FROM SATURDAY’S DAILY
Victoria. Per. 20—Word hx*
Icon received '■ v the Canadian
Government wireless that the
s'eamer Jeanie has gone x
shore on Calvert Island I1
Queen Charlotte Sound and
wsii probably be a total los>.
I he Jeanie left Seattle on the
loth, of th s month bound U*r
the westward carrying mail
express and freight. All went
well until the morning of the
maelheenth when while cros
sing the sound she r-n into a
thick fog bank. She at once
slowed down but the fog was
so th k that she struck before
the lookout could see the land.
An examination was made and
an attempt made to get off but
it was found that her hull had
1 een pierced in several places
by the sharp rocks and they
were unable to extract her
from her position with the
means at their disposal. They
ail took to the boats and reach ‘
shore in safty rrd were later
picked p by the British s'e-’.n
er Estavan which is stand-ng
by the wreck. Ii is believed
that she will be a total loss a*
she lies in a very exposed pos
ition where the first southeast
«t-*rm will probably pound her
to pieces. The Jeanie is a wood
er vessel built at Bath M • ■'
;r i?<3. She was used as a
steam whaler for manv years
and was latter placed in the
.Alaska trade. Sire was i
gross ton? 1S6 feet In !e■ -
37.0 feet beem. IS.* feet deep
carried a crew of 21 men.
She - by the Alaska
st Company, but has been \
under charter to the Swan
Navigation Company during
- , - . - • - Sr- s be
ing operated on the .V i-re
run to handle the freight trade
for the Admiral Sampson of
that lire until the Bu-'kman or
Watson can be gotten ready to
take her place. It was the
Jennie that several years ago
had a collision wit tl little
sound steamer Dix with -.he re
sult that forty two people lost
their lives w h r - ght of the
lights of Aik Park. Ca ver'
Island s the larce :-'\rd ly.tig
jn*t north of Queen Charlotte
Sound and which «eperate*
Fitzhush sound from He cat
Straits.
Late;—The Jeanie wr'j! be a
loss rd i ng t
es: advices receive! by wireless
The registared mail has
been saved and Captain Barnes
of the Estevan is tryinsr ' se
cure all of the ordinary masl
before she breaks up. The
salvage tug- wh h were on the
s ene have ail deserted her
they are unable to accomplish
anything.
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LEAVING FOR SITKA
Mrs. Har : Anderson and two
children w ieave on the ,vik
tonight for Sitka where thev
will make their future home.
Hans has teen there for some
time and has purchased a sal
oon and bowling alley there he
side* being engaged in the bad
business.
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ARE LOCAL VISOTORS
G. H. Lee. with his wife and
child are local visitors for a
few days. Mr. Lee is the post
master and storekeeper at Dol
omi.
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WILL PETURN ON
NORTHWESTERN
Word ha: been received that
If. C. Strong will return from
Seattle on the Northwestern,
brie Hunt ha= not been able
to conclude hi: h i- n>*:- and
will not return until after
Christmas.
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The Copper River Railroad
w.J operate three trains per
week in future until further
notice.
Seattle. Dee 20—The police
were called lo the Grand Pacif
"del early this morning
” here they found a man by the
name of Blair, a quartermaster
n the Humboldt with a bullet
through hi* head and J»hr«
Erickson a sailor from the
Dolphin with a bullet ;hmugj»
h;s knee. The men h ;d I cen
celebrating a little and at an
early hour returned fa Rriik
sons room at the hotel where
they were evidently making a
little harmless noise. A farm
er from Iowa by the name of
X. W. Geddes was occupying
the next room and upon being
disturbed by their noise, took
his revolver and entered ;he
room of Erickson where he
shot both men. He was arrest
ed and confessed to the crime,
saying that he had no reason
for it other than being disturb
ed by their noise. The men
were removed to the City Hos
pital in the ambulance at once
where they were operated on.
I* :t it is thought that Blair will
die.
L'ir"—1$ has been discover-*-!
l-\ the police that the man
>h-«l id the Grand Paeifi cH-de!
i•'-' r>orr s and whose name
w - given as Blair is nam I
Joseph Blinn. He died a? the
C .y Hospital this afternoon
and his assilant is held on a
charge o*' murder in the fins*
degree. It is thought by t! *
police who have been examin
ing the man that he is insane
A message was sent to Daven
port, Iowa, today aswing for
information .about the man
The bankers there all deny
knowledge of the man but from
papers found on his person it
has been established that he is
a wealthy farmer from that
neighborhood.
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ANOTHER AUTO FOR
LOCAL SERVICE
Word has been received
'rcm Fred Chapman saying
lhat he has purchased a fine
half ton Ford auto truck for use
- a laundry gatherer for the
Ketehkan Steam Laundry.
Fred will take lessons and
learn to run I he machine while
below and will bring it bach
o n an early boat. There is noth
ing like being progressive but
it is needles; to say that Fred
will try to put shafts Gn *he
ontrapuon and pull it within
a week after he hits town v(t
it.
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COLUMBINE RETURNS
FROM HER TRIP
The Columbine came in at a
.At. hour last night from thj
" rfh. She has been doing
;omf work around Wrangell
Narrows and other northern
roinfo.
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MAKE BIG SHIPMENT
The Northland cleared from
here this morning for the
=octh with a load of frozen
h hbut for the New England
onsigned to Vancouver and
Seattle, "be took V". I bores or
about 326.000 pounds of the
frozen fish. fl
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Senator B. F. Millard recently
secured an option from Quine
Fi«h. i. P. Collins. George Bar
's and M. Delano on their min
ng property located near the
head of Portage canal in the
Port Wells section.
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A *15.000 payment was made
recently by Secretary Charles
Kraemer to the original own
ers of the Gold King mining
claims on Shoup bay. The com
mpany still have several un
paid payments b't the mine i=
r. w we;; advanced and the de
velopment work has given the
owners much confidence.
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The Daily Miner, $1. per. mo.
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The work of the miners in
the Chisana is beginning to tell
and the latest arrivals from
that camp state that gold has
been found on fifty claims up
to the present time.
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Senator Millard of the Grand
Gold Mining company, has re
ceived word that the workmen
now on the Tatum property
have about completed the build
ing> needed for housing the
men and the installing of the
machinery.
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The Juneau schools arc very
congested, over 300 pupils be
ing crowded into the rooms a
vailable. Some of the pupils at
Send school in the forenoons
while others attend in ttie after
noons.
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Postmaster MeCormic, of
Douglas, has tendered his res
ignation.
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John Gouta and E. Vaglio. of
Whitehorse plan to drive 150
head of cattle to the new dig
gings in the Chisana next
spring.
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Workmer* employed on the
Soo claim in the Fairb rks d -
trict have filed lie;'~ against
the ground to ti c amount of
$10,000.
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Property at Nome mu?1 be al
a low ebb as a l»>g a-t in the
s •• ff-et - fryF'C 4^
house comtOefelv
for s ino.OO
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Rumor has *hv J ’
Murane will sue the cove—
ment for a vear^ salary. T! e
juice was removed to make
room for a democrat.
An example of what mev In
accomplished b> waste is
brought to mind by the ex
periences of an old Arct c
whaler, who remembers the
palmy days when there we-e
40r* whaling vessel^ in V.ask::
and whales enough for a!
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Crete bKutidings being ere.-H*'*
in Juneau the insurance rale
will be reduced one half. T’ e
rate has been from five to - \
rer cent and it is believed that
next year the rate will be cut
to three per cent.
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The Concrete Products Man
ufacturing company of Juneau
has been organized and will en
a<ge in business in the manu
facture of building units. They
expect to employ an army of
men. Who’s army?
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President John Reck, c? the
Juneau Chamber of Commerce
resiened because he was un
able to work up the enthusi
asm which he believed neces
sary to show that the town was
a live one.
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The buglers at Fort Liscum
sure are getting good. On
Thanksgiving morning they re
galed the post at reveille with
the “Girl I Left Behind Me.''
Next morning they had “Got
Three Years To Do Thu In."
Hope the girl dosen't get tired
waiting.
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Enrag'd over the decision
harded down by Commissioner
Albrecht, in fh* I'r fed F‘afe=
v=. S. C. Adams, in which the
defender)! was charged w:*h
criminal trespass, the miners
and residents of Otter creek in
the Iditarod district, met in
mass meeting recently and by
resolution condemned the ac
tion of the official. They at the
same time drew up a telegram,
addressed to Judge Fuller, in
which the practical'’ t1' "'•'nded
the dismissal of flic offending
commissioner.
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Fairbanks has a law prohibit
ing dogs from running at large
on the streets.
^ The Seward Sampling works
Caught unawares by the
first heavy frost of the year,
twenty-one geese were sur
rounded by such a crust of ice
that they were unable to leave
the pond in front of Gordon's
road house, on the Valdez trail,
and consequently were captur
ed by the propietor of the estab
lishment.
The Perseverance mine, at
Juneau, have buildings up for
the accomodations of 500 of
their workmen. One of the
buildings is 10x150 feet, two
stories high. The buildings
are all thoroughly modern.
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Mr. John X. Cobb, who was
connected with the Bureau of
Fisheries for nine years before
becoming assistant agent of the
Salmon Fisheries of Alaska,
has accepted the editorship of
the Pacific Fisherman.
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Some enterprising c'ti’ens of
Juneau aPemoted to take pos
session of the tide lands in
front of the court house re
serve. The marshal chased
the junipers off when the pre
pared to construct foundations
for houses.
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Paul Ivory, a miner of Xorre.
was killed by f ailing rock
which struck him on the head
He did not believe that he was
serionslv injured and waited
to return to work. He died
within twenty-four bn»,r>= of
thp aecfdert.
Prrip? the na-* — ■
af antfifs 1 Vf left VaMo? ■
the eovermrert roaa for ‘}ip
Xelcbna co -ntrv. M -* of 'be
prosnectort are <*o'nc in with
do? teams, but some are n-ini?
hordes. wb:,e 3 number ce
contractin'* with freighters for
delivery at Tazlina.
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The wireless operator aboard
the steamer Alameda and Ih?
operator at St. Michael were
in communication recently
while the Alameda was Ivincr at
♦he Valdez dock. The St.Mich
ael operator was rather doubt
ful that th° -learner was at Va!
de?. so he a^-ked the cable op
erators if it were true.
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During the past eight years
approximately * 15.000 has
been raised by bazars held for
the benefit of the St. Mathews
hospital in Fairbanks. Dur
ing the fair recently held more
than *3.000 was realized and
the expenses were believed not
to exeeed?350.
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H. B. Wimble, of Fairbanks,
was recently adjudged insane
and will be sent to the Morning
side asylum.
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has beep incorporated with a
capitalization of *10.000. The
company will operate the mil!
and laboratory fromerly owned
by H. E. Ellisworth.
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A Skagway stone thrower
knocked five windows out of
the schoolhouse.
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The owners of launches ply
irg in the Gastineau channel
are up inarm= against the
violation of the law prohibiting
the sawmills from throwing
sawdust and slabs into the
water.
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Four men workmg during
fhr • ii-* rp'cfln r>n f'nU] nreck
■ ?hr Tf ,(r. ika district aver
aged *10,00 per day to the
man. The-, we^e working on
a lay from Murphy brothers.
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Owing to increased business
the Co-Operative Wharf com
pany at Petersburg, will great
ly increase their wharf and
make other improvements
which will facilitate the handl
ing of the freight.
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The snow fall at IJainse has
been more this year than any
winter -irce 1900.
Dawson Lode, No. 1303 of
the Loyal Order of Moose re
ceived and accepted the names
of 100 applicants for member
ship, the largest over passed
on in one night. These with
20 previously accepted and
waiting initation and 330 prev
iously initiated, gives Dawson
lodge a total of 551 members,
making it one of the largest
andmost rapidly growing lodg
es of the Northland. The lodge
was organized September ??.
and, therefore is only nine
weeks old.—Dawson News.
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His royal highness, the Duke
of Connaught, governor gen
eral of Canada: her royal high
ness the Duchess of Connaught
and Princess Patrica will be in
vited by Camp Dawson No. \ of
(he Arctic Rrotbcrhood. on be
half of the territory, to visit
the Yukon during the summer.
A magnificent illumination in
vitation has been secured here
by the brotherhood and will b •
forwarded in a fey days by ex
press. for presentation at
Ridean hall, Ottawa. It is suit
aide to grace any palace and
doubtless will attract much at
tention to the Yukon as welt
perhaps, evoke a favoroble. re
ply from his highness. In fact
it has been intimated ihat the
Duke plans to visit the Yukon
this year.—Dawson News.
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Hobby Rurns, the local
’•ram poet, is doing !0 days
'>'e Hotel de Grant for vag
' r v.—Wrangell Sentinel.
Igorote forest fire wardens
in northern Luzon, Philippine
Islands, are being furnished
with auniform consisting of a
coat and gee-string. The coat
will be made of durable dark
‘Teen cloth with brass buttons
and shoulder cords of interwov
en green and yellow. The gee
string- will be of similar shade
of green trimed in yellow and
having .a long green fringe
Thus equiped the firewardens
will no lonjrer he under the
necessity of wearing there for
est badges on their gee-strings
for lack of a better place to
pin it.
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Michael Murry, a pioneer
carpenter of Dawson, died
several days ago while alone in
his cabin on the White river
near Snag.
The Skagwav Alaskan an
nounces in bold typo that 3.TR
miles of travel may be saved by
faking the Skagwav route to
Chisana. This will be a sur
prise to many people who
thought the distance was not
more than that altogether.
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Joseph Young, a former pres
ident ofthe Alaska Steamship
company, has resigned the pres
ideney of the North Bank rail
road to accept something bet
ter in the east.
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SOME OF MAIL WET
Two sacks of mail delivered
by the Alki Saturday night was
soaking wet and many people
have been under the impres
sion that they were from the
leanie. This is not the case
however as the Jeanie did not
have mail for this place. These
two sacks must have been
dropped overboard at Seattle
bv the po<t office wagon driv
ers when it was unloaded a~
there is no chance for it to get
wet aboard the boat. So if
your mail was slightly damp
do not blame the steamer as
they are not to blame in any
way.
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PASSENGER GET8 LEFT
When the Alki docked Sat
urday night two of her passen
gers wandered up town and
the result was they are still
here, ffenry Ifartz and M.
Musingeth, both bound for
Wrangell were the unlucky
| ones.
Seattle, Dec. 22—'The halibut
boat Polaris arrived hero to
day with forty thousand
pounds of fish on board whit ii
were caught on a newly • *is
covered bank in the vicinity of
Prince William Sound, (’.apt.
E. Erikson of the Polaris says
he discovered the hank this
trip hut will not divulge the ex
act location. The price of fish
is firm around eight cents.
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HAVE STARTED DOCK
Burkhart and Paup with their
pile drive* crew arc busy to
day constructing a dock driver
to lie used in the repair work
to Iho Northland Dock. They
have also started to tear out
the old structure and will rush
the work to rapid completion.
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P. E. Smith and wife of
Wrangell, arc local visitors
for a few days. They arrived
down on the Jefferson, last
night.
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JACK IS BACK
Professor Jack Sumpf re
turned from a business trip to
the north on the Jefferson
last night. Jack says they used
him fine in the north but he is
glad to get back.
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Cabins for rent at Sully’s. ad,
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
I ii ;he Commissioner’s Court
for the Precinct of Ketchi
kail. Territory of Alaska, Div
ision No. 1,—In Probate.
Notice is hereby given Dial
William A. Connell liar been
duly appointed administrator
with the will annexed of 111.’
estate of Linus A. Gould, de
(.cased; and all persons having
claims against said estate are
hereby notified to exhibit them
with the necessary vouchers
within six months after the
f rst publication of this notice
with the undersigned at his
place of business, the Stedman
Hotel, Ketchikan, Alaska.
I .'bcd this 4th day of Septem
ber, 1013.
WILLIAM A. CONNELL
Administrator of the Estate of
Linus A. Gould, deceased.
Chas. II. Cosgrove, attorney for
Administrator. 0-26-13
Notice of Final Settlement
In the Commissioner’s Court
I'or Ketchikan Precint No. 8.
Alaska.
In the Matter of the Estate of
William Kroling, deceased.
Notice Is Hereby Given, that
ihe undersigned has filed in
Hit above court his final ac
count of administration of the
above estate, and that Monday
December 1st, 1913, at 2
a dock p.m. at the Commis
'ioners office at the Court
House at Ketchikan, Alaska,
has been appointed as the day
and place for the hearing of
any objections to such final
[account and the settlement
thereof.
WILL B. BELL
Administrator.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the Commissioners Coud
lor the Precinct of Ketchikan
9 ei’i itory of Alaska, Bivisdu
No. I: In Prokale.
Estate of R. S. Holt, derct-eJ.
Notice is hereby given that
Dan Nelson has been duly ap
pointed administrator of the es
tate of R. S. Holt, deceased;
and ail persons Lav ir e. claims
against said estate a:e hereby
notified lo exhibit them with
the necessary vouchers within
six months after the first pub
lication of this notice with Hip
undersigned at his post office
address at Kasaan, Alaska
Dated this 19th day of June
1913. I
DAN NELSON,
Administrator o fthe Estate
of R. 8. Holt, deceased.
Chas. II. Cosgrove, attorney v
Administrator. ,
Mr. Anderson a resident of
Skagway arrived at Haines on
Hie afternoon of Dec. KUh.,
having started from Skagway
in a gas boat and was driven
to shore where his boat was
completely wrecked. The eight
days were consumed irving to
get to Haines. IU> was in bad
condition when he arrived
here, tiis shoes being bmllv
worn and be was suffering
with bis feet. He bad man
aged to kill enough to eai no he
was not suffering from hun
ger.
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Thomas E. Kell, United
Stales inspector of hulls and
toilers has been transferee!
from the Juneau district lo the
SI. Michael district nnd( look
passage with his family for thv
south on the Spokane recently.
The other member of the
board here, Capt. 0. If. Whit
ney, states that no one has as
yet been named to succeed
Mr. Kell.
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Account and Petition For
Distribution
In The Matter of the lietato
of Helen Johnson, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that
the final account of Henry
Gocmaere (lie administrator of
'he estate of Helen Johnson,
deceased, has been rendered
lo said court for settlement,
and that a petition for a final
distribution of the estate lias
been filed with said account,
and that (lie nib day of Dec
ember, 1912, at 2 o,clock p. m.
has hcen duly appointed by
-aid court for the settlement of
said account and hearing of
said petition, at which time any
person interested in said es
tate may appear and file bis
exceptions, in writing, to said
account, and contest Hie same.
Dated this 7th day of Octo
ber, 1912.
E. S. Slackepole,
Probate Judge.
Charles H. Cosgrove,
Attorney for Administrator.
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NOTICE OF SALE
Notice ks given that pursuant
to the provisions of section 278
of part 5, of the Alaska Code of
Civil Procedure, I will offer
for saie upon the premises of
‘he Northland Dock Company
at 2 o’clock in the afternoon of
the 25th. day of October 1913,
to the highest bidder for cash
one purse seign, which can he
*een at the cabin of C. A. John
son on Pennock Island.
This sale is conducted by me
for the purpose of satisfying
my lein for labor bestowed
ihereon and materials furnish
ed at the special instance and
request of Ilarry Ringslad.
Said Harry Ringstad having fail
ed, refused and neglected to
pay just and reasonable char
ges for said labor and material,
amounting to the sum of nine
ty dollars, ($90.00) and ten
dollars, ($10.00) storage and
charges of sale.
A. IT. JOHNSON,
By his attorney, Clias. If. Cos
grove.
Dated this 2nd day of Octo
ber, 1913, Ketchikan, Alaska.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the Commissioners Court
lor the Precint of Ketchikan
Territory of Alaska, Division
No. 1: In Probate.
Notice is hereby given that
VV If. Gilrnonr has been duly
appointed administrator of the
estate of Timothy McMahan,
deceased;and all persons hav
ing claims against said estalo
ere hereby notified to exhibit
them with the necessary vou
chers within six months after
Ihe first publication of this
notice with the undersigned at
his place of business the Ad
miral.
Dated this 22nd day of Sep
tember, 1913.
W. II. G1LMOUH,
Administrator of the Estate
of Timothy McMahan, de
ceased.
Chas. H. Cosgrove, attorney for
Administrator. - ' '
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