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RUNS AGAIN
King County Democrats
 Nominate Ed. Cuhihee

Special Dispatch to Daily Alaskan)
 Seattle, Sep. I5-The democrats of King county agaiu nominated Ed. Cud. ihee for sheriff yesterday Cudihee served two terms as sheriff, beginning with 1901. He was disqualified for re- election by the constitutional provis- sion limiting county officers to tw termSIin successiOnI
 The democrats endorsed the workinA mems league legislative ticket, and-en- dorsed William J. Bryan for president.
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filled at once and it was soon discovered that there was no chance Of saving the vessel. Five of the crew were sent to this place for assistance,
 The cutters Rush and Mo Culloch have gone Uo-assist iu taking
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the passengers and crew of the vessel.
 The Oregon is more than % years old. She was built for the traffic between Portland and San Francisco.
 She was purchased nearly lOyears ago by Sol Simpson, the millionaire lumber
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[Speclal Dispatch to Daily Alaskan)
 Valdez, Sep. l5-The Oregon, oper- ated by the Northwestern Steamship Company, lis total wreck on Hiuching- brook island. She hit the rocks yester- day at midnight The engine rooms
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COMES IN
Princess Beatrice Arrives
 With Immense Cargo

The Princess Beatrice, of the Cana dian Pacific Railway, arrived lin Skag- way this morning at o'clock with $50 tons of freight and a small passenger list. She will not get out until g o'clock this evening when she will sail with good passenger list.
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J. 5, FLEtT FOR
 CUBAN WATERS

Washington, Sep. l5-The United States cruisers Tacoma, Norfolk, Cleve- land, Newark and Minneapolis, with 1000, marines, have been ordered to sail immediately for Cuba. The Denver, Marietta and Dixie are already there. The Des Moines is at Key West
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DOLPHIN OUT
 TONIGHT

The Alaska Steamship Compsny's white flyer, Dolphin, will sail for the south this evening St 6 o'clock. She will have s good passenger list out. The Dolphin got in sJ so D. m. yestsr- day She had & dozen passengers
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Steamship Oregon Is Wrecked

man of Puget sound who died recently, who operated her on the Sksgwsy route for shor, time and afterwards to Nome. She was purchased recently by the Northwestern Steamship Company sud has been engaged on the Seward, Valdez route from Seattle.
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Charnb .rlain's Pain Balm

This is liniment, remarkable for its great power over pain. It quickly ailays the eScrucisting pains of rheumatism and makes sleep and rest possible For sale by Wm. Britt.
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Several battles are expected to take place before President Roosevelt's let ter reaches all those engaged in the hostilities.
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The best dining room in the city Is at the Fifth Avenue hotel. The best meals anl best service obtsinable in the north are it's leading points of superiority.
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Seattle Saloon

For the choicest stock oi liquid re- treatments, the Seattle Saloon leads them all. The famous Seattle Rainier beer always on tsp. u
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Men Wanted

Wood choppers to cut poles for wood saw. Will pay $500 per cord. Apply G. H. Sturgill, Seventh ave. and State.
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Fresh snuw on the mountains makes you think of winter clothing. Read BehrendS' ad
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The best meals and best service at Skagwsy can be secured at the Fifth Avenue hotel.
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Don't these mornings make you think of oyercoats? Get one at Behrends' sale "See ad
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One of Behreuds' S22. 90 mems Raglans will only cost you SIG, "see ad
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Fresh Meat

The Frye-Bruhn Co., keep all kind Of fresh meat constantly on haDd. u
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New school books and school supplies at HarriSon's.
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Re.d Behrend,. Daa. thi. wsek.
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Read Behrends' "ad' this week.
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UNITED STATES MAY STOP WAR

snd will be held there 10 convey Secre. 'ary Taft and Assistant Secretary Of State Bacon to Havana.
 The v&rships win surround the island and be ready to land troops si the first appearance of anarchy. Caban Congress Cannot Muster .
 Qzorom
 Havana. Sep. l5-The Cuban COZ gress convened this morning. There were three less than quorum present and suspends all operations on the bills which make all the funds Of the repub- lie available for President Palma with which to crush the rebellion.
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-10-12

may be required. The house of the
beaver is built OF the bank OF the
river, with its entrance under water
Once having built the entrance the
rest of the house is started. the whole
colony working at the house until it
is finished. and when completed it is
warm, dry and cozy. Although it IS
impossible for beavers to live for long
under water, the entrance is built for
some distance under the water, and
then there is a long tunnel connecting
the house with the water.
A beaver family usually consists Of
four or five, and comes into the world
with its eyes wide open. The young
ones live with their parents for two
years and then they are made to shift
for themselves. The full-groWn beaver
measures about two feet in length
with a tail some ten inches long, which
he can use as a spade or trowel as
we'll as a paddle. The average age is
10 years, although some have been
known to be as old as 20, but such
cases are said to be rare. When the
animal is 8 years of age its pelt is at
its prime, and will fetch from $40
to So in Minneapolis.
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A DREAM IN MARBLE.
MOST EXQUISITE BUILDING EVER
ERECTED BY MAN.
MausoIeum of Tai MGhaI in India
Monument of Husbands Love
for His Wife-In 1t Art Reached
Its Perfection.

The most exquisite building ever
Tai Mahal, which was constructed by
the great Mogul Emperor, Shah ia
han. at Agra, India. 1t marks Il
great mans love for a woman-Ar-
jaLIand Banu Begun, his wife. Shan
Janan was a Mohammedan deSp0t who
led magnificent life, aud had other
wives; but in his eyes the peer Of her
sex was Arjamand When she died he
declared he would rear - her memory
mausoleum 50 perfect that it would
make men marvel for all time. And
ta.s he accomplished. More poetry and
p~ase have been written about the Tai,
with more illusions to it as a symbol
Of love, than Of any other creation
marking human affecticn-and the
secret probably lies in the fact that all
the world loves a lover, says a writer
IN the BoolIoyers Magazine.
Shah Jahan ruled from 1923 to 1G5S;
and had been on the throne only two
year when death took from him his
adored Arjamand. Then came the re-
sore to erect to her memory a monu-
ment that might measure his love and
grief. All the best architects, artists
all skilled workmen of India, Persia
and Arabia were summoned to Shah
Jalan's court and the resources of his
empire placed at their disposal. The
Tai, consequently, was not the creation
OF single master mind, but the CON
summation Of a great art epoch. It's
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-10-12
CARS BROTHER TO Wed
NIECE OF EDWARD OF ENGLAND
TO BE BRIDE OF GRAND
DUKE MICHAEL.
TURNS FROM GERMANY,
Russian Royalty Has in Recent Year
Looked to Kaiser's Country for
Eligible Bachelors.
OTHER ROYAL WEDDING RUMORED

ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. Ga mar
rage has been arranged between Crane
Duke Michael, only brother of Emperor
Nicholas, and Princess Patricia of Con
naught, niece of King Edward. Th,
betrothal occurred during the CRANE
dukes recent trip to Copenhagen ant
Scotland, from which he has JUS re
turned.
From Copenhagen Grand Duke Mi
chael went directly to join the imperia
party in Finnish waters and receive hi
brothers formal approval of the en-
gagement He was heartily congratu
lated by all the members OF the impe
rial family. He will leave Russia in {
day or two for Loudau, where aftel
securing the consent of King Edward
the betrothal will be formally an
nOunced.
Hopes for Better Welcome.
The last visit of Grand Duke Michae
to London was during the Boer war
when feeling ran high, and he was re
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the SOuris river, which runs through
the farm, are fringed with poplar trees,
supplying the beaver with the best of
building mateiaI and also with his
daily bread. According to a law pass
ed in 1896, it is illegal to kill beavers
until the fall of 1908, consequently this
colony is waxing strong and multi
plying very rapidly Having been pro-
tected from the trappers for the past
ten years, they are becoming very tame
and do not seem to mind a casual on
locker, although they do most of their
work by moonlight One night these
beavers cut down ffty-two trees, ac-
cording to the Rev. Mr.. Christmas, who
takes Il great deal of interest in his
little tenants and watches carefully to
see no harm comes to them
These beavers are very Industrious,
and have no use for one of their num-
Der who refuses to do his share of the
work. When such member of the
flock is noticed the others drive him
away to live in solitude, and when such
a beaver is found by a trapper they
are known as bachelors. 1t takes the
beavers but a short time to fell a large
sized tree, and they are able to throw
it in any direction desired. When once
felled the tree is quickly cut up into
lengths for houses, dams, or food, as
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Premier Stolypin. For daring reckless
ness this attempt has few parallels,
even in Russia.
NJ. Stolypin was holding u reception
at st. Petersburg in his summer resi-
dence in Apothecary Island, wooden
building The guests had assembled
when there arrived four men, to all
appearances ordinary visitors. But. as
the list of intending visitors had been
closed, the servants would not allow
them to enter. They thereupoG at
tempted to force an entry into Il room
adjoining that in which the guests
were assembled In the struggle one
of the men let fall a bomb. which ex-
ploded with terrible force. Thirty peo-
pie were killed and thirty were in
inred NJ. Stolypin escaped unhurt, but
his daughter and little son were badly
injured. the girl having had both of
her legs shattered. Among the killed
were a prince, a general, colonel, a
captain and two court officials. Of the
four terrorists three were killed and
the fourth was promptly arrested.
This attempt upon the life of Premier
Stolypin is only one Of many others.
some of them successful, made upon
high officials in the Russian public
service. Almost every day the revolu-
tiontsts strike at some official some
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-10-12
LAUNCH A BIG CRUISER
DAUGHTER OF GOVERNOR is SPON.
SOR FOR THE NORTH CAROLINA.
Ten Thousand People See Warboat Glide
Into Waves-Description of the
New Vessel

NEWPORT NEWS, Oct. 6.-Ths
new and powerful armored cruiser North
Carolina was successfully launched To-
day from the yards of her builders. the
Newport News Shipbuilding X Drydocb
Co., in the presence of 10000 persons
The ships sponsor was Miss Rebekat
Williams Glenn, daughter OF GOV. Glenn
of North Carolina, who was present
with his staff and an escort of promi
nent North CarolniauS.
The launching was also attended by
Rear Admiral Berry. large number OF
naval officers and several of the officers
of the Italian cruiser Fieramosca. The
shipyard force of 5000 men had beer
given Il holiday.
The North Carolina has Il trial dis
placement of 14,50O tons and fully load
ed will have Il displacement of 15.5S0.St
tons. The total length of the ship NJ
the water line is 502 feet and it's cN
treme breadth is - feet 1OI2 inches
The coSt exclusive of armor and arma
ment was $3,575,00O The maximum
speed for an average of four hours ruI
is 22 knots and the maximum horse
power of the main engines is estimated
at $4,000
Four 1O-inch breech-loading rifles, six
teen 6-inch rifles and four 21-inCh sub
merged torpedo tubes make up the crulS
er's main battery. Its secondary bab
terry is to consist of twenty-five 3-inct
rapid-tire guns. twelve 3-pouuder rapid
fire guns, two II calibcr automatic gun'
and two 3-inch field guns.
The ships hull is to be of stee
throughout and will be protected by
waterline belt of armOr which will be II
feet 3 inches in height amidships anG
will be stepped down at the ends This
10 -
machinery and magazine spaces and
inches thick in other parts of the ship
The ship will have two large turrets
one forward and one aft. Both will be
protected by thick armor and will have
two 1O-inch guns.
The North Carolina will be similar tc
the Maryland in general appearance
She will have the same elongated hull
and will have masts and smokestacks Of
the same type.
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HEAR THREE EX-WIVES.
Magnate, Is Assailed by Their
Testimony.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, Oct G.-Prepared &c
contest the will of Thomas II. Wickes,
first vice president of the Pullman com.
pany, who died about eighteen months
ago, his son, Thomas ii. Wickes. Jr.,
and his daughters, Mrs. Laura Annette
Wickes Felt and Mrs. Florence Wickes
Johnston, appeared in Judge Honore's
court yesterday. To support their claim
to the 100000 estate of their father,
three wives of Wickes, all divorced, will!
take the stand, and it is said that thei,
testimony will indicate that dissipation
rendered the testator mentally incapable
By the will Thomas II. Wickes, Jr.,
was cut off with a yearly allowance OF
5000. The daughters are left 100000
in trust, the income of which, after the
$500 for the son is deducted, is to be
divided between them. A nephew, Hugh
Walden, who acted as Wickes' private
secretary, is left $4,000 in cash, a $15,.
600 residence and the control of the in.
come of the balance of the estate, which
has been left principally to charity. None
of the wives of Wickes is mentioned in
the will, and it is said that settlements
were made with all three at the time OF
their divorces.
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A spectator marvels that sc much beau
ty car come from so little apparent eff
fort. yet nothing is wanting. there is
nothing in excess we cannot alter ii
single stone and claim that the result
WORLD be better.
One enters reS entity the burial place
of Shah Jahan's Queen, whose cenotaph
IS of the whitest marble, placed in the
precise center of the building and sur
rounded by an OctagOnal screen of ala
baster that is pierced ard interviewer
Ike lace Every foot of the walls,
every column and panel, is deliberately
embellished with flowers. leaves. scrolls
and sentences and these are inlaid in
JASPER, bloodstone, jade, onyx and
precious stones. Arjamand s tomb bios
SONS with never failing Persian flowers
a!G Arabic sentences eXtolling her
CHAR: cter and Is as marvellous in work
mars ship as if produced by Florentine
in ayers Of the present day. It is
said that eight years were consumed
ny the artists intrusted with the max
Ing End identifying of Arjamand's
&c lot9ph and further that the koran's
every line and every word is repro
duced in inlay or in relief carving on
tho Interior or the exterior of the Tai
This gem of Agra is worshipped as
fe,-vently by Hindus as by those of the
NJ )siem faith and Indian artists in a
few years almost destroy their eye
sight trying to portray in miniature
upon ivory the architectural perfection
and deIicacy of this marvel Of the
world,
Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1906-1908, 1906-10-12
STATE OWNED RAILROADo.
Some of the Lines That Have No
Bonded Indebtedness.

Bonded indebtedness.
A few railroads have no bonded in
debtedness, says Bronson E. Keeler in
Moody's Magazine. The Cincinnati
Southern, extending from Cincinnati
to Chattanooga, built and owned by the
city Of Cincinnati, is one. The Cincin-
natl, New Orleans & Texas Pacific,
which leases the Cincinnati Southern,
is another. The Green Bay & Western
is a third. 1t has some income bonds,
which are really preferred stock, as
the interest is payable only if earned.
The company has no fixed charges ex-
cept taxes. The Chicago Great West
ern is fourth road which has none.
The great Rock Island system has none.
Its constituent companies have funded
debts, but the Rock Island Company it
self has none The Western & Atlantic.
extending from Chattanooga to Allan
ia, has none.
The road was built in the 40's of the
last century by the State of Georgia,
and is still owned by the State, al
though it is operated under a lease
by the Nashville, Chattanooga & st.
Louis Company. But from the time of
it's completion down through the civil
war, and until the 7O's, it was operated
directly by the State. The engines,
cars and entire equipment were the
property Of the State, and the employees
were State officials. and drew their sal
| aries from the State treasury. In or
der to keep it out of the hands Of the
so-called carpet bag government, it was
leased in the 70's to a company, and
later to the corporation which now op-
crates it.
1t is the most historic railway in
the world. Along its line Gen. Sher-
man began his march to the sea. Every
foot of the right of way has heard
the sound of battle; and every station
was the scene Of violent bloodshed
\ thousand years from now Mission
airy Ridge, Dalton, ReSaca and Allan
ia will be classics in American his
tory 1t was over this line that oc-
Cured the famous locomotive chase,
one of the most thrilling episodes in
the civil war. And it was at Atlanta
that Gen. Corse was hard pressed by
the Confederates. when Gen. Sherman,
from the top of Kenesaw mountain,
sgnaled to him through the air, Hold
the fort; l am coming" a message
| which inspired the famous gospel
hymn. In the tide Of rising socialism,
! if the city Of Cincinnati and the State
| Of Georgia should resume the operation
Of their respective properties, and
should join forces, they could have a
line of public-owned and operated rail-
road from Cincinnati to Atlanta of no
mean proportions.
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FIFTEEN DEAD IN MINE.
Whole New Mexican Shift Believed Dead
-Bluefeld Disaster known
Dead Twenty-Five.

RATION, n NJ, Oct. G.-Fifteen min
ers are believed to have been killed by
an explosion in the Dutchman coal mine
at Blassburg, a small camp five miles
from Ration Friday. Three bodies have
been recovered thus far. The condition
of the mine and the force of the ex'
plosion give rise to the fear that every
cue of the laborers working in the mine
was killed outright. The cause of the
accident has not been learned. The
mine is owned by the st. Louis, Rocky
Mountain and Pacific company, and is
equipped with the most modern electrical
apparatus.
BLUEFIELD. W. Va, Oct. 6. -
Twenty-nine bodies had been recovered
early today from the west fork Of the
Pocahontas Galleries company mine at
Pocahontas, Va, and conservative es.
innate last night places the total number
killed i'll last Wednesdays explosion at
seventy.
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WILL WITHDRAW
ALL COAL LANDS.
President Roosevelt, 1t Is Saio, Has Fully
Made Up His Mind on This
Big Question.

WASHINGTON, ID. c., Oct. Cit is
understood that the President has finally
made up his mind to withdraw all of the
coal lands not already taken up from
entry under the land laws of the United
States.
The expectation is that he will by 8
special message request Congress tc
change the statutes, but that meanwhile
he will himself temporarily withdraw
the coal lands from further entry.
Assistant Secretary of the interior
Ryan, accompanied by other officials OF
the interior department, We're at the
white house last night. The President
desired some information about the con
on the public lands, and it was for the
purpose of advising the President on this
subject that the conference WIS held.
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Juan FERNANDEZ Ie0sT
scsne of klexandsr Selk,rks /
Hermitage. perpstUatlV
,co0fUSsq Win Isle % Nl'icA (
Vefoe Pot his I
) RsphssSS p,gas

avail. they fed. leaving behind the black
man who reappears in story rs Crusoe's
man Friday. The English vessel, the
Cirque Ports. arrived in 1904. having
for mate Alexander Selkirk the orig
inal of Robinson Crusoe. No need to
go into the familiar story of his adven-
lures. nor to question how closely the
novelist adheres to fact in what IS I'M
dOubtedly the most fascinating story of
adventure ever written.
The narrow ridge where Selkirk
watched is now called The Saddle, be-
cause at either end OF it a big rocky
hummock rises like pommel Boys and
girls of two or four generations ago
Will recall very readily those lines of
COwper on the life of Alexander Sci
kirk, beginning as follows:
| am monarch of all | survey,
My right there is none to dispute;
From the center all round TO the sea,
l am lord of the fowl and the brute.
0 solitude where are the charms
That sages have seen in thy face?
Better dwell in the midst of alarms,
Than reign in this horrible place.
On one of these rocky hummockS
there had been placed Il large tablet
with inscriptions commemorating Alex
ander Selkirks long and lonely stay. 1t
was placed there in 1868 by the officers
Of the British ship Topaze and reads
as follows:
In Memory of Alexander Selkrk
\ Native of Largo, in the County of
Fife, Scotland.
Who Lived on This Island in Complete
Solitude for -Four Years and
Four Months.
He Was Landed from the Cirque
Ports, Galley. So tons, 16 guns. \.
D. 17O4, and was taken off in
The Duke Privateer, 18th
Feb, 1909.
lie Died Lieutenant of II. NJ. S. Wey-
mouth, \. D. 1923, aged II years.
This Tablet is erected near Selkirk' S
lookout by Commodore Powell and the
officers of the H NJ. S. TopaZe. \ D..
| 1865
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NEW TRIAL FOR DEWEY.

TOPEKA, Kan, Oct. 6.-Chauncey
Dewey, the millionaire ranch owner, and
Ed Mcbride and Clyde Wilson, his cow
boys, the alleged murderers of the Ber-
~ family i'll the famous Rawlins coun-
ty fued. will be given another chance to
clear their names. The state supreme
court today granted them rehearlng OF
their case brought to secure q dismissal
with prejudice 20 future action of the
murder charges hanging over them. The
supreme court ut q previous session re-
fused TO order the cases dismissed with
prejudice"
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MINNEHAHA IS DOOMED
Ledge Nearly Worn Away and Props Wild
Have to Be Put Up to Save
Historic Falls

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi. Oct 6. -
Minnehaha falls, which are known to
nearly every school boy and girl in the
country, through LongfellOw's ''l1iawa-
tina" is in danger of being destroyed.
Eating it's way through the sandstone
ledge over which the water pOurs, the
stream has now worn the rock almost
down to the loose dirt Of glacial deposit.
This means that unless this ledge is
propped up and the erosion stopped, the
falls III their present picturesque form
will be gone, with nothing in their place
but an ugly rapid. The recession OF
Minnehaha has been FASTENED by the
heavy rains Of the last few seasons.
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where in the empire. One day it is
in st. Petersburg, another day in Mos
COW, again it is in Finland, again in
Poland. official assassination is open
" preached and practiced, SO that the
upholders of Russian autocracy are
trembling for their lives. Neither life
nor property is safe, and even the Gar
on his throne has been singled out for
slaughter. Never in any land, nor in
any age, with the possible. exception
of France during its revolutionary out