Of Local Interest
From Fridays Bulletin
The following officers for the en
ming term were elected by the
Moose last night: J. W. Leecly, Rul
ing Spirit; A. Eatnes, Prceept r; C.
H. Kraemer, Spirit of the Winds; W.
H. Whittlesey, Tenas Chief; Jas.
Baker, Chief Guide; ,W. White, Guide
of the Canyon; W. M. Finical, Keeper
of the Wawa; W. H. Crary, Keeper
of the Chiekamon; P. W. Rosenthal,
Steward. Ghas. Schlosserwas selec
ted as a trustee, rei^lacing A. M.
Edwards, resigned.
The entertainment. lust, uiizht under
the auspices of the local IhmucIi of tlu
F. 1j. U WHS »» pnilKHIllC'Ml SUCC»'S"«.
lit point, ol atteiuiai.ee unci charactei
ef program rendered.
The Christmas tree at the Good
Samaritan hospital ye3uordny after
noon, for patients and invited guosbs,
proved a soccessful affai \
An Orr stajre will arrive this after
nomi from l^airl auks, with one pus
tender
Deputy Clerk Henderson and July
Commissioner Diamond drew the
grand and petit ..jurors for the ensuinir
term of court this afternoon, in the
presence of a goodly number of «poc~
fators. Those drawn were:
Grand Jury—J. W. McNamara,
Cordova; Chic. Nelson, Valdez; I). C.
Brownell Jr., Seward; T.D.Bradford,
Knights Island; H. D. Parke, Valdez;
Thomas Connolly, Sunrise; Charles
Kraemer, Valdez; J. A. Wilson, La
touehe; H. C. Tuell, Sunrise; Fred
Reist, Valdez; Charles Rue, Ellamar;
Harry Hicks, Iliamaa; James Mairs,
Valdez; J. W. Spaulding, Latouche;
L». A. Levensailor, Valdez; Dan Kain,
Taldez; P. W. Holmes, Valdea; Chaa.
IjighthaU, Valdez; Abos Soxtcn,Orca;
J. A. Gerow, Valdez; Ed. Anderson,
•ordova; Wm. Larson, lliamna; Ben
€orrelli, Sunrise. »
• Petit Jury—O. E. Brown, Seward;
#. Moala, Valclez; J. Diggs, Cordova;
A. L. Wahn, Cordova; Dr. Chancy,
YaJdoz; Goorgo Barrack, Latoucho;
John Iieidy, Cordova; John Williams,
•ordova;Dan O'Neill, Cordova; Johu
MoCrary, Copper Center; Thomas
Banberry, Sov/ard; C. B. Hubboll,
Valdez; N. P. Thorsfconsen, Ellaniar;
11, L. Whittemore, Cordova; A1 Lowe,
(Cordova; W. Beet, Susitna; William
Tuttle, Valdez; Al. Lambell, Cordova;
B. Johnson, Seward; A. G. Baker,
Reward; Anton Eide, Seward; Chas.
•inclaire, Katalla; M. K. Rogers, Ka
talla; E. li. Maok, Latouche.
Arthur Pierson of Circle City is re
giatored at* the Seattle hotel.
George Esterly, the Tfell known
mining man, is now in Seattle.
An. Orr stage arrived from Fair
banks yesterday afternoon, bringing
•no passenger, A. C. Smith.
John Papas, the soldier, and A.
Stoerkel, the iron man from Pitts
burg, will try conclusions on the mat
tonight, at McKinley hall.
Deputy Marshal Lathrop is expect
ed to return to Valclez on the North
western.
Hand & Cooper expect to open their
restaurant on or shortl.f after the lit
•f January.
Harry King has gone to the summit
to determine the best site for bis
•able tramway.
The concrete vault In U. S. Com
missioner Lyons' office is completed,
and as soon as it becomes thoroughly
dry will be ready for the' reception of
records and valuable documents.
The work appears to be well done.
In corroboration of the statement
published in these columns thai a
man named Newcomb had made a
placer find in the Kuskokwim coun
try, C. J*. Millet, who was in tho
lliamna country last summer, says
that se ine natives of the interior
brought word to Lake lliamna that
some white men hud struck good dig
gings and were busily engaged in
mining. Millet is a well known
mining man of Alaska, and has valu
able copper property on Lake lliamna.
A local representative of the Alaska
Home Railway Oomnar.y received a
telegram from John J. McGilvra, the
Seattle attorney for the company,
saying that tho mtney to pay all
claims against the railway company
and Reynolds bank, ontiie basis here
tofore explained in t lVeso columns—
i. e., laborers to be paid in cash, bank |
creditors 00 rocei/o half cash and
half in bond.4, and railroad creditors
tj receive all bonds—would be placed
in bank on the 31st of this month.
Contractor Nelson, of the firm of j
Antonelle Nelson, who have the
contract for the construction of the
Alaska Homo Railway, left this morn
ing by dog sledge to visit camps 8 and
9 of tho railway, located in the can
yon, to see that the}' are in readiness
for employe*. He tfoes on thi* mio
ftion by reason of advices received,
from the outside from his principals.
When seen last night by the Pros
pector reporter, Mr. Nelson frankly
admitted that he expected work on
the road to resume just as soon an the
indebtedness is taken care of.
O. W. Harrington returned from
Fidalgo bay last night.
A match bowling game between
A1 Whit* and Collins, and F. Wilson
and Seals, for $50 a side, is attracting
much attention at the Olympic club.
The contest is composed of fchiee
games each night for five nights.
There will bo a children's party to
night at McKinley hall, between 8
and 10 o'clock. All children in town
are invited. The ladies of Valdez, of
course, have not yet passed thoir 18th
birthday, and any man who owns up i
to being over twenty-two, need not 1
come.
Martin Redolsperger and David Ko
delsperger, from Fairbanks, are at
tnG Beattle hotel.
Cards have arrived announcing the
marriage of Mr. Richard P. Keif and
Miss Catherine Madeline Burke, which
occurred in Brooklyn, N. Y., on the
27th of November. Tho groom form
erly resided in Valdez.
Santa Clara Arrivee
Bleamer Bant* Clara arrivvd from
Seattle at 5 o'clock this morning with
a small passenger list and heavy
freight cargo. She will probably sail
for the westward during the night.
Passengers for Valden were: J.
Btevenson, Mrs. A. Haaey, L. J. Hea
cock, J. Nai, Mrs. Nai, H. Hen man,
P. Me Donald,
Charles Peterson and Marry Ander
son were arrested Saturday night, on
a warrant charging them with rob
bery. The complaint ic signed by
Harry Fitch, manager of the bi£
Guggenheim outfit being transported
bo the Bonanza mine. One of the
caches on the trail was looted, " and
suspicion is directed against the ac
cused.
Jyathrop-Dieringer Wedding
Cards announcing the wadding* of
Mr. James McElroy Lathrop to Miss
Josephine Isabel Dicringer in Se a btic
Friday, December 1907, arrived ( 11
the steamer Santa Olara. fJ he con
tracting parties are well known resi
le? ts of Vaklez, and both enj^y great
personal popularity.
The custodian «. f the Alaska lit me
railway camp at the canyon, at which
place all the supplies frt m the vari
ous camps wore stk.rea when work
ceased, received a ahoek on the
morning of the 25.Ii which lie will m t
aoon forgot.
It a]>pears that on the day stated,
t.he custodian was invited to partake
A a Christmas dinner with his triend
Vaughn, the roadhouso man. lie had
looked the storeroom and taken a few
■)teps on his way, v/.i m he hupponcd
bo look around and saw wiiat )ie
1 1
thought was » piece of co:\l dangling
from the rear of the house, near
the roof, lie had not noticed this
cord-appearing appendage there be
fore, -and upon investigation was sur
prised to find a piece o£ luse, a part of
which passed through a crack into the
house. At this end was a large dy
namite cap. The fuse hung along
down tho wall, to within a foot of the
head of the custodian'* bed.
The custodian made a further ex
amination of the premises, and found
on a shelf a heavy iron pipe, beside
which was a cup half full of blaok
pepper—the pepper to be thrown
into the face of the victim, who
would thus become at the mercy of
his assailant, armed with the iron
pipe.
iiobbery was undoubtedly the mo
tive of the miscreant who made these
fiendish preparations to assail the
custodian.
Suspicion was at onc» directed
toward a young fellow, about 18 years
of age, who had stopped with the cus
todian for several days until the day
prior to discovery of the fuse. The
latter now recalls so vera I suspic
ious acts of the embryo desperado.
The custodian thinks that the young
ster, who is a -victim of the dime
novel habit, arranged matters to rob
him, and at the last moment the cour
age of the villian failed him.
The young fellow suspected ha»
since been arrested cn another charge.
The Christims tree exorcises in
Moose hall for the Sunday school cf
the C liurch of the Epiphany Saturday
night drew a house full of interested
auditors. The children's dance
which fallowed the distribution of the
hrisbmas gifts, was hugely enjoyed
; by the little folks.
The bridging of the canyon is rap
idly Hearing completion, work-now
being concentrated on the las , which
is also tho longest one. When the
bridging* is done, travel to the ii t r
ior will begin in earnest, as the trail
will taen be in good sl.aj c.
Frank Bingham, who owns a farm
011 \\ illow creek, between Ton:,ina
bridge and Copper Center, is visiting
in Yaldez. Bingham Jii:s a tine faim
and successfully raises hay, oak'., and
various kinds or the more hardy ve0
e tables.
The Elsie brought from Cordova
Saturday i iglit a gang of fllteen
laborers, who quit work on the rail
road. blie sailed again today lor the
railroad town.
Washington, D. C., Dec. 30—Presi
dent Roosevelt, Secretary Garfield
and Attorney-General Bonaparte have
dismissed the charges against Gover
nor Hoggatt of Alaska. It is naid
the president will continue,to give
the governor his powerful support,
notwithstanding the flood of tele
grams, letters and petitions filed
against Hogffafcfc from resident* all
over Alaska,
Washington, D. C., Dec. 30—Sena
tor Newlands of Nevada has urged
Secretary of War Taft to rotain the
troops at Goldfield, and has wired a
similar request to the president who
is hunting in the vicinity of Pine
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