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Douglas Island news., 1906-06-20

 Snowflake Utica Thomas Yellow Jacket also the following named Mill Sites:- Bear No. 2 Mill Site Esmeraldo Mill Site Comet Extension Mill Site Ophir Mill Site umberland Mill Site Seward Mill Site Thomas Mill Site also the following described water rights:
 Ophir Creek Water Right
 Sherman Creek Water Right West Ophir Creek Water Right Seward Creek Water Right also a certain forty (40) stamp quartz mill, railroad and equipment running from the wharf at Seward City, Alaska, on the beach about four (4) miles to said Mill, together with all machinery, tools, equipment, ditches, fumes, pipe lines, tramways, buildings, boarding houses and personal property of every kind and description situated on or ap- purtenant to the properties above mentioned.
 AND FURTHER ORDERING, that the said properties be sold as an entirety and not in separate parcels, and that the purchaser or purchasers at said sale shall pay to the Master ten (l0) per cent in cash of the amount bid and the balance shall be paid in cash upon the confirmation of the sale, and that the said Master shall convey to the pur- chaser or purchasers, all the title of the Berners Bay Mining and Milling Company, Ophir Gold Mining Com pany, Seward Gold Mining Company, Northern Belle Gold Mining Company and the International Trast Company, and freed and discharged from all claims and eucnmbrancesa and demands of every kind and nature now held or claimed by them,or either of them, and of all persons in privity with them, and freed and discharged from any and all charges and claims, encum brances and demands by virtue of the Receivers Certificates or other indebtedness of the Receiver by Contract and of all costs, expenses and disbursements of said Receivership;
 AND FURTHER ORDERING, that the Master accept no bid for said proper ties for less sum than FOUR HUN DRIED THOUSAND 100000 DOL LARS; which said Order is of record in the Journal entries of said Court and Cause.
 Now THEREFORE,, NOTICE is hereby given that under and pursuant to the above and foregoing Order of Sale, l, as such Special Master, will on Saturday, the 2S day of April, 4. D. 1906, at the Court House door in the City of Ju- neau, in the District of Alaska, be- tween the hours of nine (9) o'clock in the morning and four @ o'clock in the afternoon of said day, offer for sale the above mentioned and described prop critics at public onscry to the highest and best bidder for cash as an entirety, and not in sepsrate parcels; that the successful bidder at said sale will be required to pay oyer to me in cash at the time of said sale len i10) per cent. of the purchase price bid.
 IMPENDING PURCHASERS can obtain full and complete information con- corning and description of said proper ties from She records in said Cause No. sos, and from the records of the United 8 Stat Commissioners Office at Ju- Alneaua aska.
 WITNESS my hand this 22nd day of March, A. D. 1906
 JOHN G. HEED, WITNESSES Special Master.
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 First pub. Mar. 2S
 Last pub. April 9.
Douglas Island news., 1906-06-20
NOTICE OF MASTERS SALE

WHEREAS, on the 18th day of March, A. D. 1906, the Honorable District Court for Alaska Division No. l, at Juneau, Alaska, in Cause No. 603, on the Docket of said court, entitled DECKER BROS, PLAINTIFFS, VS. BERNERS BAY MINING AND MILLING COMPANY, ct al., DE PENDANTS, made and entered an order appointing me, the undersigned John c. Held, as Special Master and author izing and directing me as such Special Master, to sell according to law and the practice of said Court, all the proper. ties now in the custody of the said Court, in said cause by it's Receiver, F. D. Novel;, which said properties are described as follows, towit:-situated at or near Berners Bay in the District of Alaska, and being those certain Lode Mining Claims, Placer Claims and Mill C;fas 6aS nrihn6 oc ollOwS.
New-York tribune., 1906-08-11
KILLED ON LIGHT POLE.
Amateur TeIegrapher, St'anging'
Wire, Caught Main Current.

While experimenting yesterday afternoon with
an amateur telegraph line in Rochelle Park. a
fashionable residence section Of New Rochelle,
Dettmar Barrett, the sixteen-year-old son OF
Nathan Barrett, an artist, was killed almost in
stantly by shock of electricity which knocked
him from pole fifty feet high. and Frank Stiles.
son of F. H. Stiles. secretary of the Manhattan
Savings Institution of New York. was badly
stunned and had narrow escape.
Recently the boys of the park formed an anna
teur telegraph company, and it is said obtained
permission from the Westchester Lighting Com
pany TO string their wires the electric light
poles. There were about dozen boys in the COM
pany, and the plan to make each subscriber
and install telegraph instrument in his house So
he could talk 10 the other boys in the park.
Young Barrett. because of his superior knOwl-
edge OF electricity. was made president of the
company, and he also acted as boss lineman.
The boys were attempting to a line into
the home of Marc Klaw, jr., of Marc Klaw
senior member of the theatrical firm of Klaw &
Erlanger. when the tragedy occurred.
The Barrett boy up the pole in front Of
the Klaw villa attempting to attach copper
wire 10 an insulator. when the wire accidentally
came in contact with insulated section OF
electric light wire. carrying a day current of
about TWO thousand volts.
New-York tribune., 1906-08-11
IRRIGATION WORK ABANDONED.
Government Confscates Contractors Ap-
pliances.

Washington, Aug. 1O-Acting under authority Of
The Secretary of the Interior the Director Of the
Geological Survey to-day ordered the conhscation
OF the whole of the contractors outfit for work on
the Corbett Tunnel the irrigation project in
Northern Wyoming II was ascertained by the
Secretary that the contractor not only abandoned
the work. but was about 10 remove all his ap-
pliances from the premises.
This contract was awarded TO Charles Speer
cashier Of the Billings State Bank He. in turn.
made arrangements for carrying on the work under
the Western Construction Company. The difficulties
OF securing labor and the high cost Of material
resulted IN such delays 20 the work that ii ap-
parently became impossible to finance the opera
tions, and on August the company unable to
pay the four hundred men then employed
The bids the Corbett Tunnel were opened on
September G. 1905, and awarded 10 Charles Speer on
an estimated basis of $594325. The lowest bid
was made by J. {. White a. Co.. OF New York, at
S599 $50.
The government officers also took possession OF
the work and outfit OF Prendegast & ClaFkson on
the Snoshone Dam, of the largest structures in
the West, on the ground that the firm had not been
aDle 10 secure the necessary men and financial
packing 10 carry them through the work. The bids
ioF TINS work We're opened September 5. 1865 and
the award made Oh estimated basis Of $5l5 750
The next lowest bid was that Of ]. c. White & %
OF New York, al s55Os55 ''
New-York tribune., 1906-08-11
SHlW RUBS FREE TRADE.
Immigration Should Be Encouraged,
ISags SecretarY of T'reGsurY.

Springfield, No. Aug. 10.-Secretary Leslie NJ.
Shaw the principal speaker At a Republican
meeting in the Opera House tonight. Secretary
Shaw laid special emphasis on the Of parties,
and stated that in this country national prosperity
depended principles and not men. The in
tegrity and patriotism of the candidates large
" the in either party, he said and the
largely prospered langushed according to the
principles on which the candidates stood. There
had never been time when disaster did follow
Democratic rule. the Secretary continued This had
been the intention Of the Democrats but had
resulted from their incorrect economic theories.
= tariff for revenue only could not include any
protection and merely a synonyme for free
trade, he said, and Democrats who insisted that
protection for revenue only could be made 10 in
clude incidental protection were really camoring
for a protective tariff The dfferential tariff was
especially praised by Mr.. Shaw. he said it gave
opportunity for development for home industries
The pearl button and silk manufacturing Industries
were by the Secretary specific illustration
He made the assertion that as much money was
paid in wages in the United States in all the
rest world put together, and that this caused
the great number of immigrants annually
10 this country Since this is true, he said, imm-
grafton ought TO be encouraged Reciprocity was
criticised by the speaker who said it simply meant
that the tariff be lowered TO let in foreign
goods, and free trade would then result.
Speaking Of Doodle, Secretary Shaw said:
i have been in public life nine years and
have found that the men in Congress compare
faVorably with those that get in.
Theodore Roosevelt is refOrmer, he is a
statesman said Secretary Shaw, and you would
insult him by calling him a reformer."
The necessity of a merchant marine was en-
phaszed, and a ship subsidy recommended as
a way provide for it.
New-York tribune., 1906-08-11
4 SQUARE DEAL" FOR ALL
Secretary U'IsOn Meets Cattlemen
and Packers at Chicago.

Chicago. Aug 1o--Cattle raisers OF The West mss
Secretary Wilson. of the Department q Agricul-
ture at the Auditorium Hotel to-day and asked
for a square deal" Secretary Wilson assured
them. well as the Representatives OF Chieaqo
packers. who came into the conference late thar q
square deal' was exactly what the government
intended to give every branch OF the meat Industry
IN this country and at the end OF the meeting ex-
pFesstons Of the utmost satisfaction were voiced b
all interests concerned
Secretary Wilson's visit 70 Chicago was 10 discuss
with the cattlemen and representative OF Tia
packers the interpretations and the working our 90
the rules recently promulgated by the Departments
OF agriculture under the new meat inspection law
and according TO his own statement after the con
ference had adjourned, every phase Of the question
was fully discussed from tbs time the animal lefL
hands.
The principal point in-oived from The point o.
view OF the CattleInen was the matter OF weighing
before or after inspection and The concern OF tao
packing interests was mainly II connection wta
the labelling or canned products This latter qUes
tlon will not be definitely passed until wee
New-York tribune., 1906-08-11
QUEER CITY ORDINANCES.
Obsolete Rules aldermen Are asked
to Repeal.

Reading some obsolete ordinances which a
special committee OF the Board of Aldermen has
recommended for immediate repeal. one can
scarcely realize that the city ever so small
For instance. one ordinance Of the many which
still sn but enforced in these days
declares that horse or carriage shall be ex-
posed for sale in any public street or place except
in Park avenue. at S7th street. horse auction az
that corner to-day would some excitement.
There is indication that the crusade against
gambling which to be spreading in this direc-
ton from Saratoga had anything 10 do with the
recommendation that the following be Immediately
repealed
No person shall expose in any of the streets
lanes avenues or public places in the city Of New
York table device of any kind whatever
Be played OF shah pay ' al or 9pon or aa sGc Gh
table or device under the penalty of S25 every
such offence.
One OF the ordinances still in force provides fine
OF 50 for flying kite in the street south OF 14th
street. Above that point is all right apparen ny
Another strange sounding ordinance prohibits the
firing of Of any fireworks in the city except "on
the grounds the southeast corner OF 27th street
and Fifth avenue" Another ordinance prevents
the sale OF discharge of fireworks known as
snakes "chasers' Snakes were so much
dreaded in those days that a $50 fine was provided
II the culprit minor. the law provided that
the father might be sued for recovery OF the fine
In the old days one of the duties OF the Mayor
the licensing OF streetcar drivers and suspend
ing and revoking such licenses. Every car driver
receiving such license obliged to wear on his
breast badge bearing the words: Licensed Car
Driver
Another queer ordinance. still in force but not
enforced. reads:
All coal which shall be sold from any coal ward
any other place in the city shall be sold by the
bushel. except anthracite coal. which may be sold
by weight
The report of the special committee of the Board
OF Aldermen. which appointed to cOdify the
ordinances of the city, takes up hfty-two pages
in THE City Record published yesterday Similar
reports have been handed in for several years but
they never acted on. they VOluminOuS
the members of the board fear il would take them
three or four weeks to consider the report f they
ever tackled the Job" What will happen 20 the
latest report Is still prOblematical
New-York tribune., 1906-08-11
MUST FILE NEW LISTS.
Justice Giegerich Signs Mandamus
against Mutual Life.

Justice Giegerich signed the formal order yes
terday for the issue OF peremptory writ of man
damus in the Shook pOlicyhOlders list suit against
the Mutual Life Insurance Company 20 compel il
70 file corrected list within ten days at Albany
and in the companys home Office. The writ con-
tains this additional requirement:
And further commanding it (the company that
thereafter at periods OF one week from the date
OF the filing OF said corrected list and therea fter
from week 10 week until and including October
IL, 1886. II shall In like manner file with the SuDer-
intendent of Insurance supplemental lists alpha
betically arranged and classified, containing the
iul names and last known pOstoffice addresses ~
all policyholdeTs and all information with resnect
thereto that may have been received nv said a.
fendant or any OF It's agents az any time and from
any source. since the filing Of the preceding lists
The company is also required 20 use every efYor,
20 ascertain the last known postofice address OF
any polcyhOder and to file such information tro,,
time to time IN the form OF supplemental lists
dresses. ~ '-'A'6eu "u-
New-York tribune., 1906-08-11
KILLED BY GAZING SAND.
Child Asphyriated Beneath Feet of
Playmate Who ESCAPED Death.

Five boys were caught last night in land
slide in a lot at No. 21-23 East 1O4th street. and
two-year-old Joseph Eitelberg. of No. % East
1O4th street. was dead when taken out.
The boys, with other children Of the neighbOr-
hood, were playing in the lot, when a wall OF
sand loosened by the rain and the tramping on
the sidewalk overhead, slid down on them.
All got away except little Eitelberg and Harry
Kendler, eleven years DID, of No 3 East 1O5th
street, the former being completely buried and
the latter being buried up to his neck.
Young Kendler shouted vigorously. Edward
Kirkpatrick. Janitor with Herman Singer and
Max Silberman, came to the rescue. but they
were unable to pull young Kendler out Of the
sand and call sent in for the fire depart
ment.
Hook and Ladder Company No. 26. from Hath
street, answered, and Foreman Harmon. with q
dozen volunteers. soon got the boy out, and then
the rescued lad said another boy was buried in
the sand In a little while the body of little
Eitelberg dug out also. An ambulance
from Harlem Hospital was summoned, and Dr.
Berliner, who came with it. said the boy died
Of asphyxiation.
New-York tribune., 1906-08-11
EATON NOT WORRIED.
Says He WiH Erplain Resignation
at the Proper Time.
AZ TeIegraph 70 The Tribune.l

Philadelphia, Aug. 1O-'I afford to wait" said
Seymour Eaton tonight when asked TO comment on
the criticism of ex-Judge Alton B. Parker on his
resignation.
If the general committee. of which was the
secretary, desires TO officially receive any further
at the proper time" he added. and in reply 70
nearly every question put TO him he merely reit-
Grated. Il can afford wait"
Mr.. Eaton was at his home at Lansdown tonight
and had already the New York evening
papers. which printed ex-Judge Parkers letter and
Manager Scrugham's comment his resignation
1T Is true he admitted. that Liebfried is not
the treasurer OF the committee He has been acting
treasurer, however, and he has signed every check.
Thomas b. Wanamaker is chairman Of the finance
committee. but cannot agree with Mr.. Scrugham
that he is also treasurer by that position
AS matter OF fact. no treasurer was ever elected
although did urge the selection of one and recon-
mended Mr. Liebfried.
whether member Of the general COM
mittee or not. can only say that was one Of the
movements organizers. and through my socita-
tons more than half of the members of that COM
mittee accepted their posts and I was chosen Sec
retary suppose IL is fine legal question whether
am or am not. technically member OF the COM
mittee"
When asked why he had not attended the meet
ing of the executive committee yesterday he said:
not a member of that committee When IL
met last week was present and served as secre-
tary pro tenn, but received no invitation TO at
tend yesterdays NEE ing.
Pressed for explanation OF his reasons for re-
signing, Mr.. Eaton persisted in making his five
word reply of: II afford to wait" He added
that he would make no statement whatever unless
wish 70 convey the impression that in the natural
course OF events the reasons-whether political or
otheTwise-Would come OUT even II he should de-
cline 90 make any further comments.
New-York tribune., 1906-08-11
NO RECEIVER FOR BANKERS LIFE
Superintendent Kelsey Issues Statement on
Condition Of Insurance Company.

Albany Aug. 1o-superintendent Kelsey. OF the
state Insurance Department. to-day made the fol-
lowing statement relative to the condition OF the
Bankers Life Insurance Company OF New York
City:
The examination into the affairs of the Bankers
Life Insurance Company has shown that IL is not
In such condition under Section 50 OF the insur-
ance law require its being placed in the hands
OF a receiver.
There remains the question whether the com
pany should be permitted 10 write new business
or not. AT the hearing on August ,. 1896 the
report Of the examiner II was shown by the COM
pany that the deficiency in its assets taking the
liabilities made by the examiner, had been Tn3te-
rally reduced from the date of the report March
g. 1876. to that upon which the company had made
up its statement August !. 1906, and then amounted
issuance OF an order directing the company 20
cease doing new business. It also shown that
the changed conditions in the company would prob
ably eliminate this deficiency in very short time.
Upon the question raised a valuation OF
policies. a ValutiOn of the assets and liabili-
ties of the company has been directed to be made
as Of September So 1906. and also a supplemental
examination of the condition of its affairs OF said
date
In view OF the foregoing facts deem il best for
the interests of all concerned 20 withhold such
report from public inspection until filing OF such
additional report.
New-York tribune., 1906-08-11
W. G. BROKAW'S YACHT RAMMED
Glancing Blow by Schooner Nearly smashes
Fast Auto Boat
IBy Telegraph to The Tribune !

New London. Aug. 1O-W. Gould Brokaw s
fast auto boat sybarita II had a close call from
being sunk by a two-masted schooner in Long
Island Sound at 4 o'clock this morning. The
Sybarita was on the way from New York 10
Newport last night. and shortly after midnight
when two miles west Of Cornfied Reef Light
ship the sparkling batteries worked sugglshly.
The gasolene supply was short, and the captain
and engineer aboard decided 70 anchor until
daylight and sleep in the mean time.
At o'clock they suddenly awakened
by a schooner crashing into their boat The
blow was a glancing one, but with sufficient
force TO smash the bow OF the smaller craft.
The steamer Yuma, of the Chelsea Line, bound
from New York for New London. picked up the
Sybarita and tOwed her TO this harbOT at 8
o'clock this morning. After making repairs she
VIII proceed 20 Newport. The Sybarita's captain
says his anchor lights burning brightly
when the schooner ran him down.
New-York tribune., 1906-08-11
NEW BRIDGE TRACTION.
City Rail1cay Tndisposed to Run
POStOffce Lane.

The New York City Railway Company, which
was asked 10 run cars over the Williamsburg
Bridge and to establish a branch line between
the Postofice and the plaza in Brooklyn. objects.
Bridge Commissioner Stevenson issued a state
ment yesterday morning, saying he had received
from President Vreeland of the New York City
Railway Company answer to his request to this
effect
The Commissioner says report submitted
10 President Vreeand by Oren Root jr. vice
president and general manager of the company.
that during the month of July the number OF trips
made by the cars of the company over the bridge
was 50 per cent more than in the same month in
1893.
Mr.. Root explains that since the Bridge Com
operating a line from the Postoffice 10 the Brook
volved. a count extending several days in
dicated that only 610 persons crossing the Will
iamsburg Bridge the Grand street CGanhattan)
and Fourth avenue lines. Any increase in the
service over the Williamsburg Bridge. in his judg-
ment, should be made over existing lines, rather
than by the operation of new lines.
Mr.. Roots report the Commissioner said in
dicates that increased transportation facilities
the williamsburg Bridge will be provided in the
future, either by increasing the number of
cars now being operated by substituting larger
cars in place of existing equipment
Commissioner Stevenson said that the attitude OF
the New York City Railway Company seemed
favorable, but that he was still decidedly in favoI
OF the new Postof1ce line.
The Commissioner said he would write TO Presi-
dent Nreeland to-day asking him to try the Post
ofice line. at least temporarily. He will also ask
capacity and the number of run over the pres
ent lines OF the company.
New-York tribune., 1906-08-11
4LDERMEN IN PERIL.
Nearly Fined $500 Apiece for Fail
ing to ApproUe Tdr Rate.

Had IL not been for Alderman Arthur III.
Murphy. of The Bronx, every member of the
board might have been subject TO a fine OF 5000
and might have lost his job yesterday. He
came in just in the nick OF time, making a
quorum, so that the board could approve the
city's tax rate. according TO law.
For two full hours every possible means had
been used to get quorum. and the members
already on hand were getting restve. II some
one had not dug up the provision of the charter
regarding the sad consequences Of. neglect OF
duty the members who arrived on time would
not have stayed more than half hour. The
section that threw terror into their hearts reads
as follows:
IL the Board of Aldermen shall wilfully refuse
or neglect TO perform any of the duties required
OF them by the two preceding sections, each
member so refusing or negiecting shall forfeit 70
the city of New York the sum of $500. 10 be re-
covered in civil action, and shall be punishable
for misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof
shall forfeit his office.
When the board finally got down TO business
il approved the tax rate and adjourned in just
four minutes. The assessment confirmed by the
board provides for the collection of only $751;
7i9,435 54 in general taxes throughout the city.
The budget for the year is sll6,6 ,as0 81, but
this is reduced by the general fund for the re-
duction OF taxes amounting to s24,s34.694 80.
In New York County the tax rate VIII be a
little less than 81 48 the assessed valuation.
in Kings IL will be fraction over 81 30. and in
Queens and Richmond fraction over 81 55.
When the rollcall was read at IL o'clock. the
time set for the special and important meeting,
only thirty-three members responded. AS Vice
Chairman Goodman was among the missing
Alderman Sturges was selected to fill the chair.
Immediately ali sorts of devices for finding stray
members of the board were put in operation.
Telephones were kept busy and assistant SER
Bronx. while the Aldermen fumed and fused
over the enforced confinement.