated Ilia I it will be a success
and will demonstrate that it will
he the future method of taking
the K<dd out of Kreal areas of
gravels heretofore u 11 worked on
account of the excessive cost of
working under the old methods.
It will iml lake many days of
the present weather to bare the
streets of snow; a most desir
able end of a Ioiik wilder, al
though a mild an pleasant one.