CALIFORNIA WOMEN ARE
STRONG FOR THE COLONEL
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R008EVELT OVERWHELMINQLY IN THE LEAD WITH PRESI
DENT TAFT AND 8ENATOR LA FOLLETTE NECK AND
NECK FOR 8ECOND PLACE—CLARK DEFEAT8 WIL80N
San Francisco, May 15.—The
primaries yesterday show that
this stale is overwhelmingly in
favor of Roosevelt for president.
The election was marked by
great activity on the part of the
women voters. The returns re
reived from the most, populous |
centers shows that Roosevelt is j
.'ar in the lead with President i
•V«ff a poor second and Senator
I a Follelle a strong third. There
DAWSON DREDGE
FOR IDITAROD
Guggenheims Will Close Deal for
Flat Creek Involving Many
Millions
Thai the Oiuggenheims have
decided Io tup Flat creek, in
the Iditarod, is indicated hy wires
received in Fairbanks. Two tel
egrams, both from San Francis
co, were sent out by I he syndi
cate's agents Monday afternoon.
The officials of the company have
given out that I hey will take up
I heir options before May 15, Ihe
stipulated limit of lime previous
ly agreed upon.
The deal involves several mil
lions of dollars in cash, together
with a big sum in royalties. In
addition to buying Flat creek, it
is stated on good authority that,
the syndicate has also purchased
Otter creek from discovery to Ihe
mouth of Flat from Riley &
Marsden.
The big dredge used on Bon
anza creek, in Ihe Dawson coun
try, has been dismantled and will
be shipped to the lower camp on
the first.boats. - -
CRUSHER PLANT NEARING
COMPLETION AT KENNECOTT
The crusher panl and con
centrator mills being built by the
Kennceott Mines company are
about completed. The machines
installed are tin1 most up-to-date
in America. Heretofore the ore
has been sacked and shipped just
as il came from the mine. These
mills will be in operation day and
night, Kcnnccoli fs certainly a
prosperous ami busy center.
ai •: still sufficient. precincts to
from which may put the
president third on the list.
The Champ Clark adherents
hit 1 everything their own way,
the returns showing that the
Mi-'.iri.'ui leads Wilson three to
one.
II is islimaled {hat hundreds
<>f Ih(»tiv;inds «»f dollars changed
hands, the followers of President
Tafl heing leinpleil hy ihe hig
odds offered.
ATTORNEY BOOLE 18
ELECTED VICE-PRESIDENT
Seal I It*. May 15 Judge lioplc,
attorney for I lie Alaska Syndi
cate. lias been elected second
vice-president «• t" I lie Alaska
SIeamship company.
BURNS NO MATCH
FOR JOHNNY KILBANE(
New York, May 15.—Johnny
Kilbane greatly outclassed
l-'raukie Hurns in their 10-round
lljrht here last night. Kilbane
showed wonderful speed -and
science and clearly outclassed
Hurns.
CREDENTIAL COMMITTEE
WILL SETTLE QUESTION
Aberdeen, May 15 Two He
publican conventions are being
held here today. Due will in -
slrucl for President Taft and the
other for ltoosevell. Roth claim
to be regular.
FOUR MEET DEATH
IN FOREST FIRE8
Seattle. May 15.—Word comes
from the (Cascades that four peo
ple ine| death in the forest llres
raging there. Many logging
camps are reported to have been
destroyed. ,
KING FREDERICK OF
DENMARK DIES SUDDENLY
Hamburg, May 15.—Kinjc Fred
erick VIII. of Denmark, is dead
of apoplexy. lie was born in
I8i.'l and succeeded to the throne
on the death of his father, King
Christian, in U»0(>.
Judge Cushiiian. John House,
of the mai'shal's office, and <«uy
Hrubacker, assistant I*. S. attor
ney, will leave for Cordova on
the S. S. >iorthweslern Ibis even
in ir to a 11 end the terms of court
lo be held there and at Cbifina
on June ,'lrd.
TOLAPAN GARRISON NEARLY
EXTERMINATED RY REBELS
■ u. >■ , ... .. , t ,1 ; . i *,
FRENZIED BY THEIR LOfcS* OV tfft/ftDAV THE HiEBEL8 TAKE
FEARFUL TOLL 1A/HER GOVERNMENT TROOPS FALL INTO
THEIR POWER—OROZOO NOT AMONO DEAD
•limine/., May 15.—Clencral Or
o7.cn, of the rebel army, who was
believed to have been killed in
the l»nt 11#* la«t Hal unlay, has
readied thin plarf*. Ho i« 1 not
discouraged at I ho roveraea with
which IHn army has met but will
!•••! urii lo Iho attack iff Tola pan.
Kl Paso, May I ft.—Advices have
Into received horo which fttato
that Ihc garriMon at Tolapan has
fallen. Tho federal lroop*woro
n«»ai'l> extiM'iuinnled by the rebel*.
II in claimed I ho rebel soldiers,
frenzied by the defeat of Hatur
day'* battle, in which they lout
more than 1,000 men, became a
njob after the capture of the gar
rison and ruthlessly slaughter
ed the federal troops. • •*'
Kl Paso, May 15.— It is re
ported hero Oenoral Halazar, of
the federal army, waa fatally
wounded in the battlo of the can
yon in which an army r»f 2,000
rebels was nearly annihilated.
FORMER SENATOR
COMMITS SUICIDE
Former Representative of King
County Sends Bullet
Through His Brain
Seattle, May 15.—Former State
Senator \V. C. III!tier suicided in
his home on a ranch south of
this city by sending a bullet
through his brain.
Senator Ilutter represented
King county in I In* house one
term and served two terms in the
senate. He was supposed to
have a comfortable ineomc and
nu reason is known f«»r his self
ilesl ruction.
FOREST FIRES
IN CASCADES
Logging Camps Are In Danger
and Families Are Fleeing
From Homes
Seattle, May 15.—l'icree forest
ftres are raging in tho timber
bells in the Cascades. Many
families are fleeing from the dis
tricts being devastated. Logging
camps ami saw mills are in dang
er.
The forest rangers will make
efforts |o trace the origin of the
(Ires, which are believed to have
been started by hunters.
BIG ORE BODY STRUCK
IN THOMPSON-FORD TUNNEL
LEAD WHICH DOES NOT OUTCROP OIM SURFACE IS TAPPED IN
CROSS-CUT TUNNEL—BIG BODY OF MINERALIZED ORE
UNEXPECTEDLY SHOWS IN THE TUNNEL
\V. II. Thompson. of I lie
Thompson-Kurd eompany. came
in from slit mi p buy yesterday,!
WriimiiiK wilh liiin several large
pieces of ore struck ill their
cross-cut, 250 feci frtMii tin' face
of (Ik; tunnel and about 50 frrl
from tl»e point where it is ex
pected the cross-cut will tap the
vein, which had heretofore been
opened at a higher level. The
"lilind lead" struck occupies.the
full width of the tunnel, cutting
I he formation and the entire face.
It is highly mineralized giving
an ore width of six feet. This
WAS TARRED
AND FEATHERED
Emma Goldman's Manager Is
R°ughly Handled by Indus
trial Workers
I.o.i A11l«*.«*. May lf>.--|>i\ Hi*ii
Iteiluiau, manager of Kinina
(•ohlninn, was treated to a coal,
of tar and feathers by a crowd
• if Industrial Workers al Ocran
side.
Word was sent lo I lie sheriff
of I lie occurrouce and it is !>«•
lieved Dial Illo doctor's life was
only *aved by prompt aclion on
tli«• pari of th«• authorities.
AERIAL MAIL 8ERVI0E
BEGINS ON MAY 22
New York, May 15.--A start -
Iiiik innovation lias been made
by Postmaster Ucttcral Frank
Hitchcock. llo lias designated
New York City as an aerial mail
station,- the first in the world;
He has further directed Post
master Edward Morgan, begin
ning May 22, to send Ihe mail
regularly to Washington through
Ihe air. This experiment will
bo watched with much interest
not only throughout the United
States, but also all over the
world. -
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LOCAL BREVITIES.
Kdmtind Smith mid family will
leave for Seatllo on the Samp
son.
The S. S. Northwestern is due
to arrive in port from the west
ward this evening.
ore body has been followed for |
about L'D feet, Ihi' entire ore bodyj
being similar to thai lirsi struck. 1
A number of assays are being
made l<» determine Hie values
carried. A casual examination of ■
the r<»ek would tend to the be
lief that, it is a concentrating j
proposition. Work is being con
tinued on the cross-cut. it being
hoped to cut in the main vein
within a short tine. Should the
new tiud prove to contain good
values the company will he pos- j
sessed of something they did!
not. know existed as the lead has
not been heretofore suspected. |
NAME DELEGATES
Progressives Eleot Ten Delegsies i
to Convention to be Held
May 29th
The progressive Hrpublieans
liI I licit* primaries last evening.
Ki fly-four volt's won* easl, re
sulting in lilt' election »»f (ieorge
Haldwiij. Al. While, Charles Day,
\V. ri. Caswell, Anion Carlcson.
K. M. Hoyli». Ilobl. Melnlosh.
Willard Scdll, Jack McLean an 'I
I). It. Smith lis delegates lo 111**
slate convention to meet hereon
I In* >M.Mh ilay of May. There wore
no ednlests, I In* election being a
family affair.
Tin* lire hall was filled but
there was no speechtnaking, the
oratory being confined to a few
word* toy Mayor Ritchie, who
staled I he object of the primary.
The poll* opened al 8 o'clock and
those arriving al 0 were too lale
lo vole, the business being com
pleled in about an hour.
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LOWER OLE AMY 'WILL
Thai 'seven different plant*,
employing an aggregate of 30ft
miner*, will work thi* summer
on the.new right limit paystreak
recently uncovered , on lower
Clenry, is Ihe opinion of Horn
mi*«ioner Samuel II. Weiss, of
Chatanika. The »lreak ha* been
proved up for a width of about
3ftft fleet and thorough prospect*
Ing has indicated a value of from
*I.L'B |o At.fiO lo the square foot
of bedrock.
Subscribe for Ihe Prospector.
PASSENGER CAPACITY OF
STEAMERS GREATLY REDUCED
UNDER NEW CERTIFICATES OF INSPECTION NEARLY ALL
ALA8KA LINERS HAVE HAD PASSENGER CAPACITY CUT
IN TWO TO PROVIDE GREATER SAFETY
l'ort Townsend, May 15.—The
Titanic disaster is having a far
reaching effect upon all steam
ship transportation companies.
Certificates of inspection by the
customs authorities show that
nearly every steamer running to
Alaska has had her passenger i
carrying capacity reduced in or- •
der thai greater safely may !»#* |
provided in rase of accident.
in many instances the passen- (
TENNESSEE DELEGATES
PLEDGED FOR TAFT
Niislivil|e. Term., .May 15.
President Taf|. controls I In* K«'
puhliean convention in this stale
anil deh'fralcs will be inslrn«*l
Id v«»|»» fur him.
WARM WEATHER RECORD
SMASHED IN SEATTLE
Seal lie, May ir>.—Tin* warm
weather continues and threatefis
In smash the.heat records.
DEBS WILL PROBABLY
BE SOCIALISTS CANDIDATE
Indianapolis, May l.r>.—Tin* So
cialists national convent ion con
vened hrp<' ami will probably
again nominate Euprene V. Oolis
as their presidential candidate.
MURDERER MU8T PAY
THE DEATH PENALTY
Huston, May 15.—Tlic llev.
ilichcson inns! pay the death
ally. Tin* executive council has
decided thai there is no reason
for postponing' the 'execution.
•THE KING 18 DEAD
LONQ LIVE THE KING
<'opcnhaKcn, May 15 Prince
Christian has been, proclaimed j
kiiiR of Dennlark. He was horn j
in 1870 and was married in I Hi»H
to Princess Alexandria, of Meek
Icnhurpr-Schwerin. They have •
l\vi sons.
IBEX MINING CASE
18 NEARING OLOSE
The testimony in the case of
Sponhei'K el al. vs. Hi»cse el al.
iiiMdviiiK the expenditure of
moneys of the Ibex Mining com
pany, was closed at noon. This
afternoon oral arguments were
heard by the courl and time Kiv
en lo lib* briefs.
k«t capacity of the steamer lias
boon cut in two. The Cily of Se
attle, which has heretofore been
rated as being capable of pro
viding for 4 ID has been reduced
to 1IH. The Jefferson was cut
from .'J Oft to 210; the Northwest -
I'l-n from 570 to 239: the Spokane
from 273 to 130 and the Admir
al Sampson from .']7i> to 200.
The steamers on the run to
San Kranejsoo have been similar
ly 'offer!ed by |li«> inspection.
MACHINERY SOLD
PUBLIC AUCTION
Receiver of Knights Island Con
solidated Copper Co. Disposes
of Its Equipment
\V. Mm htn. ancillary receiv
er of Hi'' Knights Island Con
solidated C.opper company. this
afternoon at public auction in
front of tin- court house sold the
property of tho company to the
highest bidder: One 80_hor.se
power hoiler. 2ft-horse power
boilers, I r»0-horse power en
gine. I 2r>-horse power engine, I
heater. I boiler pump. I iO-kilo
wat generator. .'i transformers,
I boat. I set of oars, I boat,
- sets of oars. I aerial Irani
oun feel long. I donkey engine.
I sawmill old and in dilapidated
condition, -'no feet H-pound T
rails, 2 ore cars, were sold to
(leorgc Baldwin for *800. The
launch Cnion was bid in by Jas.
Mcllie for siuo. all subject to the
approval of the court. It is not
thought the court will approve of
the sale of Hie launch at the price
offered, ax a larger lender was
made for the boat. All the bal
ance of the personal properly of
the company was sold to <Jeorge
Baldwin for $:too.
DIVORCE 18 GRANTED
WILLIAM B. MACKAY
William It. Mackay was grant
ed a divorce today by the feder
al court from Hosa Mackay. The\
were married in C.hirago .luiie.
IMP5. and desertion was tli«>
charge. The defendant did not
make answer to the mmplainl.
the ciise going by default.
MASKED BANDITS SECURE
$140,000 AND MAKE ESCAPE
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LIMITED ON MEW ORLEANS AND NEW YORK RAILROAD HELD
UP BY TWO MEN WHO SECURE BIO LOOT AND ES
CAPE—REWARDS OF FERED FOR OAFTURE
Nt'W Orleans, May 15.—The
Now Orloans and Now York Iini
Hod train was robbod by two
masked moil near hero last night.
They eaplnred (ho cnffln'e at the
point of revolver*, compelling I ho
flroman lo eul I he express and
inni| ear# from I he rest «»f (he
Irnin.
The robbers dyiiaiuiled I ho safe
in I he express ear and secured
*110,000 in Kohl and Currency.
The express ear was complete
ly wrecked by the force of the
vxploHinn. The inrn mado tlioir
pxrapK in rii nnlomnlnlo and no
chin Im.M boon picked up by lh«»
ofTlcor*. The rxpress and rail
way company ore otTering re
wards for the Imiidif•* dead or
alive. The passenger* weiv not
molested.
Wm. iM. Wilson is at proton!
fa rut i ii k in eastern Washington,
lie will arrive in Yaidex smno
linn* in .Tnne. /