The Ketchikan miner., 1907-12-07

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 The steamship Amur, arrived thi morning and tied up at the wharf o the Ketchikan Wharf company bein. unable to land at that of the Uniol Steamship company on account of con trary wind and tide. She brought large consignment of mail, and fev passengers. She will not make anotheI trip here, the Princess May being ex pected to resume her run, leaving hel home port on the 16th.
 (From Wednesday Daily)
 Mrs. A. E. King, Jack Douglas Capt. J. Anderson and Peter Johnson all of Chomly, are registered at the Stedman today.
 The steamer Humboldt was schedul. ed to leave Seattle on her southaest. ern Alaska run last night, and should arrive here not later than Friday morning.
 Ominous. The weather clerk start. led everybody this morning by a sud- len change in the weather conditions. The change consisted in 'dry spell'' of at least fifteen minutes duration. during the whole of which time not a breath of ar disturbed the placidity of the waters of the narrows.
 Removed-C. B. BathIe has moved his general store from Front street to his new building at the lower end of Mission street, where he is now prepar- ed to accommodate customers calling for anything in his ilnel of trade. He has more room in his new place for the display of goods, and can de them more advantageously and at less cost.
 The Onward left this morning for IJnuk river and intermediate points, Faking full cargo of freight and some passengers. Bart Daily was a passenger for the mining camp on Jnuk river where he goes with the supplies for the few men and horses. md where he will remain during the remainder of the winter.
 The Alert, which left here Monday morning on her regular mail run to points on the east side of Prince of Wales island, encountered a stress ol weather which delayed her return un- til ten o'clock this morning. She lay Ill last night at Chomly during the iercest gale experienced there for a year past, but found smooth sailing across the straits today.
 F. E. Butler, one of Ketchikan's S active politicians, of the republican persuasion, walked off the approach to the wharf at Chomly this morning. in the dark, and fell twenty feet into the water. but without sustaining any in- jury, other than it may have been a slight dampening of his political lrdor.
 The steamer Dora lay all of vester- Jay and last night at the Union wharf, md sailed this morning at 8 o'clock for Seattle, where she will go into dry lock for repairs and a general over- hauling. She will return to her run from Seward to Unalaska and inter- mediate ports in about 30 days, in the meantime having undergone inspec- tion.
 Broken Wrist-A young man named Sam Gardner, while walking in new own about o'clock last night slipped md fell on the sidewalk at the rear md of Cornell and Thompsons' store, striking his arm in such a way as to break the bones of his right wrist. He was taken to s. Johns hospital, where he is now resting comfortably under the care of Dr. Story and Miss Daen, the altogether kind and efficient nurse.
 (From Thursdays Dlily)
 One consolation we have at all events. Any change in the weather conditions is not at all likely to be for the worse.
 If the weather clerk will eliminate the wind there will be nothing very detrimental to the requirements of navigation Tn the weather he is now giving us.
 The Alert is making the mail run 10 Metlakathla, Niblack, and Chom- ley, which she was unable to make yesterday because of having been de- layed on her preceding round trip to the same points.
 The sale of the property of the Ka- saan Bay Mining company by execu- tion sale on judgment of foreclosure of mortgage to the New Haven Trust company was made today, the judg- ment creditor bidding in the property for the sum of SIP, ,6S500.
 The heavy gale of last Friday night took the piling out from under part x~f l,@ 1e, 1,a