VALDEZ MAY BE
DISTRICT COURT
HEADQUARTERS
It, is probable that iu the near futuro
Yaldez will be made the headquarters
•f the Court iu the Third division. In
an interview with a Prospector repre
sentative this morning Judge Reid
stated that he is ho favorably impress
ek with Valdez, and its superior facili
ties for communicution with the states
a lid the balance of the district, that
he contemplates having the court
.headquarters established here.
The judge has asked the attorney
£61)era 1 for permission to make the
change, and he Las received instruc
tions to establish his headquarters at
any point in the district which he
deems the most suitable.
Judge Nathan Y. Harlan has not re
signed I lie office of United States dis
trict. attorney for the Third judicial
district of Alaskn, as the pres* di —
patches indiea*>d he would, a few daya
a^o. He intends to return to Vald< z
in time to assist his deputies at the
• t jnrr term of court.
. ount of the erroneous report
Assi>lant District Attorneys Soottand
licty havw been in a quandary hs to
the status of affairs, and are conse
quently much relieved and gratified
that their chief still retains charge.
On January li Judge Scott received
the following dispatch from District
Attorney Harlan, dated York, Ne
braska, his f.trmer home:
"Intend leaving here 11th Inst, for
Valdez, if able. Am sick with grip."
This telegram gave no light on the
unbject. of whether the district at.tor
ney had resigned or riot, and to de
termine the matter, as the court term
was at hand, Judge Scott wired the
attorney-general as follows:
"If it has been tendered and ac
cepted, when does resignation of Dis
trict Attorney Harlan take effect?
Court, convenes tomorrow "
Late yesterday afternoon Atorney
'(ieneral Honaparta sent a response to
Judgo Scott's query:
"United States District Attorney
Harlan has not resigned. Understand
ha contemplates returning to Alaska
eo as to be at Valdez on 20th insfc."
The libel against ths schooner Nits,
tho Japanese sealing vessel, which was
filed here at the last! term of court,
was formally dismissed yes erday.
T!ii« oveuing in tho court room of
tho court, house, beginning at 8 o'clock,
kho public reception to bo tendered
Jutltfe Silas If. Iteid will be held.
All should attend this affair.
Tho judgment creditor, S. A. Hom
plo, puroha.-ed tho Brewery property,
which was johl under foreclosure pro*
•oftdin^H yesterday afternoon by the
marshal's ofllce. The property went
for $.'1,781, beiPtf the amount of the
judgment and accrued coats
A meeting of the board of direotorn
•f the Reynolds-Alaska Development
Company will be held in Boston on
the 18th Inefc. New officers will be
elected, and the matter of the bonded
Indebted net* will come up for con
sideration.
Beyond a few miuor motion® there
was little buninets transacted by the
•onrt thin morning. By stipulation of
the attorney• the case of Dr. U. T.
Daggett ire. A. B, Drug Co. of Reward,
wutt Taken up. This ia a c«r« in which
t. a»ka for a dissolution of th«
dru* company and a division of tb«
holdings of th« company.
AllTCKCBIlE RACE
AROUND WORLD
Seattle, Jan. 8 — A great race
arcui.d the world, between two auto
mobile parties, under the auspices of
j the New York Times, will start cn
j their remarkable jcurr.cy at an early
date. The parties will leave New
York and Paris simultaneously. The
New York party will start west, com
ing to Seattle, thence to Valdez, and
| on to Nome, crossing Bering strait to
East cape, Siberia, thence along the
Arctic coast to the Siberian plains,
and from thence on south through
the vast domain of the Czar to the
Ural mount«'iins and into Russia,
through that country, Germany, and
Franco into Paris, and from thence
to the starting point—New York.
' The Paris party will take the oppo
site route—through France,Germany,
Russia and Siberia, crossing Bering
strait to Nome and from thence
through Alaska to Valdez, and on to
Seattle, crossing the United States
and the Atlantic to Paris.
Special cars are being manufactured
in both countries for this extraordi
nary trip, and the vehicles are being
equipped as well as money and hu
man ingenuity can de\iso. They will
be run by gasoline.
Accompanying each party will bo
newspaper men and artists of the
highest ability, who will transmit
news and pictures from along the
route of travel.
The time of departure and the ex
act route of travel have not been de
termined.
John ltosene, of this city, manag
ing director of the Northeast Siberian
company, which has trading stations
on t be Tchukotsk peninsula, in North
east Siberia, has been requested by
the Times to assist the racers as muck
as possible and has agreed to do so.
One of the company's stations is
East Cape, Siberia, and another,
at Capo Serdge, on the Arctic ocean,
and the racers will have to pans by
both of these places enroute.
Gasolino has been reserved by tol*
graph at Juneau, Valdez, Fairbanks
and Nome.
In harmony with tho plans asabov©
not forth, tho Probpeotoji last nighb
received a dispatoh from Manager
Clino, who is arranging tho details of
tho raoo on bohalf of tho Times, ask
ing if 300 gallons of gasoline could bo
reserved here for use of tho autoists,
to be available some time in March.
Tho order was duly placed with local
merchants, and Mr. Olino notified.
Several days ago tho Prospector
received a query from tho Times as
to tho feasibility of tho Valdez trail
as a route of travel, and sent a res
ponse endorsing it as the logical ono
io be taken,
Naples, Jan. 6—Mt. Vesuvius is
again active! after years of slumbept
ing. flmoke and flames are plainly
visible above the crater.
Jefferson Is
Postmaster
Washington, lJ. CM Jan. 8—Presi
dent Roosevelt. today appointed Jesse
D. Jefferson postmaster at Valdoz.
The above new*< c mes as a surprise
to everyone, even Mr. Jefferson, the
i appointee, stating that he had re
ceived no word of the change. In re
gard to there being a change made in
the office, Mr. Jefferson states that,
Dr. lie yle determined last summer to
resign in his favor, owing to the fact
that all of the work fell upon Mr. Jef
ferson anil that there was no money in
j the position. At that time Jefferson
secured the endorsements of seveial of
t he leading business men, and i* ap
pears that v I en Dr. Boyle tiled his
resignation, the president immediately
appointed Jefferson in his place.
Theie were t-eveial other applicants in
the field, but as Jeffei>on was familiar
with tfie office affairs and had such
good backiuii, he won easily,
i *
Arms For Philippines
San Francisco, Jan. 7—The trans
port Sherman sailed for tho Philip
pines this morning, laden with 16,0C0
1 Springfield rilles and 20,000,000 cart
ridge*, for use of the arm/ there in
case of imergency.
Washingtonf D. C., Jan. 8—Secre
tary of War Taft, in his annual re
port, highly praises tho Alaska road
commission, the work of which is
mid or tho direction of tho war de
partment. lie says that owing to the
■work done on the Valdoz trail, tho
postal service between Valdez and
Nome lias been greally facilitated*
He urges increased appropriations for
I bhe work of road construction in
Alaska, dilating upon tho fact of the
great benefit derived, from a com
mercial standpoint, in opening up
fche northern territory.
Columbus, O., Jan. 4—Republican
primaries will be held on February 11
to elect delegates to a state conven
tion to be held March 3. The latter
will elect delegates to the national
convention. The fight between For
aker and Taft for control of the state
delegation is waxing warm. The
machinery of the state appears to be
in control of Foraker, who is also as
sisted by his colleague, Senator Dick,
and by Boss Cox. The rank and file
of the party is in favor of Taft, but it
is doubtful if he can secure the entire
delegation. Without his homo state,
his chances for t-lie nomination are
not considered propitious.
Seattle, Jan. 6—The local banks
are fast retiring tJie clearing house
certificates, used as a temporary re
lief during the late financial panic.
Certificates to the amount of $100,00#
were burned yesterday, and eaek
succeeding day will witness their r«H
t.irement until all shall go up
smoke, and fch* coin of th« realnt
I
again be used.
Paris, Jan. 6—The Daily Patrie
prints a story to the effect that a
Japanese Ccet is eruieirg in the vicin
ity cf the H&wiicn islands.
Baron Kuenino, the Japanese am
bassador, when shown the pub
lication, denies its truth. He
■aid Japan was perfectly satisfied
with the administration's policy with
leference to Japan.
A dispatch from Honolulu state*
that no fleet has been observed i*
the vicinity of the islands.
Seattle, Jan. 6—The American
mining congress will meet in this citgr
on March 23, and among other things
will consider the mining laws an*
their application to Alaska.
Washington, D. C., Jan. 6—The
hospital ship relief fleet, in command
of Surgeon Stokes, and manned by
orews from merchantmen will sail ia
a few days for the Pacffic coast.
Washington, D. C., Jan. 4—Senator
Piles of Washington is urging the
treasury department to station a tug
boat at Cape Flattery, whose specifle
duty it will be to communicate fte
the revenue cutters, any vessel that
may be in distress in the vicinity of
Cape Flattery and up the coast fee
Alaskan waters,
Boise, Jan. 4—The jury in the PeV
tibone case, brought in a verdict oi
not guilty this morning. He wm
charged with being an accomplice &»
the murder of ex-Gov. Steunenberg %f.
Idaho.
London, Jan. 6—The divorce orm
of Countess Yarmouth against Um
count is being heard in private. Th«
countess is a sister of Harry Th»w
and the family advised her to eecnj*«
a separation from her husband. Tk#
count is unfriendly to youiig Tha^r
and refers to him as a murderer, &n4l
this is a primary cause of thedivom*.
Washington, D. 3., Jan, 7—Tb*
official report of the production of
copper in Alaska for the year 1006 im
8,685,646 pounds. The outfit is chiefy
from the Ketchikan district.
Alaska rank* seventh in the pro
duction of copper among the ntaftM
and territories.
St. Paul, Jan. 6—The Great North
ern and Northern Pacific railroad
companies annonnce that a cut af
2% cents an hour in the wage af
freight handlers haw been made.
Kansas City, Jan. 6—Secretary
Taft has accepted an invitation to
address the Repnblican club of Mwa
city on February 10th.
Chicago, Jan. 6—Owing to feka
growing demands, the Salvatioa
Army announces that it will estab
lish relinf buroans in all the largty
cities of the country.
Seattle, Jan. 6—Nine repnblicaa,
three democrat and two municipal
ownership candidates have filed their
applications for nominations far
mayor of Beattle, and the prima^p
elections soon to be held will deter
mine the choice of the various tickato
f
for the office.'