The Chitina leader., 1914-09-01
SEATTLE, Aug. 31.-A distress

Believing her child fatally i'll Mrs.
Christ Myers took herself and little
fve-year-old daughter to the lake
and jumped into the water Both
were drowned. 1t is thought that
the mother must have been tempo
rarily out of her mind.
SEATTLE, Aug. 31.-At a meet
ing of the board of directors of the
Seattle National Bank, held on Sat
urday afternoon, Fred Karl Struve
was elected president to succeed the
late E. w. Andrews. He has been
a director for some years and is
married to a daughter of the late
Jacob Furth. who was chairman ri
the board of directors and a large
stakeholder in this bank, which has
a capital of $1,000,000.
MOUNT VERNON, Wash, Aug.
31-On Saturday afternoon while
w. J. Thompson was out driving in
his automobile he lost control of the
steering gear and the machine over
turned, almost killing Mr.. Thomp-
son, who was driving. He was for
merly mayor of Sedro Woolley.
HOQUIAM, Aug. Yesterday
while out on the water the lanuch
Seaboard capsized and all aboard
were drowned. They included Ed
ward Miller and wife, w. H. Tuco,
Mrs. A. R. Barley, Louis Capello,
all of Aberdeen, and two unknown
men,
SEATTLE, Aug. 27.-This after
noon a fire broke out in the town of
Shelton, near the upper end Of
Puget Sound, in Mason county. 1t
spread with such rapidity that most
of the business section of the town
was destroyed before the flames
could be gotten under control.
SEATTLE, Aug. 27.-An investi-
cation of the disaster that resulted
in the sinking of the steamer Adj
miral Sampson was commenced this
afternoon by the marine inspectors.
Ell PASO, Aug. 27.-Generals
Villa and Obregon have crossed the
dividing line and have been received
with military honors by General
Pershing.
SEATTLE, Aug. 27.-The steamer
Mariposa was a day late in sailing
for Alaska and did not get away
until Tuesday night, the 25th. She
took the mail and had fair list of
passengers. For Cordova the fol-
lowing were aboard: Mrs. J. L.
O'Brien, Miss Elsie Ware, Mrs. ]. E.
Way, w. F. Smith and family, A. H.
Miller and wife, w. H. O'Neill, Mrs.
Thos. c. Price and Miss L. E. Price.
For Valdez there were six cabin and
one second-class passengers, while
for Seward there were IA cabin and
one second-class.
SEATTLE, Aug. 26.-At her home
last evening, Mrs. Robert Abrams
passed away. She and her husband
were among the early settlers and
nave seen the town grow from Wiz
1age to a large city
SHUSHANNA JUNG, Aug. 26.-
There has been much interest in the
reported discovery of placer gold at
the headwaters of the Chitina river.
A number of men have gone into
that country but until today nothing
very definite was known. The ar
rival here of Thomas and Miller has
filled the town with talk of the new
diggings. These men report good
prospects on the Cayagne and its
tributaries. They say that from two
to ten cent pans have been taken
out from large area. They will
secure an outfit, with working ma
terial to suit the occasion and will
return at once They believe the
ground will pay $40 per day to the
man. The bedrock is shallow and
there is considerable ground to
work. The miners say that there is
much danger in crossing the Chitina
river, which is very high at present.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26.-One
of the notable figures in the Repub-
lican politics of the country died at
the Highlands, this city, shortly
before noon. Powell Clayton is the
name and it will be generally
familiar. For years he was resi-
dent of Arkansas, leaving the gov
ernor's chair in 1871 to become U.
S. senator for a term. He was
ambassador to Mexico from 1897 to
1905 when failing health required
his retirement. The forepart of
this month he celebrated his 81st
birthday. For many years he was
a delegate to the Republican Ma
tional conventions and a member
of the national committee.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26.-Evi-
dence that members of Congress
are preparing their campaigns for
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