The Ketchikan miner., 1907-05-18
The murderer Marinko who killed


 Jack Levers in Ketchikan, is in a terrible condition He at times lies on his back and for an hour or more turns his eyes back in his head so that nothing but the pupils can be seen. He is so violent that his keep CTS are forced to keep a straigh jacket on him all the time Marshal W. D. Grant says that medical men claim that the prisoner is liable to die at any time, and it would not sur- pise them if he failed to reach the Mount Tabor Sanitarium alive Record Miner
 That's right; give them the limit. At Skagway the other day Charles Phillips was arrested on warrant charging him with having given whiskey to natives, was convicted and sentenced to pay fine of $500. It is doubtful if hanging would be any too severe penalty for that par ticular offense.
 In obedience to a mandate from higher authority, Deputy U. s. Mar shal Vibrant, Friday, afternoon con- fiscated all visible gambling devices in Seward. The most important haul was five roulette wheels. The contraband articles were stored in the Jail building and anybody who wants game now will have to see the marshal. Seward will lead the simple life ceforth, and pulls the robes of virtue around its visible presentment Hike one who wraps the drapery of his couch about him and lies down to pleasant dreams" Such is life in the remote occident. - Seward Gateway.
 Here is an illustration of the inaccuracy of the charts of the waters of Prince William sound While anchored at Ellamar last trip Capt. Moore of the Saratoga took soundings where the chart shows 3a4 fathoms of water and found only Is feet at low tide. This is over the rock out from Ellamar wharf. It is certainly high time that the government was having proper surveys made of these harbors, which are visited by large steamers every trip.-Valdez Prospector.
 Though it is none of The Miner $ funeral, this from the Skagway Alaskan will not be without interest to some at least of its readers:
 "Unknown of most people a battle has just terminated for the control of the Republican organization in Alaska which was waged long and strenuously. The leaders in the con- tests were National Committeeman Held and George Irving. The former has won the contest. It will be re- membered that at the last Republican convention to select delegates to the Republican national convention there was split and two conventions were held and two delegates elected. One faction was lead by T. A. Marquam and the other by John G. Held. The former, undoubtedly, had the larger following, but lost out in the contest before the committee on credentials at the national convention for the reason that it had neglected to file its papers in time. Upon the national committed $ recognizing Mr. Held, the Marquam central committee of which George Irving, of Ketchi ikan, was chairman went out of business, and the Held committee of which J. T. Spickett was chairman, was recogniz- ed by everybody. Last year the cen- tral committee called a convention for the nomination of a candidate for delegate to congress. The convention was controlled by the element that had supported T. A. Marquam at the previous convention, and when the central committee was chosen it was discovered to be practically the old Marquam committee with George Irving again chairman. National Committeeman Held, who is not an easy man to down even when the votes are against him, again began a campaign before the national con- mittee for the recognition of his same old central committee, claiming that the committee was selected for four years and that the convention which nominated delegate to con- gress, therefore, was not authorized to name a central committee. It is said by Juneauites that Mr. Held has been sustained by the national con- mittee and that his committee will call territorial convention to con- vene in November. D
 Deputy Collector of Customs H. R. Shephard has been transferred from Juneau to Eagle, on the Yukon river.
 Tho signal corps has decided to limit the installation of W ireless stations on the Alaskan coast this year to one at Sitka. It was the pur- pose to install one at Valdez. The latter has been abandoned.
 The jury in the case of the U. $. vs. Robert Reed, tried at Juneau last week for the murder of Norman E. Smith at Tenakee, returned yer dict of not guilty. The theory of the defense was that Smith had inspired Reed with deadly fear and the kill ing was in self defense.