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The Ketchikan miner., 1908-12-05

San Francisco seems to be living up to it's reputation as city steeped In corruption. The shooting down of Francis Heney, leading figure in the prosecution of the notorious Abe Ruef, in crowded courtroom, by a venireman was the climax of series of shameful events arising out of rev citations of a perfect carnival of crime in respect to the municipal life of the city. The people of the metropolis of California are to be pitied. They seem unable to drive from power the parasites which have been fattening at their expense and wrecking the reputation of the city for honesty and decency. The methods of the famous vigilance committee of the days oi the gold rush seem to be about the only remedy which can be suggested. That such a situation should prevail in one of the most important cities o1 the United States is of ominous DOT. tent.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-12-05

Frenchmen of every rank and class dearly love titles. The manager of a
 Paris insurance company was decorat- ed with the Legion of Honor short time ago, and his clerks presented him with piece of plate to which their visiting cards were attached. He was amused by the visiting card of the office "bov" an old soldier
 from the Invalides, who was employed to open the office doors from nine to four. Under the mans name. the Express says, was the title ''The En-
 peror's Orderly" He sent or the old soldier" Of what Emperor are you
 the orderly, and how?" he asked The old Invalide drew himself up to attention. II am the orderly of 'the'
 Em peror, he said, Napoleon, le Petit Corporal, But he is dead.
 He has been dead some time," answered the puzzled manager. II dust his tomb for him., retorted the old soldier.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-12-05

ed out of first hands at present thar it has ever been at this season within my recollection. The jobbers have not been buying for specualtinn, but to take care of the exceptionally good consumptive demand" In regard to the position of pink salmon, which was formerly..reported to be moving rather slowly. he says: Many more pink salmon have been sold this year than were packed last year, but a very considerable surplus still remains on hand, on account of the heavy carryoyer from last years pack. " This company has had considerable more inquiry from local exporters than last month. A moderate quan- tity of Alaska red of the "Argo'' brand is still offered, but other brands have been entirely sold out. The outlook is considered good for a very strong market, with consider able high prices next spring, and the jobbers throughout the country have very light stocks on hand, and it is believed that the shorts in the east will have to do some lively trading ir order to get the necessary supplies, as they will be unable to get them or the Coast at all."
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-12-05
INFLUENCE OF THE "GREA
 WHITE WAY"

Mir. Edward P. Moxey is an expert bank examiner, who is employed in the United States department of jus tice upon cases where bank wreckage is the result of violation of the fed eral law. By such employment, Mr.
 Moxey has been prominent as an aid to the prosecution in the Morse trial,
 which, by the way, is but one ol thirty-nine similar events in which Mir. Moxey has been similarly inter- ested. It was therefore with suthor- isy that Mr. Moxey spoke when, in an interview few days ago, he express ed an opinion as to;the primal cause Of criminal manipulation of bank funds in New York and elsewhere.
 Mir. Moxey said: New York is to blame for it-the Broadway, New
 York. Speaking specifically, he de- clared: "To say that even a bare majority of the tens of thousands of men who nightly swell the crowds of amusement crazed spenoers. who live in s. 900 apartments, and whose tour- ing cars, congest the streets, are. do- ing this with money which is honestly theirs, is absurd. They are not earn ing this money they are either jug gling with other peoples cash, or they are gambling their own. When you can go into one restaurant at 2 o'clock in the morning and behold
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-12-05

Nobody's feelings were greatly hurt by the reelection of Governor Johnson except those of Mr. Jacobson, the Re- publican candidate. and the small circle who were interested in his can-
 didacy for personal reasons. Gover-
 nor Johnson's two past terms have shown that Minnesota could not we'll have better governor than himself,
 and he is personally as popular with Republicans as with Democr ats. Governor Johnson's victory leaves him perphaps the biggest figure in the Democratic party and he is being pointed to as timber for tn e presiden- tial candidacy four years hence, the while regrets are freely expressed by Democrats that he was not the nomi- nee last fall. It is this feeling that Governor Johnson has great future in the Democratic party and that it would be treating him ill to interfere with it, that gained for him many Republican votes. It will be excellent advertising for Minnesota to have the state furnish a real live candidate for president for one of the major parties.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-12-05

testify in the Hasey case, which will come up for trial at Juneau, Jan. 4, suggests that there is nothing in the case, and that this second trial will only be waste of time and money.
 John H. Cobb. the Juneau attor- ney, has been cited by Judge Gunni- son to appear before him to answer to charge of contempt of court, the proceedings being based on cor munication, published in the June Dispatch, couple of months ago, which Cobb is alleged to have be- the author Some of the other attol neys at the capital seem to have it il for Cobb, good and strong.
 The Seward Gateway asserts that with the completion of the Girdwood- Indian creek trail Seward has for tho first time an open route, all the year round, to every part of the interior oi Alaska, including the Yentna district Valdez creek, and Panama country, from Fairbanks to Gibbon.
 Valdez is to have a thousand dol lar tobog gan slide, to erect and oper- ate which joint stock company has been incorporated-and that too with out the assistance of the redoubtable Henry D. Reynolds.
 The Seward Gateway reports the discovery of coal measures, thirty feet in thickness, but of unexpl ored scope, in the Talkeetna region, by prospectors who put in the summer there, and thinks that in extent and quality the new coal field is likely to surpass those of the Matanusca depos- its.
 The people of Valdez, having been given reasons to believe that an ad- dtional land office may be established in Alaska, are taking time by the forelock. and have signed petitions. which will be presented to the De- partment, showing the advantages ot their town. together with reasons why it should be preferred to any other, should it be decided to estab- fish such additional office. There are now three land offices in Alaska, one each at Juneau, Fairbanks and Nome, and it..is not at all improbable that the department may favorably consid CT the planting of another at Valdez though it is just as probable that Seward, Cordova. and possibly Katalla may enter protests.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-12-05
s6O, GOO worth of women's gowns at the

s60, 900 worth of women's gowns at the tables and thousands of dollars worth of food in process of consumption, something is wrong. When you ob- serve half million dollars worth of automobiles waiting to take this sup per crowd to their homes or else- where, you may be sure there is queer bookkeeping somewhere.
 Mir. Moxey has gone directly 10 the
 'ot of the matter; but in locali2ing
 .e evil of which he speaks, in such tanner, us to attribute it to the intlu- roe of the 'Great White Way" he
 ,> simply put his finger on the spot |. ere the disease in the body polite
 manifested by the most virulent
 uption.
 To sermonize upon this subject is ;ahor without thanks, and apparently without avail. Its futility is sore generator of pessimism. Irrational frivolity and its attendant evils, van' ity and envy, have seized the Ameri- can people by the throat, and with every outcry their grip tightens. IT the typical features of our civilization we have lost simplicity. The sturdy morality of Puritanism which, foi generations, was the salt of our ex' istence, is no longer an Americar ,..ot l., ;o,, ,bo.aO} if hoe hocnmt an object of jest, and the man wht protests for the efficacy of its virtue in these times is.- .-sneered at as moss back and a bore.
 The cities we have built are grow ing and we are building more cities City dwelling has come to be tht ideal of our National existence. Int rank and fulsome growths of the cit! are opulence and otsentation; gaiet. m acceleration and without reason feats of Lucullus; rivers of wine jewels, silks, sumptuous surroundings the equipment and environment which will denote the abnormal in diligence and possession of all these | We frame our National fiscal polio. to the encouragement of such am bitions. We are creating wealti faster than any other people on earth and the cities gre the show places o our money making. In these center we are taught the lesson of prodigal ity. with abundant opportunity te note the dishonor and corrupt socia morals which it engenders. Blu what boots it? We are prosperous We will be more prosperous. Ant after us the deluge. Fix.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-12-05
MIR. BRYAN'S POSITION.

Mir. Bryan, at San Antonio, when
 asked directly, "Will you run for the
 presidency again if conditions arise to 1 warrant it., did not return a direct
 answer, but his reply was sufficiently clear to indicate that he Sill continue
 to play the role of Old Man of the Sea
 in the Democratic party. II shall
 continue to talk and write in defense of the things which 1 believe to be good for the American people," he said. This can only mean that Mir.
 Bryan will continue, if he can, the same positive factor in the Demo-
 cratic party after his third defeat that he was after his first defeat in 1896. The Democrats who have believed
 that Mir. Bryan's leadership has been detrimental to the interests of the
 party which he has made his own
 while conceding MT. Bryan's attrac-
 tive personality and manifest ability
 along certain lines-and who had
 hoped that his leadership having been
 three times repudiated by the people he would pass on to other hands the task of aigning the party against the Republican enemy in succeeding cam
 paigns will be immeasurably dis appoined by MT. Bryan's evident in-
 tention to retain the stellar Demo- cratic role.
 The lot of the Democratic party, as long as Mr. Bryan remains in this frame of mind, is not happy one. His leadership, while picturesque, has been conclusively proved by the incontrover tible logic of events to be not the kind that means success-and the Democrats are hungry for the feshpots of success. At the same time Mir. Bryan's personal following is one of the things always to DC reck- oned with in latterday politics. If Mr. Bryan is marooned, a protesting Democrat, hundreds of thousands of Democrats will share his exile from the party. and gone again will be Democratic hopes of victory. With Mir. Bryan the party can't win: nor can it win If it ruthlessly throws him overheard. It has been the hope of those old-line Democrats who have not finally left the party that MT. Bryan would gacefully abdict and let other hands assume direction of Dem- ocratic affairs, but apparently mo thought is further from his mind than this thought of abdication.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-12-05

is broad, becoming stronger and will certainly, soon or late, be in evidence e at the polls. Meanwhile the tens ol thousands of persons who feel in that way, like myself, cannot afford either the time, or more frequently the money to go to Washintgon to ask to be heard before committee which they know in advance Is both preju- diced and packed against them"
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-12-05
MINING TAKES THE LEAD.

While business interests generally,
 says..the Mining Record, are feeling
 good over the decidedly improved con-
 ditions since the election, mining
 people have exceptional reasons for jubilation, because the first evidences of returning confidence and interest are in the direction of mining.
 The recent upward movement in securities have been participated in
 more by mining than any other issues. Nor has the interest been centered in
 the stocks of any one camp; various sections have received attention at the hands of investors and speculators and, accordingly, mining people gen. erally are feeling very hopeful over the outlook.
 It is significant that mining should be the first to benefit by the returning confidence of capital, and it is gratify- ing that this industry in substantially founded, with present splendid physical showing so far as the mines are concerned. A good production has been maintained right through the full period, with material in- creases recently in evidence. And now that the prices of the metals are advancing, there can be expected both an increased tonnage and an in- creased gross value of the same.
 7, Mining at this time is practically without any spectacular beoms, and promotion methods are saner and cleaner.S Investors are using more care and caution in their selection, aud they are demanding all the time "a higher,standard of offering. This is ashealthy confidence; it means that more, money will actually be invested in msrftions mining properties, and the history ofA merIcan mining has been one Of magnificent results follow ing judicious expenditure and expioi. tation. .r ' s: '.f
 Relatively. mining during the present years shas been conducted without new capital. It has been the old mines, and the older camps, which have been doing the business. The returning interest means new caiptal for both old and new camps; the open ing of new properties: the opening of new ground in old properties; the l,uildinu of tpilIe and othar facilities. and the exploitation of new camps.
 The revival in all business and ip- dustrial lines is particularly favoring mining, and both shrewd mining operators and hiring. investors are improving the present splendid eppor- tunity which is ptesented,4 in securing and investing new capital in this most promising of 6s.ds of efork ..q;,,.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-12-05
ALASKA SALMON,

J. K. Ainsley, who has been tras cling in the east in the interest of the company, distributors of Alas ka packed salmon says: "Red Alaska salmon is more closely clean.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-12-05

Tsars for Mrs. Howard Gould. The court allows her but s25, 900 year alImony and she is formally on record as saying that she can't possibly live on less than s7o, 900. exclusive oi charity and travelling. Whstever's to become of the poor woman?
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-12-05

The people of the United States seem to be deficient in the sense oi humor. At time when the whole world has come to look upon the e29, coo, O0e flns imposed upon the Stan pard Oil Company as . joke, they psrsist in treating the matter ser iouslv
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-12-05

Senator Foraker's successor will be . Repu ublican, but that he will be Senator Foraker appears to be, at this writing. decidedly improbable.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-12-05

Secretary Root denies that be is 8 candidate for the U. 5. senate, to suc- csed Plats. It would be refreshing to see . man like Root in the senate from the Empire state, after so many years of Platt and Depew. If the new senator is not to be Root there will be . devout hope that be is someone "squaliy as good"
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-12-05

Cermany's naval estimates for next year show a total expenditure of more than one hundred million dollars Europe is staggering under tremen- dous military burden. The period when 1t will become simply unbear- able cannot be far distant.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-12-05

It has been disclosed in the exami- naton of Mir. Rockefeller in the suit brought by the government to dissolve the Standard Oil Company, that the company earned half . million dollars within eight years. One does not need to be . Socialist to get just a little psvish with a system which renders such . thing possible.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-12-05

Those people who thought that Chins was about to go to pieces 'have another guess coming" Bless your hearts, China has been going to pieces for the last forty centuries, according to outsiders; but she con tinues at the old stand just the same What the rest of the world does not know about China would make 8 very fine library.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-12-05

Evidence is accommodating that the tide has turned and that industrial and financial conditions all over Amer ica are improving. Traffic earnings of the c. P. R. for the first week of November increased by 41l5, 900, com pared with the same week a year ago.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-12-05

In view of the growing use of the word gents" in this community, when "men" is what is meant, little story may be told. Once a newspaper man vas asked if the word gents vas proper. He replied: "Yes, gents are people who wear pants, " which was not bad way in condemn ing two words that are an abomina- tion to all who have any respect for the English language.
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-12-05

However, the real test in Cuba xon's come until Comez's term ex- pires. The recent election was con- ducsed practically under tine shadow of the American army. If the elec- tion four years hence passes of equally as we'll we will be justified in expecting that the Cuban republic will be a permanent establishment
The Ketchikan miner., 1908-12-05

One thing may be put down as cer- tain. Senator Foraker will seek re- election. And he will seek it with all the resources at his command. The senator is a game and a manful fighter. He has pulled out of many tight holes in the past. If his Ohio enemies hope to ''get" him they will have to make an early start and re- main steadily CD the job.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-22
iR|0T LEADERS
=. ARE INDICTED
The Grand Jury Drasnet
Catches Six in Its
Meshes.
MORE BILLS YET TO COME
State Attorneys Believe that During
Next Ten Days Forty or Fifty
VIII Be Causht-Twenty
Separate Offenses

Springfield. H., Aug. 22.-Six
more alleged riot leaders have been
caught in the grand jury here. The
inquisitorial body last night re-
turned indictments against six per-
sons, the documents charging twen-
ty separate offenses. All were pre-
dicated upon the trouble at Loper's
restaurant and were identical with
those charged against Kate Howard
in the indictments returned Thurs
day The jury has as yet confined
its work to investigating the riot
at Loper's, except in the case of
Abraham Raymer, who was indicted
for murder Thursday in connection
with the lynching of William Donni-
gan last Saturday.
I'VE have only made a fair start, :"
said Assistant States Attorney Wy
nes last night. with the character Of
evidence that is coming in and the
seeming determination of the grand
jury to rid the community of the
lawless elements there is every
chance that half hundred or more
indictments will be returned within
ten days"
Among the witnesses before the
grand jury yesterday was Harry
Loper He had testified at the cor
oner's inquest yesterday that he had
little recollection of the identy of
the members of the mob, but it was
stated that he made important reve-
lations to the grand jury. 1t was
thought for a time yesterday that the
coroner's jury which has been at
tempting to fix responsibility for the
death of Louis Johnson, would finish
it's work in vain. Coroner Woodruff
discovered that no autopsy had been
held on the body, and that the cause
of death was conjecture, one ver-
sion being that Johnson fell into
the basement and broke his neck.
In order to clear this doubt the
coroner and a physician went to
Mechanicsburg where the body had
been buried, exhumed it and per-
formed an autopsy, which showed
that he had been shot through the
throat
DR.. Frank R. Wheeler presented
this conclusion to the coroner's jury
He testified that an under
taker had sewed up the wound and
that It was, impossible to determine
whether the bullet entered from the
front or the back. He gave it as
his opinion that Johnson was shot
was cleaner
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-22
TAKES PRISONER
FROM COURTHOUSE
Crayson Sheriff Mounts in Het
Haste, But Fails to Over
- take Fugitives.
Sensation At SHERMAN
Tennessee Officer. by Brute Strength
and Prompt Action. Gets Away
With an Alleged Forser.
Buggy in Waiting.

Sherman, Tex, Aug. 22.-Those
in and about the Grayson county
courthouse yesterday afternoon
shortly after o'clock were treated
to one of the most exciting episodes
in the history of the county. From
1880 to the hour named, c. H. Doyle,
charged with committing forgery
and passing forged instruments, was
before the Fifteenth district court
on habeas corpus hearing. c. J..
Annis Of the Patten hotel of Chatta-
nOoga. Tenn, who came to Texas
for Doyle, identifying him as the
man who passed a bogus check on
him and bearing extradition papers
from the governor of Tennessee,
which had been honored by Cover
nor Campbell of Texas, was making
an effort to have the prisoner turn
ed over to him. The attorneys for
Doyle were putting up a tremendous
fight to keep Doyle here but on a
motion OF the county attorney Of
Grayson county the cases against
Doyle here were dismissed for the
reason that witnesses would have
to be brought from outside the state
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-22
Ned Green 40 Years Old.

Terrell. Tex, Aug. 22.-E. H. r.
Green. only son OF Mrs. Hetty'
Green, the worlds richest woman,
was forty years old today. Despite
the fact that some day in all prob
ability he will be one OF the wealth
lest men of America Mr.. Green Is a
modest and unassuming man who
works hard and INDUCES in but one
hobby which is his love for auto
mobiles Since he has become gem
eral manager and president of the
Texas Midland railroad some years
ago Mr.. Green has made his home
in this city, though spending a good
part of the summer with his mother
in New York or New England,
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-08-22
MOB TRIES TO LYNCH NEGRO
Fifteen Hundred People Attempt to
Take Prisoner from Police.

Lynn, Mass, Aug. ga mob OF
1900 people with shouts OF lynch
him. tried to- take away Henry Tay-
1or, negro. aged 80, from re-
serve officer Thursday night and had
severely pounded the colored man
when seven police officers succeeded
in getting the prisoner to the sta
tion house before he was seriously
hurt. Taylor, who was but recently
released from the state prison, was
detected last night, 1t is alleged, In
the act OF breaking into a store. Of
ficer Crawley. who attempted to ar
rest Taylor was struck over the head
with a heavy chisel, and, although
dazed, grappled with the negro.
Taylor broke and ran down the
street, with Crawley in pursuit and
discharging his revolver for assis-
tance. The policeman, although
bleeding from his wounds, captured
the negro.