The Alaska prospector. [volume], October 17, 1907, Image 3

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Cassie Chadwick Dead
Columbus, Oct. 11—Cassie Chad
Ljck has had a priest administer
L iast rites, and may die at any
moment. Her heart is barely
fluttering now.
Columbus, Oct. 11—Cassie Chad*
wit k is very near death. She is
delirious and raves continual!v of
financial matters. She has only a
tVtv hours to live.
Columbus, Oct. 12—Cassie Chad
wick is dead, having passed away
at the penitentiary early this morn
ing. Just before her death she
smiled tor the first time since her
incarceration, saying she was glad
it was all over She refused to
make any statement concerning
the report that Andrew Carnegie
was her father.
Seattle, Oct. 12—Dr. Ford has
been appointed president of the
new health board.
Tacoma, Oct. 12 — Chester
Thorne, the millionaire hanker
ainl his associates, have purchased
the Alaska Coast Steamship Co.
They have subscribed nothing to
any of the other Reynolds enter
prises.
A ‘uiquerque, Oct. 11—'Jover
nor Curry who is verv intimate
with President Roosevelt, an
iiminees that the president will
accept another nomination, pro
vid'd it is an unanimous one.
Tacoma, Oct. 12—The chamber
of commerce announces that it will
not purchase any stock in the
Alaska Home Railway, as they
consider they have done sufficient
bv working up a transfer of the
options onthe Alaska Coast Co.
Winnipeg, Oct. 12—Explorer
Osborn, of the San Francisco
Times, who just returned from
Labrador, brings on account of
cannibalism, wholesale murder and
awful privation at St. James hay.
All of the food of the inhabitants
"as exhausted and on account of
the particularly severe winter the
game was driven from the country.
White men killed their women
and ate them and the natives mur
dered whole families to furnish
food.
Seattle, Oct. 12—The board of
health has been removed by the
mayor and Seattle now has no
f-uch acting body. A mass meet
ing will probably he called by the
citizens to denounce the peevish
action of the mayor.
New York, Oct. 14 — The
supreme court has issued an order
requiring Senator Piatt to tile an
answer within ten days io tin
divorce suit of Mae Woods, or he
will be adjudged a bigamist.
Victoria, Oct. 14 —Owing to tin
short catch of sealskins t!.i~ season
the prices have advanced lo ] t-r
cent.
Vancouver, Wash.. Oct. II —
Robert Willi ams. son of Congress
man Williams, of Mississippi, was
yesterday acquitted of the charge
of passing a worthless cheek. lie
was defended in the ease hy t'nii
gressman Cushman. William' is
a remittance man and expecting
funds would he at hi' di'p -'.il.
drew a cheek an l cashed it here.
Chicago, Oct. 1 I — \\ ln at opened
on the hoard of trade this morn
ing at 1.10 per hushed as the re
sult of an attempt being made hy
Ogden Armour and .lames Fatten
to corner the market.
San Francisco. Oct. 11—A wire
less message has heen received iron
the Australian steamer Maripo'U
which was four days ov» (due. suit
ing slit* is heipless mu l.uielred
miles out from the co.tsU hiving
run out of old Help ir.s «».*»*i»
dispatciied to t In* \ 1
Sail Kranei.-eo, O l. la— Harii*
man wiles u> redti'e ilie for*-e
i employees in *v rv department
He sa vs the money market i- -"
stringent that these changes will
he necessary. 1 hou.-and, win he
effected l*v the order. It is gener
ally believed that tin.- is a move
on Harriman’- part to di-eredii
Roosevelt and hi- policie,
Detroit, Oct. I 1-('hie? go won
the game Saturday from the De
troit team-, ending the series and
giving Chicogo the chain piou-hip
| of the world. I he batteries t'oi
Chicago were Brown and Kling.
for Detroit Mulliu and Sehmhz.
Seattle, Oct. 14—The steamer
; Portland arrived thi- morning from
Valdez. She was unable to land
at Katalla owing to the fierce
gtorm wldch wa, raging. Fifty
passenger, who c ime out to b ><r i
1 the Portland in a -mail boat were
! nearly drowned getting aboard.
Los Angeles O-t 1 I—Tin- jury
in the Saute Fe ca-< > n-turned a
verdict la,t night of guiPy of re
! bating. It »■- ojipceted tnal n‘“
’maximum fine, which will •>: . e I
a million dolu.rs, w id '•
( again,t the company.
Los Angeles, Oct. 1-! — Poisoned
candy and a homh I a- Keen mailed
to Mrs. William Pearce hv some
unknown party, and an effort
made to throw suspicion on Helen
Mat l.ewson, who would he the
heiress in Uie rase of Mr.- Pearce -
death. A negro named. Barr Har
ris, who was recently disehargid
hv Mi-- Mathew.-on. is suspected
of having sent tin* poison.
Helena, Oct. 1 I—1 he Bell Tele
phone To., has -farted suit against
the i . gr.iphers union for $75,000
damages, claimed to have heen
su.-faiiied a- a n-,-uit of flu* recent
li >vcof t.
S.-anle, Oct. li—Tile Seattle
en .; u .■» (>; Uevnolds, represelll
ii:g $7- ,0 ‘I dehfs. Lada meeting
la.-tCighf and -ippoiutei a » om
niiMee *\ i > h is ;o investigate tile
.Iii• v mods was | resell* :it
the met iimr anil said it thev would
allow iiim time he could ea.-iiv
Iliiet ill indebtedness. 1 he eiedi
t • •; - ,'h weij no disposition to
erud.aed it is now Mill'd that
no r« et aer u ;11 1 *e applied for
New i ;. <);. 1 1—.1 tin me ( mil lev
has heeJi a|>['0;o:,.l 11 ■ ■ i • i \ t r -»»I the
< ‘ o *: i j i ; 1 i v »V Judo.mm tail toad
on petiii mot i’hi ,p Van Wyck.
l’l.e ohjret ot apjdvii.it fora re
ceiver was to pit v ■: ’ the ' tie ot
the ro.ld on a judgment which has
iieen secured a*, a ins! it. I’hc re
ceiver h is petitioned for a permis
sion to issue receivers certificates
f r-f"tt».(iO) to pay the 'minin' nt.
Bo-ton, Oct. 1 l—Considerable
excitement ha- Been < a used in this
section bv the news of the Alaska
Home Kailwav trouble a' Valdez,
a.- there are nearly 1700 stock
holders Ot the Key Holds Alaska
Development ('o. ill this state Dr.
kejstier. vio -president of the coin*
‘jianv. s.iVs the (• ue'/en’neini inter
ests are responsible tor the trouble
a.- they prevented the sale of Alas
ka Home stock in Seattle and
1 aroma. lit- says the licynolds
Alaska Company will stand behind
the railway and see that all debts
are met.
Bhiladelphu, Or . Id—Al. Kauf
man knocked out Dave Barry la-t
hi-dil iii the third round of a fi^dit,
which was all on - sided. Barry
was entirely outclassed.
Vit !iii;i, Oct. 1 1 — Frances .Joseph
i- -nil in a very critical condition,
i; beiri^ thought that lie would not
- irvivc the n tv 1I-* i- snlVerim/
I.o.n inhumation ot toe liver.
i!> mu, Oct. 14—During the
Ilia of William Sloane for th •
shooting of Charh s Mallory, who
was hi> wife’s paramour. Judge
Clifford made some remarks to
Sloane complimenting him highly
on following out the unwritten law
ami punishing Mallory.
Yokol D!ii:i, Out. 11—l'he .Japan
ese government has issued orders
%
i that not to exceed .’*•"> Japanese per
| mouth will he allowed to iinnii
i grate to Ha waii.
Seattle, Oct. il — Michael White
has started suit against tie Kov
nolds*.'h ska Development Co.
: for $12,1N), alhging that dur
iier his absence from Seward,
the Devtlopuieni Co. purchased
■ iumher at hi> yards from the
watchman, paving much less than
o-t for t he same
(ilover-ville, Kv., <>et. Id—The
home (,f Frank (Hover burned to
'Hie ground last night, cremating
live young girls, daughters of
lilover, and the father, wh » was
caught while attempting to rescue
ilie girl.-.
Seattle, <M. 11 — Idle Alaska
| (d»a-t t o. !ia- canceled the charter
■ it the strainer Santa Barbara,
which just returned from a trio to
Vaide/ with railroad supplies.
New York, Oct. Id—llie tele
graphers report that they have
plenty of money to continue their
st i ike. They say Small’s state
ment that they were unahle to pay
t h<dr hills was untrue
St. Petersburg, Oct. Id—lien.
Linovitch lias notified his govern
ment that the Japanese are pre
paring for war in Manchuria. They
| are secret mg tons of a tmunition
jin tin* guise of merchandise on
I
properties purchased from the
j Chinese near Vladivostok!;. I lie
general i- confident that a few
month- will see fighting again in
Manchuria.
Vienna, Oct. Id Francis Joseph
is much weaker and the authori
i tics are preparing for his death.
i'he movement which will proha
I h!v he made iiiimediatidv alter his
* *
! death to dismember Austria and
Hungary. will he promptly
sipielched by Hie ollieials.
Chicago, Oct. Id—I he executive
ollice of the telegraphers union has
heen flooded with messages today
congratulating the union on the
suspension of President Small. The
rnpression is general that he is a
traitor to the organiz lion.