The Ketchikan miner., 1907-11-09
(From Saturdays Daily)

The Princess Royal, which passed down about II o'clock last night, took 50 passengers from here, mostly labor. ing men going to Prince Rupert, B. O., in answer to a call .or axmen tC help in clearing up the townsite at that place.
 John Olds, the genial host of the Occidental hotel at Juneau, and one of the pioneers of that town, travelling by special permit, arrived down on the Princess Royal, and is domiciled at the Revla. MT. Ods is a petit juror, who had been excused from at- tendance till November l.
 First Snow.-Let it be recorded that the first snow of the last half of the year 1907, below the mountains, fell in Ketchikan, November ?, preceded by rain and hail the night before.
 A. A. Wakefield, Esq, came over from Niback Thursday, and was con- fined to his home all day yesterday by an indisposition which forbid an en- counter with the storm which prevail ed throughout the day. He is on the streets again today, however, appar- ently as we'll as ever.
 The Alaskan, which left here last Friday for Niblack, Sulzer and Copper City, has not returned, but no fears are entertained for her safety by the managing owner. She is reported to have left Niblack Tuesday night, and is probably detained by taking on ore at the Red Wing mine, all of which would have to be wheeled on board, by the ships crew, there being no men employed at the mine. The ore is under attachment for wages of the men of whom it was mined, and has been turned over to Mir. Strong to be sold for their benefit.
 The captain of the Princess Royal reports that just before leaving Skag- way, man who had engaged passage on his ship and who was hurriyng to get on board, tripped over the stern line of the Dirigo, fell off the wharf into the water, and was drowned. The man, who was from the interior, is supposed to have been somewhat intoxicated, and to have struck the side of the ship, as he never came up, and up to the time the Royal left his body had not been recovered. The captain of the Royal did not give the name of the unfortunate man to our informant, or the latter had forgotten it, but said that he was believed to have had several thousand dollars in money on his person.
 (From Mondays Daily)
 Again In Commission. .-Repairs on the Alert, which have been delayed by the non-receipt of some castings ordered from Seattle, have been con- pleted, and she went into commission again today. It is expected that she will resume her regular schedule in the mail service to Loring, and the several post-offices on the east coast of Prince of Wales, not later than day after tomorrow.
 The steamship Jefferson passed up at an early hour yesterday morning, bringing heavy consignment of freight and the following passengers for Ketchikan: Mrs. Geo. Radep baugh and daughters Alice and Mildred, c. H. Waters, w. J. McCombs, D. Bis sell Strong. Mrs. Thomas and Sid Harper.
 Latest arrivals at the hoters are NJ. NJ. Church, Hollis; A. Johnson, Sulzer; Robert Scott, Mrs. Thomas, c. H. Waters, Seattle; D. BisseIl Strong, New York; L. A. Babcock, Davld Nicol, G. E. Brown, Kasaan :: William H, Shepard, at the Revilla.
 James Adams Millar, grandson of our old and much respected citizen, James Millar, arrived in town Sunday morning, November 3, 1907, at the early hour of o'clock, on visit to his parents, MT. and Mrs. Alex. .Millar. He is now, about two days old, and balanced the scales at nine pounds at the time of his arrival.
 Born, Friday morning, November l, 1907, to Mr. and Mrs. Fred Haines. of newtown, daughter. Who says Ket- chikan's population is not on the in- crease? And yet there are others yet to be counted in the near future.
 The Pacific left this morning with mail, passengers and freight, for Nib lack, Dolomi and Chomly.
 More than four billion collar buttons were manufactured in this country last year At least half of that number will, at some time or other, roll under the dresser.
 A cablegram from Haines to marshal Shoup received late Saturday night, briefly stated the particulars of sing ular attempt at suicide at that place. It appears that man named Thos. | Ultican, of that town, under arrest for defacing a building, placed a dyna- mite cap in his mouth and set it off | without. howeyer. accompIishinp any.