Am. DARROW ACQUITTED
THE VERDICT IS POPULAR
WHEN THE JURY RENDERED THEIR VERDICT THE CROWDS IN
THE COURT ROOM AND ON THE 8TREETS CHEERED
LOUDLY—VERDICT 18 GENERALLY POPULAR
Los Angeles, Aug. 17.-The long
drawn out trial of Clarence Dar
row, I he well known Chicago at
torney, who defended Moyer and
Pettibone and after the McNamara
brothers, has come to an end by
a verdict of acquittal on the
charge of corruptly influ
encing George l.ockwood, one of
the veniremen in I he Mc.Xai tiara
trial.
The ease was given In I he jury
at i»:15 this morning, the jur\
iminedialely retiring lu their room
|m deliberate.
On the first ballot they unan
imously voted for acquittal, re
turning !<• I he court with their
veridiel within 'i5 minutes of the
time flic judge rendered his
charge.
Judge Hiilton immediately de
clared Darrow discharged and his
bail released. While awaiting the
verdict Darrow sat chewing his
pencil, and as the jury filed in he
closely scanned their faces, hi.,
wife sitting trembling by his side.
When I he verdict was announced
she |brew her arms about his neck
and wept.
Cheers immediately broke out in
I he court room, down the long
corridors and out into I lie si reel.
The news spread over (he city willi
incredible speed and appeared lo
give very general sal is faction.
Darrow says thai if was the on
ly verdict I lie jury eoubl have
rendered.
BUSINESS MEN
10 VISIT VALDEZ
Tacoma Party Will Come This
Time in Person and Not
by Proxy
With the intention of capturing
considerable of the Alaskan trade
that now goes to Seattle, Tacoma
business men will make an excur
sion to the iiorthiand next month
in an effort to divert some of the
commerce thai is now going to
Seattle to this city. That this lask
will not be didicull is the belief
of many well-posted northerners,
for it is a well recognized fact that
the merchants of Alaska are dis
gusted with the treatment accord
ed them by Seattle in the last dec
ade.
Second-hand goods and shelf
worn profits have been handed to
(In? merchants of Alaska by Se
attle wholesalers at a price which
allowed little profit and as a con
sequence I he merchants of the
norlhland are looking for a new
Held. This is the opportunity for
Tacoma. Last year the merch
ants of Tacoma made an excur
sion to Alaska with the result that
several local houses established
I relations in the norlhland.
Tacoma has a splendid oppor
tunity lo capture a great propor
tion of the trade now going to
Seattle if the local business men
will take advantage of the preval
ent dislike of Alaskan firms. An 1
Tacoma is the only city that is so
situated as to be able to geograph
ically compete with Seattle. Sen
timentally Tacoma has an even
break with Seattle for the north
ern commerce.-Tacoina Tribune.
Sampson Sails.
Seattle, Aug. 17.-Th.? steam
ship Sampson sailed at 5:30 last
evening. The Mariposa leaving at
an early hour this morning with
the following passengers booked
for Valdez: Rudolph Schmidt, S.
R. Capps, R. H. Sargent, Todd
Winters, A. A. Everman, ,T. C.
Warren and 17 tourists.
THE PORT WELLS DISTRICT
VISITED BY COL. MILLARD
8AY8 CLAIM OWNERS MUST BHE AK INTO THEIR LEADS SO THAT
8AMPLES MAY BE TAKEN AND 80ME IDEA OF THE VEIN
MATTER OBTAINED
Col. B. F. Millard has just re
turned from an extended lour of
th«* Port Wells section. While Col.
Mitlard will not particularize as
to the merit* of any particular
property, he ig free in saying that
in bin opinion that section will
produce a number of paying mine*
in the course of time. He Hays
he *aw a itfurfiber of fine veins and
that the formation looks good to
him. Dne of the greatest draw
backs he experienced was lh§^
with but a few e*copti^jj»^^^ork
at ail had h#fw dOne~ on tne prep
er-tie8 located. (i^Acial action Tiad
hi> worn the leads smooth a« to
make it utterly impossible to pits
any judgment uj^on th4 leAd It
self or the character of the veil1!
matter. >
He. says that thi locators
should for their own ^oMr put a'
few shots ill the fWfe "tA dT»*clb«r6
the vein matter, find to" show up
the walls. Without doing this
il will I'm* improbable dial an ex
pert will waslo time to examine
th<? properties, from which it is
impo--<«il)le even to take samples.
Speaking of the new discovery
on Harriman Fiord, Mr. Millard
says it is admirably situated for
working. The veins, there being
a number on the properly, cut the
.formation squarely, the walla be
ing andesite and porphyry. rXhe
principle veincanJjfl.^W^dI with
(ne eye^up--tmT mountainside for
^ efltyYlderable distance. IJe. ha*
no idef of the valuea contained in
line ledge, but »a^» that if the vein
will carry $1(J Lvafei*j» ft eAn be
matte Into a good piyln* property,
All In all tfr. MJIirf kjfti
much Impressed wffn the 0111100*
of Ibat piining sactiort. rfe, re
turned this mornll^r, on the.&.K
I*.. In comp)4ny
F. Whltt. nr.
"At the present tlrVi£ fhere are fully
one hundred and flfty men in that
section of the country.
TEDDY SHAMES
STONY HEART8
Providence* Aug. 17.-ln his
speech liere Col. noo.se vol I shamed
those who had cold hearts toward
the third parly, which was work
ing towards the goal «»f higher
wages.
WOODROW WILSON
TO PARTY EDITORS
e£agirt, Aug. 17—Wood row Wil
son will soon ask all Democratic
editors to come here and hold a
conference with him.
DISORDERLY HOUSES
ARE RAIDEt
New York, Aug. 17.-Scores of
disorderly houses heretofore un
der police protect ion, were raided
last night under instructions of
the Civic League through tin* dis
trict attorney's office.
SAYS HE IS TOO YOUNG
TO QUIT YET
Washington, Aug". 17.-?ecrelary
of Agriculture Wilson is celebrat
ing his 771 li birthday and declares
lie is good for many years yet.
ANOTHER TRU8T
IS TO BE SUED
Philadelphia, Aug. 17.—The gov
ernment has begun a suit against
the moving picture trust, espec
ially the moving pictures patent
company and tho General Film
company. It has heen disclosed
I hat these .companies have one
hundred million dollars invested.
SENATOR LA FOLLETTE
; QET8 IN A JAB
Washington, Aug. 17.-Senator
La Follette attacks the third party
movement and says it is an ob
struction across the path of the
real progressive movement.
HIRAM JOHNSON
TO 8TUMP THE EAST
Sacramento, C.al., Aug. 17.-Gov
ernor Johnson will make a G0
day campaign through the east,
starting immediately.
Heavy Storms in Oregon.
Portland, Ore., Aug. I7.-Ileavy
slornis are'prevailing I hroughont
Ibis seelimt, doing great damage
to crops.
REAL PAY IS DISCOVERED
ON FIRST CHANCE CREEK
MONEY UNCOVERED ON THE LINE BETWEEN 8 AND 9 ON FIRST
CHANCE, TRIBUTARY OF REDMOND CREEK IN THE SAL
CHAKET COUNTRY BY ROTH AND FISHER BR08.
.teal pay has at last been dis
covered on First Chance creek
Jifjches up in the Saichaket coun
try, 'according^ to Joe Fisher, and:
Ar.dy Roth, who arrived in Fair
banks from the section with the
prospects they obtained from the
last hole.
Two years ago Ford and Ping
stroin took out between fti,000
and 85.000 on the'creek claim
proper between 0 and 10 above,I
but that seemed to be the end ofi
the pay.
This spring Harry Fisher, Joe
Fisher and Andy Roth went up on
the creek and have put down two
holes, the first in the creek be
tween 8 and 9 above and the sec
ond on the left limit bench. At a
depth of 65 feet in this last hole
they reached-bedrock. having pen
etrated through 12 feet of wash
gravel just above bedrock. Of this
gravel there i» a thickness of four
and one-half feet that will run
.from 3 1-2 to 4 cents to the pan.
j How wide this money is and
: Iiow far it extends tip and down
(the creek the boys did not havel
an opportunity to determine, as
they were out of supplies and had
to come down to Fairbanks to earn
IJip inoneytfor another grubstake.
In the fall, as t?'»f»n as the freight
ing is good, the three men will
move back up river to the scene of
their prospecting. Harry Fisher
did not come down with the oth
ers, as he paused for a couple of
days to visit StoweVs workings,
St owe being another prospector
on Itedmond creek.
Redmond creek is a tributary of
the Salchaket river and heads back
to the south against the divide in
to which- Banner creek, of the
Tenderfoot, has ils source. First
Chance empties into Redmond. In
distance the Fisher boy.* are
therefore about 20 miles abow
Salcha post.
The Fisher boys own a half in
terest in No. 8 of Fir.-*t Chance,
which is numbered up from the
mouth, while I hoy have a two!
years' lease on the property. Andy
Roth owns fin association claim in
.ho sai •• vicinity.-Fairbank*
Times.
I FATAL ACCIDENT
! IN RUBY CAMP
Carl 8ever§on Instantly Killed by
a Heavy Slab Paling Up
on IHm
The first fitocidenl in the,mine*
of Ruby occurred* Tast Wednesday,
[iliac 20th, when Carl Kivergon ^a
{Killed by a cavo-in at the mine
operated by Bob Howard, the
\Vindy bench, nonr discovery,
Lonff creek. ,
Anderson,
r»r««
large chambcr at. thdhend of the
(Continued on page 4)
DUNCAN'S INDIANS
WENT ON STRIKE
tons of Mature Want Mora Fay or
Less ttferk or Maybe Both
Village Is Deserted
According to a report Ihe can
nery of FathetuW4H4em- JLmrtoan
time during thq *alrnon aeaaon in
its history. yW* raa'aonp .for^tho
quietude at Meilakahtla are duo to
a, atrike of Rev. Duncan'* Indian
Help.
^ When (he Bpokane arrived at
etlakahtfa, the tourfots" found
e apotlea* village all but deii
e few Indiana that reft)
Xo the Apostle of Ala* w.
Xmi^an haA been olMfr
>na*elve« on the point
US the w4llrl<)ut and
the village. - Almont
all Of thA fndiana have gone lo
(C* ntlnued on page .1).
land
WEIL KNOWN PROSPECTOR
SEVERS HIS JUGULAR VEIN
WHILE LNDER THE INFLUENCE OF LIQUOR CUTS HIS THROAT
WITH A BOTTLE, BLEEDING TO DEATH-WAS WELL
THOUGHT OF IN THE COMMUNITY
Seward, Aug. 17.-W. L. Red
man, a well known prospector and
miner, owning a number of valu
able claims in tbis section, while
under tbe influence of liquor, cut
bis tbroat with a portion of a
whisky flask, severing the juKular
vein, causing death in a few min
utes after committing the deed.
The deceased had been drink
ing heavily and was taken inlo
ciistndy and locked up in the city
jail Id sober him up. wben, in
some nnacconntable way. lie yot
hold of the flask, with which he
lonk his life. The deed was com
mitted a| •"> o'clock Ibis moniiiiK
at an hour when there was no one
around.
The deceased was well Ihollplll
*»f in the community, was a hard
working man who indulged af.
times, the overuse of liquor leav
ing him entirely without mastery
over himself, lie was undoubt
edly temporarily insane when he
committed the deed.
l'ietre Allen, a fugitive from
l>aws«»n. charged with the larceny
of Jin ounces of u«dd dust, was
arrested at Tanaua al the request
of ihe l»awsoii authorities and
will b held ln*re mil i 1 his extradi
tion can he arranged f<»r. At the
tiin .» of his arrest Mr. Allen was
registered al I lie Tower hmi-e
under llie name of pon M<»n,
which. liowi'\er. failed to ilisDy
ui'r him sufficient ly In eiialde him
to escape the |<m*;i| oll'icers.-Fair
banks Times.
REBELS RETREAT
IN QOOD ORDER
Juarez, Aug. i7.—<iencral Oroz
co evacuated Ih«» oily with his
army today, leaving a small foree
behind to keep order 11 nti 1 ttie ar
rival of Ihe federals. The eity i*
JUDGE NAMED TO
TRY GAMBLERS
New York, Aug. 17.-Supreme
Court Justice (Joft- was appointed
hy ( ioveruor I»i\* t«• hear I In
gambling eases beginning Sep
tember :<i'd.
Parlies from Port Wells report
severe storms in thai section dur
ing Ihe past week. They attrib
ute the small vole or that section
to Ihe facl that the prospectors
could not g «t about in small boats
on account of the roughness of
the waters.
(ieorge Baldwin returned from
Ihe copper country on the Alame
da and will return in a few days.
Mr. Baldwin is opening up a prop
erty near eKnnicott. where he has
eight men employed, ell will re
main developing the properly un
til Ihe open season closes.
WANTS FAIR FIGHT
HONEST ELECTORS
Third Party Followers Are Bolt
ers and Should be nKown
as Such
Washington, Aug. 17.-Pr«'»id«.Mit
Taft, in a political address mad«*
to the members of Hit* Maryland
Republican F.diturial As<uciat ion,
said 111 ft I all In* asked for \va> a
fair tiyhl and honest presidential
electors. lie referred !<• I he third
parly Indices and said lliey must
bear thai name and title and not
that «>f Republican.
The Senate Sustains Taft.
Washington. Aug. I 7.-'The -son_
ate this morning refused to pass
the wool tariff over I hi' president's
veto.
NEW STRIKE IS REPORTED
ON HEADWATERS STIKINE
IN A COUNTRY DIFFICULT OF ACCE88 AND IN WHIOH THERE
ARE NO PROVISIONS-MAY REVIVE OLD WRANQELL
AQAIN-QOVERNMENT SHOULD PREPARE WAY
fllshop pu VerneI brings hack
news of excitement in the Stikine
Country and inside the boundaries
of Yukon territory, over the dis
covery by Indians of a placer gold
Held beyond the northern boun
dary of BVfHsh Columbia. A party
i«j iU(emptlng now to make it*
way In, ih'e neWs having leaked
*>u» but thtf bishop says that m'rty
attempt made lht» winter to reach
I his district would probably be in
viting disaster. The bishop has
advised the dispatch of ft detaoh
ment of Roya^ortftwfcst Mount
ed Police (o takft'ehArge. To get
io this interesting cnunlry, he
sftys, one taken aT5oiM steamship
to Wrangoll, Alaska, and fhen a
^lefn-wheel steamer, or. failing
tlHtfVa gasoline boal, up the river
I(W'Utiles,*" trt Telegraph creek,
wlilMi hi hi the head of naM>a»
tijo*h; Froifl litre thfcrc are pack
trails In fouf different direction*,
two on either side of the Rliklne
! river, Ihe flrs^'west of north lo
Allin, 225 miles; the second nor
theast to the head of Djase lake,
72 miles. Krom there on one can
'take a scow to the foot of the
lake, 30 miles, theh a canoe down
the DeaBC and I,lard river?. The
third is the telegraph line trail
south to Echo lake and Wept Naas
river, which is not more than 50
miles north of Stewart; and the
fourth, southeast, into the Klap
p»n country, which is on the north
side of the Groundhog mountain
divide. This Is known as the old
AsMcroft trail.
The new tflacer gold field has
been discovered by soirie Deaso
Inke Indians, and Is oft iVe South
Nahanni river, about 150 miles by
trail and river from Telegraph
oreek beyond the northern boun
dary of British Columbia, '120 *
fmile* east, of the tfyland river,
across cOuntry. A reliable party
has Ueen sent in to Investigate
this rumor and report. An effort
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