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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-26
SCHEME TO LIFT
BARS ON THE
CICARE TIE
(Times Special Service.)

OLYMPIA, Jan. 26.-Some
time in the near future there will
come an amendment to the Byerly
cigarette law which will allow per-
sons over 81 years to buy cigaret-
ties or cigarette papers. And to
make this amendment good, 1t
will also provide that to sell Gig
|arettes or cigarette papers a
minor is felony, punishable with
a term in the penitentiary.
This, like every other amend
ment to the cigarette law, will be
bitterly and probably successfully
fought.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-26
SHIP BURNS TO
WATERS EDGE

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
VANCOUVER, B. c., Jan. 26.-
The steamer Venture, owned by
the Boscowitz Steamship company
of Victoria, and worth 100000,
with 1000 cases of salmon, burn
ed last night. The boat had just
finished loading 5000 cases of
salmon at the Inverness cannery.
Fifty passengers and the crew
escaped and the boat was cut
adrift to save the cannery. She
is a total loss. 80.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-26
Play BILLIARDS
FOR LARGE
PURSE

Harry Pratt and l.. e. Corby,
rival managers of the Tunnel and
Prince billiard halls, met last
might In their opening billiard
snatch at the Tunnel parlors IN
= 200-point game to settle the
AchampiOnship.
It b announced that $4,000 has
been put up on the contest. Pratt
won the game by zoo to I68. He
seemed more at home on the open
table work and Corby appeared
nervous.
They will meet for the second
't0ntest In the Prince parlors to-
morrow night. About 500 per-
sons witnessed the first match.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-26
Big Excursion, Los Ange
les and Return.

Excursion will be run to Los An
geles on Feb. 20. under auspices of
the Tacoma and Seattle Chambers
of Commerce. Special through
train, low rates, everything COM
|plete. via Northern Pacific and
Southern Pacific. You are invited to
Join this party. Reservations must
be made quickly as only a limited
number of tickets will be sold. For
particulars and reservations call
Percy L. Sinclair, Secy. Chamber of
Commerce: Northern Pacific Office,
or Southern Pacific. go
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-26
REV. JAMES D. cORBY
TO LECTURE TONIGHT

For the benefit of the Woolsey
Children's home, Rev. James D.
Corby of Portland, well known
philanthropist and reformer, will
give a lecture this evening in the
Temple of Music. The theme to-
night will be "By the Day or By
the job" Miss Marcia Burdick
will render vocal solos. DR.. Cor
by is pastor of the First Univer-
salist church of Portland.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-26
MEAD SARCASTIC
WITH SENATOR
(Times Special Service. }

OLYMPIA, Jan. 26.-Governor
Mead has taken an epistolary fall
out of Senator Hutchinson of Spo-
kane in connection with the SEN
ator's charges concerning the ply
steal condition of the Medical Lake
hospital for the insane.
After first inviting the senator
to make a visit to the hospital the
full tide of gubernatorial sarcasm
Is turned toward Hutchinson, and
whatever the merits of the case
may be, there is no gainsaying the
fact that in the exchange of COM
pliments thus far, the governor
has drawn all the blood.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-26

land alighting safely on the bag.
1.-THE jump received merited
recognition and was the topic of
conversation In Boston for a
couple of days. 1t was an event in
base ball ever to be remembered"
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-26
SUSPECTS RELEASED

John Moleskie and Frank Muir
ray, who had been locked up on
the charge Of rolling" Charles
Rhiel on the morning of December
1, were released yesterday by or
der Of Judge yesterday of the SUI
perior court on the grounds tlfat
the information filed against hem
by the prosecuting attorney wab
not explicit enough to convict.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-26

aim for an encounter with the Gal
weston cyclone. At present he
knows nothing of the fighting
games finer points.
An idea OF this youngsters i'm
mensity may be gained from the
illustration, showing how much
bigger Rose is to that monster
puncher, Jim Jeffries.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-26

About ten years ago my brother
was held up" in his work, health
and happiness by what was believ-
ed to be hopeless Consumption"
writes W. r. Lipscomb. of Washing
ton, N. @. HE took all kinds OF
remedies and treatment from sew
eral doctors, but found no help TIL
he used DR.. Kings New Discovery
and was wholly cured by six bot
ties. He Is a well man today" It's
quick to relieve and the surest cure
for weak or sore lungs, Hemorrh-
ages, Coughs and Colds, Bronchitis.
La Grippe, Asthma and all Bronchial
affections. soc and e1-00. Trial bot
tie free. Guaranteed By all drug
Efntss
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-26

COLUMBUS, O., Jan. 26.-Co-
lumbus boasts of the two youngest
professional fighters in the world
in Huston and Theo Thomas, aged
IL and 9 years, respectively. who
have appeared in exhibition for a
purse, and who have never failed
to make hit.
The boys make their home with
their uncle, G. Anderson, an ad-
mirer of the fistic game. One day
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-26

+on his return home he found the
boys in the back yard going at 1t
hammer and tongs. He Was
amazed at their ability and ffw
questions drew out the fact that
they had ben practicing for weeks
without his knowledge. q
He took them in charge, and has
been giving them lessons. In th$fr
contest sthey use five ounce, gloxes
and are able to land somettellAg
blows,
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-26

SHOOT POOL" new automatic
ables. Donnelly Billiard Room. *s'
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-26
4 HORRIBLE HoLD-UP.

SHOOT POOL" new automatic
tables. Donnelly Billiard Room. sss
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-26
STAR THEATER
Henry McRae, Mgr.

Phones: M. 274, A 2274
All Week, the Henry McRae
Stock Company present
IAN AMERICAN CITIZEN"
BY Permission of Nat Goodwin
Mats. Wednesdays, Saturdays
and sundays. Prices same-10c,
zoe, soc.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1909-01-26

SHOOT POOL" new automatic
tables. Donnelly Billiard ROOM sss
Valdez weekly prospector., 1909-01-14
JUICE s. H REID IS
 BEING INVESTIGATED

Washington, Jan. 9--Serious char ges are made to the department of justice against Judge Silas H. Reid of the Third division of Alaska and have been submitted to the president, who has them under consideration. It is apparent that Judge Reid's enemies have been busy.
 One complaint against Judge Reid is the appointment of his brother-in- law as receiver of the Alaska Central, and it js said that Attorney General Bonaparte regards the compensation of $500 q month allowed the receiver as exorbitant for the services per formed. Bonaparte has called on Judge Reid for an explanation and it is asserted that the matter will be referred to the cabinet
 It is stated on good authority that the charges against Judge Reid have their source in A. C.Frost of Chicago, president of the Alaska Central Rail- way Company. Iy is known here that Mir. Frost has repeatedly threat ened wherever the subject of the Alaska Central rsceivership has been under discussionI that he would get even with Judge Reid for havin 2 granted tho application.
Valdez weekly prospector., 1909-01-14
NIGHT RIDERS ARE
 NOW FACING DEATH

Union City, Tenn, Jan. 8-Six prom. inent citizens, convicted of being members of Night Riders, are facing the death penalty. Murder is the crime of which they were this morning found guilty, and it is believed that the judge will impose the maximum penalty provided for by law.
 Two other Night Riders, tried on practically the some evidence, were found guilty in the second degree. The maximum sentence is twenty-five years in the penitentiary. The trials caused great excitement and the judge and jurors have been threatened with death unless the defendants were acquitted. Trouble is expected to follow the verdict. |.
Valdez weekly prospector., 1909-01-14
DETECTIVES GUARD
 JUSTICE WRIGHT
Man Who Sentenced Labor Leader Is By Letter Threat
 ened With Death

Washington, Jan. S-Armed guards surround the residence of Supreme Justice Wright of the District ot Co., iumbia, and whenever the justice ap- pears upon the street he is accom- panied by detectives. This precau- tion is occasioned by the fact tn at since he sentenced to imprisonment Samuel Gompers and other officials of the American Federation of Labor. Justice Wright has been in receipt of numerous letters threatening his life.
 Justice Wright laughs at any sug- gestion of danger to himself as the result of the threats of members of labor organizations but his relatives and his friends arc fearful that some crank will endcavor to aSsassinate him, and it is insisted that he be guarded. Organized labor is doing all in it's power to so direct the move ments of the legal machinery that the sentence imposed by Justice Wright be rcmitted. The refusal of the president to take any action caused great disappointment to the labor leaders.
Valdez weekly prospector., 1909-01-14
WOMAN'S GUILD
 HAS A BUSY YEAR

At the annual meeting of the Wom- ems Guild held yesterday afternoon in the rectory, Mrs. Harry T. Whitley was elected president for the ensu- ing year. Mrs. John Burton was elected vice-president, Mrs. Alvah Eames, secretary and Mrs. Fred Cam eron, treasurer.
 The treasurer's statement shows the receipts of the Guild for the year to have been $907. .07, divided as follows: Dues, $59.5O. Plays, $233.25. Gifts, $11.50. Dinner and teas, $50. 60. Sales of work, S57.97. The bazaar, S39i.2 to which must be added a gift of SlO c from Philadelphia on account ofpews, the balance on hand JanuG"y 1, 1908, was $21S. .25, a total of $1,225.22.
 During the year the Guild has put it's money to use in the following di- rections: Purchase of new pews, $315.39. Kneeling bencnes, SlO.4O. Charity, S55.OO. Missions, $15. Coal and light for rectory, $l52.2O. Paper ing and painting Rectory, $s9.73. Ex- penses and materials $252 .64. Easter flowers, $7.5O. Xmas tree, S27. .65, leaving balance in the treasury of $269.S1.
 Meetings will now be held weekly in the Rectory on Thursdays, at 2:3O p. m., and the management will be most thankful for the presence and help of any who is willing to lend hand in the Guild work for 1909. It was determined to have a Twelfth Night party although the night has already past-on Monday of next week in Mckinley Hall.
 Children under ten years may come in the afternoon from i to 6 o'clock, when the Punch and Judy which un- der pressure was left out at their Xmas tree will be given. Adults, and children over ten may come at O. clock. For the adults, 20 cents will be charged at the door, children free. This is to be an old fashioned iollif- cation and good time. Everybody is welcome.
Valdez weekly prospector., 1909-01-14
Notice of Forfeiture
To .IuScph II. Eirmcycr

To Joseph II. Kirmcycr
 You are hereby notified that there has been expended Tn the year 1908, in labor and i'm. proNcmcntS on the following lode mining claims situated on Glacier Island, in Prince w illinm sound mining and recording district lcrritory oi Alaska, t0-wit the K and NJ anu k, the Dot and the Butler, the sum of in excess of the amount required bv law 10 hoId said claims for the year following the Pcri"rihahce oi said assessment work. That Shid expenditure for labor and improvements us aforesaid was mace by F.. II. Mack, co-owncr "l Shld claims with the person above named {; ana unless within ninety days after the com piction of the publication of this notice; to- Wlt within ninety days after the eighth day of Nprli' lN' y"u contribute your proportion re annual labor, towit, S2O0OO for the year. 1908 on Snid k and M., M. and K, the Dot and the butler mlnln claims your interest in each and all "i Shtdmi ming claims will be forfeited to ana h"Comcthc property of your said co. .owncr.
 F.. II. Mack
 latc "i first publication, Jan. '. 1909
 Date al last publication April $, 1909,
Valdez weekly prospector., 1909-01-14
RAILROADS WIN IN
 FIGHT FOR RATES
Senate Committee Rejects Bill To Force Announce
 ment Of An Increase

Washington, Jan. 7-Once again has Senator Fulton of Oregon failed to shatter the railroad phalanx in the Ienate. This morning the senate committee rejected Senator Fulton's bill purposed to prohibit the railroads from advancing rates without due notice to the interstate commerce commission. The passage of the bill has been strongly urged by the mem- bers of the commission, and for more than year Senator Fulton has been ite champion.
 The railroads have made d bitter fight against the Fulton bill, and so far this fight has been successful. Senator Fulton will not give up.
Valdez weekly prospector., 1909-01-14
JEFF |S OFFERED
 $l00,0O0 PURSE

Reno, Jan. 8-James J. Jeffries, former heavy weight champion of the world, and who has never been de- feated, can make S100,000 if he can beat Jack Johnson, the negro who holds the championship, This sum is offered by the Mazuma Mining Camp Athletic Club, and the offer Is the real goods, for the amount is raised and once the men post their forfeit money the biggest purse for which fighters ever battled will be placed in reputable bank.
 Among the members of the Mazuma club are some of the wealthiest min Ing men in Nevada, and they are all thoroughgoing sports. The offer has been wired Jeffries in Los Angeles and it is confidently hoped that the fortune in sight will tempt the big follow to reverse his decision never to enter the ring with a negro.
Valdez weekly prospector., 1909-01-14

In Minnesota last spring the Eau Claire county board adopted a reso- lution authorizing the various towns in the county to pay a bounty on gophcrs. According to reports sent in to the county clerk, the various towns during the last summer paid out $7, ,OO0 in gopher bounties and these will nave to be reimbursed by the county. As the city of Eau Claire will have to pay about $3,000 of the S7, ,O0O, the city supervisors have al ready started q campaign to repeal the measure. .--Ex.
Valdez weekly prospector., 1909-01-14
.CH|NA'S ATTITUDE
 THREATENS PEACE
Foreign Ministers Are Dis. posed To Take Excep-
 ti0n To Treatment

Pekin, Jan. 7-Conditions in China are such as to convince the United States, British and Japanese ministers that drastic action on the part of The Powers is necessary. There seems no doubt as to the determination of the new government to cause breach between China and the rest of the world, and if this attitude continues it is possible that the representatives of the countries named will take their departure from China.
 The prince regent has been warned that his attitude is great affront to the foreign representatives to their countries and he has further been in- formed that he is endangering the peace of his country So far the prince regent has taken no official cognizance of the communications nor has he abated the attitude giving offense.
Valdez weekly prospector., 1909-01-14
RED HOT STONES
 DESCEND 0N CITY

Santa Cruz, Jan. For more than two hours last evening the residents of this city were forced to keep be- meath the shelter of their roofs by a rain of red hot stones. The stones are about the size of small beans and this morning the ground is thickly sprinkled with them. It is believed that the stones fell from a meteor which either exploded or was disin- tegrated by colliding with some other heavenly body.
 Numerous fires were started by the hot stones, but no exensive damage resulted. At times the shower was so heavy as to make it impossible for a person to venture out of doors, and atno time during the two hours was it possible for any one to remain ex- posed for more than the briefest in- terval
Valdez weekly prospector., 1909-01-14
A. Non GunthcT First publication January 7-l9O9. Last publication April S-l0O9

do not c0vct the rich mans hoard |, for the rich man sits at his grooming board, and fears to eat of the pie and cake, lest the blamed things give him the bcllyachc. While l sit down to d plain repast, and eat and eat while the Victuals last. feed my face with pound of steak, add lot of greens and chunk of cake, and a piece of pie and a wad of cheese, and q cold boiled ham and can of peas, and having eaten abundant store, | shake myself and eat some more. The rich man lies on q downy bed, but sleep wont come to his worried head; he harks to the slow hours dragging hcnce-While l can sleep on q barb wire fence.-Walt Mason.
Valdez weekly prospector., 1909-01-14
ROOSEVELT FAVORS
 ALASKA TRUNK LINE

Seattle, Jan. 8--Never have the possibilities of q trunk wagon road from the coast to the interior of AL aska appeared so certain of reality as at present. The mail this morning brought to Dan S. Kain of Valdez a letter from President Roosevelt in which the nations chief executive pledges himself to do all in his power to further the movement. The presi- dent asks for detailed information as to the plans of the committee recent ly organized in this city to further the purposed trunk road from Valdez to Nome by the way of Fairbanks.
 Washington, Jan. s--The just filed report of the government geological survey bureau says that the greatest need of the miners in Alaska is better roads. The report recommends that the government take steps to further the work now in progress under sue pervision of the Alaska road com mission.
Valdez weekly prospector., 1909-01-14
Bob Pollard Sells Out

Bob Pollard, widely known to tray elers over the deZ-Fairbanks trail as proprietor of the Pollard Road house has sold out and is in Valdez, arriving today on an Orr stage. Mir, Pollard sold out to Mrs. Yeager, his partner. The latter has an enviable reputation as a roadhouse keeper and travellers on the trail make extra ex~ ertions to SO time their journey as to make her roadhouse for meals. Mir. Pollard has not decided what he will do in the future. He is staying in the Seattle Hotel.
Valdez weekly prospector., 1909-01-14
Notice Of Forfeiture


<. Fisher: -''' - ~ VI , lou and each of ycu, are hereby notified that We have expended the sum of Eight hun 4red lsoo.oo) dollars upon the Back Channel SSroup ASSociaton Claims of One Hundred SlNty (l6O( acres situated on Fall Creek Alas. Ra, as will appear by location certificate re. corded July h, 1907 in book L. of Locations on said premises under the provisions of section 25A Revised Statutes of the United States be. Ing the amount required to hold the same for ninety days after this notice by publication you fail or refuse to each contribute One Hun ured QoO O0) Dollars and costs of this notice the same being your proportion of such cxpen uihure as co-owncrs, your interest in said claim VIII become the property of the subscribers under said section 2S2i.
 J. II. Shotwcl, F.. F. MeisS
 Dated at Valdez, Alaska, this sixth day of January. A. D., 1909
 Date of first insertion, Jan. :, 1909.
 pate "i last insertion April s, 1909.
Valdez weekly prospector., 1909-01-14
COLORADO MEN BUY
 MINE NEAR SEWARD

The Skccn-Lcchncr. Shaw gold quartz properties on Falls creek, back of Seward, have been bonded to a Colorado corporation known as '"Thc Alaska Central Mining Com pany.' These properties are gcncr- ally recognized in mining circles as the richest gold quartz claims in Alaska. The figure asked, and ob- taincd by the owners, is d large one, but the showing justilics q substan tial price. The company will place a stamp mill on the ground this season, and will place the mines on paying basis
 The company also takes over the gold properties on Tonsina creek, on Resurrection bay, which were bonded last season by Skccn, Shaw and Lcchncr to the Gateway Mining Com pany. The new company is practi- cally a reorganization of the Gateway Mining Company. IL is composed of Colorado mining mru of wealth and experience, who intend to play an important part in the development of the mining resources of Alaska.
Valdez weekly prospector., 1909-01-14
CORDOvA MAN HAS
 TERRIBLE ORDEAL
Peter Peterson Drifts To Sea On Raft And Is Out Five
 Days Without Food

Five days floating around in the ocean on log raft without food is the experience just survived by Peter Peterson, resident of Cor dova. Peterson and John Alberts have been chopping wood on Hawk ins island and week ago Wednesday evening they brought the raft down the channel until opposite Cordova. Alberts went across to town for some provisions. When he returned he could find neither the raft nor Peter son. The story of Peterson's experi- ence is told by the Cordova Alaskan as follows:
 'Peter Peterson, the man who went to sea on the wood raft was found yesterday and brought back to town It was Wednesday night last that Alberts, his partner came ashore from the raft on the opposite side of the channel near town to procure some articles needed to land the raft of wood, and failed to return in time to save his partner from a ride to sea- After searching the bay all day and until late that night he returned to town and solicited the assistance of Marshal Dooley, but it was too late to secure launch that night, but on Saturday morning secured the Little launch and hunted the greater part of the day until they got stuck on d sand bar and gave up the search. But they were quite close to the raft on which he was clinging forhe heard the exhaust of the launch.
 After the return of the Little launch late Sunday night, Paul Owens and Frank Cole started out in their launch accompanied by Albert, and cruised around all night without any success Next morning however, while off Steel point on Hawkins island, look ing for signs of the raft on the beach they found tracks, and later on sighted Peterson. Returning to the launch they started toward the beach to where he was standing perfectly mOtionless. As the crew launched the dory and started for the shore he turned and ran toward the woods, but on hearing the voice of his part ner calling to him he stopped.
 "After taking him to the launch and giving him stimulants he told them of his experience on the raft and how, when it was going to pieces on the bar, made his body fast to log with a line and churned through the breakers to the sand beach, narrowly missing rock reef.
 "Much praise is due Paul Owens and Frank Cole for their efforts to save the man from a watery grave, for notwithstanding the fact that he got ashore, he would undoubtedly per ished had it not been for their timely arrival"