The Ketchikan miner., 1908-11-21

The Vigilant will sail tonight fo the west coast of Prince of Wales is
 land towing scow of lumber for Fisl Egg island, and taking freight ant passengers. Among the latter are number of mining men intent upot the examination of mining .propertie with a view to bond or purchase.
 The Stedman hotel, which for tn, tune being is supplied with stean heat from the city fire scow, will soor have it's own heatin apparatus. Int Northern Machine Works have tht contract for installing the plant, ant with thier customary energy are now at work in order that everything ma, be in readiness to connect the boiler when it shall arrive.
 The Dolphin arrived in this morn. ing at : o'clock from Seattle, bring ing 10 tons of general merchandise fol local merchants. Her passenger list, incuding second class, totaled thirty eight. Arrivals for Ketchikan were Rev. R. E. Roe and wife, T. F. Hop- kins, Mrs. Bell and eight second clas, passengers.
 In the matter of the arrest of en- ployes of the New England Fish con- pany for trespass on a couple of so- called .mining locations heard yesterday before Judge Stackpole, the case was dismissed and the defendants discharged, as they shuold have beer lon general principles if for no oth- CT cause. The plaintiff should under stand by this time that as it requires two parties to make bargain, so it is necessary that all parties in inter. est be joined to maintain an action at law.
 The City of Seattle arrived from the north at } :45 this afternoon, load : sd to the guards. A large crowd Of passengers were aboard, all second class accommodations having been so le out before her arrival here. All | freight on the local dock was refused. and quantity of fish was left behin. at the Narrows. The following per. sons took passage: P. c. Whitney oi ;he survey boat Gedney, who is on his way to Washington, D. C., B. B. Nieding, headed for Mexico. Fred Cox, Tom Heckman, E. E. Williams. wife ard four children, James L. Couglan, S. H. Bush, w. H. Darling and C. s. Hubble.
 Might Have Been Worse.-J. L Abrams, customs Inspector, had barrow escape yesterday from what might have been very serious ano painful accident. While weighing l put cUat from tho steamer Northiand, when standing near the hatchwa. while some iron bars were bein. hoisted from'the hold the end of one of the bars struck him in the fac, uear the eye bruising the lid, bu fortunately missing the eye itself, which otherwise would have beer completely destroyed. With Tar. pluck, however, Mr. Abrams sticks tt the performance of his duties, and worked all last night in weighing out coal from the Henriette. Will Take Ore. The steamer Hen- riette came in late yesterday after noon and after dschargng $50 tons ot coal for the Ketchikan Steamship Go. proceeded today to the It mine, where she will take on 300 tons of gold.cop- per ore for the Tyee shelter at Lady smith. This will bring the total ship nent of the mine, since the 18th o1 October up to something more than 200 tons. and production cannot b, ,aid to have yet been fairly commence. ed. There will be no sorting or selec-
 ion of the ore comprising this cargo. but basing their estimate of tho shelter tests already had, the manage nent feels safe in counting upon re- turns of not less t han 10 per cent cop per, and five to seven dollars per to
 gold. It is most probably the rich st cargo of ore ever yet shipped iron his districrt
 (From Wednesdays daliy) The Humboldt is due to arrive here ,outhbound tomorrow night about o'clock.
 The launch Alert returned thi, I'lfternon from Hadley where she went resterday with freight. She brought pack several passengers.
 ]. H. Lindgren, of the Tacoma Gro .ery company was an arrival yester- l lay on the Seattle.
 The common council at it's meeting -onight will fix the tax levy, whicl Inder the existing ordinance cannot exceed one per cent on the valuation ,f real an personal property. l r. NJ. Davis was an arrival on thu City of Seattle yesterday. and is call ing on local merchants today in the interests of the Pacific Candy com. l