The Ketchikan miner., 1908-03-14

agreeing on verdict. The jury was thereupon discharged and new trial ordered for Monday, March 9th, at 200 p. m.
 (From Saturday, ys Dailyl
 Miss O Brien, telegraph operator at Port Simpson, and Miss Alexander, of the same place, are guests of the Hotel Stedman.
 Wm. Short and wife, formerly of the Stedman hotel, now of Victoria, arrived up on the Princess Uni, morn- ing, and are registered at the Sted- man.
 Miss Kathleen, daughter of Mir. and Mrs. George Rounsfell, arrived home this morning, from Vancouver, B. C., where she has been attending school for the past year or more. A. E. Yoeman, formerly of the Sied- man Cafe, this place, has leased the dining room of the Occidental hotel, at Juneau, and vii! open it, in connec- tion with that popular hostelry, which has heretofore been run on the Amer ican plan.
 The next sailings of the Cottage City from KetchikaI northbound are scheduled for the 18th and 26th ol March, returning five oays later. The Humboldt will be operated on the southeastern Alaska run, begin ming this month, sailing dates to be announced later.
 purpose of filling up the panel with jurors for the trial of the Hasey case. which is set for the 24th inst, will gather in Wm. Dodson, J. E. Pit tenger, c. II. Taylor, Floyd Ryus, L. H. Rudnick, R. E, Thompson, w. A Bryant, L. F. Peterson and Joe King. of Ketchikan.
 The Princess Beatrice arrived up early this morning brlmful of passen- gers. over twenty of whom preferred mattresses on the floor to the ''stand- ing room," which was the only other alternative. Mir. and Mrs. J. F. Ryus were too late to secure sleeping ac- commentators, and were therefore compelled to wait for the Jefferson, which is expected to arrive tonigh, or early tomorrow morning.
 Elected Officers. K etchikan Min CTS Union, No. l52, of the Western Federation, at its meeting Thursday night, elected the following officers i;
 President-Joseph Wallace.
 Vice President--Hugh Mcconnell.
 Financial Secretary-Julius Hansen.
 Recording Secretary Frank Bow man.
 Trustees-James Hurley, Thomas James, Thomas Williams.
 Conductor Emory Elliott.
 Warden-Henry Waters.
 Gus. Peterson. the veteran prospec- tor and miner, and one of the original ocators of the Niblack property, came up last evening from George Inlet, where he and a partner have been pecking away all winter sinking a shaft to a depth of about thirty feet in a ledge which he believes to he one of prospective great value. If the val ues are there, and the indications cer- tainy point strongly in that direction, Gus. will certainly find them unless failure of money or health, or both, defeat continuance of his persistent endeavors.
 The tide of Alaska travel which last fall flowed strongly to the southward, and from which the anti-territorial- ists extracted considerable consolation, seems to have turned Alaskaward again, this time much earlier than usual. All the steamers arriving from the south come laden to the full cal acity of their passenger accommoda- tions, and before tie middle of the SuiulnSI tHc Leul loldit locs oi pofpio0 tion accustomed by last ial's outflow will have been more than counter balanced.
 Stringent orders have recently been issued from the pustotfice department at Washintgon forbidding postmasters from divulging the names. addresses or any other information concerning the patrons of their offices. Not n- frequently the postotfice has heen con- sidered in the light of local direc- tory, and if person wanted addresses or lists of names for purposes of his own, he proceeded to get them on the theory that the postmaster was in duty bound to supply such informa- tion, together, if asked fer, an opin- ion of the habits and standing of in- dividual patrons. The order requires postmasters to keep all affairs of their offices as inviolable as the business of bank.
 (From Mondays Daily)
 C. H. Alcott, a travelling man from Seattle, is in town, stopping at the Conneit.