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The Ketchikan miner., 1912-08-23
CITY DADS MEET

The Town Council met in reg ular sesSon last night, there be- ing present aM roy oTrnarydfi ing present Mayor Torry and Councilmen Pettinger, Hene- ghan. Gilmore and Gurr. After disposing of routine matters they strengthened out lot diff culties for Harry Kirsehbaum and J. Pittnger, and referred to the Street Committee the Pet ition of Captain Cornell for the establishing of the grade on Dock street.
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-08-23
THE CARNIVAL

Mgr Purinton is looking for a Living sketleton and Fat Lady for the Carnival. Fred says he ha: received a wire from one of the big Vaudeville Circuit; from the states saying they are sending him one of the most feroeiou> wild men in captivity. They guarantee him to eat any thing from - Msllamute Dog to Stove Pipe. They are also sending a large Telescope to let our amateur astronomers see the different curios in the heavens.
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-08-23
SlDESTEPS AS USUAL

\ reporter of the Skaguay Daily Alaskan interviewed Gov ernor Clark recently, upon his entry into the interior Alaska, regarding the rumor that he was going into Fairbanks for The purpose of meeting the customs officers to consult on the sub-port of entry project.
 AIr. Clark said that he had re- ceiyed nc instructions from the treasury department in regard 10 the matter.
 When asked fl he would state his opinion regarding the ad visibility of the sub-port being established replied that he 'nev er crossed a bridge until he came to it."
 Il is wonderful how grace fully that Governor Of ours man ages to side>tep about every is- sue that comes up to him, ex- eept the spending of ail our salmon tax on roads in the in terior instead of salmon pro nacafiOn.
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-08-23
FROM THE HAYNES PRESS

The Campen Moving Picture Co. held their first show on Monday evening at 4. B. Hall
 to a crowded house. Mr. Cam pen has his own electricity and the pictures are very good. Shows will be held four times q week at \. B. Hall. Admis- sion twenty-five cents for ad- ults and ten cents for children.
 Last Sunday noon. Charles Nassack. who was generally ca! jed John Nassack. was drowned at the Chilcoot can nery. Charles was in a canoe with two Of his companions when in some unknown manner t overturned. throwing then ali into inc water. The two boys that were with him made the shore. but Nassack was over come by the cold and sank. Nassack was a native Indian of the Chilcat clan and if is said he was able 10 swim. % the only way that his death can be accounted for it in the presum- ption that the cold water cau- sed a cramp which rendered him unable to make the shore
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-08-23
CANS FOR PURE
 FOOD cANNERY

The City of Seattle which ar rived about seven o'clock this morning. brought up two car loads, about $500 cases of en- .pty salmon cans for the Pure Food Fish Company. Tne can l,ery k packing right ;aoag and
 making frequent shipments ot salmon south.
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-08-23
JEANIE SOUTHBOUND

The Jeanie passed here this morning about 6 o'clock loaded with canned salmon which she picked UP from several eanner- ies. She had olso several hun dred tons of Atlin ore. She will stop at Naket Inlet to load more fish.
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-08-23
WILL OPEN SALOON

As soon as they can get the building up, Hugh Barclay and NJ. NJ. Churchill will open a saloon between the Northern Hotel and the Royal Hotel and Bar. F4lc new building will be 2i by 50 feet in size.
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-08-23
Carnival Week, Oct. 2-3-4-5th
BY PUBLICATION
 No. 163 K-A

In the District Court for the
 District of Alaska. Division
 No. 1.
 3ernice Rogers, Plaintiff,
 Vs.
 Caleb Rogers, Defendant.
 To Caleb Rogers, Defendant, Greetings:
 In the name of the United states of America, You are hereby commanded to be and ,ppear in the above entitled Court, holden at Ketchikan in aid Division of said District, md answer the complaint filed against you in the above entit- ed action within thirty days rom the date of the service of his summons and a copy of the aid complaint upon you, and if  ou fail so to appear and an- :wer, for want thereof the plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief demanded n said complaint, a copy of which is served herewith.
 This action is brought to se- :ure disolution of the bonds )f matrimony now existing be- ween the plaintiff and defend mt, upon the grounds of cruel md inhuman treatment calcu- ated to impair he alth and en- danger life.
 And you, the United States Marshal of Division No. 1 o. he District of Alaska, or any 'eputy, are hereby required to make service of this summons lpon the said defendant and each of them as by law requir- q and you will make due re- urn thereof 10 the Clerk Of his Court within forty days rom the date of delivery to 'ou, with an indorsemcnl here on of your doings in the prem ses.
 The order for the publication 'f this summons is dated Aug. 'th, 1912, and requires publi- ,ation Ill the 'Ketchikan Miner
 weekly newspaper published it Ketchikan, Alaska, at least )nce a week for the period Of 'ix co weeks, and defendant . required to answer within hirty days after last publication SEAL OF COURT)
 In witness whereof, I have hereto sgt my hand and affixed he Seal. of the above Court this '0th day of July, A. D. 1912.
 F. w. PETTIT, Clerk.
 E. $. STACKpOLE, Deputy.
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-08-23
ADDITIONAL
 ELECTION RETURNS

According to Westward pap CTS. the following are election returns in districts thus far un- reported here:
 Ruby City-Gilmore, 8; Wickersham, .NI: Jennings, 8. . aaersts, s. , A,oos"nas. 7a:
 Rampart-Gilmofa. }: Wick ersam, r.; Jennings, i; krauc- zunas. 20.-Total 10.
 Richardson-Gilmore, i; Wickersham, T.: Jennings. 1; krauczunas. 3.-Tosal D.
 Fish Creek-Wickersham. T. Jennings. 1: krauczuna>. 5.- Total g.
 This brings the totals of the different candidates thus far F ported 10. Nickersham, 26S0. krauczunas. I352; Gilmore I2S0; Jennings, o52; Harrais of0.
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-08-23
MARIPOSA MAKES
 FAST TIME

The MaripOsa came into DOT, last night about seyen o'clock af fer one Of the fastest runs ever made from Seattle. She COW cred the distance in q few min
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-08-23
MARBLE PRoSPEcToR

George R. Robinson, one of the leading directors of the Yer mont Marble Company is reg istered at the Reyilla. He Is looking over some prospects in this locality.
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-08-23

Prof. George LaFrance has been engaged to do a Hair Rais- ing Tight Wire walking aet every afternoon of the Carni- val.
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-08-23

a tlunshlnG new town ln the lnnoka.
 There will be a dozen stamp stamp mills operating near Fair banks this fall.
 The steamship Yukon will take the place of the Bertha on the Alaska run.
 Joseph Barrett, one of the lucky ones or the klondike days died at Dawson last month.
 The Sentinel says that a man walked into a drug store in INVrangell and called for ten cents worth of pneumonia.
 For the first six months of l19i2 the mines on Douglas Is land paid dividends amounting ] in the aggregate to s55s,1oo. i Hot weather in the Panama valley induced a preacher to take off his coat while he pro- pounded Bible truths to a per spring audience.
 i Ninety miles of intermediate and deep-sea cable has been or dered by the government for l the improvement of the Alaska service.
 ] It is e-timated that Dawson imports 6,500 cases of eggs an 'nually, selling on the average i for 90 cents a dozen wholesale or s15 a case, making a total l )f s100,O0O
 l One 0 fthe prominent Ruby ] City merchants has been boy Iootted by the miners because he raised the price of his goods when there was a slight short Gge in camp.
 Capt. Jandis, master of the |. $. steamer Jeff Davis on the Yukon river for the past five years was retired at the age of eighty years. He will reside in the states.
 i Wilbur Ward, former propri- etOr of the Cinema Miner, and two years ago editor of the Fair
 banks Star which supported Wickershams is now reporting OF the Seattle Times. l The steamship Sophia, of the
 Canadian Pacific Ky. Go. is claimed to have the most terri ble whistle ever footed in South
 eastern Alaska waters.
 William, better known as ."BilI' Fee, blew into Seattle Q couple of weeks ago on his
 way back to Alaska. "I am really homesick to get back to the North said Bill to a report |er. Bill is one of the original sourdoughs, and first came to Alaska in 1889 on the George
 W. Elder.
 Chief Isaac, the last of the
 great upper Panama chieftains Iis dead. Four tribes, the Tetlin
 Mentata, Ketchumstock and 1lealy. joined in the feast and dance that followed the burial of the old Ketchumstock war Irior. No successor has been ap pointed as yet, nor is il likely that one will be until later in the fall.
 The complaint filed ct o:3O 3. m, Albertina Kloinschn1idi secured divorce i. record breaking tine from Victor Kleinschmi3t as Fairbanks re- cently, when the degree w signed by Jndgc Ovcrficld an hour and a half later. The hu band filed his answer i'm mediately after the complaint. He admitted everything. The husband deserted his wife in Katalla in 1904.
 Like ille sun bursting from lchiDd mass of clouds are the .encolraelng reports comG1a TT from Ruby City, the Lew camp on the Yukon and the
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-08-23

Percy W. Durrant. defendant.
 To Percy w. Durrant, defen- dant. greeting:
 In the name Of the United States of America, You are hereby commanded to be and appear in tic al3yc entitled Court. hotlen at ketchlkan in said District of said District. and answer the complaint filed against you in the above-entit- action within 30 days from 'he date of the service Of this summons and a copy of the said complaint upon you, and. if you fail so tO appear and an- swer, for want thereof the plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in said complaint. a copy Of which is served herewith.
 This suit is brought to secure dis solution Of the bonds of mat rimony now existing between plaintiff and defendant upon the grounds of cruel and in- human treatment on the part of said defendant toward said plaintiff calculated 10 impair health and danger life.
 And you, the United States Marshal of Division No. 1 of the District Of Alaska. or any deputy. are hereby required to make service Of this summons upon the said defendant and each of them as by law re- quired and you will make due return hereof to the Clerk ot this Court within forty days from the date Of delivery to you, with an indorsement here on Of your doings ill the prem ises.
 The order of the service of the summons by publication is dated June 2Sth. 1912. and di- rects that publication of the same shall be had Tn the Ketchikan Miner. a weekly newspaper. published at Ketchikan. Alaska, at least once q week. for the period Of six f6) weeks. You are re- quired to answer said com plaint within thirty days after last publication.
 in witness whereof, I have hereto set my hand and affixed the Seal of the Court this 18th day of June. 4. D. 1912.
 E. ". PETTIT,
 Clerk
 By E. s. STACKPOLE,
 Deputy.
 Char. H. Cosgrove, Attorneyo
 CHAS. H. COSGROyE,
 Attorney for Plaintiff, Ket-
 chikan, Alaska.
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-08-23
DR. JOHN TAKES VACATION

Dr. J. l.. Myers left rece',a
 for the Fortman Hatchery 10 join his wife and Mrs. Dobbs who nave teen there for a rev days and enjoy a brief respit from his troubles and get next Q Nature end res. He '.sli re- nam ntil N tuesday at..' he whole party will return to he humdrum of city life again.
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-08-23

London, August 2I-General Booth, the founder of the Sal walton Army is dead, having ex- plred during the night. He was horn in Nottingham England, April 10, 1899, and was or dained at the age of 2l a min ister in the Methodist church. In 1865, having become dis
 satisfied with the church's methods in dealing with the de graded classes of the grej cit ies, especially London, he start ed the Christian Mission in the East End, London. This or ganization in 1878 was put OH a military basis under the name .cf the Salvation Army. of which
 he was the commanders in- chief
 at the time of his death. In ad- .dition to his army work he was the author of several hymns, and in 1891 published a book,
 "ln Darkest England, and the Way Out" This book stirred up so much interest in his work that a fund of more than a mil
 lion dollars was raised and placed in his hands for the re- lief of the poor and through the Salvation Army used for the es |tablishment of farm, city, and .oyer-the- sea industrial colonies for the poorest classes of the city slums.
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-08-23
SERIAL No. Of 522

In the matter of the application
 of George n. Mumford for q
 Patent under Section 2306 Revised Statutes to [. :. Sur vey No. tSI for Alaska.
 Juneau. Alaska. June f. 1oI2. Notice is hereby. given. That George T.. Mumlord. a resident Of New York City and State. She legal assignee of Richard May beneficiary under Section 230G Revised Statutes ef the United States. granted additional lands : 10 soldiers and sailors who served in the Army and Navy Iof the United States during the War of the Rebellion, has ap- piled to enter the lands embrac- ed Il United States Survey No IfSI situated upon the shores Of Lyman Anchorage. Of Prince . of Wales Island Alaska. more iparticularly described as fol- lows:
 l Biginning at Cor. No. I. q ] lcross K and "S-ISl Cor. I" marked on bedrock. whence T.. :. L. NJ. No. : bears :. i3 deg. .05 min. N. G6.46 chs. dist. :: thence North. 21.50 chs. eros : ltramway. 3I.09 chs. 10 cor No. ?. at high water mark of Lv- man Anchorage. cross X and ''S-iSi Cor. ? NJ. C" mark led on bedrock i feet above high water mark. whence Spar Buoy on Lyman Rock bears \. #00 deg. % min. w: about if Ichs. dist; thence. along said high water mark. <1@ \. st !, .,deg. 0i min. E.: 4.3Ichs.: Cor. No. , ot Mineral Survey No. 6ef, q cross \ on pFopryrv dyke. 2 :. ii min. co deg. F.. 500 \. 57 deg. 00 min. E.. I.25 chs. 10 Cor. No. 3. q rock in place marked with q cross Y, on top and "S-ISI Cor. B Ica side: thence South. 80 chs. cross Mamie Greek. 1850 chs. cross tramWay 2i2O chs. cross fame. 33.9S chs. to Cor. No 1. 6 stone marked with cross x aad "S-fSI Cor. r: thence. west. 2S.1i chs. 10 Cor. No. 1. the place of beginning. Mag |netic NaratIOn at all corners 9 deg. j3 min. East. Area 1880 acres.
 As additional to the original Homestead Of the said Richard May upon the sEA of the SE1I Of Ser. 20, T. S3 \. R. 9 W. containing n acres. entered q Ues MOines. Iowa, March i4. 1885. The location OF select ion by said George D. Mumford 9-as made May 2. DOS. and any and all persons claiming adversely the land above des- Ecribed. Or any portion of the same. or desire to show the same to be mineral in chaaac- Her. are required to file with ] lhe Register and Receiver of the United States Land Office at Juneau. Aia,ka. their adverse claim. or protest. during the iperiod of the publication Of this ! notice. or within 30 days there iafler; otherwise they will be ! barred by provision of the sta ute.
 ! GEORGE D. MUMFORD.
 Applicant.
 ! It l. Hereby Ordered. That ! the foregoing notice be pub .ished for the statutory period in the 'Ketchihan. Miner. fl ] weekly news paper published al 1 ketchikan. Alaska. nearest the Hands herein described. and of ! general circulation in Chat vi cinlly.
 1 C. B. WALKER,
 Register.
 ! MAURICE D. LEEHEY.
 Attorney for Applicant. SIP
 Alaska Building, Seattle. Washington.
 First publication July 2G.l9l2 1 Lasi publication, Oct. IS, i9l2
 The Fairbanks city council r.~..1.,.lF.. |.
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-08-23
Summons By Publication
 No. 1S2. k.-A.

Tn inc District Court for the District of Alaska. Division No. 1.
 Sadie L. Durrant, plaintiff,
 vs. Percy W. Durrant, defendant. To Percy w. Durrant, defen-
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-08-23

The Fairbanks city council recently passed ordinances making compul ory the regis tration Of births and deaths.
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-08-23
C. B. WALKER,
 Register. MAURICE D. LEEHEY.

Attorney for Applicant. Si2 Alaska Building, Seattle.
 Washington. First publication July 2G,l0l2 Last publication, Oct. IS, i9l2
The Ketchikan miner., 1912-08-23
GEORGE D. AlGMFORD.
 Applicant.

It Is Hereby Ordered. That the foregoing notice be pub .ished for the statutory period 1T the 'ketchihan. Miner. fl weekly news paper published at hetchikan. Alaska. nearest the lands herein described. and of general circulation in that yi- cinity.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-01-20
AMERICAN TROOPS ARRIVE
Relieve British of Task of Guarding
Section of Railroad.

Pekin, Jan. 2o.--The Fifteenth
regiment of the United States infan-
try, which is to act as guard for a
section of the railroad from Pekin
to the coast. arrived at Chin Wang
Tao yesterday on board the trans
port Logan.
The American troops Immediately
after Decentralization, were inspect
ed by their commander A detach-
ment then moved from Chin Wang
Tao along the railway where they
took over the duty of guarding the
line from Tang Shan to Lanchow
from the British troops, which re-
turned to Tien Tsin.
More than 800 American troops
will be chartered in a warehouse at
Tien Tsin, which has been rented
for the purpose.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-01-20
THE GOVERNMENT RESTS
IN THE YOUNG CASE
COURT OVERRULES MOTION OF
DEFENSE TO STRIKE OUT
TESTIMONY.
1t Is Expected that the Arguments
Will Begin This Afternoon.
Afisapplied Funds of
Bank.
associated Press Special.

Associated Press Special.
Galveston, Texas, Jan. 20.--The
government rested today in the in
PRODUCTION of testimony in the pros
ecution of e. H. Young, the cotton
exporter, who is alleged to have
missapplied s65,000 of the funds
of the Galveston National Bank.
Following the announcement of
the government that it had rested
COUNSEL for the defense moved to
strike out all of the testimony and
directed the court to instruct the
jury to return verdict of acquittal.
This motion was promptly overrul-
ed. 1t is expected that the defense
will arrest and the arguments will
begin this afternoon.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-01-20

VIII Retire to Private Life anil y,
come Associated with Trust
COntpauy


| Austin, Texas. Jan. 20.--J M
Edwards of Runnels county will be
Texas state treasurer, commencing
April /, vice Sam Sparks. who yes
terday rendered his resignation to
the governor, effective on that date,
and it was accepted and the selec-
tion of Mr.. Edwards announced.
The change came as big surprise,
there having been no previous 'rti-
nation The governor did no. hest |
tate in appointing Mr.. Edwards, !
who has been chief clerk in the /
treasury department during the en-
tire incunbeney Of Mr. Sparks. II is
probable that Sam Fl. Carter of Bell /
who has been chief book /
keeper during the Sparks admins
tration, will be appointed chief |
clerk. Following his appointment
and acceptance, Mr.. Edwards an
nounced that he will be a candidate
for state treasurer in the next dem /
ocratic primaries to succeed to full |
term. He has already received many |
local pledges of support.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-01-20
|SNEED HEARING
IS POSTPONED
Habeas Corpus Proceedings Of
Slayer Go Over Until
Monday
CONE JOHNSON IN CASE
Tyler Man Has Been Retained to AS
slsi in the Delense-Sons Of
Slain Man in Court
Room
Associated Press Special.

-Ao'pNthsSd tto5 bptCidi.
Fort Worth. Texas, Jan. Boy
an agreement of counsel the habsas
corpus hearing of j 3 Sneed, which
was to have taken place this morn
ing, was postponed until Monday af-
ternoon at 2 o'clock, The postpone
ment was granted at the request of
Hon. Cone johnson of Tyler, who
has joined the attorneys for the de-
Tense. Mr.. Johnson explained to the
court that the defense was not ready
for the hearing to proceed.
Before court opened this morn
ing Judge Simmons announced that
while he did not believe any one
would come into the court room
armed he wished to say that any
person found carrying concealed
weapons would be fined,
In the court room at the time the
hearing was called were VIII, Hen
Try and Lynn Boyce, sons of the slain
man. Tom Snyder, father of Mrs
Sreed. arrived from New Mexico an,
was also in the court room.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-01-20
THE SHIPPERS
ARE IN CONTROL
Southern Cotton Men Believe
They are Masters Of
Situation.
CONFERENCE At MEMPHIS
Shippers Meet European Represen-
tatives In Effort to Devise Plan
Tor Protecting Bills Of
Lading.
Associated Press Special.

Memphis, Tenn. Jan. TO- South
Iern cotton shippers believe them
selves to be practically in control of
the situation with reference to the
Liverpool bills of lading plan which
was the subject of a conference here
today between prominent cotton
men and European representatives.
The shippers believe the interstate
commerce decision forbidding rail-
roads to give out information con-
corning bills of lading without the
consent Of the shipper gives them
control of the situation.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-01-20
NO. NEED FOR ALARM
SAYS HEAL TIL OFFICIAL
VITAL STATISTICS REGISTRAR
SAYS PEOPLE NEEDLEssLY
EXCITED.
Gives Figures TO Show Mortality
Greater in 1919 tI,an 19tf
AS Result OF Dreaded
Meningitis.
Assoeiated Presa special.

AsSUCIuled Pfess Special.
Austin, Texas, Jan. 20.-The
registrar of vital statistics, r. P.
Babcock, today gave out a statement
saying that the meningitis situa-
ton is not alarming and the people
are doing themselves an injustice by
thus needlessly exciting them
selves"
The statistioian shows that there
has been a continued existence o.
i this disease for years past Th,
mortality report for 1910 shows 34'
deaths from meningitis, white 10
u eleven months IN Hall. rot inelus
ing DAearpbAr, there were "a
deaths from this dlsease.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-01-20
PURE FOOD EXPERT
FULLY ExONERATED.
DIR. Wiley Given Clean Bill of Health
by Congressional Committee.

Washington, Jan. 20.--Dr. Har-
vey W. Wiley, chief of the chemis-
try bureau of the department of ag-
riculture, the storm center of the
food administration controversy last
summer, is given a clean bill of
health in the report of the house
committee that Investigated the
charges and countercharges. The
committee, in it's report, which will
be presented to the public next Mon
day, sustains DIR. Wiley all along
the line, except on unimportant de-
tails.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-01-20
TRAGEDY RESULTS OVER
QUARANTINE ENFORCEMENT
Cattle Man Attempted to Visit His
Mother in Hayes County Town
and Was Killed by Guard.
Aasociated preHs special.


Austin, Texas, Jan. 2o.-George
Lock, a prominent stockman, is re-
Iported to have been shot and killed
at Buda, Hayes county, this morn
ing because he persisted in going to
see his sick mother after being
warned not to enter town on account
of a quarantine against meningitis
1t is reported that he was shot on
his mothers porch.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-01-20
situatlon Under Control.

Associated Press Special.
Dallas. Texas, Jan. Got is stat
ed that DR.. Sophien has announced
that the meningitis situation here is
under control and he Will
return to New York at once.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1912-01-20
UP To HIS OLD TRICKS
PRESIDENT CUTS CHAPEL
Taft Misses Opening Exercises at
Yale 70 Watch One of the Old
| Dormitories Burn.

Associated Press Special.
New Haven. Conn, Jan. 20
President Taft, who was here today,
cut chapel this morning to watch
a fire in the old south middle dor
mitory of Yale University. The
president finally arrived at chapel
Just as President Hadley was finish
ing the invocation.