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The daily Alaskan., 1907-03-09

. Special Dispatch 10 Daily Alaskan.
 BaIauvh7m. Wash. March a-Ths city has started out in earnest % cap 'ure the Alaska trade. The wholesale houses are sending out 'rav0 ing stlaz- men lo the north, seeking r5ars. and
The daily Alaskan., 1907-03-09
GET CITY
HondUraus Capture Nlcara-
 guan Town

San Salvador Ceurra. Amer sa March >-rrcs.dcnt Bon5..a. comw.-. ing The Houaurs7 army. yo>.o".ar captured jhe Ur.nciDa NfcaraEuau h'-'- CT town af.or a battle lasting Ave horr- in " hich the Honduran- were com plete.y successful.
The daily Alaskan., 1907-03-09
NJ. THOMSON ON
 CITY OF SEATTLE

N Thomson, the Rainy Hollow copper and raiIuay rnsu. did not arrive on rhe Cottage City, but uro.e that he would bo on the City Of Seattle.
 N- Corrav. uho went 70 Juuesu to meet v. Thomson. returned on the CorfaFa City. Hs ssys the Rsiuy Hollow proposition will go on ss planned
The daily Alaskan., 1907-03-09
COTTAGE CITY
 IN AND OUT

The Cottage J.rv arrived ar msd- nigh. and sailed rh.s morning st $ D.. .a. going by 7ag O. >ssa. The Cottage l.ty hr. E- pass auE. CTS and a arEe mai. for this place.
The daily Alaskan., 1907-03-09
RUFF IS CAUGHT AND IN JAIL

-ht-rs re ssid Of him sod his action. To IS chrrEcd by tbs bar tbat Judge Hehhsrt has bseo drunk 'Jr ;hrss years.
 wu Investigate sh riE
 A EFaCd iary has be called 70 con- rrrn at uuce. Tt is believed that the sctsons Of tbs sheriff sod. coroner in be saarrh for Rusf wiIi be iuvssti- gated
The daily Alaskan., 1907-03-09
rOINTFSS SISTER WOULD BfLLNGfAM IS SEEKING
 SFp1DuF THAWS ALASKAN TRADE

for she purpose Of opening accounts. Other men have been .ksn; Go interview Alaskan steamship men for rhe purpose o' getting them %
 make this city the southern terminus for some Of their boats.
The daily Alaskan., 1907-03-09
NHHF PASS ROT
 FOR GIGGtNHfIMS

Seattle. March -.Trcsidont Graves of ;hr Waite Pass & Nuson route is in the city and denies the rumor that his road has hnca sold fo'ho GUEg5uheIms
The daily Alaskan., 1907-03-09

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The daily Alaskan., 1907-03-09

Mrs Toh1 E. Fa1h. uHa ..s been ai The railroad hosr.,a. for -a- inc. was scho"-cl yesterday araa-r and J, at .- home aGa.r.
The daily Alaskan., 1907-03-09
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The daily Alaskan., 1907-03-09

F. Talbot left 0n ibe Cottage City for Seattle where he goes 70 have bis eyes rraa.ef.
The daily Alaskan., 1907-03-09

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New-York tribune., 1907-12-10
FIGHT WITH BLACK HAND.
Pittsburg Italians Organise "Wh'te
Hand" and They Clash.
IBy Telegraph to The Tribune-l

Pittsburg Dec e.-As the result of deter
mined efforts the part of wealthy ana repu-
table Italians of Pittsburg to clean out the BLACK
Hand. a desperate battle was fought in the
produce yards of the Pennsylvania Railroad mere
this afternoon score of Italians took part,
hundreds of shots were fired. and the police re-
serves of three stations were called out TO-
night Joseph Sunseri. a wholesale fruit dealer
and the wealthiest Italian in Pittsburg, Is III d
serious condition at the West Penn Hospital
NJ Rel. alleged leader of the Black Hand. is
diving in the same hospital and Joseph Colandlo
is in the hospital connected with the central
station.
sunseri received letter telling him to bring
81 600 10 the produce yard this afternoon In
stead he took a new revolver and half dozen
of his friends When they reached the place
Sunseri met Rel and Colandio. who invited MIN
into a car to look at some fruit When Rel ana
Colandio demanded the $1,000 Sunseri pulled out
his revolver and began firing
The first shot was a signal for friends on po'ii
sides and more than dozen men were
battling When the police arrived Colanolo was
still hghting score of citizens closed IN ana
would have lynched him had not the police nur-
ried him away a streetcar.
Sunseri was shot three times, through the
check through the right arm and through the
right shoulder. Rel has two bullets III MS hedu
and one in his stomach. He cannot hVe' 9uh-
seri admits that he shot him
Yesterday Ernest Bsi, macaron1 manu1ac
turer and wholesale grocer was ordered to meet
members of the Black Hand at the Baltimore q
Ohio depot and turn over $1,000. He informed
the county detectives and twenty officers were
at the depot Bis was there. but the members
of the Black Hand had evidently been warned
and did not appear.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-10
RAILROAD MEN SEND IN VOTES.
Majority Said to Favor Demand for Uni
iorn Wage and Hour System.

PHILADELPHIA Dec. 9-The votes Of hundreds OF
railroad men in this city and vicinity on the ques-
ton of whether union trainmen on roads east OF
the Mississippi River should demand "a uniform
system of wages and hours. were forwarded 20 the
national headquarters at Altoona to-day Replies
are being sent from conductors and trainmen on
sixty-five railroads
While the sentiment of the numbering IN
the ne1ghborhood of hundred thousand. will
not be known until December %, it is said that
there is a strong feeling that ultlnatum should
be presented the companies.
Railroad officials do not appear TO be greatly
disturbed by the action of the They say a
similar movement was partially successful in the
West, and that such plan already has been voted
on in Buffalo and New York. and that the senti-
ment. in their belief is strongly in favor OF
any general demands the part of the as
a whole.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-10
HIATUS IN WINE MERCHANTS LIFE
Remembers Pain and Wakes Up in Hos
pital a Week Later, He Says.

Where has Jacob T Engle, wine merchant of
No $50 West ls2d street. been since Thanksgiving
Day? This is a problem that is puzzlins Engle.
Mrs EnsIe and her mother. Mrs. Levy. of Brook
iyn.
On Thanksgiving Day Enge was in his place of
business No. nos Amsterdam avenue, when his
wife dropped In told him she her way to
her mothers to help get away with the turkey and
asked him TO come after he had closed the
store He said he would. and she went on her way
Engle did appear to lend JOY to the gathering,
and he was not seen again until last Saturday,
when according to Mrs Engle, upon opening the
door in response to the bell. she discovered her
half leaning against the railing of the steps
in a pale and tottering condition
In his story of his absence Engle says that when
he left the store last Thanksgiving with $3.50 in his
pockets. to go to his mother-in-Iaw's. he took a
subway train at 16sth street for Brooklyn Bridge.
All went well. according the narrative. until he
reached Grand Central Station. when he felt a
pain in his side and knew
When he recovered his senses. he says. he found
himself in hospital, which attendant told him
was Bellevue. He asked TO be sent home. and was
about 20 go he says when physician to
him and said that he owed the hospital SO for
operation. He paid and then home.
The family physician DIR. Boehm, of No 2o1 West
120th street. called in, but at a late hour had
failed to discover any trace of n So operation.
There is no trace of Mr.. Engle's having attended
the operating reception of any hospitals in this
city. the authorities all deny that Mr.. Engle
spent any leisure days with them. Detective Dunn.
of the West 152d station. is trying find
the particular hospital that Mr.. Ensle hibernated
in and recover the SO.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-10
CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.

Charles H. Dugro. son of Justice Dugro of the
Supreme Court. who was arrested for speeding his
automobile on Fifth avenue was fined $40 for the
offence in the Court OF Special Sessions yesterday
John J. Arsio the receiving teller of the italian
Savings Bank. who pleaded guilty to embexx,emeat
was sennnced yesterday by Judge Whitman. In
Part l. )eneral Sessions. to not less than four
years and six months and not moro than four wears
and eight months in state prison. Arisio dsap-
peared in the autumn of 1906 arrested later
In Baltimore More than $4,000 was missing from
the bank. but $500 was the specific amount named
in the charge against him.
Harry Schwartz, of No. 327 Cherry street. wbo
was arrested by the immigration authorities for re-
fusing to receive his wife and three children when
they arrived from Russia on Saturday was ar
raigned before Magistrate Wahle in the Tomba
court yesterday and ordered to pay his wife s. a
week for the support of herself and family
The Rev. DR.. ]. Ross Stevenson Of the F1f,h
Avenue Presbyterian Church. will preach a.,
Chrst's Mission, No. al West 57th street tb;.
evening. at the opening of the mission
Professor Franklin H. Giddings. of Columb,.
University. will speak before the Peoples Institute
at Cooper Union at o'clock this evening ON u.
suhjsct The Amsz1can Stock"
New-York tribune., 1907-12-10
BREAKS UP BOXING MATCHES.
Inspector Walsh Makes Peaceful Raid on
Physical Culture" Place

Inspector Walsh stopped another set of boxing
matches last night, this time in Billy" E1mers
physical culture establishment, the Consolidated
Athletic Club in the Miller Building, at 65th
and Broadway. Walsh's men were all too well
known to boxing promoters. he got new
detective Frederick Conklin, from the Church
street station, to act as sleuth.
ConkIin bought two tickets at the door, and gave
one to Captain Farrell of the West 6sth street sta-
ton, who waiting outside with the inspector
and number of detectives Then they all went in
side and Inspector Walsh announced that the box
ing was over. The crowd grumbled but filed out
submissivey.
Joe" Gaynes, a negro and joe Sheridan. an
Irishman, the boxers, were arrested and with them
the referee. Gym" Bagley, a sporting writer and
the proprietor. who gave his real name, William
Elmer Johns.
Alleging that they had purchased tickets for a
bout held last night in the Dry Dock Athletic Club
at Nos AL and 443 East 10th street detectives at
tached to Inspector Burfeind's staff made a raid
on the club and arrested five men. including the
principals the referee and two ticket sellers The
club had injunction against the police. There
were about 1OOO in the club when the arrests
were made and ali were ordered out by the in
spector.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-10
WON'T ENFORCE DEWANDS
Trainmen Haze Different Conditions
Confronting Them.

The demands being voted by the tranmen AID
conductors of sixty-fve railroads east OF the Mis-
sissippi not likely TO be enforced. according to
the representatives of some of the railroads who
were in this city YESTERDAY These demands
are the outcome of the convention held in this
city about three months ago by the Eastern Asso-
citation of the Brotherhood Of Railroad Trai1men
and the Order of Railroad Conductors
When the convention took place the financial
troubles had not begun. and the traffic the
railroads, well the demand for men. Vas
much greater than The representatives OF
the railroads say that. being laid of
now and the prospects that traffic will con-
tinue decline the present would be a rad tine
make any demands. An official of the Erie
Railroad. who returned yesterday from Chicago,
said
ton of railroad conductors and railroad train
mems organizations. From what have learned. I
am convinced that no effort VIII be made to en-
force the demands. though they will be voted On.
A strike does not necessarily follow to
make demands. In fact. such vote is only fol-
lowed by strike in exceptional cases. there is
a good deal to be done afterward before there can
be strike. In this case. however. have reason
TO believe 10 attempt Will be made to enforce the
demands
A representative Of President TrueSdaie of the
Delaware LaCkawanna & Western Railroad said
he did believe. in the present state of railroad
traffic. there would be any attempt to enforce the
da a,ds
New-York tribune., 1907-12-10
LAW HALTS THE MUTUAL RESERVE.

Judge Hough, sitting in the United States Cir
cult Court yesterday enjoined the Mutual Reserve
Life Insurance Company and Archibald C. Haynes
George W. Harper and J. ". Boden. officers hold
ing proxies. from adopting certain amendments 70
the bylaws OF the company at a meeting of the
for the restraining order was made in behalf of
polcyholders by William Hepburn Russell.
sci for the committee Of policyhoders recently
organized at New Orleans.
The order restrains Haynes Harper and Boden
from voting the proxies held by them at the meet
ing to-day and requires them and the company 20
show Friday why permanent injunc-
tion should not issue The moving papers charge
that the purpose of the proposed amendments is
levy increased assessments on the poIicyholders
and charge liens against their policies so as 20
reduce the amount payable under the policies This
alleged be a frand upon the policyholders-
1t is further charged that sufficient notice OF
the meeting given to pOcyholdeTs and that
the representations made by the company and its
officers S the effect of the proposed amend
rnents is false and misleading. This is said to
the beginning of fight in behalf of the policyhold
ers to ascertain the true condition of the Mutual
Reserve Company and to have the rights OF pol
icyholders judicialIy determined.
Another hearing was held yesterday before Su-
perintendent Kelsey in relation to the affairs Of
Mutual Reserve After investigation into
the affairs OF this company Mr.. Kelsey has pre-
pared a report for submission to the Attorney Gen
eraI
1t the desire of the attorneys for the company
have Superintendent Kelsey reconsider certain
features OF his report especially in relation 70
his appraisemeut of the securities which the
pany holds. and aAo to obtain If possible re-
vised valuation Of the lease held by the company
the home office in this city The arguments
were adjourned until tomorrow.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-10
SPORTS At COLUMBI4.
First Football Game an TaO Years
VII Be Played To-day.

For the first time in two years football game
will be played at Columbia this afternoon when
the sophomores and freshmen will line up for the
under class championship. For several weeks, or
ever since the ban lifted. about fifty men have
been ctisng daily Field i'm preua tion
for to-day's contest. G. l.. Heinrich and r w
Won Sultzs, both Of whom played OH Columbia S
last varsity team, have been coaching the class
teams.
Not satisfied with the restoration of intramuraI
football the class of '07 has petitioned President
Butler to allow Columbia to participate to a limit
ed extent in the revised game of intercollegiate e
football and TO sanction limited schedule of in
tereolegiate games in the autumn of 1898 No re-
sponse has Yet been made this petition, but it
extremely unlikely that the requests will be
granted
Hope high for good hockey team at CO.
lumbia this year for, although there are only two
sity seven last winter all the substitutes of last
years team, well the entire 10 team, have
reported for practice, and there seems to be a
wealth of good material from which n good team
King 'oS. both forwards on last winters team, are
the old men hand. L. Barlow, '09, l.. G. Kistler
and r. Murphy. TO- have shown up well in prac-
tice recently and likely to make the team.
The proposed outdoor rink on South Field has not
yet been started. but work will begin as
necessary funds available The candida
practising for the present the St. Nicholas
Rink but the hours at which practice be
held are inconvenient, the management is doing its
best 10 have the proposed scheme carried out.
Only the games that Columbia will play in the
intercollegiate series have been definitely fixed a
present. but the will probably take a trip
through the upper part of the state during the
HOLIDAYS when il is hoped that games will be
played with Rensselaer, Polytechnic Institute, Syra-
cuse Hamilton and, possibly, Cornell The first
game of the season will take place Thursday
the Hockey Club of New York seven at ST. Nicho-
las
New-York tribune., 1907-12-10
F4VORS FORWARD PASS.
Joshua Crane, J., Says He Can See
No 4rgument against 1t.
FBv Telegraph to The Tribune.

Boston, Dec. 9.-Joshua Crane. jr head coach of
the Harvard football team is of the opinion that the
forward pass has TO stay. and declares that
Il has been of the best and most spectacular
features of the new game. In speaking on the sub
ject tonight Mr.. Crane said:
Walter Camp is certainly correct in his state
Inent that it gives = poorer team a chance of win
ming. put what is the harm in letting the poorer
team have little show for victory? The forward
pass has worked well for the last two and
the men have developed excellent methods of pass
ing. II has opened the game and made il more
lashing and of more interest II has added to the
briiliancy OF the play and has wuTI5erfrly devel-
oped team work when properly used.
For one can not real argument against
its continued ! for it first. last and all
the time With the forward pass properly devel-
oped and the open STYLE Of play that ii is bound to
bring. developed as it will be. can see nothing
but the abolition of all of the obstacles to perfect
game.
Before asking that the forward pass be done
away with. its critics should remember that il has
been used only wears and that its effectiveness
has ha rdiy been shown. 1t ought at least TO get
fair trial. and that ii cannot have in two years.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-10
TUBE FRANCHISE VOID.
.Just;ce Davis Holds That Company
Has Not Done WOrk.

Justice Davis in the Supreme Court IN a declslo'i
handed down yesterday by him sustaining ue
rnurrer interposed by the New York & Long isiahd
Railroad Company the complaint of the city Oh
New York in suit brought by the municipality
for an Injunction restraining the railroad company
from further excavatirg under the city streets 'o
comnlete the Belmont tunnel under the East ftise'
holds that there is cause or action lor INC ie"
son that the railroad company has not eolipie'
it's road within the period allotted under the raw
way laws.
The demurrer was interposed on the ground that
the complaint did not contain facts sufficient TO
constitute cause OF action
The city, besides asking for the injunction re-
straininc the road from completing its tunnel
sought to enjoin the company from the construc-
ton and operation of it's road. and also demanded
that the corporate existence and powers of the oe
fendant corporation be determined and its fran
chses granted by the city of New York and Long
Island CITY be declared forfeited and void,
Failure of the defendant to comply with the
railroad law" SAYS Justice Davis, was ipso facto
an extinction of the corporation. and II does ioI
require the bringing of an action TO dlssoVe 'iie
CORPORATION; and the so-called franchises menuoheo
in the complaint Immediately extlngulsheu-
$50 it anpears that the action is brought against
q defendant that has no existence. The defendant
being dead in the referred to- there can pe i'
pleading to the complaint on behalf OF the ue
fendant-
.,rhe defendant corporation being thus eliminated.
tho question arises as to who shall be proceeded
against for the alleged trespass.
81 do not agree with the demurrants $ views thaI
the property rights franchises mentioned In the
complaint survive the extinction of Its corporate eN
ieece and PASS to the directors trustees for the
beneat of those concerned and that these trustees
are the proper parties defendant. II this were 50
the trustees might take their own time TO compiete
the road and thus defeat the very purpose OF tlle
statute to insure the speedy completion OF the
work for public uses. -
rcIyI iS nal
;rternosed The demurrer really assumes thaI
there is no defendant here. As matter OIL ldc'
there is no action pending. nor was there at 'ie
time the demurrer was served.
New-York tribune., 1907-12-10
DESERTED SHIP FOUND IN FLAMES.
Four-Masted Schooner Becomes Water
logged and Is Burned at Sea.

Flames which lighted the ocean for miles
around were rising from four-rnasted schooner
loaded with lumber, when il was sighted one hun
dred and eighty miles southeast of Cape Hatteras
on Saturday evening by the steamships Proteus
and FL Rio. from Galveston. both of the Southern
Pacific line. Captain Parker of FL Rio lowered
boat and went alongside. II found TO lie
the Thomas A Ward, but no sign of the crew
could be seen. The burning vessel was sighted by
-Captlin Hopner of the Proteus several hours ater
who said the spectacle was the most awe-fnspirlng
he had at sea.
1t was learned here yesterday that the schooner
left Jacksonville December with cargo of
railroad ties, consigned to Benjamin T. Petty
Co of New York. When southeast of Cape Hat
feras the vessel waterlogged, and to prevent
her becoming menace to other ships Captain
Curtis her afre and then abandoned her. with
his crew of ten The captain and crew were
picked up by the schooner Judge Pennewell, which
is now the way to New York from Charleston.
The lost schooner a vessel of 789 tons net and
was owned by Benjamin Lyman, of Manasquan,
New-York tribune., 1907-12-10
TOSSED ABOUT IN POWER BOAT.
Two Brothers Have narrowing Experience
at Sea in Helpless Craft.

After being out all day and all night In oi7
- ,c.h ~.raa+ naar Third avenue South Brooklyn
were rescued yesterday morning of RocAa"ay
shoals When rescued by a naphtha launch parry
thew were still bent the oars which tney I'D"
pressed into service They paid no attention 10 the
cries of the men in the launch Inc fescue'S w w
- drag tho unfortunate young men from the boat
ond hold Them 10 the deck until shore was reacheu'
Tho two brothers left Sheepshead Bay SATURDAY
morning to fish off Rockaway Shoals When redoS
to return they found the spark coil damp ana the
boat was without power. A strong tide and an on
shore wind carried the tiny craft out TO sea
ExAIderran Frederick Lundy. Colonel Edward
l. TYLER Frederick Benecke and Charles Lundy
were the rescuing party. Going TO visit oyster
beds at Rockaway Shoals. they saw the boat as a
speck on the ocean, and with glasses made out by
the actions Of the Olsen brothers that they were
in distress The launch then went to the rescue