Telegraphic Hews
Mrs. Vanderbllt Wants Divorce
New York, April -I—Mrs. Alfred
Vanderbllt has filled application for
divorce. The charges on which the
application is made are secret but
from those who are familiar with
the privato life of the Vanderbilts it
is learned that the differences which
have culminated in the action are of
long standing and that the couple
have despaired of arriving at an
agreement.
Jefferson Gets Postoffice
Washington, April 3—J. D. Jeffer
son's nomination as postmaster at
Valdez, Alaska, was confirmed by the
senate yesterday afternoon. There
was no opposition, all factional differ
ences have been settled prior to ae
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tion by the senate.
Cannon After Paper Trust
Washington, April 4—Speaker of
the house, Congressman Joe Cannon,
yesterday indicated that he is going
to start war on the white paper trust
by introdneinga resolution calling tip
on the attorney general to make a re
port as to what has been done to
ward prosecuting those responsible.
Major Richardson Transferred.
Washington, 1). C., April 1—Major
Wilds 1', Richardson, at the head of
the Alaska road commission has been
transferred from the Ninth to the
Thirteenth Infantry. The transfer
will not interfere with Maj. Richard
son's work with the road commission.
Big Money for Wrestlers.
Chicago, April 4—The advance sale
of tickets lor tin1 (loteh-Hackcn
schmidt wrestling match which takes
place here tonight exceed $75,000.
Fighting Bob Is Better
Pano Ilohles, Cal., April <>—Hear
Admiral Hobley I). Evans who has
heeii confined at a hotel here suffer
ing from the illness which compelled
him to leave the fleet at Magdalcna
hay is much iinporved. He declares
that he will rejoin the fleet when it
arrives off San Francisco.
Kelly And At tell Matched
Seattle, April ft— Eddie of Kelly
Buffalo and A he At tell have signed art i
elesto flght near this city April 20. The
fight will prohahly hi- held at Pleas
ant Beach in Kitsap County, a few
miles down the Sound.
Taft Talks To Conductors
Chicago, April 7—Secretary Taft
today addressed the convention of
railroad conductors. In his speech
he asserted that men controlling cap
ital have the same right to combine
for mutual interest, that laboring men
have.
Cheap Hate For Delegates
Chicago, April 7—The railroads
have made a special rate of 1'9 cents
a mile for delegates to the republi
can national convention.
Delaware Apparently For Knox
Dover, Del., April 8—Senators Du
Pont and Hichardson controlled tIn
state primaries yesterday, insuring
the election of uninstruetcd delegates
to the national republican eon vention.
It is understood that both senators
favor Senator Knox of Pennsylvania
for the presidential nomination.
Shhbch the (inggenheinis
Washington, April H- Hakrr Slow
art, who is interested in a Vuldc/.
Pairhanks railroad project., says hero
that "the Guggcnhcims have a mon
opoly in steamship freight carrying
t«> Alaska." Hi* afllrniH that rates on
the Hteainor lines to Alaska are al
most prohibitive and asks the prose
eution of the steamship combines.
Hnen Senator Fulton For Blander
Salem, Ore., April 8- State Senator
J. S. Smith sued United States Sena
tor Fulton today for $5000 damages,
charging the senator with slander in
the alleged statement that Smith re
ceived $1500 from the late Senator
Mitchell's corruption fund in a sena
torial election.
Cnnadian Pacific to Kxtend
Wlnnepeg, April 8—-The Cana<lian
Pacific Railroad Company announced
today that it will Iniild a second rail
road line through the Uoeky moun
talns, connecting the Kdmonton
branch with Hardy bay, Vancouver
island.
Gray Boom Popular
Washington, April 8—The boom of
Judge Ocorge (Jray of Delaware for
the democratic nomination for the
presidency is meeting much favor and
the conservative element of the party
seems to lie rallying to his support
against llryan.
Prohibition Fifrh in Nehraaka
Lincoln, Neb., April 8— Nebraska
prohibitionists claim thoy are assured
of victory in today's election on that
iMtlft, They are challenging votes by
wholoNftle, charging concerted efforta
by the waloon element to carry the
election by fraud.
Purmella Lake Sinks from Sight
Halem, Ore., April ft - Permella lake,
GRIME RAMPANT
ON TWO ISLANDS
•
Americans Are Charged
With Outrage on Fourteen
Year-old Girl.
Kodiak, March 27—Special Corres
pondence—The past winter ban wit
nessed a wave of crime on Kodiak
and Afognak islands which transcends
anything of similar character of re
cord in recent years. The most serious
. crimes consist of outrages alleged to
hav cbeen committed on a fourteen
yeai-old half caste Russian girl by two
Americans, both of whom occupied
j prominent positions in government
serviee, and both of whom are under
arrest.
O. l». Grimes, a teacher in the
schools on Afognak island is one of
those so charged and t\ P. Henkel,
superintendent of the government
fish hatchery now under process of
construction at Letniek, is the other.
The same girl was the victim in both
J cases and the greatest indignation
i prevails among the whites and the
better class of natives.
({rimes has been held to the grand
jury and the authorities assert that
they have sutllcient evidence to
make certain a conviction. Henkel
I is out on bail and Itis ease is set for
April 0. Heretofore both men have
i borne good reputations.
In addition to the two cases of re
cord (lie government otlicials are in
poscssion <»t affidavits making similar
charges against others and warrants
art? expected to be issued shortly.
The details of the charges arc almost
beyond belief and point to a reign of
liccntious lawlessness which if any
thing surpasses the acts of the Arctic
whaling Meets. If present indications
are verified the coining term of court
will lay bare the existence of an al
most incomprehensible state of affairs.
Aside from the cases of the nature
mentioned in the foregoing, the is
lands have been the scene of numer
ous other crimes and several arrests
have been made during the winter
and spring. The government officials
are determined to do everything in
| t heir power to stamp out the crimes
i which havo made the Alaskan penin
sular notorious and to create in the
minds of the lawless element an
abiding fear of the law.
in the Cascade mountains, which has
been supposed to be of extraordinary
depth inasmuch as its bottom was
never sounded, has disappeared with
in the past few days. A rock bottom
| is revealed with crevasses in it and
the theory is that an earthquake
; cracked the solid rock bottom, drain
ing out the water.
I/aFollette Gets Wisconsin
j Milwaukee, April 8—Delayed in
transmission—Returns from the pri
mary elections in Wisconsin show
that delegates pledged to the support
of Senator LaKollette for the republi
can presidential nomination wereelee
i ted everywhere.
In Milwaukee Kx-Mayor Hose, dem
ocrat, was elected yesterday.
South Dakota for Taft
Huron, S. I)., April 9—At the* re
publican primaries yesterday dele
gates instructed for Seeretay Taft for
the presidency were elected through
out the state. This insures the Houtli
Dakota delegation to the war seere
tary.
Portugese Mobsjecr Troops
Lisbon, April J>—Mobs jeered troops
at parade in the HtreetH yesterday and
many hundreds of arrests were made.
Orders wero issued that any person
speaking against the government, shall
he immediately arrested.
Draws J,ine on Saloons
Seattle, April 0—Mayor Miller an
nounced today that he would refuso
to sign any renewal of llcenso for any
saloon convict**! of violating the Sun
day closing ordinance.
Pugct Sound Gets $7,500,000
Washington, April 0—The appropri
ation for military defenses on Pugot
sound has l»een raised hy the house
committee to $7,500,1)00.
Ralph Cook Dies
Seattle, April 8- Delayed In trans
mission-Ralph (took, former chief of
tho Seattlo tiro department, and Ihv
fore that, a miner In tho Yukon dur
ing the Klondike rush, died today of
pneumonia.
MARINE MOVEMENTS
Santa (Jlara; sailed westward ftth.
Yucatan; sailed from Seattlo ftth.
Portland; sailed for Seattlo 4th.
Northwestern; sailed for Soattlo7tl».
Bertha; sailed for Seattle ftth.
A large nhlpmont of beautiful Lace*
and Fancy Ooods from Vantino's,
New York, are helng shown at the
Ladles* ftazaar.
BETTER COPPER
MARKET EXPECTED
Present Conditions Said to
Be Due to Financial
Flurry in East.
In the opinion of men familiar with
the resources of Alaska there is little
doubt but that eventually oopi>er is to
rival the gold and salmon industries
in extent of output. There have been
many large copper propositions dis
covered within the last year or so and
the biggest copper mining interests
in the world have become interested
in Alaska.
Almost coincident with the reports
of big copper discoveries in this ter
ritory has come a slump in the cop
per market and also, for a time, an
almost total cessation of copper min
ing in the states. In commenting
on the future of copper and the pres
ent conditions Mining Science, a Den
ver publication of prominence says:
•'The market for copper in the Uni
ted States depends fundamentally
upon the resumption of that class of
business which involves new struc
tures. The consumption of this met
al through ordidnary wear and tear
amounts to less than half the norma
demand,"
"Mr. James Douglas has shown that
about one-third the copper is con
sumed in brass wearing parts. This
demand is, of course, a comparative
ly steady one, because it .simply keeps
up ordinary wear and tear. One
third the demand is for architectu
ral brass, bronze and structural cop
per. Of this third, a part is for re
newals and a part for new structures.
The remaining third is for electrical
equipment and the renewals iu this
line are relatively very small. Thus
we see that a stoppage of new busi
ness might readily decrease the de
mand by 50 per. cent, and this is
about what happened during the lat
ter months of 1907.
"So far as this country is concerned,
only a little improvement can be
looked for till the Hast gets over its
lit of the blues. The East is the seat
of the major consumption of copper,
and so long as it is out of the market
the American copper market is a
good deal like a four-horse team with
three of its horses down in the mud.
The fact that the fourth horse is up
and doing will not work much ad
vancement till all can pull together.
"Luckily our copper market is not
limited to the American demand, and
Europe in general, and Germany in
particular, has not felt the depres
sion as much as the eastern part of
the United States. Germany has
been a very largo buyer of copper
in the United States market during
February and March. The European
buying, together with the optimistic
tone of the West, are the two most
encouraging features of the copper
trade.
nit; mrge Hurpiim hlock or copper
which wan on haiul last full han been
entirely eonaunied, according to Mr.
John I). Ryan; according to otherH,
a large part of it han Himply panned
into the hands of npeculatorn and re
inaiiiH a mcnaco to the market. All
the amalgamated minea at liutto havo
been reopene<l. Mr. Kyan ntaten that
tlio increased foreign demanda to
gether with Home reaumptionof bulld
ing at home juatiiled thin Htep. The
"knockers" have it that this move ia
Himply to whip the Lake produeorH.
into line. The latter gronpe of pro
ducers went right along producing
copj>er when the Amalgamated was
cloned down and waa trying to bolster
np the market, ao it la only natural
that there nhouhl be Home had hloo<^,
but we think no aane man, and Mr.
Ryan in certainly aane, would go to
all the trouble and oxpeiiHo of atart
ing tho Butte minea Himply to whip
the Lake producers into lino, Tffo
more tenable theory 1h that Mr.
Hyan meana juat about what ho says.
There la a little profit In 13-cont cop
per, and the Amalgamated might aa
well get Ita ahare.
"l/ooklng beyond the immediate
future, the outlook for tho copper
market ia extremely good. Tho world
haH increaaed ita consumption of cop
per about 5.B4 per, cent, each year
ainoo 1H80. It will koop on needing
an increaaod supply of copi>or each
yoar and of courao, tho price will
have to l>e aufflclent to reward tho
miner for gottlng it out.'
"Tho avorage price of copper since
1H80 has been Iwtween 14 and 1A cohta,
hut aa tho oopper mines are getting
deeper and the domAnd Increasing, it
la probable that tho Avorago price
will raise somewhat In tho future."
Charles Adler and Mrs. Adlor^loft
on the Bertha for a trip to tho Atlantic
eoAst. They will bo Absent sovorAl
months. Otto Hchults will hAve
charge of Mr. Adlor'a store.
WAnted—Job ah general blacksmith
In mining cAmp. Nlok Yodnak.
— Wholesale and Retail
Dealers in
General Merchandise
and Carry the LARGEST STOCK In
_ Southern Alaska
Having been established since 1900 our experience
gathered in eight years has enabled us to guage the
requirements of this country accurately and our stock
is selected with this end in view. The Miner
and Prospector will find in our store everything
he may require for his needs. We carry:
Groceries, Provisions, Hardware, Stoves and Ranges, Drill Steel,
Dynamite, Fuse, Caps, and Gasoline, Hay and Oats, Mens'
Clothing, Hats, Shoes, Underwear, Blankets, Comfortables.
and a great variety of all claHaoH of-merchandise too numerous to mention.
Yegtne°rai° Banking Business ac^edf0pa°nf8
. ny and Ssll Bxchange and Gold Dust
H. A. U LEVY & CO. ^
AUTOISTS GIVE UP
TRIP OVER TRAIL
(Continued from page 1)
turned about 10 and immediately an
nounced their intention to nail on
the Bertha.
The fourautoists with their car ar
rived in Valdez on the Santa Clara
yewterday at 12:30 p. . m. and
were greeted at the dock by
almost the entire population of
Valdez, headed by the brans band,
and plenty of noise signalized the
event.
The men in the party aro George
Schuster, captain and cliaffour;
George Miller, mechanic and assistant
chafTeur; Hans Hansen, pilot; George
MacAdams of the New York Times
editorial staff.
Schuster started on the Thomas as
assistant to Montague Robert#, origi
nal chaffeur, who dropped by the way
side. Hansen started with one of the
French cars and transferred to the
American. All tho autoista are large
athletic young men, who look able to
tackle a football game or a cinnamon
l>oar.
Dispatch Carrier Pigeon .
The autoists brought several car
rier pigeons from San Francisco, and
in the presence of a large crowd at
ihe Seattle hotel corner liberated two
birds at 1 o'clock today. One pigeon
flew away but the othor fluttered and
fell. Ho was apparently stiff and
was picked up and put back in a
cage.
Notice of Sale
Notice I* hereby Kiven that on the 2nd day
o( May 1WIH. ot 2 o clock r. M at tho Warehouse
Of the Valuer Dock Company at the westerly
end of the wharf of aforesaid Dock Company,
there will he offered for sale and sold to the
highest bidder for cash payable atthoconsum
inHtion of the sale, the following personal
property:
I Bbl.Cblna, Marked Howh A Bolter.
K IIbid. Htraw " J. W. Little A Co.
1 (Irlp "Burlappcil " Htephen Rady.
1 Bid l.ftntcrnx " Alaska Home H'y. Co.
I Case Flasks " C. C. Kitchle.
1 Cafe Flasks " W. II. BlnckwU,
1 Box Cash Register " Reynolds Aiaska
Development Co.
3 Boxes Terra C'otta " Hhlpper* Order, No«
tlfy Alaska Cons. Co.
r> Crates Stair Work. Do
1 Cox Ktalr Work. Do
1 Box Columns. Do
1 Bdl. Wood Moulding. Do
12 Bundles Cots etc. Marked (>co. It, Dcdman,
1 Box Chain Mloek " Order llallldle
Machinery Co., Notify Alaska Bottling Co.
Aforesaid property having remained un
claimed and tho Irclght charges unpaid torn
period of more than three months from this
date the aforesaid property will he sold In ac
cordance with the provisions of Hee. 27M'art
V. Chayter 39 of the Alaska Code.
Valdef, Alaska, April 7th. KM*,
Valdee Dock Company.
A K, Orlgfby, Heey,
Notice of Hearing of Final Account
IN TIIK I1NITKD BTATR9 COMMIRHIONKR'H
COURT, VALDKZ PHRCINCT.AbAHKA
fN PROBATlt
In the Matter of the Estate «
of I
Thomas W.Doherty,deceased >
Notice Is hereby given that Nina N.Dohorty,
administratrix of tho estate of Thoma* W.
Doherty, deceased, having filed In this court
her final account and report ot her admlnlstra<
tlon of the estate of said deceased, the hearing
of which has been fixed by said eonrt for the
12th day of June, I0O«, at 2 o clock, p in., of
said day at tho office of the above named court
in the eonrt house at Valdes, Alaska, a* the
time and place of the hearing on said report
and account: and all persons Interested In
said estate are notified thnt on or before said
day and hour to file any objections thereto:
and to appear at said time and place and show
cause If any they have why sain final account
and report snouid not bo approved and ratifi
ed.
Dated at Valdex, Alaska, this nth day of
April, 19TR
JOHN I.YONH.
Probate Judge.
ALASKA (OHIttlAl OflPAtIT
COOK INLET STORES
Susitna Tyoonok Sunrise
Merchandise, Stores, and Outfits of all
kinds, necessary for Miners, Prospect
ors, Hunters and Trappers. I/arge
stocks of guaranteed quality on hand
at all seasons of the year.
PURCHASERS OF FURS OF AW, KINDS
ANNOUNCEMENT
To the Traveling Public:
The reason why I am able to give you mor accomoda
dation and better service for your money than you get at
any other place on the Route between Valdez and Fair
banks, is, that I am a Bachelor and do not need to
make a profit on the maintenance of a wife and children.
But, if you are one of the Traveling Public who
passes through Copper Center, Stop at Hotel
Holman and get your moneys worth.
Try it once and you will stop again.
' RINGWALD BLIX, Proprietor
The Teikhell Roadhouse
48 Miles From Valdez
On Government Trail.
Ilent of accommodations for man and Want. Fresh Moat
alwayB on hand. IIornc and Dor Food All tho latent
t-improvements. PRIVATE ROOMS.
Mrs. Ed. Wood, Proprietor.
DRY CREEK ROADHOUSE :
I/. O. nncl O. B. RORER, Proprietor*. •
118 MILEH ON FAIRBANKH
FROM VALDEZ AND EAGLE TRAILS
The Tacoma Roadhouse
5ft milcH from V ft Id 02 on government trail. Ono mile from
telegraph Htntion nt Telklioll. FifBt-olass Accommodfttionfl
for mon find beast. Hftv find Grain for sale.
PRIVATE ROOMH Dick Windmiller, Prop.
VALDEZ HOSPITAL
Rflftflrvntion Avo. near Court House
Private Rooms for Patients Graduate Nurses
For rntoH and futihor particulars Apply to
None 77 B. C. Dalton, M. D.
ELECTRICITY BY WATER POWER
Otir eleotriolty I* m«ln by water power, ho our light* are f»tea<ly
and mo*t brilliant. I*et uh furnish yon llKht for your home or
piaee of bntlnemi, hIrum or power for motor, l/ot u* put a tele
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