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The Ketchikan miner., 1907-05-25

It is reported on good authority, says the Vancouver (B. C.) Mining Exchange that the shipping firm of Mackenzie Bros. of Vancouver, operating the steamers Halvard, Hal dis and Henriette. and several other craft in the ore-carrying trade on this coast has closed contract to trans port from the mines at Karta bay, Prince of Wales Island, to Ladysmith shelter. three thousand tons of ore per month. Mackenzie Bros. are now transporting an average of fourteen thousand five hundred tons of ore per month from the mines on Prince of Wales Island. and Howe Sound to Crofton and Ladysmith smelters, and the three steamers, tugs and barges engaged in the trade just about have their work cut out for them Mines on Prince of Wales Island shipping to Ladysmith are the Omar, l, ,000 tons per month; Sulzer 1000 tons per month. The Crofton shelter is drawing 1, 800 tons of ore month from the Mount Andrew mines on Prince of Wales Island, and about 6, 900 tons of ore per month from the Britannia mines, Howe Sound. The Niblock mines, on Prince of Wales Island, are shipping ,, 300 tons of ore month to the Tacoma shelter. The Exchange might very safely have said that if the firm in question will double it's fleet, it's carrying facilities will not be more than sufficient to meet the transportation demands of the mines of the Ketchi- kan district alone.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-05-25
WHERE HE Is UNPOPULAR.

If there is any one thing more than another that would strengthen Presi- dent Roosevelt's s hold on the affection of the people, it would be the assur- ance that he had incurred the dis pleasure of Wall street and of the frenzied financiers. The New York correspondent of the Chicago Tribune reports that the President is not only unpopular in Wall street, but that there is actual hostility, and that it extends to most people of means h the metropolis, the deduction being that Wall street leavens the whole lump.
 Of course this is not surprising. The energetic campaign made by the President against Wall street methods has seriously impeded the operations of the stock gamblers, and his more recent utterances in favor of legislation that will be an etfectual curb to stock jobbing are not calculated to Assure those who have depended on the crop of sue kers from the country to keep their money chests full to overfowing. Indeed, if the Presidents plans eventuate in the desired legislation there is no question that Wall street will cease to be the financial barometer of the nation, influenced at will by a mere
  handful of ulti-millionaires And 1t follows that not only the street, but every individual having connections herewith, will feel he has a griev- ance against the man who has dared trespass on these special privileges On the other hand, the people are beginning to love him on account of the enemies he is making for himself.
 The President can we'll afford to invite this sort of antagonism, for 1t is of kind that brings him lasting friends. The people feel that he is looking after their interests and seek ing to emancipate them from an oppressive condition, and the more Wall street howls the more the people will enjoy its paroxysms. For the time is rapidly approaching when the street will cease to be constant menace with its power to crush in- dividuals at will and even to weaken the credit of the nation.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-05-25
AN IINHOLY ALLIANCE.

The evils of bossism in politics were never more clearly illustrated than in the spectacle furnished at Albany. Governor Hughes was elected on platform that promised reforms in the methods of public utility corpora tions, and in other directions where the interests of the people as whole are in conflict with the selfish inter- ests of individuals. With the conven- ing of the general assembly he set about to fulfill the pledges made by his party and presumed on the loyal support of the Republican members.
 But it seems that Governor Hughes underestimated the strength of the old Republican machine, which succeeded in retaining some of its supporters in the legislature. Of themselves they did not constitute d formidable obstacle to reformatoly legislation, but they have formed an alliance with enough Democratic members to harrass, if not actually defeat, the governor in the consum- mat ion of his program. The soli- darity of this coalition has already been made manifest in the investiga- tion of Superintendent Kelsey, of the insurance department. The governor, after hearing from Kelsey, became convinced that the latter was not in harmony with the administration, and requested his resignation. He refused to go and appealed to the assembly. The committee appointed to inquire into the charges preferred by the governor referred the matter to the general assembly, where the bipartisan combination scored an initial victory.
 The governor has accepted the inn piled challenge and a merry war is inevitable, which may have a bearing
 on national as we'll as state politics. Unquestionably Governor Hughes has public sentiment behind him, dlltl lo StIchS OHeuluS HlHlSSlI :" "ieil tue people by making direct appeal tc them. The iniquities of the machine when it was in complete control under the Odell regime are not so easily forg otten, and the knowledge that its remnants have joined fortunes with a handful of Democrats who believe that anything which comes to the minority party is clear gain, will create storm of indignant protest 1 Friends of the governor decl are ht will never surrender, but he may bt driven to carry the issue before the voters at the next election, and i such a contingency arises it is pre- dicted Hughes will sweep the state from one end to the other. And ; victory of that kind will make hin more than a dark horse in the subse quent race for national honors.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-05-25

The Indiana mine mule, says the Engineering and Mining Journal, has caused much trouble, great cost to miners and operators, and serious personal injury to drivers. Strikes have been called because men were discharged for cruelty beating mule. Others were called because the mules were not well fed, and still another because mule was not washed after a days work in the dust of a mine. But the most novel instance of trouble where mine mule was the direct cause occurred last week when a jury at Linton returned a verdict for S175 against mine boss, who during the noon hour amused himself by Tipping stones at a mine mule. A stone missed the mule and struck miner in the eye, destroying the sight.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-05-25

From these net earnings dividends amounting to s2l6, GOO, or 24 per cent, were paid, and $50, GOO charged off for depreciation, leaving a bal ance of S15. 129. Adding Sill, 99o brought forward from previous year, made total undivided surplus of Sl27, 123.
 The mill statement shows that the average value of the tailings was so. 1882, which would bring the value of the ore up to &. 2223 per ton. Of the bullion saved 5l.S per cent. was in free gold from the mill, and 4S.2 per cent. in sulphurets saved by concentration and afterwards smelted.
 The mine statement shows 32s, 621 tons broken. of which 10, S60 tons were rejected as waste; 237, ,S62 tons were sent to mill. the balance remain ed in stock. Development work in cluding lS2 fit. shaft sinking: 1l6o 1t. rises: HI it. stations and skip-chutes; :; 1. S57 fit. drifts and coss-cuts. The ore reserves in sight Dec 31 were S56. 390 tons. of which 240. 129 tons were broken in stopes, and 6l9, ,26l tons blocked out. All the reserves were below the 40 it level.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-05-25

He's no clam himself. Superior Judge Lester Still, of Port Townsend, in decision lately rendered has de- clared the Puget Sound clam free to the public, and as a consequence one more combination in restraint of trade or of legitimate industry rather, has been placed outside the pale The decision holds that the clans of Puget Sound-indeed what ever flies in the air or swims in the sea within any uninclosed limits, is common property. The decision was the result of suit brought by a canning company to restrain private person from removing clans from tide lands leased from the state.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-05-25

Ger. Greedy is reported to be advo- eating "the hanging of federal judges" in Alaska. Undoubtedly Gen. Greedy has said absolutely noth- Ing that would justify such an impu- tation. It is far more likely that he has been made the victim of some wholly irresponsible and recklessly sensational newspaper reporter. Gen. Greedy is not the kind of man at all likely to go off at half-cock
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-05-25

Word comes from Germany that the land of the Kaiser is not yet ready to even consider the proposition for a general disarmament of the nations. ''Tbrow away your guns, II you want. says Germany to the rest Of the world: well keep ours for a while, for fellow sometimes sees awfully funny things when he leaves his gun at home.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-05-25
QUEEN CHARLOTTE ISLANDS.


 The growing business relations between Ketchikan and the Queen Charlotte Islands, especially between this place and the most northerly of the group, imparts an interest to re- liable information concerning them which it otherwise would not possess for readers of The Miner. Ut has long been known" says the British Columbia Mining Record-which, by the way, is one among the most valu- able publications coming to our table that several of the group are mineral bearing, but owing partly to the general roughness and densely forested character of the country, with it's consequent comparative in- accessibility, there has not been until recently much mining done on com mercial scale.' Gathering it's in formation largely from government reports, the Mining Record has com piled the following interesting in- formation:
 The group of the Queen Charlotte Islands is situated off the west coast of British Columbia, and extends, roughly speaking, between longi tudes 130 deg. 54 min. west, for the south part of Kunghit or Provost Island, and 133 deg. 9 min. for the northwest part of Graham Island, at Frederick Island; and in latitude between 51 deg. 5 min. and 54 deg. b min. north. It comprises a number of islands of which the prin- cipal. from south to north, are Pre- vost, Moresby, Graham and North, while. on the east coast of Moresby are several others of considerable size, such at Burnab.', Lyell, Louise, etc.
 The only two settlements on Ora ham Island are the Indian villages of Skidegate. at the southeast ex- tremity. ard of Masset, at the north end. The nearest sh ipping ports on the mainland of British Columbia are Ports Simpson and Essington, the distance from Masset to the former in q straight line being S5 to 90 miles and from .Sikdegate to Simpson 1lS miles, or to Essington ll5 miles. The sailing distances are of course some- what greater than those given. The nearest island on the north is at Point Chacon in Alaska, distance about 45 miles Graham Island is much broader at the north end than at the south. Thus, from Rose Point, on the north east, to Cape Knox. at the northwest extremity, is 5 miles in a direct line while from Lawn Hill, near the southeast point to the south entrance of Rennell Sound, on the southw est coast is only p miles across country. This is also practically the distance between Skidegate Village and Hunter Point, at the north vest en- trance to Cartwright Sound The distance between Masset Village on the north and Skidegate on the south is about IS miles measured directly across the island, while from the north end of North Island to the west entrance to Skidegate Channel along the west coast is about v miles. The area of the island, roughly speaking, Is somewhat more than 1000 sq. miles.
 The northern interior of the island is accessible by water through Masset Inlet, deep and narrow tidal water.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-05-25
THE ALASKA-ME MEXICAN.

The Engineering and Mining Jour- nal prints the report of the Alaska Mexican Mining company for 1906, to it as the owner of a large low grade gold property on Douglas Island, also working under lease the 700-ft. claim owned by the Alaska United Mining company, but neglect ing to state that it constitutes only a part of the property generally and popularly known as the "Treadwell. The Alaska Mexican is equipped with 20 stamps, whereas the so-called '.Tre adwelln operates $50 head.
 The statement of earnings and ex- penses of the Alaska Mexican for
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-05-25

By the time he has travelled al over this country Gen. Kuroki may decide that he wouldn't contract to lick it in less than two days.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-05-25

Tradition received hard jolt at the Jamestown exposition opening, when Governor Heyward, of South Carolina, wasontroduced to Governor Glenn, of Nortn Carolina. Both de- clared that they never drank.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-05-25

Stories of Secretary Taft's achieve ments are beginning to come out. It is reported that once upon time he whipped au editor.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-05-25

It is not believed that Secretary Taft will need brass band to draw a crowd for him when he does decide to talk politics.
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-05-25

It is Reported that requistion has been sent in from the Panama canal for 1000 Morris chairs. What $ the matter with the hammocks?
The Ketchikan miner., 1907-05-25

Isn't it just a little bit peculiar that we don't hear more from that man Hughes, of New York, if, as Editor Watterson has told us, he is to be the Republican nominee for President? Must be saving lot oi UnoH
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-01-28
CorOner's Jury Renders verdicl on inc Killing of William
 Whiteley of London
CASE OF BLACKMAL
Employees Testified 10 Hearing Con. versation Before the Shooting, When Prisoner Told Whiteley
 He Was a Dead Man.

London, Jan 2S.-A verdict of "wil. ful murder" was rendered by cor. oner's jury to-day against Horace George Raynor, who shot and killed William Whiteley, the we'll known West Bourne Grove merchant, Janu- ary 24. The motive for the crime remains mystery, unless, as the pos lice claim, it was failure of an att tempt to blackmail the merchant. Tho sons and the old employees of the mur- dered man testified at the inquest that they had never seen or heard of RaynOr before the day of the trag. edy. A witness testifying to the events immediately prior to the shoot. ing said he heard Raynor say to Mc Whiteley: i.
 Are you going to give way"
 MT Whiteley replied 'No." [
 Raynor then said: <
 "You are dead man. MT Whlte- ley" and drawing revolver he fired and the merchant fell dead.
 The detective inspector in charge of the case declared that all the evidence pointed to blackmail. He added thnt he had searched Mir Whiteley's pa pers but had not discovered trace of anything relating to Raynor, but among the prisoners papers were found documents showing that he was wanted by the police.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-01-28
FROM JAMAICA
Fruit Company Steamer Landed Forly-Nine Passengers al
 Boston To-day
VOYAGE WAS ROUGH

Boston, Jan 2S.-The United Fruit company steamer Admiral Dewey ar- rived to-day from Jamaica with forty nine passengers on board, mainly Kingston.
 The steamer had very rough trip, and at midnight on Saturday First Officer A. D. Cheney was thrown down into the hold by heavy sea and sustained bad bruises. Seaman F. Horejsek, caught by the same wave, had leg broken.
 Comparatively few of the passen- gers arrived to-day had actual earth quake experiences at Kingston, many of them having been at Port Antonio or other points at the time of the disaster.
 Captain Asa Davidson of the Ad- miral Dewey said that conditions at Kingston when the Dewey was there were bad, and that they were greatly in need of tents and medical sup plies. About $50 destitute refugees who appealed to Captain Davisson were carried from Kingston to Port Antonio and were given such other assistance as the captain was able to offer. Captain Davisson also said that the harbor of Kingston was still without beacon lights of any nature. The whole west end of Port Royal, he said. was under water to a depth of from 10 to 15 feet.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-01-28
And Now the Latter Must Stand Trial With the Officer Who
 Ordered Him
CLASH IS EXPECTED
Between the Civil and Military Au' thorities--BOy Who Was Shot, Denied That He Was on
 Government Property.

Pittsburg, Pa, Jan 2s.-A murder trial, the outcome of which will es- tablish an important precedent in le- gal and military circles was called here today in the criminal branch of court. Lieutenant Ralph w. Druary and Private John Dowd, of the Ninth United States infantry, were placed on trial, charged with the murder of William Crowley, IS years old, who on September 10th, 1903, was killed near the United States arsenal by Private Dowd, acting under instrIc- tiOns from Lieutenant Druary.
 Crowley and q number of other boys are said to have been caught stealing inside the arsenal grounds, were pursued by soldiers and Crow ley was shot after he had gotten a considerable distance outside the ar senal limits.
 The question at issue is:
 Has United States soldier the au- thor;ty to kill a man outside of gov ernment property who is suspected Of q crime within government property.
 Before he died, Crowley denied he was inside the arsenal, but claimed, instead, that he was sitting on a door step, became frightened at the sight of the on-rushing soldiers and ran. He said he heard q command to halt, that he did halt, but was instantly shot.
 For days following the shooting the civil and military authorities had ire quent clashes. ,
 The police officials and cOroner's jury insisted that as the shooting Oc- cured outside the government prop erty the prisoner belonged to them. Lieutenant Druary took a different view of the matter, however, and the civil authorities dared not force their demands by entering the arsenal. The United States supreme court decided to turn the men over to the civil a,l- thorities. Druary and Dowd sur rendered and were later released in S5.OOO.'
 The prisoners are being defended by United States District Attorney Dunkle. The commonwealth is rep resented by District Attorney Harry Goehring.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-01-28
FORTUNE LEFT THEM.
Minister and Wife Few Months Ago .. Took in Friendless Stranger. =.

Minister and Wife Few Months Ago
 .. Took in Friendless Stranger. =. Danielson, Jan 2S.-The story of how Rev J. Harding Baker, a retired
 Methodist minister of Moosup, and his good wife, were benefited by merely being kind to a wanderer who
 stopped at their door one night about
 year ago, reads like the old folk story of the god fairy. It was about year ago that Mrs Baker answered knock at the door one stormy night, and was asked by
 plainly dressed, elderly stranger if
 he might come in and spend the
 night. The door was at once thrown wide open for him to enter and Pas tor Baker aided the housewife in
 making the stranger comfortable with warm things to eat and dry clothes to wear. The following
 morning the stranger asked permis- sion to remain in the Baker house.
 was granted.
 Mir Niles died about a month ago
 and it was found that he had provided amply for his benefactor and his wife. The property was left as follows: To
 Rev Mir Baker and Mrs Baker. 5000
 outright; to the South Methodist Con
 ference. S12.O00 to be held in trust.
 the income to be paid to Rev and Mrs Baker during their lifetime. At
 their death the income of S3.WO is to
 go to Miss Lime Keene of Biddeford, Me, during her life. At her death the income of 5000 of this S3.OoO
 shall go to the Union Methodist
 church of North Truro. Mass. The
 income of the remaining S1.o00 shall
 20 to the Methodist church at Ster- ling in this state. The income of S2.- GOO shall be devoted to the uses of the
 district parsonage so long as it shall
 be occupied by the presiding elder.
 The income of S1,O00 shall go to tue
 Methodist church at oneco: the ln-
 come of 5000 to the eBthel Metho- diet church at Griswold.
 In addition Mir Niles gave S1.000 to Miss Mary Bentley of Norwich. S2,- GOO to Mrs Smeline Johnson of Hope
 Valley. R. l.. 5000 to Miss Martha
 Palmer of Canterbury: si.0OO to Gil bert Palmer of Canterbury; S1.0Oo to Q. X. Clark of Hope Valley and $500 to Frank Moriarty of Jewett City. a young man who recently lost a leg i'm an accident.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-01-28
Big One at Buffalo, Also.

Buffalo, Jan 2S.-The Columbia building, an eight story structure at Seneca and Wells street, was burned to-day, involving a loss of $500.000. The walls collapsed and Bremen FL liott, Norton and Hinkey are missing and are believed to be dead.
 Charles Heineke and John Daily have been located. They report their belief that Hinkey is dead. Elliott and Norton they say have not been seen.
 Ten men have been rescued, none seriously injured. Heineke and Daily will soon be reached. The lat ter says he is badly injured.
 The firemen, who were working on the roof of an adjoining warehouse. saw the walls tottering and started to run down the stairs. but were caught by the falling walls which crashed through the floor.
 The building, which was also known as the Seneca building. was kown as the Columbia hotel during the Pan-American exposition.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-01-28
TOWNSEND CASE
Police Arrested a Former Street Car Conductor in a Sensation
 al Manner Last Night
HE DENIES THE CRIME

New York, Jan 2S.-Suspected of knowing something about the death of Dr Charles w. Townsend of Staten Island, who was mysteriously mur- dered in his home Friday night, the police last night arrested John Bell, a former street car conducted, at his home in Brooklyn. The suspicious of the police were directed toward Bell by discovery that his wife died about year ago after an operation attending child birth. Dr Townsend was attending the woman and had charge of the operation, being assist ed by other doctors. Bell is reported to have blamed Dr Townsend for his wife's death and to have frequently complained about it to his friends.
 Bell was formerly employed as a conductor of trolley line running to Flushing, L. l., and is said to have eloped with young woman who was a member of family socially promi- nent in that place. Her parents ob- jected to her marriage and Bell and his young wife removed to Staten Island where he found employment as a street car conductor.
 After his wife's death Bell travelled about the country and was employed in San Francisco at the time of the earthquake. Recently he returned to the home of his parents in Brooklyn where he was staying when arrested last night.
 The arrest was made in a sensa- tional manner. Two detectives were accompanied to the Bell home by squad of police who surrounded the house. When the detectives asked for Bell they were told that he was not at home, but they forced their way into the house and found him. Pre- senting their revolvers they told him that resistance would be useless, whereupon he surrendered. He was taken to police headquarters and questioned. He declared that Dr Townsend was no friend of his, but that he had nothing whatever to do with the murder of the doctor.
 The police in the meantime began an investigation of Bells actions on the night of the shooting.