SEWARD SAILINGS
i lie following from Anchorage re
garding steamship sailings from Sew
ard was received last, Saturday:
Admiral W atson sails for Anchorage
Nov. 17: from Seward Dec. HO.
Alaska sails from Sewaru Nov. 7.
Alameda. Nov. Hi.
Northwestern, Nov. HO.
Alaska, Dec. 0.
Alameda. Dec. HO.
Northwestern. Dec. 10.
Northwestern, .Jan. 0.
Railroad connections bet ween Seward
and Anchorage open, and will run reg
ular passenger trains to meet all Sew
ard steamer sailings.
Splendid trail accommodations from
Nenana to Talkeetna, where regular
government trains operate.
The government, guarantee* to han
dle till traffic from Anchorage to Sew
urd this winter. Railroad bridges are
in splendid shape, substantial miow
>ieds have been erected, rotary snow
plows and sufficient equipment for all
passenger and freight train*.
PRIEST BADLY BEATEN
Portland. Ore.. Nov Leaving hisj
hotriri last night, for the county jail, in]
answer* to a pr isoner’s sick call. Rev,
Rather William Pronin, pastor of All
Saints church, was severely* beaten
and rcthbed by two thugs.
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DRANK POISON TO DIE
Seattle. Nov. 3. —Mrs. Bertha K.
Jones, a divorced woman, while attend
ing a birthday party yesterday discov
ered that site had been robbed of $200.
Site retired to a bathroom, drank
poison, and died.
I ^rofessisioi in i
ALBRECHT and TAYLOR,
Attorneys»-C(mnsdors at Law
Id it,a rod, Seattle,
Alaska Washington
DR. MOORE
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
DRUG STORE
DR.H. BEHLA
Flat
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Pete’s Bakery
And Coffee House
Front St., Flat
Regular Meals, Short Orders
Fresh Bread, Pies and Fakes
AI ways on Hand
P. MICHELS, PROP.
Big Stocks of Fresh Goods
Everything for the Miner and
Prospector
WAX SIMEL
Store at Mouth of Tolstoi
ONE POLIGEMAN
KILLS ANOTHER
Seattle. Nov. -- Police Sergeant
Guv \j■ Carlton was shot and killed by
Motorcycle Policeman Charles A. Ro
selius on Sunday night when he found
Carlton riding in an automobile with
Mi's. Roselius. Roselius, in a rented
auto, approached Carlton’s machine
from behind, and as the car passed
Roselius leaned out of the side and
shot Carlton through the heart. Rose
lius is under arrest. Carlton leaves a
wife and several children. Both men
were old members of the police force.
Seattle, Nov. 1.—The Aero Club of
the Northwest announces a prize of
$10,000 to be offered next spring foi
the first aeroplane flight from Beattie
to Southeastern Alaska, to demonstrate
aertal-maii possibilities. The flight is
to be under racing conditions, and to
reach any port in Alaska.
"A GRUEL CONSPIRACY"
Malden, Mass., Nov. 1. -Former
1‘resident Taft., speaking Iasi night, at
a political rally, declared the cod min
ers in calling the present si rise were
engaged in an unlawful conspiracy, anil
that Congress has full power io con
demn such a duel conspiiacy as an oi
ten.se.
Many Major-Generals
Washington, Nov. 1. — Acting umln' :
the authority of Congress, the War De
partment has decidad to retain in their j
present grades, luo general army ofti-1
cers. including General March, Lit gen !
and Bullard—ihree of no major-gen
erals headed by Leonard Woou.
Col. Bell Dies in Brooklyn
New \ ork, Nov. 1. Col. .James D. •
Bell, commander-in-chief of the Grand !
Army of the Republic, died today at j
his home in Brooklyn.
Hitchcock Declined to Agree
Washington, Nov. 1. — Efforts to lix |
a date for the final vote on the peace j
treaty failed in the Senate today when!
Senator Hitchcock declined to agree, j
Scotty’s Great Good Fortune
Now that. J. Ernest M. Beattie has |
severed his connection with GtucerAp- I
plebauin’s establishment he is devoting j
considerable of his time to getting his*
big pack of work dogs in trail condi
tion. He is blessed with only 17 dogs, j
and works them out in squads along 1
the roads. Coming in from Flat last !
Monday afternoon be bad Corporal !
Scotty Dee ;ts a hurricane-deck passen-j
ger. Owing to the lack of snow Cor
poral Dee says he found the "’igliway
vvery ’ard’^- and at one place he was j
bumped so ’ard that it shook a two-bit1
piece out of his pocket, that he never!
knew he had.
Ice Stopped 1:45 P. M., Nov. I
At l:i.) last Saturday afternoon, No-!
vetuber I. the ice stopped in tiie ldit- j
arod river, and it looks as though it j
has stopped tor the waiter. What may
possibly he considered by many as “otti-,
cial recog a itiuu'’ of the river’s ciosing !
look place last Monday afternoon when
Satu’l Applebaum pussyfooted across |
the stream witlt a sledload of spuds.
Mrs. Victor Hill, who has been em- j
ployed on Otter creek during the min- j
ing season, started last Sunday for her |
Home in the Ophir camp, Mrs. Hill j
took passage on the mail sled.
HARDWARE AT COST
Entire Stock of High-Class Goods to Close Out
Heavy 24-Gauge Stovepipe, 50c Joirv
Pioneer Sheet Metal Works
Miners k Merchants Bank
IDITAROD, ALASKA
Capital and Surplus, £75,000.00
CORRESPONDENTS: Scandinavi i n American Bank, Seat
tie; National Park Bank, New York City: Anglo London
Paris National Bank, San Francisco.
We Sell American Bankers' Checks.
Fourth Liberty Loan Bonds for Sale.
OFFICERS:
CHARLES ROSS, President
CLAUDE BAKER, Vice-President
R. C. BUTTON, Cashier
F< Paso, Tex., Nov. !>. -Four men
■»f *' four women, one of the men
in tlie unifrom of a major of
•-he United Stales army, are under ar
rest at Las Cruces charged with mur
der in connection with thd death of
John Hutchings, of Alatnon Gordo.
N. M-. who " as fatally wounded today
while piloting an auto in the “FI Paso
to Phienix cross count.ry race.’’ Hutch
ings was a chauffeur for Gen. Pershing
when that officer was commanding the ■
punitive expedition in Mexico in lllltj. :
Hie uniformed man is Major F. M.
Nonaland.
Assayer Goes to Nixon Fork
Gu.stage F. Be ram l, the Fairbanks av
s.'i.ver, was transported last week from
Huby to Tom Ait ken’s quart/ property
on Nixon Fork, where he expects to
remain during the winter. Mr. Betaud
took quite an outfit with him, as he
employed Kid Cuvue with 33 dogs to
move him.
Mushing Via Seward Trail
William Richardson. Jack Ritter,
Olaf Balgeo and George Nogulish
started for the Coast via the Seward
trail la>t Monday morning.
George Sohn. who has been inter
ested in mining operations on Upper
Flat creek, left for Ruhv last Sunday.
William Thompson ^Oregon Kid) and
Robert Sulo started for Ophir last Sun
day morning.
Looked Good as She Was
While in the army i was accompa
nied hy a sergeant that, to hear him
talk, was one of the brainiest men
Uncle Sam had hired. On pass one
Sunday, in a certain town, a young
woman we met on the street asked us
if we cared Logo to her house and have
a cup af coffee. On arriving we were
introduced to her mother, who made
excuses in regard to her appearance.
She remarked, "I’ll go and put on the
percolator.”
The sergeant said, *‘Ot you look all
right the. way you are." T. R. in Chi
cago Tribune.
Wilson’s Illness a Disaster
Constantinople, Oct. 30.—President
Wilson’s illness is referred to by the
Turkish [tress as a distressful disaster,
us tie is unable to t. ry out his plans
rewarding ihe Armenian and Turkish
mandates.
To Force Germany to Pay
Paris, Oct- 30.—The Supreme Council
decided today to force Germany to sign
a protocol guaranteeing that she wilt
carryout the terms of the armistice.
This measure is to be in addition to
the original treaty.
Business Normal at Gary
Chicago, Oct. 28.— An official of the
company says that every department of
the United States Steel Corporation's
plant at Gary, Ind., is again operating
and that the soldiers are leaving. &S
conditions are again normal.
Former Premier Not Dead
Tokio, Oct. 27.- Field Marshal IV
rauchi, former prime minister of Japan,
whose death was reported Monday last,
is still alive his physicians reported
today. Death had been officially an
nounced. but Terauchi was only in a
state of coma.
Want High-School Soviet
Belleville. 111., Oct. 28.- Demands
ibat a high-school soviet be established
here are made in a memorial to the
school board by the students of tire
Belleville township high school.
To Work on Madison Creek
In the Tolstoi tamp, Steve Reich an.
Peter Murdock have taken a lay on
Madison creek on ground belonging to
‘‘Old Man Jones, and are getting
ready for their winter work. Ground
in iliis locality is said to he the richest
found in that camp. Reich recently
returned to Tolstoi from the Tower
Yukon river.
When tray- O I I D V You'll find
eling thro W D T at the
Fisher Lodgings«- Restaurant
GOOD ACCOMMODATIONS
Chas. Fisher. Prop.
Best Stabling for 110 Dogs
Cooked Feed for Dogs When Required