Douglas Island news., 1903-05-20

The S. S. Senator, of the Pacific
 Coast s. S. Co.,. will sail from Seattle for Nome June 1st.
 Maj. Gen. Haywood, commandant of the marine corps, accompanied by his
 aide, Capt. Henry Leonard, left Wash
 ington recently for an inspection of
 marine posts on the Pacific coast. Their itinerary will include San Francisco,
 Seattle. Bremertou and Sitka.
 Judge Hanford, of the United States district court, has enjoined the receiv-
 CTS for the Pacific Packing and Naviga- tion Company ard the Pacific Ameri can Fisheries Company from further use of machines used in topping salmon cans until they furnish bond to pay all liquidated damages at the rate of not less than 10 cents a case.
 This year the Miocene company, which supplies water to nearly all of the rich placer claims in the Nome dis trict, will enlarge it's system materially and will have a larger supply of water than ever before. It is upon this water supply that the development of the Nome district depends and every new ditch or extension of an old one, means a corresponding increase in the output of gold.
 Three years dead in Dawson and no grave or promise of grave is the pre- dicament of the body ofCharley Watt, one of the best-known newspapermen from the state of Oregon. Relatives and fraternal orders, of which Wats was a member, have not responded with directions for the final disposition of the body, and the remains of Char ley Watt remain dramatically sealed in a casket in the storage rooms ofa Daw- son undertaken.
 C.L. Vawter, United States marshal in Nome during the troubled times of Judge Moves administration in 1900, is in Seattle on his way to the North, where he intends to work some of his claims in the Nome and Fairhaven. dis tricts this summer. He was one of the principal witnesses for the United States in the trials that resulted in the conviction of Judge Moves and other federal officials for malfeasance in of flee.
 A dispatch from Washington D. C., to the Seattle P. l., dated May 11th, says: John Sidney Webb, local attorney for the Northern Commercial Company and A. B. Newell, vice president of the White Pass < Yukon Railway Company, had a conference with Assistant Sec retary of War Sanger today in, regard to the transportation of government troops and supplies from Seattle to AL aska. Mir. Nowell undertook to answer some of the objections that have been urged against awarding the contract to his company on the ground that it is corporation doing business in foreign territory. Mir. Webb argued against the award and in favor of the American transportion companies. The papers in the. case are now in the hands of the secretary of war, and he will probably decide the matter in few days.
 Volney T. Hoggatt, the we'll known Alaska attorney who is working to prove that under existing laws Alaska has already the status of territory and as such is entitled to representa- tion in Congress without further legis- lation, arrived in Seattle last night says the Seattle Times and is making his headquarters at she Rainier Grand. Mir. Hoggatt has intended to submit to Governor Brady, of Alaska, brief full exposition of his posi- tion, with the authorities bearing upon the question, and then ask him to call an election without further delay. In letter that he received from the govern or this morning, however, he learns that Governor Brady has already sub mitted the matter informally to the secretary of the interior for the pur- pose of securing his opinion on the question before making any indepen- dent move. If MT. Hoggatt's views as to the political status of Alaska are correct the governor is in position to call the election without consulting the of the interior or any other federal officer "Since I have been