Iditarod pioneer., 1910-11-27
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Jobbers handling the product of the steel trust at Cleveland, Ohio, have combined and have broken with the trust, working now to overthrow the trust in the interest of fairer dealings and reasonable profits.
 Richard Ryan of Katalla, who i5 now in Washington, reports that he is mak- ing good progress with the Controller Bay railroad, and predicts that his road will be the first one to really tap the rich interior of Alaska.
 Minority stockholders of the Illinois Central, including Secretary of the Treasury MacVeagh, will sue the road for $l0,000,000, alleging mismanage ment and graft which has robbed the stockholders of that amount.
 David Bennett Hill died at his house at Wolfert's Roost, Albany, N. Y, on Oct. 20, of complications. Few men have had more prominence in the po- litcal life of New York than D. B. Hill. Born in Havana, N. Y, in 1S43, he has since his birth been a continu- ous resident of the state. He has been of the state for 30 years, mayor of New York city, Lieut-Governor and late Governor, was once candidate for the presidency before the National conven- tion, and was United States senate. from New York from 1891 to 1S97
 Mayor Gaynor startled New York on Oct. 2l, by a shakeup in the police de- partment. Commissioner w. F. Baker resigned by request, and James Crop sey, Brooklin lawyer, was appointed in Bakers place. The department will be thoroughly investigated.
 Mountaneers, friends of John Moore, in jail at Livingstone, Va, sentenced to be e'ectrocuted for the murder of Frank Howe, descended upon the Nel- son county jail in force, demolished the entrance to the building and liberated the prisoner, accompanying him to the mountains where he will probably not be found
 The postal authorities have notified the postofice at Cordova, that the Fair banks and Nome mail will be sent to their destinations via. Cordova and the railroad after November, instead of via. Valdez as in the past.
 Because his wife had left him, and in the hurry of her departure took another man along with her, Henry Schroeder. Chicagoan, followed her to Spokane, where she mas relatives living. Failing to locate her, Schroo- der shot and killed her favorite niece, little gil of three years of age, on the morning of Oct 20.
 Surgeon General Tourney in his an- nual report says; "Alaska still main tains her position at the head of all the countries where United States troops are stationed, as the most healthful place known to the army"
 A Dawson dispatch says: 'More people are remaining Inside this year than ever before in the history of Daw- son. This fact is mostly due to the amount of heavy construction work which is to be done this winter by the Treadgold company, and later oper- ations of the dredgers on the various creeks.
 The fifth game of the worlds base ball championship series was won Oct, B, by the Philadelphias by score of ! to 2. Winning four games out of five. they capture the championship and 50 per cent. of the gate receipts, which amount to $l70,000. The pitching of Combs was the feature of the game. In their game of Oct. P, the Cubs changed their battery, changed their stockings and thereby changed their luck, win ming the fourth game of the worlds championship series in a 10-inning fight. The final score was: Chicago 4, Philadelphia }. The Chicagos took the lead in the first inning, but Phila- delphia tied them in the third and