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Xo. 73.
DIAL POINTS TO HUGHES AS RUNNING MATE FOR TAFT
ALLIES AGAINST OHIOAN
CLAIM THEY'RE NOT DEAD
ra
Leader of Allies Will Fight on
Convention Floor- Hughes'
Victory Makes Him Prominent.
OIUCAGOO, 111., June 12. Congress
man J. Francis Burke of Pennsylva
n iit, n lender of the allies, announced to
doy thai they will not give up the fight
on Tuft until the convention itself has
passed upon the quest iou of rcpresen
tutivoH in tho south.
"We will fight it out before the cre
dentials committee,' he said. "We will
present a resolution providing elections
for delegates tn the convention to be
on the basis of four delegates at large.
The south will never again nominate
delegates to a national republican con
vention unless' the machine meu agree
to take the responsibility for the ma
fhi ne's work.
Taft Has Majority.
. With a certainty that Taft will have
a wide majority on the first ballot, ac
cording to tho formation of the tempo
rary roll, and the rather general belief
that his supporters will lie able to make
the temporary roll permanent with a
few ehungos, the interest here in being
directed toward the selection of a vice
presidential candidate. This is true in
spite of the elaiins of t he allies and
that they are "uot dead yet."
State Senator Alfred I). Page of New
York, close personal friend of Govern
or Hughes, threw cold water on a move
inent to boom him for the vice-presidency,
when lie arrived and said:
Hughes' Friends' Dental.
"Governor Hughes will not accept
tho nomination for the vice presidency
even if it is offered to him. lie has
said that he could not and he meant it
when he said it. He is not a candidate
for the vice-presidency, and I make this
statement with full authority."
It is known that Governor II tithes,
who is a man of small means, has been
forced to pay $25,000 out of his own
pocket for expenses during his term
of office as governor of New York. It
is estimated by his friends th:it he
conld easily make HMjmn a year prac
tieing law in New York ami that he
could not afford to be vice-president.
Others contend, however, that his vic
tory over the racing interests yesterday
has put him in the limelight and say
the dial points at him.
RECEIVES DIVINE MESSAGE
AND PREPARES FOR DEATH
PASSAIC, X. J., June 12. Having
received a message from God, sco she
mvs, telling her that death awaits her
next Sunday, Mrs. Anna Kiseieleia, a
widow 27 years of nge, is today calmly
and cheerfully preparing for the end
of her life.
The woman will buy her own coffin,
a shroud, select n cemetery lot and
consult the minister who will prench
her funeral sermon. She is enjoying
tho best of health, nnd is making the
necessary arrangements with a cheerful
ness that, surprises her friends.
"I shall leave all the doors of my
home open, so my friends can enter
'after my death." she said smilingly.
"1 welcome the end. It cannot come
t o soon."
Mrs. Kiacviclcia has been studying
religion since her husband's death scv
ernl years ago.
NEW CASES.
John Woltcrs vs. A. D. Woltcrs. Ac
tion to recover money.
I Columbia Mines Co. vs. W. P. Pat
terson. Injunction. W. C, Hale, at
torney for plaintiff.
NOTICE TO WATER CONSUMERS.
For th purpoM of testing the newj
water mains that have recently been
laid, the water will be shut off all th (
mains In the city from 8: no o'clock a. m.
to 8:00 o'clock p. m. on Monday. June'
IS, and from 8:00 o'clock a. m. to 12:00,
m. on Tuesday, June 10. You are, there
fore notified to prepare for the same,
for the city will not be responsible for
any accident that may artMfrora the
same.
BEN J. M. COLLINS.
Ctty Recorder.
REHEARING IN
NECKELL CASE
Federal Court of - Appeals to !
Reconsider Evidence on Account
of Williamson Decision.
Chit r l-s Xickell, former publisher of
he Southern Oregon inn and for many
oars democratic leader of southern Ore-
fgon, who was convicted ny r rnueiH .i.
lleney three ycurs ago of conspiracy
to suborn perjury in the land fraud
cases, has received word from
his attorney, Martin L. Pipes
of Portlnnd. that n rehearing
of hi case has been granted by
tho federal court of appeals. Judge
Hunt's decision had already been con
firmed by this court, but the decision
in Congressman Williamson's case by
tiro federal supreme court was made the
basis for au application for a rehear
ing, Williamson' case having been de
cided by the higher court after the
court of appeals had passed on Nick
ell 's case.
Xickell was United States commis
sioner ut Mod ford and was accused of
having accepted perjured affidavits.
He was convicted through the evi
dence of Miller and Kiucaid. who turn
ed states evidenec and have each served
terms at McNeil's island. Among the
witnesses against Nickoll was A. S. Illi
lon, publisher of a local newspaper
and also a United States commissioner.
STREET CAB DYNAMITED;
FOUR PASSENGERS INJURED
cLKVKLAXD, (., June 11. Deter
mined efforts are being made by the
detective bureau lo learn the identity
of the persons who dynamited a street
ear early today ami thereby injured
four passengers and the motorman and
conductor.
The explosives were placed on Cedar
avenue. Shortly after midnight t he
wheels of a ear running on that line
struck t he dynamite nnd was blown
from the tracks. Passengers were
hurled from their scats as the floor
was torn into piece, but fortunately
none of them was kilh-d or fatally in
jured. 2Those who examined the ear lo
day are unable to understand how the
few passengers escaped with their livos.
The police are certain that the incident
is an echo of the late strike.
MAN MAY DIE FROM
BEE STING; HORSES KILLED
PHKSXO, Cal.. June 12.- Hob Staf
ford, an employe of the J. V. Itlane
ranch near Kerman. lies at the point
of death today as the result of having
been stung by a swarm of bees that
killed three horses of his team. Staf
ford was driving a four horse team
when the animals became frightened
and ran away, breaking through a fence
and crossing a field used as an npriary.
Hoes issued from the overturned Mve
and in a few minutes three horses had
died from their stings. Stafford him
self was badly stung and is not expect
ed to live.
HOUSE OF EDISON BOOTH
IN DANGER FROM BLASTING
SAX FHAXCISCO. Cal.. June 12. Al
though it survived the shock of the
earthquake of April, Uoii, the former
nnme or hdwm. Booth, the great ac
tor, situated on Telegraph Hill, in this
city, is threatened with detraction by
dynamite from blasting. Booth's rot
tnge is on the point of the kill and one
more charge of dynamite will send it to
destruction. Hooth lived during the
time Telegraph Hill was the center of
the rifv.
HUNT FOR DESPERATE
NEGRO MURDERER
WILTH'RTON. Okla.. June 11 One
half of the population of Wilburtoti i
todav searching in every direction for
a man supposed to be It. . J. Johnson,
a negro, who is accused of killtT'g two
prominent citizens of this town, ivhite
th.y were in the act of trying to ap
tare nnd turn him over to the nmhort
lUn, It is charged that a few week nc
.b.hn -on kilbd Oliver Snmi, a deputy
marshal. He re appeared in town on
Wed n ed n v. and when W:,lter Robert
nnd Robert Mounds attempted to lay
h ad J ft oo him, he shot and killed them.
ANNA SIGN
TO WED HELIE
Marriage Contrat Drawn Up and
Signatures Affixed in Paris
Wedding in England.
PA tils, June 12. It w;s learned by
your correspondent here today that u
marriage contract wns signed yesterday
by Mine. Anna Goutd and Prince Helie
le Sagan.
1 1 provides for a complete division
of property, so that Mine. Gould will
be able to hold the purse-string and
the prince will have to ask her for mon
ey whenever he wants to dip in the
(iould millions. The papers says the
prince is to have full controlo f his es
tate. It is customary for the wedding
following the signing of the contract.
It is learned on the highest authority
that the marriage will not be perform
ed in Prance. It is probable that the
couple will go to Kugland in hope of
escaping notoriety. The ceremony will
hiiidy be performed by a Protestant
in i n ist er. The regist rat ion feo of t he
contract was about $-1000.
INVESTIGATION OF AGENCIES
REVEALS SHOCKING STATE
LOS A NO til KM, Cab. June I:!. -Following
the arrest of T. J. Chelan and
C. M. Dtinnfek for alleged fraud in
Inking fees from hundreds of meu and
boys and sending them into the Impe
rial vally, where it ih claimed there
were no positions awaiting them, the
aulhorities here today began a sweeping
investigation of the employment bu
reaus. Phelan and Dun nick are charged with
shipping hundreds of persons into the
Imperial valley nnd other districts. On
arrival there it is alleged they would
not work at all, and many are said to
be in want as a consequence. It is said
that the investigation begun today will
reveal shocking irregularities.
POLICE IN SEARCH OF WRITER
OF ANONYMOUS LETTERS
SAN FRANCISCO. Cal., June 12.
Detectives are seaivvhing today for the
writer of lour anonymous letters to L.
P. Culla, sou of Lawrence (Julia, who
myiteriously disappeared while fishing
in the Snntu ('run mountains some time
ago. The letters alt slated that the eld
er (Julia's release could be secured by
the son placing in a certain place in
Oakland hills $000. Culla returned yes
terday from an ineffectual search for
his father's whereabouts in the Santa
i 'i n, mountains.
HELD UP BY HIGHWAYMEN
ON HIS WAY TO OFFICE
R ti.NO. New, June 1 1. August Fro
lieli of the Washoe count v bank was
held up early today while on his way
to his office. Two highwaymen blocked
the way in front of his buggy, forced
him to stop and then Miirehtd htm at
the point of a revolver. Then they
forced him to turn his back and walk
u the other direction, while they drove
iiwnv with his horse and buggy. The
men wore masks and there is no clue to
their identity.
FAMOUS FENIAN RAIDER
CROSSES GREAT DIVIDE
CHICAGO. June 11. John F. Fin
n-rty, on of the bet known Irishmen
in this country find a famous leader of
the Fenian raiders on Canada in tlv
lute '60s, died early yesterday.
Colonel Finnerty was ti2 years old
and was horn and educated in Ireland.
IDs father wns editor of the (lalway
Vindicator, a national organ. When IS
year old. he came to America. In x2
lie was elected to congress from Chi
cago, ID wan an eloquent speaker and
lect.irer and wrote mnnv articles in
favor of ih Irish home rule movement,
Mr. and Mrs. Ste f Tahnt have
bought the Randies place nn Anderson
1 creek. .Mrs. Steel hs,n resigned her pos
ition ns pontmistrens of Talent. A p'-tt
I lion is in circ fit ion nuking for t lie
appidiitrneiit of ii. A. Gardner to the
, place, a I mo a jh t it ion n-king for 1 he
ripl-iintuo-iit of Min Aldridge,
Mr. and Mrs. Randies have moved to
ApphgMtc from Talent, and will make
that place their home.
COMSTOCK TABOES
DIRECTOIRE GOWN
NKW YnltK, June 12
The
sheath or direct oire trow n. the bit-
est daring Parisian creation, that 4
has caused a sensation in the gay
French metropolis, is uot for Xew
York. Anthony Compter k has
spoken. 4
The chief of the society for the
suppression of vice says that' he
will arrest and prosecute unto the
fullest exteut of tho law" and
woman that appears in public at-
tired in these gowns. ,
Uzrel Granted Stay of Ex
ecution by Federal Judge
Landis Just as March to
the Scaffold Begins. '
CHICAGO. June 12. Just as the jail
or of the Joliet penitentiary had mar
shaled has deputies in line and the phy
sician had made ready for tho march to
the gallows with Herman Hillek, the
condemned murderer of Mary Vrzel, n
messenger arrived from the federal
court with tho news that Federal Judge
Kennesaw M. Landis had granted a re
priove instead of reading the prisoner
the death warrant that lie had ready.
'Ihe jailor told Hillek the news.
The condemned man had nerved him
self to listen to the words t but would
send him out of this world. When ho
learned that another lease of lifo had
been granted ho almost collapsed.
Judge Landis granted the reprieve in
order to give the condemned man time
to appeal his case.
Governor Deneen and the psrdou
board, who yesterday refused to grant
a pardon, refused to act this morning.
WARNER VALLEY LAND
CASE ARGUED IN COURT
Arguments, on the claim of the War
ner Valley Stock company to Ti22K
acres of Lake County laud, w hich is
uIm claimed by the slate, wore heard
by Judge H. L. Iteusmi of the First
judicial district in County Judge Web
ster's courtroom in Portland Wedues
da v. Judge He n 01 chanced to be iu
this part of the stal
and as Fort hind
is convenient mr in.- niiornoyH, n siii-f
million was entered into lhat the argu
mont might be heard here, saving thr
attornevs a trip lo Lake county.
OriutnuNv tl tit argued yesterday
involved 20.000 ucres acquired by the
Warinr Vatb-v Stock comminv. which
the state is seeking to recover. Judge I
n,.r.,o. mirroived the field to ."ild'JK
acre
hulding that action concerning
the remnoinder has
been barred by the
statute of limitations.
OTT MPDTrtM TH AT.510
FIOHTINa PROHIBITION
Wll VI-'WTltV fir June 1' Act bill
' ' i i , t ... c..,i
has been eomnict 1 by Attorneys iieo.
U. Mind , n.l I.. J. A.,.m of tliiw
of' Silv .'no,,, tn ......., County .!...!.
.1 II H,-tt mnn ,.-,h. ri..K prohibition
i i'tTeit in Milvrton. ... .rnvi.l.-. .....lor
tlx. loml opt ,w. Tl... hiring "ill
l,n Md S.-.tur.Inv. Tl... l.-n.p.THn..e '''
p,. f tl. ritv 'nr.- ,,r,.prinK In ni.-ot
;inv ,.iH,-r,.i),'v. n.nl will sock to d.MOlve!
II,;. i,,in,..io'n. It in ,,n,.-Mtoo.l tl.Kt I
L ,,,;,...n,io it ri . for t.,.- r,Hon j
that the vote was taken m the county.
and the subdivisions at the Hiitnc time.
but the law plainly provide for m,ch
an election, and if this is their nnlv
grounds for restraint there is said to
be little or no probability of auciim
on the part of the en joiners.
ALASKA WHALER
CRUSHED TN ICE
,
S'nM K, Alaska, June 12. A report
received here today nays that the whal' r
: William Mniiev of San Francisco lies
; crushed in the iee at Lawrence island.
Captain H. H. Jiorfi-h of the uiibickv
1 WH-. I was picek up by the boat with
I the rent of the ci. w of the Jammed
boat. The men nil had a narrow escape
in the ice pack and tuffered from ex
poMtre before th'y Here picked Up bv
Ike vee of the fb. Tlo fbt i now
ut Dolo'de bav.
J. W. Holme,, the representative of
Armour 4 Co is again In Medford. He
is interested in a company drilling for
oil near Merrill. Klamnth county. The
drill is down 30 feet and it now n
the hardest kind of rock formation.
N GALLOWS
PROHIBITION INJUNCTION
ARGUMENTS ARE HEARD
BY EDITORIAL
Fiery Article in Medford Morn
ing Mail Inflames Animals ima
gination and He Dashes Away.
J. Khwegen, local manager of Wine
hardt brewery and the ieo plant, nar
rowlv escaped tleuth eUnositny in a
runaway accident. Tho Mail has been
promiscuously distributed in North
t ii. ...... it ;u l. t........l .n, .l.i
not want it, lltev let them lie w here I oeeu writ ten at uie juume in w asiuug : gives the city council toe right to reg
thev are thrown. This has occurred ton, contains a plunk in favor of the ulnte lupior traffic without regard to
to such an extent in many purls of the , exclusion of Japanese laborers from Iho state laws.
city that the ground is badly littered, i Failed Slates. The lty is represented by District
and it will require the services of uj The papers of Japan are unable lo Attorney Kennies and Judge Colvig.
special corps of cleaners when the 2-1, ' understand the plank, as it had been . who has been retained to look after the
000 club gets busv making a spotless 'he impression here that both Itoosevelt prohibition side of the litigation, nnd
town. ' and Tufi were friendly to the Japanese j the n joiner by K. O. Smith of Grants
.Mr. Fhwegen wits driving along near , interest and wen- against the exclusion j Puss,
the railrond crossing, when one of tin- i 'hat. was demanded by the Pucifu ast. J The couiilv seeks to dissolve the in-
rejected ot renders mew nuo nis noises
face. It is presumed the animal be
came frightened at one of the fiery
and vigorous editorials or perhaps at
some of the gram mat ical gems t hat
adorn t he pages of t he Mail. What
ever it was. it was loo much for I In
animal, and it dashed madly away,
throwing Mr. KliwegVn out, breaking
the buggy and harness. .Mr. Khwegen
sustained many bruises, but is not se
riously injured.
SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD BOY'S LIFE
THREATENED BY BLANK HANDS
SAX JOSK, Cal., June 12. Charles
Lrovlen, a bl year old student, is kept
iu the house by his parents i uding
to a story told by thu police today be
cause they fear that 1 ay be kid-
uepped or killed by representatives of
the Itland Maud society, who have twice
threatened his life in letters.
Young Hrovleii received anonymous
letter last May telling him to leave 7.o
tied in a white rag behind a telephone
pole by a certain dale or he would be
lulled, lie did not comply, and shortly
afterward was shot at and wounded
while ioi his way to school.
The boy returiod the fire mid is re
ported to have wimiided his :issailanl.
A efw days later he received a letter
signed by u "man whose wrist you
broke," demanding loo. The police
.lare working on tie ease.
HWR CROPS WILL BE
WORTH EIGHT BILLION
I - W A Mil I Vll'Pl tV It I' Jinn 1'
, ; ,'.,.
'7. , ,, , '
eiyni nniiou iionars. ;i rn nig hi i ig
ures prepared by the department of ag
riculture. It is expected then will he
I "" ivi'm Cumin I" mv tl."
oy from
tne lurms io ine tvnior.
Ill dlKcuMHillg the oilllo
.k. Chief StJi. I
Mi - 'ician Clark
of the ,'igricnll ura
lK"
! ,1"r" Wl" r.' ""I"- "r v,;"r" ""'
! Ahltm-hii h.c .-njoy r.,.-nty, now
' 'J 'j .'' pr-.m l.rv..,t , ..nr...l
! -N"v"' ,h," h'""lrv nf, 1
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BILLEK ORANTED A
TEMPORARY REPRIEVE !
CHICAGO. IIU., June 12. -Judge
I tr w i:. t... ...!..... -t
' rk' "''"lw " ()
j ""-' " aun iiernmn n k. .ne
I '"n' d murderer and " (Hack Art
! U ork,,f' ' ft '""'("""rv repneve that
i Will Slav Mis exeeuuon mr ii ai ,
ilcasJ. Hillek whs to have I i hanged '
today, nut heroic measures nae neen
( toilav, hut heroic, measures have I n
Hk
ken bV his rriends lo save nun,
i Judge Landis is to
ide whether or
not he will allow Mtllek to appeal lo
the I'niled States supreme court.
Coventor Delieeii and the pardon
board took up Hillek case again
nio
1 o'i lock this0 morning after having
rede.. -d lo giaiil him a pardon.
PROBATE.
I Mule Marv K. Clark. Older made
appointing
Inly lit, PJ'iH, as day for
liual settlement.
Fstntf Frank K. Hrow n.
made
Orde
; "pp-inl nig K.i,nbe.h Drown ecutrix
and H. V tlnn.-dt, h. L. J-obs and
Oris Crawford appraisers,
Threo new buildings are now under
construction at Talent.
JAPS ANGRY
AT PLATFORM
Proposed Exclusion of Coolies
Plank Aroused Ire of Mikado's
Subjects.
TOKlO, June 12. The Japanese press
today is unanimously indignant over the
report of the draft of the platform that
will b
I iotinl
submitted to the republican mi-
invention at Chicago next week
Milling to adviei
-d lie
. the nliil form which is suunosed to hux o
Some of the papers recall Itoosevelt s
message to the legislature of California
when that body was about to enact a
law prohibiting Japanese from attend-
iug the same ncIiooIh as whitt
or owning laud in that, si ale.
t H her papers recall t he series of
speeches of Tuff when he was in Japan
a short time ugo on his trip around t lie
world.
;
GOLD MEDAL ORATING
AT ASHLAND TONIGHT
Au oratoriiul contest is to be held
at the Ashland opera house tonight, for
a gold medal. The pmgram is: La lies'
chorus; Abolition of War, Amelia Lewis;
chimictcr of Washington, Nettie Drew;
instrumental ilio-t. Misses llarpold and
Dive) hie; (fin ut (original), Leonard
Smith; Kducation of the N'egro, Robert
Wilcox; Await the Issue, Hei thu Dun
lap; duel, Lloyd Stratton, Ktlud sunt
ton ; boys ' quartet.
The oral ions w ill be graded as fu
lows: I nter net nr ion. .10; run m-iutimi,
2.r; action, 22; memory, X; iiiagiiel imn,
."; composition, o,
THIRD MEMBER EXECUTIVE
STAFF TO BE STRICKEN
OAKLAND. Calif.. June 1 1 - - A
strange fatality seems to 'be following
thoM- connected with tie- executive si aft
of lh late Oovernor Sparks of Nevada.
Miss Josephine A. Roberts, formerly
stenogiapher iu Sparks' olliee at Cnr.tor,
city, died here Tuesday and the budy
was sent I o Nevada loday. She was
tiikea ill soon after the dfulh oT Cov
entor Sparks.
(iovernor spark 's private secretary
sili'ciiiubed soon after his chief died,
and t his make the third I line t lint
members of the old executive sliiff have
' been nt rieken.
THUGS HOLD UP CAR AND j
GET AWAY WITH :JT j
S.VV FR A NClSt '( i, Cal., June 12.
The two intisketl llni-t ho have held
up the crews of xcvcrnl streetcars here
within the past few weeks .robbed an
ot her car early today. Tin- robbery
look place on Mc A Mister St reet just
oppo-olc the city hall and tho men look
ill tin' cash Hi the car.
Conductor Fuller and Mohnuian Abe
Wingeit were victims, of the robbery.
, The i hieves got away with W. No
'trace of the robbers has been found
the police as vet.
jjjdfoRD TO PLAY BALL
WITH ASHLAND SUNDAY
Tlie ball pink is being pal in coiidi
Don for playing.
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oe itim-p-i - iu, ...n. r........ K
-ball may be looked tor.
Players are trying out evenings, and
flure is a lively scramble for position
on Ihe team. Thit eening it the final.
tryout, and suits will lie muc, to1
those making good. F.very ball plver
ill li.nil Hhould he nut this evening.
A 4i hi ed plavs hi le Sun. lav. June 11.
John Law -on of Talent had his hand
U, ve.elv burned by u sky rocket while
; burning u few ttnworHs hi i eienrui ton
,,t the opening of the Fourth of July
lsiock al tlardner's slore Monday even
. ..,. itrc rwVuUba responsible tot
- ariaefrOIII the
Uieuger . terson, mo muni mer i j
.-hunts, have put up a new butcher me.
Shop, and have Mso started a delivery Oitv Reorder
I wagon. . . y necorner.
TRY TO KEEP
i
MEDFORD WET
Colvig Retained by Prohis to
Aid District Attorney in Fight
iiig Case at $1000 Fee.
Arguments began this afternoon be
fore Judge Hauua in the circuit court
at Jacksonville over the temporary in-
junction granted J. ('. Hall to restrain
'Judge Ibinu from declaring prohibition
.Med ford on account of the special
! ornvixion oin the e it v '
charter which
' 'junction on the ground that tho grant-
j iug of such a restraining order is not iu
I the jurisdiction of 1 lit) circuit court. Tt
is probable that the court's decision will
'Die Medford prohibitionists hnvo con
tracted to pay Judge Colvig a $1000 fee
loo look after their side of the litiga-
lion for two years. It is understood .
;that (he monov is being raised bv con-
i t ril. ut ions and that J. W. Cox and D.
I T. Lawton are-among those who huv
j donated flno end..
j Then? promises lo bo no end to the
. lit Ration over Ihe subject, and withiu
a few days the county liquor dealers
will begin action to declaro the election
oid.
FIRE SWEEPS PACKING
. PLANT AT KANSAS CITY
KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 12.-The
big Nelson Morris packing plant is on
fire and apparently Is doomed to com
plete destruction.
The property is locnted iu the flooded
district und it is impossible for the fire
department to reach it.
The flames are spreading rapidly.
Thousands are witnesses to the fire, but
there is no way of combatting it.
It is estimated that tho loss to the
Nelson f orris company will be hun
dreds of thousands of dollars. . Two
buildings have been entirely destroyed.
The fire started from nn explosion hi
the Muusnge factory.
At noon the fire was-still raging, but
the firemen had been able lo get near
enough to prevent it from spreading
much further. The conip.mv 's plant is
valued at l.f00,Mf)0.
STEAMER WITH $2,000,000
ARRIVES AFTER LONG TRIP
Will T K IDMISK, Vnkon,, Territory,
June HI. The steamer Prospector, hav
ing 2,noo,iii)it jjn. abonnl; arrived
h re today after Dia longest voyage
he has made on the river. She hnd
a very d illicit It time ui both the Ninety
M ile and Fifty Mile rivers, and was
held up on cand bars for several duys.
The prospector hud twelve passengers,
among them T. M. HeHridr, mayor of
Fairbanks.
T he II rsf W h i 1 1 Pass at earners a re
scheduled to nail Sunday, hut it is not
likely they will he able to navigate.
for the Fifty Db lacks h foot of being
navigable.
NEW STEEL TRUST IS
ORGANIZED IN LONDON
LnNDtiN. June 12. With a capital
o. :i 7i.ooi i.OoO, a new stefd trust em
bracing all the big manufacturers of
-d eel in the 1'nited Kingdom and many
of ihe smaller ones, has just been or
Ljani.ed. according (o an annniinreinent
made in the Iron and Steel Trades Jour
nal. Whether or not tho steel interests
mi the I'nited States are identified
ith this trust is not known.
NOTICE TO WATER CONSUMERS.
For the purpose of testing tho new
water malus that have recently been
laid, the watov will be shut off all the
mains in the ctty from o ciock ft. m.
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