Vagi Motes.
Peter Nelson, the well known
proprietor of the Unga hotel, was
married to Miss Catherine Driscoll,
of San Francisco, on April 11th,
the ceremony being performed by
the U. S. Commissioner.
Alex Olgin had themisfortnneto
again fracture his right knee cap,
while bringing coal from the Apol
lo mine. Mr. Olgin however is do
ing nicvly, and althongh the last
fracture is only half an inch below
the first fracture, Dr Silverman,
resident surgeon of the Apollo mine
entertains great hopes of the last
operation being as successful aa the
first.
The barkentines Nellie Coleman
and City of Papete and the schoon
er Carrier Dove, all arrived in
Squaw Harbor the last of April and
have now left for Behring sea on a
fishing cruise.
The Apollo mine is now running
with a force of 50 men. The water
has been entirely got out from the
750 level in the new shaft, which
had been flooded for some months.
A sailing vessel is daily expected
with the annual nquisilion and
1000 tons of coal, and on arrival
they hope to considerably extend
the level. A. M. Randa', the book
keeper of the mine, soon leaves for
Kodiak, to relieve Mr. Bailey, of
the A. C. Co., who comes to this
place as agent of the A. C. station.
C. A. Fletcher, the old bookkeeper,
is expected on the next boat to take
his former position in Mr. Randal’s
place.
Furs in these parts have not
been as plentiful as in former sea
sons, the long continuance of freez
ing weather seeming to have been
responsible for it.
Ray Wisecarver, the respected
teacher of the public school, leaves
for the States on the next boat, his
term expiring on June 1st.
Alaska Record Broken.
The winter record of Alaska
commerce wa6 broken in the first
two months of this year. The de
tailed figures for the month of Feb
ruary, recently issued by the de
pa rtment of commerce, show that
the value of goods shipped from
Alaska in that month was larger
than any other month in the his
tory of the territory. The northern
part of the territory is, of course,
closed to navigation, and the win
ter months are the period of light
shipments to and from Alaska, gen
ally speaking.
The value of cargjus arriving in
the United States from Alaska in
February last was $420,567, as
against $85,911 in the same month
oi last year. The north bound
shipments were a little lighter than
last year in February, but they
were heavier in January. Last
February’s shipments to the north
were valued at $283,855, as against
$320,225 in February of last year.
The shipments in February in both
directions were $709,422, as against
$406,136 in the same month of
1903.
The year has started well in ti e
Alaska trade, and there is the he6t
reason to believe that 1904 will be
a record-breaker in trade with the
j northern ]>oescs$ions. The January
record was fully 35 per cent, better
•than that of Inst year, the ship
ment* from Alnskn l>eing valued at
9234,853, and to Alaska at 9188,
I 453.
| For the first two months of this
year the sum total'of Alaska com
merce was 91,132,708. In the same
two months of last year it was
•703.593.
Cushman's Figures.
In his speech in congress on
April 6th, in support of the bill to
give Alaska a delegate in congress
to be elected by the people of the
district, Representative Cushman,
of Washington, gave some figures
as to the value of Alaska to this
country, which exhibit as nothing
else could the vast importance to
the trade of the United States
which Alaska is assuming. He
showed by statistical tables that
since its acquisition, the total prof
its to the nation from Alaska have
reached the stupenduoug total of
•158,999.041. The e.-timate is a
conservative one, as is seen from
!the details. The actual receipts of
' the federal treasury, in excess of
its ex|>enditures in Alaska, have
aggregated very closely to one
hundred million dollars. The
profits on seal skins have aggregat
952.000. 000; the profits on salmon
950.000. 000; the profits on gold
mined 931,000,000; the profits on
general trade, not otherwise speci
fied, 925,OUO,OUO. Capitalizing the
annual profits made from Alaska
by the people of the United States
since its acquisition, on a basis of
5 per cent., the actual value of the
country to the United States is
993,528,848; and this on the theory
that the annual returns would be
but the same hereafter as during
the average of the past thirty-efght
years.
Grigsby’s Resignation In.
The case of Col. Melvin Grigsby,
district attorney at Nome, is now
settled and the president has ac
cepted Grigsby’s resignation, to
take effect July 1. The resigna
tion was presented in writing by
.Senator McCumber of Sooth Dako
ta. Grigsby has lieen in Washing
ton all winter and is there now.
In fact, for one reason or another
he has been al>sent from his post
all but six months of the time since
he was appointed.
The summary dismissal of Grigs
by was recommended a year ago
and this year by the attorney gen
eral, but in reap nse to much plead
ing by Alexander McKenzie and
members of the North and South
Dakota delegations in congress, the
president decided to allow Grigsby
io resign. The first charge agaiast
him was insubordination. This
was followed by allegations that
Grigsbv accepted $10,000 from the
Pioneer Mining Co., to secure im
munity from i o-ecution, and these
were sustained by the department
of justice after a thorough lnve*ti
gation.
The Treadwell mine managers
Contemplate manufacturing their
own explosives rather than submit
io the extortionate demands oi the
dealers and manufacturers..
c«» for
*$■ ■-. •
AMONG MEN OF MEANS.
J. P. Morgan, Ger rge Could and Cor
nelius Vanderbilt have been elected
i members t f a society of numisma'. ists.
They are tint eratond to ha»e m.-.stered
[ another form of coin collecting.
In the brief period when he is Dot ’
! engagrd in fixing up billion-dollar com
bines Pierpont Morgan occasionally
cracks a joke. Hr was showing some
friends through his kennels, and one
of them expressed great admiration
for an imported setter. "Yes. he's a
fine dog. His name is Russell Sage.”
"How did you come to give him that
name?" “Well, he never loses a
scent.”
Justice William L. Putnam, of the '
t'nlted States circuit court of appeals, I
in Portland. Ore., recently fell into .
conversation with a young man of the ;
nnuveaux richca who expressed
astonishment that the judge could get
along on his salary of 16.000 a year.
“Why." said the purse-proud youth,
"it easily costs me twice that amount
to live a year.” The judge answered,
gravely: "It isn't worth it, George; it
isn't worth it."
Young Cornelius Vanderbilt is becom
ing quite a favorite with other work
men in the Mott Haven shops, of the
New York Central r«ilroa«T it is not
uncommon to see him lying on bis
back among coal dust and cinders in
specting the construction of a locomo
tive fire box. Grimy-faced engineers
and firemen like to chat with the young
millionaire, not so much because be is
his father’s son. but because he is a
good mechanic and understands the
topics they like to discuss.
Among the stories being told of the
late Cecil Rhodes is this: When tak
ing leave of the German emperor after
several interviews in relation to Af
rica. his majesty said: “I wish you
were a German. Mr. Rhodes, for then
I would ask you to become my minis
ter of foreign affairs.” The kaiser was
somewhat startled at this characteris
tically blunt reply: “If your majesty
were only an Englishman. 1 would have
suggested that you come to South Af
rica with me and become my business
manager.”
CHAT OF THE STUDIOS.
A colossal statue in bronze, repre
senting the late Cecil Rhodes, is in
the studio of John Tweed at Chelsea,
London. It is designed for the market
place at Ilultiwayo.
Carolus Duran notes the presence in
the New Salon this year of paintings
of steam engines and automobiles, and
remarks that next ; ear will doubtless
bring us pictures of airships.
No need to go abroad to secure art in
ceramics. Many of the recently pro
duced American art pottery pieces are
artistic in the extreme, possessing
body colorings of exquisite beauty and
blending.
Tlie Greek archaeological committee
has decided to restore the Erechtheion.
The greater part of the famous ruin
on the Acropolis is still standing, and
the fragments necessary for its com
plete reconstruction are all lying
around.
l’rof. Halsey C. Ires has secured
promises of the loan of paintings, par
ticularly miniatures made many yeara
ago, some in the early history of Louis
iana. from wealthy planters of St.
Louis, to be exhibited at the St. Louia
exposition.
Mr. Macbeth, one of the most promi
nent art dealers in the country, says
that well-selected American pictures
have been profitable investment,
while, on the other hand, the aver
age foreign picture, as a dividend earn
er. has proved a snare and a delusion.
Outside the work of the Rarbizon
school, he saya. it is hard to think of
any modern artists whose pictures are
not, commercially, worth much lest
than ten yeara ago.
CONCERN IMG CHICAGO BANKS.
In the past five years the deposits of
the national banks of Chicago have in- '
creased 63 per cent., and the capital but
30 per cent.
Banking capital is not growing, as a
rule, in tbe same ratio as deposits.
This means that the banks are becom- I
ing larger, in an individual sense, and
their expansion comes from merger
w ith other institutions in a great many i
cases.
Since January 1 the following hanks
have been organized: Drovers' Trust
and Savings. Live Stock savings. Chi- .
cago savings. Federal Loan and Trust
company. Colonial Trust and Savings,
and only the other day a charter was 1
granted to the Northwestern Loan and
Trust company.
In the past seven years 13 national .
banks have gone out of business, and
only one has been orgnnr/ed. the num
ber having been reduced from 23 to
12. In the same period the state banks
have been less disturbed. Right bnve
retired, and with the new ones formed 1
and in process of formation seven have
been started.
THE JEWEL BOX.
Among the novel! lea is a ebaln of am
ber beads strung on a gold cord.
Quaint, old-time snoods or nets of
pearls are come to deck the hair of the
fair.
In lorgnette chains one has small
oval pink coral beads, each separated
by a 1< •ng oral link of gold.
Amoked pearl buttons with dian:< nd
tenters, in sets of 13. are in favor for
men’s wear. Wives, remember this—
if he has a birthday.
Perfume balls, which are the favor
ite charms for neekehains or brace
lets. are often in the shape of an al
mond. a pear, or an apple, int rusted |
with diamonds.
Buckles of blonde tortoi«« s’ r"
worn in the hair. They are mi t-r
on a comb. The edges if t'f ’ iu 1 y
which is lone and lient in s’.-ri ; :e
powdered with diamond
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McKINI.KY STREET.
Finest Work. Prompt IK'liverv.
Fully Responsible.
For Assays Send Your Ore To
J. H. MORRISON,
Assayer Ellamar Mining Co.
Gold, Silver and Copper $3.50
Gold and Silver - 1.50
Copper ... 2.00
Ix'ad ... 2.00
Ellamar, Alaska
Ellamar
Mining
Company
Powder, Caps, Fuse,
and all other nec
essaries for the
Prospector.
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Prices Reasonable.
Ellamar. Alaska.
Operate* the fine*t train.* in the
world every day in the year, be
tween
Minneapolis,
St. Paul,
Chicago,
Milwaukee,
OMAHA and KANSAS CITY,
making direct connections with
through trains for all (>oints East
and South.
As cheap as the cheapest and tin
best to l>e had. For rates or reser
vations, call or write,
F. \V. PARKER,General Agent,
151 Yesler Wav, Seattle.
Application.
l\ 8. Land Office, June ail. Ala*k t Mar. 7,
Xidiw is hereby given that:
I. Carl X. irary. «>f Vallz. Alaska,
assignee of Thompson (tnr.'enhh-r, being enti
I bit i«» l he beuefltsof Section 23*'* oi the Revised
RUiBtllflf the United States, granting addi
•h>nal lands to soldier* and **aiiorj. who serve*!
in the War of the Rebellion, do hereby apply
to enter I*. 8. survey No. c;7, containing ]«*•
acres an.I more particularly det*Til*ed as fol
lows, to-wit:
Said survey No. 337 i- situated within the
Valdes Keco.diug District, Prince William
Sound. de*cril*ed by metes and bounds, courses
and dt*i«uce», as fol.ow*:
beginning at Corn- r No. 1, which is in 4**
chain* N. 44 deg. E. from Corner No 1 of Valdez
b»wn»iie. and 1'>.:J2 chain* X »l d« g. do min E
from the initial uum mient of l*. S. Survey No.
14'*. thence N. 2* deg, if mill. W. lS/jii chains t«»
t'orner No. 2; thence N. «d deg. 27 min. K. v.H't
chains to Corner No J; th.-uee S J8 d“g. :*» min
E. h'»._**'*chains to t'orner No. I: then.-e 8. *>1 d c.
27 min. W. HA) cbsluii to t’orner No. 1. the place
of beginning, t outaiuing 1». acre*. Variation
28 *1 *g. .'*7 min E.
As additional to hi* original homestead on
the N. 1,0fthe NK*, Se T 1«. N R 3. W.
whi.-h he entered on the 27th day of January.
l.*»vi, jut homestead e try No 1*7 » at the United
States Land Office at f!:.rk>ville. \rfc.:!i»a*.
Noth e is hereby given to any and all parties
claiming adversely any p-cticn of the above
de*erib.*«l tract, to file with the R«gi*t *r of the
U. S. Land Ofti e at Junemi, Alas ;a. an adverse
claim iu accordance w;tu l-.w during the |*er
i«aJ of publication or vviunn .;-J days thereafter.
CARL N. URARY,
Assignee of Thomi»c>ii Uardenhier.
I, John W. Dudley, Register of the U. 8. Laud
Ofti* e, at Juueau. Alaska, do h« reby ord.T that
a c»»py of the Notice of Application of Soldier's
Additional Homestead of Carl N. *'rary. U. 8.
•Survey No. :«7, !.e published in the Alaska
!’k«*spk<tor, m weeklv pa jver, published in Val
dez, Alaska, for a j»eri**d of sixty ♦vudavs, or ten
10 cou*ecuti ve Weeks.
JOHN \V. DUDLEY
Register
Coodell & Edwar.ls, Attorneys 7
Wellington coal 115 per ton or
f 1.25 pcrsack, ileliverci'. .f.C. Mar
tin, agent, or Copper River Gray
ing Co.
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Sails from Seattle 1st of each month for
Juneau, Sitka. Kayak. Ynkutnt, Valdez,
Seward, Cook Inlet and way |>orts. Sails
from Valdez for Seattle and way ports,
L. Itith of each month.
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for Jlinear, Sitka; Kayak. Ynkutnt Valdez,
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each month.
From Valdez to Cnaluska and war ports
—titli of each month, connecting at Valdez
with S. S. Santa Ana
Right to change steamers or date of sailing is reserved.
Agents for all kinds of Steam or House Coal
E. E. CAINE, President. J. F. TROBRIIXJE, Gen. Mgr.
618 First Ave.. Seattle. Wash.
C. W. MILLER, Ass’t Mgr.
Phone 16 Valdez, Alaska.
A. B lies, Pres. F. M. Brown, Treas. F. J. Kinghorn, Sec.
Valdez Dock ( Warehouse Company.
Good* may l* shipped in our rttre and loft in warehouse till
railed f«>r. Partic* polng to the interior will tin«l itronven
lent to leave < on»ifninnit?> with u.w to forwarded to such
point* and at such time a* they may direct.
Our storage is safe, being l-4th mile from nearest building
McIntosh & Duncklee
Horseshoeing and Blacksmithing
All work will receive prompt attention. High class
hlack.'Uiithing made a special feature. Give us a call.
Cor. Keystone and McKinley. Valdez
Home Restaurant : .
Keystone Ave. Opp. St. Elias Hotel.
Meals At All Hours From C O’clock A.M.
to {^O’clock P.M. Regular Dinner From
5 to 7. Sunday Dinner A Specialty.
IceCreamandSodaWater Parlor
MRS. L. H. ALLEN.
Valdez Electric Light, Power & Telephone Co.
Incorporated.
We have on hand a large assortment of Electric Fixtures,
Plain and Fancy Shades, Call Bells and Annunciators.
Estimates given on all kinds of electrical work. Phone 39.
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