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Valdez weekly prospector., 1908-10-08
GEORGE SHEA ID
 BE CHIEF DEPUTY

George Shea, one of the politicians who tried so hard to elect John Cor son as delegate from Alaska to con- gross, is to be chief deputy under Henry K. Love, recently appointed marshal for the Third division of Alaska. MT. Shea came to Valdez with his superior, bat will eventually be stationed in Fairbanks.
 During the delegate campaign Mr- Shea was detailed to see to it that the precincts to tho westward were voted for John Corson, but either MT. Shea's heart was not in his work or he is nota success as a politician for the "COrson vote to the west ward" failed to materialize. How ever, failure as vote-getter seems not to have affected Mir. Shea's po- sition for his efforts will be rewarded by the best job in the power of Mar shal Love to bestoW.
 Since coming to Valdez Mr. Shea has said that he expects his promised position to be of temporary nature only and that he is to be the marshal of the new judicial division of Alaska. This division will, it is declared, be created so soon as congress meets in December, and MT, Shea, as chief deputy, will go into training for his pending position.
 MT. Love has not as yet qualified for his position, and cannot do SO un- til tho arrival i'll Valdez of his bond, which is expected to on the Santa Clara. Further than to confirm the report of his purpose to appoint Mir. Shea, MT. Love will make no state ment of his intentions with regard to the personnel of the office under his administration.
Valdez weekly prospector., 1908-10-08
LOCAL COMPANIES
 IMPROVING PLANT

A large force of men is now cn- gagged putting in the foundations for the big concrete dams, which are being installed by the Ala8iIa Water, Light & Telephone CO, at Solomon Basin. These dams when completed will store up several million cubic feet of water or enough to run this plant from two to three days if there was no water running into the creek. These dams arc being put in at the expense of several thousand dollars and should be completed inside of three weeks.
 Last winter the company had Quite little trouble from losing water through the Hume and pipe line, so to do away with repetition of this diff ficulty this year, force of men have been working for quite a while, re- lining tho Hume and repairing the pipe line, so that not drop of water is lost through either of these sources. Another. great improvement has been made in the water wheel, by which the efficiency of the wheel has been 1 increased at least 10 per cent, SO that it is now believed that with the same head of water which was received last year, that twice the amount of power can be generated.
 This company is also doing q large amount of work in town erecting new and larger poles and also extending lines to every part of the town. While all this work is being done to increase the efficiency of lights this winter, the telephone service is not being overlooked, as new cables are now being installed through the busi- ness part of the town, where the telephone wires are getting too thick. Each one of these cables holds two hundred wires, so that this winter the heavy snow fall and wind will not be able to interfere with the lines by getting the wires crossed. When all these Improvements are completed the telephone service will be as good as the electric lights, which the officers of the company be. 1ieve to be the equal of thoso of any city.
 The officers of the company, feel. ing that their efforts of the past have met with the appreciation of the peo. pie of Valdez arc determined to use all possible enterprise to the effect that Valdez will be pointed to as tbe best lighted city in Alaska, and one in which the telephone service is of a quality superior to that found my. where
 4 Fifteen to twenty car loads Of ma. terial are used daily in preparing tho grounds and buildings for the Alaska. Yukor-P6ciGc Exposition ut Seattle in i900.
Valdez weekly prospector., 1908-10-08
WAT VESSELS ARE
 TYPHOON TOSSED

Manila, Oct. G--NOt since they set forth from Hampton Roads have the vessels of the Atlantic war fleet on countcrcd in the way of storms any thing approaching the severity of the typhoon which they have just wealth cred safely at this port. For twelve hours the storm that passed by this morning tossed the hugo fighting ma chimes about as though they were only shallops. At times the typhoun blew at the rate Of 100 miles an hour but the vessels of the fleet came through the ordeal without serious injury.
 The storm did much damage in Manila and on adjacent islands, hun" dreds of small houses being blown away. Telephone aud telegraph wires in this city make of the streets Il tangled mass of wire and splintcred poles, and many of the largest build. ings show the effect of the storm.
Valdez weekly prospector., 1908-10-08
BUNkERS BURN AND
 LOSS IS S50O,OOD

San Francisco, Oct. 6-Fire start ing in the coal bunlzers of the Pacific Coast Company here this morning caused a loss of $500,OO0 and threat ened for hours to destroy the entire waterfrort in it's vicinity. As it was the fire spread for some distance and was only subducd after four hours of the hardest kind of work on tho part of the iircmen.
 tt is believed that the fire has been smouldering in the coal bunkcr5 for somo time, and that only this morn ing it gained sufficient hcadway to become noticed. The dense smoke made the blaze particularly hard to get at and several of the frcmen were overcome by the. smoke and gas.
Valdez weekly prospector., 1908-10-08
RICH WIDOW ROBS
 MAN FROM ALASKA

Winfield, Kan, Oct. 3-Confident of the love of Mrs. Sarah Riley, a wealthy widow of this city, Louis Thompson, of Douglas, Alaska, sent her $2,000 to keepfor him. Now Mrs. Riley is in jail, charged with ob- taining money under false pretenses and Thomas is here in an effort to have her sent to the pehitentiary.
 Thomas says that for long period he has been corresponding with Mrs. Riley and that she had given him her promise to become his wife. In his letters to Mrs, Riley Thomas had mentioned the fact that he possessed a little more than $2,O00 and she sug- gested that he send her the money that she might keep it safely for him. Thomas, believing in the woman's protestations of affection, and know ing that she is wealthy in her own right, had no suspicion that anything wrong was contemplated and sent her the money.
 Shortly after Mrs. Riley became possessed of Thomas 5000 her let ters to her admirer became less ire quent and indicated that her affection was on the wane. Finally, realizing that his dream of matrimony is over, go far as Mrs. Riley is concerned, Thomas tried to get his money back and the present condition of affairs is the result.
 Friends of Mrs. Riley are greatly surprised at her predcamont She has always borne a good reputation, and they believe that she will clear herself of the charge of criminal na- ture in connection with the affair.
Valdez weekly prospector., 1908-10-08
VANCOUVER WINS
 LEAGUE PENNANT

Seattle, Oct. 5-Nancouver wins the championship of the Northwestern League and the Seattle team is last in the percentage column as the re- suit of the games played yesterday. As q matLcr of fact the resIilt was settled some time ago for the Van c0uvcr team was so far in the lead that there was no chance of it being OVcrhaulrd. '
 Tho %@acoA has hecn fairly prosper ous, good attendance being the rule in most Of tEe towns. The floods in Montana played havoc with the sch dulc and was q hard blow to the management of the team from Butte,
 The teams stand as follows: Van couvcr, Tacoma, Aberdeen, Spokane, Butte, Seattle.
Valdez weekly prospector., 1908-10-08
EIGHT PERISH IN
 TENEMENT BLAZE

New York, Oct. 6-Eight persons were burned to death and many were badly injured in d tenement fire here this morning. The fire was in the most thickly settled portion of the slum district and the firemem were under great disadvantage in fighting the blaze.
 Spectacular in the extreme by req son of the many thrilling rescues effected ny the iiremen, the scene gained added excitement by the fact that dozens of children were thrown from five and six story windows to the sidewalk. There was no chance of saving all these children by bring ing thcm down the ladders and so the lifc-saving nets were brought into service.
Valdez weekly prospector., 1908-10-08
TWO WOMEN DIE
 IN AUTO ACCIDENT

Mahany City, Pa, Oct 6-Mrs. Peter Young and her daughter were instantly killed, and three other per- sons seriously injured in an automo- bile accident here this morning. The automobile plunged over twenty. five foot cmbankmcnt, and the two women killed were caught under meath the machine.
 At the time the accident occurred Mrs. Young was driving, the machine travcling at about twenty-five miles an oow. Rounding a slight curve the hind wheels skiddcd and the ma chine shot through the fence guard ing the roadway and plunged over the bank. The three who are injured were flung clear of the automobile and their fail was broken som ewhat.
Valdez weekly prospector., 1908-10-08
FLOOD IN INDIA
 DROWNS 5O,OOO

Bombay, Oct. 5--Fifty thousand dead and property loss of more than 200 1000, 900 rupees, ornoarly S6G, ,- 900, ,0oO, in value is the record of tho flood that inundated Byderabad two days ago. The rush of waters came SO suddenly that scarcely one of those residing in the lower part of the city was able to escape,
 The reports coming from tho stricken city say that the conditions now existing are indcscribabIo. The roceding flood has left the city strewed with corpsos that are fostering under the tropical sun, and pestilenco and ruin are everywhere. There is dan ger of an epidemic.
Valdez weekly prospector., 1908-10-08
JAPANESE PLAN CAPTURE
 OF THE ATLANTIC FLEET
Secret Service Operatives Unearth Plot Providing Upon Visit of Fighting Vessels Americans Shall be Rendered Helpless and Trouble In This
 Country Will Afford Excuse to Act.

San Francisco, Oct. 7-FOstered by the Japanese government, it's details already completed, there existed un- til today d plot to capture the Atlan- tic fleet when it reaches Japan. Dis covery has nullified the plot, which was so BrObdignaGian in purpose that the secret service operatives who have unoa rthCd the fact of it's being are appalled, at the possible outcome and the effect that it's success would have on the entire world.
 The details of the plot have been learned from Japanese spies in this country and as q result it is probable that the Atlantic fleet will never visit Japan. Even with the information at hand, information that seems con- elusive as to the truth of the admis- sion that the plot did exist, the United States govcrnmenG is as yet unwilling to believe that such an act is, or has been, contemplated by the government of Japan. Every effort has been made to keep from the pub lie the knowledge now in the govern ment's possession concerning the plot, and even now the officials in Washington refuse to discuss the af- fair.
 Easing their plans on the lax ity of discipline that would naturally main tain during the visit of the fleet to supposedly friendly nation, the Jap
Valdez weekly prospector., 1908-10-08
SUS|TNA ROUTE: IS
 HARD PROPOSITION

Dan kain expects to collect his hat bet with Pete MOnahuu, but it will probably not be until next winter for Kain went out on the Pennsylvania and Munohan has not yet arrived in Seward although he and Eain left Valdez creek on the same day. On the day of departure Kain started out by the way of Valdez while Monohan started by the Susitna route, the bet being as to who would first arrive in Valdez.
 Kain arrived some time ago, and being of generous nature went to Seward to meet Monohan, but the latter had not arrived. Kain came back on the Pennsylvania amd says that Monohan was at Susitna station, arriving there September 20, or scv- cntocm days after departing from Valdez creek. Monohan's horses were expected along in four or five days.
 In giving publicity to the foregoing facts 11r. Kain says that he acts, not with any desire to gloat over Mono han. but solely with the desire to let the unwary know that tho talk Of the Suslna route is not founded upon fact
Valdez weekly prospector., 1908-10-08
TUG BOAT MASTERS
 FACE PEN|TENTIARY

San Francieco, Oct. 5--Charges of 'cowardice and of deliberately aban- ,doning to their fate the crew of the 'cannery bark Star of Bengal and the ,cannery employees aboard her are made before the United States marine inspectors by Capt Wagner of the i'll fated vessel, against the masters of the tugs Hattie Gage and Kayak. The charges of Capt. Wagner are substantiated by other survivors of the wreck and if they prove to be true, the tug boat masters face pros ecution on manslaughter charges.
 The Bengal survivors declare that at time when there was little dan ger the tugs abandoned their tow, cutting the lines and allowing the bark to drift toward shore. Capt. Wagner dropped his anchors and says that for hours the bark rode in ten fathoms of water, burning blue lights in call for the tugs to come in and make fast to her. For hours those on the Bengal waited for the help that never came and finalty the bark drove ashore sending 100 men to their doom.
 From statements made by Capt. Farrar of the Hattie Gage, shortly after the wreck there seems little doubt that the masters of the tugs displayed cowardice. Capt. Farrar admits that he cut loose from the Bengal when she began to make lee way. Substantially Capt. Farrar's account of the events just prior to his desertion of the Star of Bengal is as follows:
 "We were making round the south ern end of Coronation Sunday night. A stiff wind had been blowing in the Strait and at midnight gale sprang up. As we neared the open sea it became stronger and at 9 o'clock we saw that we were making leeway and rapidly drifting on the island. The Hattie Gage practically had to han. dle the tow alone, as the Kayak was light aft and her wheel was out oI the water most of the time.
 "We finally backed into marrow blight for protection and when W, sounded found eight fathoms. Pbos phorous showed that there were rocki all around us, so we cut the tow line and steamed out to open water. w could see nothing of the Bengal bu one bluo light. The gale increased % that the tugs were in serious dan ger SO we made course for Shipley bay, twenty-six miles distant, leaving the Bengal where she lay"
 The postponement of the great ex position planned at Tolio, Japan, fo five years will enable the Japanese tx devote their time and energy to greater display at the Alaska- Yukon Pacific Exposition atSeattli nextsum mer.
Valdez weekly prospector., 1908-10-08

ancsC plOttCrs purpOSCd that each of the sailors of the Atlantic fleet should on all occasions be accompanied by a Japanese, this action being cloallCd from suspicion on the grounds Of courtesy to guests. By invidious methods so many Japanese as pOssi- bic were to be kept aboard the United States war vessels and when the cru cial moment arrived the capture would have been comparatively easy.
 While these arrangements in Japan were being perfected, Japanese in San Francisco were to incite an out break giving excuse for international complications and the blow was to Tall in Japan. The commanders of Guch of tho vessels of the Atlantic fleet as were not at that time in the power of the Japanese, were to be Gold that unless they surrendered the vessels would be blown up.
 Undiscovered, there would have necn nothing to prevent the Japanese from having at their mercy the men otrhc fleet and by this one move the navy of Japan would have been doubled and the United States rcn- dcged practically harmless as sea power.
 What communication this govern ernmCnJ has had with the government Oe,Ipan is not of public knowledge.
Valdez weekly prospector., 1908-10-08
MISS BENEDICT IS
 CALLED 4 LIAR

Miss Mabel Benedict, when, before the Ministerial Association of Seat tic on September 90, she voiced sen sational charges against the men of the revenue cutter fleet stationed along the western coast of Alaska, invoked upon herself the necessity of clearing her own skirts of the accu- sation of dealing loosely with the truth. In Seattle there is no one to challenge the assertions of Miss Ben edict but here in Valdez it is differ ent, for not only has Deputy United States District Attorney Ray thrown contradiction into the teeth of the talkative Miss Benedict. but here also is temporarily stationed tho revenue cutter Bear, whose master, Capt. E. P. Bcrtholf takes issue with Miss Benedict in the following statements:
 During the several times the Bear has been at Unalaska have not seen on the part of the sailors or natives. There has beon no saloon in Unalas- | lta since tho revenue cutter service was instrumental in having them closed in 1906, and there is no way for gailor to obtain liquor within a | hundred miles of Unalaska. Natural ] ly there could be no intoxication and | the crews of the vessel have conduc- ted themselves in an orderly manner | the entire summer During the sum mer the various crews have given three or four dances week in one of the buildings on shore, and at these dances almost the entire native popu- lation was always on hand. Strange that the natives, both men and wom- en, should be so friendly with .tbe very mon, who according to Miss Benedict, treat the natives 80 bru. tally.
 No Prior co1nplaiht
 "No complaints have been made to me, concerning the misconduct of my crew, in any degree, and SO far as l know, no complaints have been made to the commanders of the other ves- sells. Had thero oeen q single case of gross misconduct at UnaIaska this summer, would have heard of it.
 "several of tie officers of the fleet were frequent Visitors at the Jesse Lee Home during the summer, and the teachers of the Home visited on nearly all of the vessels, yet no hint of tho outragGs alleged by Miss Bene- dict over req eiod the officers of the
Valdez weekly prospector., 1908-10-08
HEARST SAYS KERN
 RIDES IN A PASS

Los Angeles, Oct. 7--William R. Hearst, ill speech delivered here last night added John Kern, candi- date for vtce-prcsidcnt on the demo- cratic ticket. to the Hearst list of those who because of alleged afTiilia. ton with the Standard Oil Company arc undesirable as public officials or private citizens. Hearst declared that Kern rides on pass presented Go him by the management of the Big Four railroad, which is branch of the Standard Oil Company accord ing to Hearst.
 In addition to his strictures against the public motives of Mir. Kern, Mir. Hearst reiterated his statements con- cerning other members of one or tho other of the political parties. Load CTS of the democracy and those of the republican party, alike were scored for their servility to the money pow CTS and particularly to the Standard oil Company.
Valdez weekly prospector., 1908-10-08

vessels. One of the officers who ire quently visited the homo is attached to the Bear and he informs me that he never heard a single word, even of criticism, from any of the teachers concerning the conduct of the crews of the vessels.
 "So far from the lessee Lee Home being terrorizod by the men, the Home is under roblgations to the men of the fleet, for occasionally when the crew of some vessel caught an extra large supply of fish, a portion would be taken to the Home, and gladly accepted by the teachers. Yet Miss Benedict would have one believe that there was q teacher always OH guard to raise an alarm against the same mon and that tho teachers were obliged to use reVOlvers to keep these men away from the Home. Miss Benedict alleges sine and her sister teachers lived in such terror that they never ventmed out alone and seldom in company, when revenue cutter was in port. It would be interesting to learn how the lady roconciles this remarkable statement with the fact that she was accustomed, during the summer, to take long rambles over the hills in company with certain off, iicers of the fleet, and at times could so far forget her state of terror as to permit herself to be carried across troublesome brooks.
 All Others In Ignorance
 Ut is remarkable thatsno one but Miss Benedict should know of the outrages she describes. It is more remarkable that she should not dis cover them until she had left Unalas- ka. And it is significant that she did not give voice to her tale until she had reached Seattle, more than q thousand miles away, knowing full well that under ordinary circumstan- ces the victims of her trade would be none the wiser until the next monthly mail reached them. l count lb iVt btlluNO biitlu bltO lpOui pilO''Ai l't'I pen to be at Valdez just Ht this time, for chance is thus afforded to de. fend the crews of the vessels from these vicious islanders.
 "Itis well to remember Chat every vessel has captain, and in addition the commander of the fleet has been on shore at Unalaska all summer, aud it is inconceiyable that state Of affairs as described by Miss Benedict could exist without q single complaint being made by her, or by somebody else, to an officer in authority. Miss Benedict will not claim that terror kept her quiet, for she paid t special visit to the office of the fleet com mander to bid him good by when she was leaving UnaIaska."
 
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Valdez weekly prospector., 1908-10-08

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Valdez weekly prospector., 1908-10-08

Canada has officially accepted the invitation to join in tho Alaska. Yu. kou-Pacific Exposition ut Seattle next summer She will make an ex- tensive exhibit of minerals, timber, fruits, fish and agricultural products.
Valdez weekly prospector., 1908-10-08
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