The Chitina leader., 1914-11-10

Admiral Watson returned from the north on Wednesday and has been withdrawn from the Southwestern l Alaska run for two months. Her boilers will be repaired and she will be partially reconstructed. at total cost of nearly $100,000. The work
 was planned for earlier in the sea- 1 son, but had to be postponed be- cause of the necessity of placing the
 Watson in the northern service. after she had been withdrawn from the Seattle-San Francisco service. The Watson will be remodeled and re- the steamship Admiral Evans. With the completion of the work, the l Pacific-Alaska Navigation Company | will be fully prepared for the de- velopment era to be inaugurated in Alaska by the. building of the gov ernment railroad.
 The Watson formerly operated in 1 the company's southern service but was withdrawn on the arrival of the lines new steamships Admiral Dewey and Admiral Schley from the Atlantic Coast, the new vessels being placed on the run with the Admiral Farragut. The company was ready at that time to go ahead with the reconstruction work on the Watson, but the loss of the Admiral | Sampson. operating with the Evans on the Alaska run, made it necessary to place. the vessel immediately in the northern service.
 WASHINGTON, Nov. 6. - The state department has been advised that Villa has formally notified the national convention at Aguas Cali entes of his willingness to resume command of his troops or retire to private life, if either action is neces- sary to bring about the elimination of Carranza.
 PROVIDENCE, Nov. 6.-The so- called Progressive Socialist party of
 
 politically dead, having lost it's standing as a legal political party because of failure to cast two per cent of the total vote of the state at Tuesdays election. It is stated by the leaders that the two factions will cease fighting among themselves and consolidate their forces against the two old parties in the future.
 SAN FRANCISO, Nov. 5.-Col. J. c. Kirkpatrick, manager of the Sharon estate, died this morning of diabetes. He was we'll known by the travelling public because for years he had been in charge of the Palace and Fairmont hotels.
 WASHINGTON, Nov. 5.-The fed eral authorities have issued quar- antine against live meat shipments into New York, Maryland, Illinois. Michigan, Indiana, and Pennsyl- vania. The reason advanced is be- cause of the prevalent foot and mouth diseases of live stock. By reason of this condition the Chicago stock yards have closed.
 SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 5.-F. Augustus Heinze, the we'll known mining man, died here last night from cirrhosis of the liver. He jumped into prominence when he successfully fought the copper trust in Montana and compelled them to buy out his interests. The several million dollars he then received he took to New York and it is reported that the copper magnates got most of it back from him through opera tions on Wall Street. Heinze was born at Brooklyn in 1869 and after taking course in mining at the Columbia school of mining went to Germany to study. In 1890 he went to Butte and became engaged in mining and smelting. He afterwards was president of the United Copper Company and a director of the Mon tanaN Ore Purchasing Go. He was prominent in Democratic politics in Montana
 ELIZABETH, N. J., Nov. b. Former U. s. Senator John Kean died at his home here last night. He was 62 years of age and for 25 years was prominent in the political life of New Jersey. From January 1899 until March 1911 he was member of the U. s. Senate.
 | PEKING, Nov. 5.-A new system of taxation is being considered by President Yuan Shih-Kai and his cabinet. Should the new plan be adopted, it will obtain revenue from kerosene oil, tobacco. liquors and luxuries of all kinds. A stamp tax on land transferred, hunting licenses, etc., are revenue-producing measures also being planned.
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