WHARF GASES f§
AT JUNEAU
White Pass Charged With De
stroying Competition and
Maintaining Monopoly
In the big wharf rases l<»
tried at Juneau, wherein I lie
North Pacific Wharves & Trad
ing Co., owners of the Moore's
Wharf at Skagway; Canadian Pa
cific Railway Co.: the Pacific &
Arctic Railway & Navigation Co.,
controlling corporation «>f I hi'
railroad known as the While
Pass & "Yukon: the Pacillc Coast
Company, the Pacific Coast
Steamship Company, and I ln» Pa-I
citlc Coast Coal Company, and I In*
Alaska Steamship Company, wilh
conspiracy to monopolize trans
portation business between Pug
el. Sound and Alaska and force
the Humboldt Steamship com
pany to enter thai eomhine. Judge
Lyons sustained the dnmurrers of
individuals in this counl, hold
ing only the corporations I hem
selves liable to trial.
Indlot infill .\o. 8Mi. charging
defendant companies ami their
agents with conspiring lo mo
nopolize I lit* coal business in
Skagway by buying up ami clos
ing all wharves but one, was
dismissed. He also dismissed in
dictnienl charging I he While
Pass with conspiracy in restraint
of trade in that the While Pass
road purchased Hirer aerial
tramways operating over Chil
kool Pass between liyea and l.ake
f.indemann, and then dismantled
them, at the same time buying up
the Bracket! wagon road and de
stroying il. thus acipiirinK mo
nopoly of I rausporlalion busi
ness between Skagway ami tli<*
headwaters of the Yukon river,
holding that tTie stalnles of lim
itations had intervened.
Indictments against eliarges of
discrimination, monopoly of the
wharfaire business. diai-Ming ex
cessive tolls and the charging of
excessive passenger rales be
tween Skagway and Dawson were
dismissed. Trials will not be set
until defendants enter pleas.
WARSHIP 60ES
ON THE BOCKS
Italian Battleship 8ink« in Gale
Carrying Crew to Watery
Graves
Constantinople, May U.— It is
reported here thai, th«» Italian
warship Uherlo was driven on
I tie rocks at Znras during u Rale
and sank, carrying hrr erew Willi
her.
Terrific storms have swept I he
coast doing great damage l<» the
properly along the waterfront.
Several passenger steamers are
* overdue at their destinations and
great anxiety is fell foi I heir
s a fatf.
IDITAROD DEMOCRATS WILL
NOT SUPPORT HARRAI8
Tim Idilarod Democrats will
have nothing lo do with llarrais
and will not support tin* Cliena
man under any circumstances,
says the Idilarod Pioneer. 'J'he
Pioneer has also come out strong
ly against the Cordova nonninee,
declaring thai Cilmore as Shack
le ford's man is not the same Uil
more who opposed Orr and Cor
son in former eleellons. lie has
changed and is no! worthy of tin*
support of Alaskans.'
Scenting I lie hasehall season
from afar, .lack Hishop has re
turned to Voldez.
ICE ENDANGERS
THE GABLESHIP
Captain Advises All Passenger
Steamers to 8ail Far 8outh
of Pathway
' New York, May 3.—The cable
ship Minia reports that she lias
abandoned the search for bodies I
of I lie Titanic wreck.
The captain reports enormous
icebergs, which constantly t»n
daiw?cred tlie safety of the steam
er. lie advises vessels to sail far
to the south.
ALAMEDA NOT DAMAGED
IN RECENT ACCIDENT
Til.' Alameda reached port, this
morning at t o'clock looking hut
little the worse for having sail
ed through the Coluian dock at
Seattle. She brought the follow
ing' passengers: N. (Jercheck,
Miss C. Cannon. Sidney Drake,
wife and Hirer children, E. S.
Maeahe, E. (). Larson, E. It.
Wheal, S. Bright well. E. E. Ritch
ie, I!. Garwood, J. Donovan and
Harry Trimble.
HITS MASTODON 8KELETON
IN RUBY PROSPECT HOLE
While sinking a prospect hole
on lluby creek some time ago
John Teeland encountered the
skeleton of a mastodon. The
skeleton was found in a standing
position, and was punctured by
Mr. Teeland through the small of
I he hack. He fore reaching the
feel i lie work was necessarily
suspended.
WILL DIVIDE
THE MONEY
Three Men Guessed the Correct
Amount of Money in I. &
B. Contest
Tin* guessing contest Hi Ingram
& Hush's hs t«> lh«' amount of
money contained in a jar, was
won by three participants who
will set lie the ownership of the
$0(5.70 contained in the receptacle
in some manner satisfactory to
themselves. The winners are M.
M. Heese, Andy Lambell and J.
H. Crittenden.
With 2,500 "guesses" Herb.
Davis came within one cent of
the amount, both below and j
above. The highest guess was
$1,020.18 and the lowest was b*»- j
low the actual amount of money;
in sight.
PETITION FREELY 8IGNED
FOR 8HEEHAN'8 PARDON
A petition has been signed by
about .'100 citizens asking the
president to pardon Daniel W.
'Sheehan, now 'serving a year's
sentence in the federal jail for
larceny by bailee. The petition
has been senl on |o Washing
ton.
MINING 00NQRE88 WILL
MEET TUESDAY EVENING
There will be a meeting of the
Valtlez Chapter of the American
Minim? Congress in the engine I
house on Tuesday evening to dis
cuss matters of importance to
•Valdez. The public generally are
invited to attend.
REBEL TROOPS ARE
WINNING THE VICTORIES
Mexico City, May 3.—The rebel
troops are being successful in
nearly every engagement with
the government forces.
THOUSANDS ARE HOMELESS
ALONG MISSISSIPPI RIVER
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FLOOD SITUATION IN 80UTHERN 8TATE8 WOR8E THAN EVER
BEFORE—LEVEE8 BREAK AND MORE THAN 115,000 PER
SONS ARE MADE HOMELESS AND IN DANGER
New Orleans, May 3.—Heavy
rains in the upper reaches of the
Mississippi river has caused the
river to again over How its banks,
with results more disastrous
than ever before.
The levees have hroken at
many places ii) the southern
states and water is rushing over
a wide stretch of country. Thou
sands of refugees are seeking
safely here.
New Orleans. May — Reports
fioni cities and towns along tlie
Mississippi slate that 115,000
persons are homeless as a re
sult of the breaks in the levees.
All railway tralTic in the districts
has been paralyzed, rendering it
dilllcult to get assistance fo the
starving people. Steamers are
making an attempt to bring I he
marooned people to places of
safety, but are meeting wilh dif
ficulty as the river is full of float
ing timbers from the wrecked
buildings.
UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TU
HULDUP TACOMA BANK
i
ROBBER LOST HIS NERVE WHEN TELLER REACHED FOR RE
VOLVER AND HE IS OAPTUR ED AND TURNED OVER TO
POLICE—BANK WAS CROWDED
Tucoiiia. May .'{^An nnsner»*ss
fuI alli'inpl was mailt? In rob tin*
National Hank nf ('.omnmrre here
loilay. Thomas Mnlh'\\ wlm is
known In the pnliee, entered the
hank this uflermtim when the
|tlaei» was crowded. ami aHeinpl
•'il |n In1111 up Hie paying Idler.
Tlii' hank idVirial dodged under
tin' cmmlcr ami reached fur a re_
vulvar wln'ii I In* \v«»ti l«J—lit* hold
up lost his iit'i'Vi' ami all«*ni|it«*<|
|o make his oscapi'.
• Pivsidrnl Alexander, i»f I In*
Alaska (!oasl Steamship company,
■ lift tin* man al Hit* door ami ov
|dypo\vered him. Ilo was handed
over lo Ihr poliiv. Many women
wric in I lie hank al Ihe lime and
siilVerrd a scarf h\ I In* display of
revolvers.
CHARLES A. SCOTT
DIES SUDDENLY
Well Known Old-Timer Expires
After a Few Hours'
I |ine 88
Charles A. Scott, about ' 67
years of ape, and an old.lime
Alaskan, died yesterday at Dr.
Hopkins' hospital of acute gas
tritis. The deceased had spent
the winter with a friend on Land
lock bay, arriving in the city a
few days ago.
Thursday morning early no
was i.i.vcr. iil in his rooms over
tin* S«>mile When Mr. Hopkins
was called it was soon seen that
•the deceased was' in a serious
condition. Ho was removed to
the hospital, dying a few hours
later.
Hill little is known of the pre
vious history of the deceased,
lie acted as porter in the Nor
thern saloon and was well liked
by all with whom lie came in
contact. The date of the funer
al will be announced later. The
Valdez Undertaking Co. have
charge of the body.
HARRY THAW WOULD
PREFER JURY TRIAL
White Plains, May 3.--Harry
Thaw will get a new trial, the
case having been set for trial on
June 0. The question is now
bring argued as to whether he
wili get a jury trial.
Harry Trimble, well known on
Prince William Hound, was a pas
senger to the westward, hound
for the Willow creek region,
where he goes to delve in high
grade rock.
TO IMPROVE
DOCK APPROACH
Approach to the DocK Will be
Widened to Include Wall
8treet
The Valdez Dock company con
template widening their wharf to
the full width of Wall street to
tl^e dock proper. Mr. CMas.
Crawford being in conference
with Mr. Lathrop in Seattle 011
thai subject.
To make this improvement Ihe
telephone office will have to be
moved back to the proposed street
line. Should (his improvement
be made Mr. Crawford will add
another floor to his office build
ings, continuing the general plan
of Ihe original Crawford block.
These are some of Ihe tilings
which the passage of Ihe dike
bill have hroughl to us, bolh im
provements hinging largely on
the passage of that government
measure.
TAFT WILL TOUR 8TATE
ADVANCE OF PRIMARIES
Washington, D. C., May :t.
Presidont Taft will begin a tour
of Maryland tomorrow. The pri
maries will be hold In lhat slalo
on Monday next.
GENERAL MURRAY WILL
IN8PE0T FORT LI80UM
(Jen. Arthur Murray, command
ing Ihe Division of the Pacific,
U. S. A., will visit Fort Liscum on
a tour of inspection about thej
midrib* of June. , I
The S. 8. Seward was in port
this forenoon to discharge freight
and explosives and combustiblea.
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SPORTS SAVING
THEIR MONEY
Seats at Ringside to 8ee Cham
pionship Fight Will be
$25.00
Chicago, May 3.—The promot
ers of the Johnson-Flyiin light
announce that, the scats for the
light will range from $10 to $25.
An active advertising campaign
is being carried on and the pro
moters claim the light will he
more of an attraction than any
con I est held for years.
FIGHT PROMOTER TO
INVADE NEW YORK
New York. May 3.—Hugh Mc
intosh, the famous tight pro
moter, threatens to invade this
cily and is trying to arrange a
boxing carnival as an opening
evenI.
WILL TESTIFY BEFORE
THE WRECK COMMISSION
.New York, May «{.—Vice-pres
ident Isinay; of the While SI sir
Steamship company, sailed f«»r
England yoslorday lo I»»sI ify he
fore I lie wreck commission iv_
Raiding tlit; loss of the Titanie.
WIRELE88 OUTFITS FOR
TWO ALA8KAN STEAMERS
Yallejo. May il Wireless out
lils for |lie new Alaskan steamer
(!or«l«*va ami I lie new revenue oil
ier L'nalpa are ready In he ship
ped mirlh.
REPORT BERGS
ARE NUMEROUS
Officers of Northwestern Report
Dangerous Ice Floes Encoun
tered in Straits
Seal He. Mhy .'{.--The North
western arrived from Alaska at
i:30 Thursday afternoon. The
officers report dangerous ice lloes
were encountered in the straits.
The hei'Ks are reported lo he more
numerous I his spring than for
several seasons past. The North
western will sail apain for Alas
ka on May 8.
8TEAMER CORDOVA 18
EN ROUTE TO PACIFIC
Seattle, May 3.—A dispatch to
flic Alaska Steamship company
office here states thai the new
steamer Cordova, which is coining
around I lie Horn, has reported at
SI. faicia. Hritish West Indies.
CAMERON-JOHN8ON BEGIN
DEVELOPMENT MONDAY
Cliff Johnson is in from Ih«•
CtiuV'i'on-Jnhuson properly, lie
reports that ail I lie machinery
and supplies have been landed on
the property and thai the actual
work of development will begin
on Monday.
TEMPORARY BRIDGE ON
RAILROAD WASHED OUT
Several spans *»f the railroad
bridge at Cbitina were washed
out by high waters. All traffic
with the mines is cut off and can
not he resumed unlil I he bridge
is rebuilt. v
MAYPIELD MINING CO.
BUILDING LOG WAREHOUSE
A substantial log warehouse is
being erected on Columbia basin
for the May Held mine. Packers
are engaged in delivering sup
plieH to the mine further back on
the basin.
WILL HELP
THE MINERS
Fairbanks Company Will Put
Mills on Creeks Where
Pay Promises
Fairbanks business men have
organized a company and incor
porated under (lie title Custom
Mill company, to erect stain,p
mills in any section where miners
are showing up promising pros
pects. II is believed the placing
of I he mills where the miners
can have their ores treated with
sin,al| transportation chaws will
give quart/, development a won
derful impetus. The Times says:
Mr. W". B. Yanderlip. the min
ing engineer, has been selected
by several of the business men of
Fairbanks to organize and man
age the C.usloni Mill company. If.
will be known ;is the Fairbanks
Mining <S: Heduetion cmnpany.
The object of the company will
be to erect and maintain mills
on Skoogey. Fairbanks, C.leary,
and later on, F.ster and other
creeks, where the necessity aris
es.
Hallcries •»I" li\«*. heavy duly,
1.200 pound stamps of a stand
ard make will he purchased. Mr.
Ya'nderlip is now working out tin*
I details of tin* organization ami
[will announce the project with
full particulars tomorrow. The
I idea is heini; discussed ami re
ceiveil hy everyhoily with VreaI
favor, as even the most j-onscrv
j alive recopui/.e it as the »>ne ami
fiiily tiling to do to open up tin*
prospects. 'J'lie ipiartz men are
especially jubilant. Mr. Vamler
|ip states that with organized ac
tion and team work he will have
the .«lamp« pounding h> August
1st.
MIDDLECAMP AND BRIDE
ARRIVE OIM ALAMEDA
l.erox I.. Middli'camp. superin
tendent of the I-*. 11 a 111 a i* mine, ac
Iconipanied hy hi* hride. arrived
| on llir Alameda, departing on tin*
same vessel for their future
home a I I lie copper camp.
WANT DELEGATE
IN THE RAGE
Nome Nugget Says Socialists Are
Only Real Opposition to
Qllmore
Nome. May .'J.--No great inter
est is being taken hen? in the
convention called by Valentin*,
of Juneau. A few local follow
ers of Jennings are insincerely
urging Hi'' Wirkersham men to
get Ihe delegate to enler the raoeV,
again. »<i
(iilmore is the only real op
position lo the Socialists of this
district, who favor the candidate
of the Fairbanks Socialists.
NOMK NIMHSK'T.
0LAIIVIANT8 FAILED TO
APPLY FOR PATENT
The local land office at Ju
nean have sent nut notices* lo the
O'Brien claimants at Matanuska
ami the Raymond Hrown group
in the Katalla Held lo show cause
why their entries should not he
cancelled for not having applied
for patent within the time pre
scribed by law.
Fred H. Trace.v, general agent
oj Ihe Alaska. Steamship com
pany at Cordova, was a through
passenger on Ihe Alameda for the
westward.
Clias, (Garwood was an incoiti-"
ing passenger oh Ihe Alamed*.
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