NEWS Of The WORLD
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Japanese capture
More Steamers
Tukio, Dec. 23—Two British
steamers, the King Arthur ami the
Nigretia, were captured while at
tempting to leave Port Arthur.
There were a munot r of Russian
officers ami a large amount of con
traband on board.
Prominent Man Dead
St. Paul, Dec. 23—General Coun
sel Grover, of the Great Northern
Railroad, is dead. He has Iteen
sick for a)>out two weeks.
San Francisco. Pec. 23—Jiinmv
Britt was given the derision over
Battling Nelson after a tierce tight
lasting 15 rounds. # It is admitted
hv all that Nelson would win in a
finish light. Britt was given the
decision on (stints.
Exceeded Its Authority
St. Petersburg, IM-.23—The gov
ernor of Moscow has officially con
demned the resolutions adopted by
the town council, advocating;pop
ular control of the government and
freedom of the press, as being ques
tions outside of the jurisdiction oi
the council to discuss.
Add To Russian Navy
Si. Petersburg, Dec. 2d—The
Czar has decided to add greatly to
the Russian navy, and lias instruct
ed the admiralty to proceed with
the extensive ship building pro
gram recently tn«pj*cd out.
Metropolitan Club Burns
Washington, Dec. 2d—The Met
ropolitan Club house, the famous
home of men prominent in social
and official life at the capital, w as
completely destroyed by fire ves
terday. The los- is about $200.4 HJO.
Pittsburg, Dec. 2d—It is feared
that within the next ten days ev
ery manufacturing establishment
in eastern Ohio and Western Penn
sylvania will have to cdose down.
The drought is tin- worst in the
history of tiiis part of the country.
No water is obtainable for tlie fat
tori**.
Hongkong. Dec. 2d—It is evi
dently the intention the Japs to
try and crush the Baltic fleet la
fute it can reach Japanese waters.
A powerful fleet of Japanese bat
tleships and cruisers is n<»w pro
ceeding. south to attack the Russian
squadron.
Tokio. Dec. 2*5.—Japs captured
tnore ini|s>itant je.sitions off Pig
eon Bay to-dav. Jap* drove ene
my off liie eminence north of llou
#an Yento and occupied liie jmis
ition at 7 o’clock.
Singapore, Dec. 2*5.—Two Jap
auxiliary cruiser* are patrolling off
this j*»rt.
London, Dec. 2*5.—A sj>eciai gen
era! meeting of share holder* of
Grand Trunk R’v agreed to guar
antee an issue of seven and a half
million of four per cent gold bonds
beiore construction for tbe Lake
Kui>erior branch.
St. Petersburg, Dec. 27.—It is
reported that Grand Duke Vladi
mar has been appointed presideiit
of the council of tbe empire. He
has been succeeded a* the com
mander in chief of the imperial
guard bv Grand Duke Nicholas
Nicholavitch.
Going to Fairbanks. Every
thing must l*e sold 5 to 20 ja-r
dent off at Kern’s.
Smoot inquiry
Wash'ngton l> C. Per. 24—At the
Snoot hearing to-day. Apostle John
Henry ^mith testified tliat there
had Im mii no |Hi|ygatnou8 marriages
in the church since the manifesto
was issued. Declares church has
no interest in politics.
Tokio. Pec. 27.—The greatest
i preparations are Wing made
| throughout Japan to strike a final
: Mow to the Russians in the spring.
Re-enforcements are Wing enlisted
fro-,, ali parts of the country and
' he popular sentiment is to gain a
decisive victory next spring at any
cost of men and money.
W innipeg. Dec. 2d.—The whole
sale lumbermen front Winnipeg to
the coast met yesterday at Calgary
and unanimously passed resolu
tions asking parliament to put a
duty on l\ S. lumWr.
Chicago. Dec. 24.—A gang of hell
hov thieves organized to steal prop
erty of hotel guests has Wen dis
covered by the police.
Chicago, Dec. 24.—F red Johnson j
dien yesterday of hydrophobia. Al
though he has never been bitten by
a dog. physicians diagnosed the
ease and declared that the man had
contracted rabies because he was
constantly fearing hydrophobia.
London, Dec. 24.—All railroad
traflie and shipping is at a coin
phtestands till as a result of a
great black fog. the worst for many
years. Estimated lo.-ses in a single
day such fog in London alone am
ounts to three millions.
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New York. Dec. 24.—A Paris \
despatch reached here says: Great
interest is caused here by some re
••ent government experiments with
a new cannon, a secret invention !
ft ha:- only a calibre of 9.5 inches,
tiring a projectile weighing M59 lb'.
Three men can operate it. Shell j
has a velocity of lt>4U feet per sec
ond. Produces a whistling nois.-!
ueard a mile and a half away. No I
ship in any navy will he able to
withstand it.
Little Kook. Ark.. Dec. 24—Geo.
Monroe of N. Y. w*> given decision
over Hominy Gilfeather last night •
after 15 rounds of very fierce fight- •
ing.
Manila, Dec. 26.—The Pulnjanes ;
ambushed and Killed at Delores is
land. Samar, a licuienant and thir
ty-seven enlisted men of the thirtv
eighth company of native scouts, j
Two thousand Puljanes are threat
ening the town. The situation is
very critical.
New York. Dee. 2t>.—The jury
in the Nan Patterson ease disa
greed and new jury will have to be;
drawn.
Portland, Dec. 27.—There are
many charges against Senator Mit
chell and Representative Herman
of participation in the land frauds.
They go before the jury Wednes
day to testify. It is believed that
they will both be indicted. Sever
al of the persons already convicted
will testify against them. Some of
the convicted ones have been offered
their freedom for testifying in re-!
gard to Mitchel and Herman.
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See the Valdez Real Estate Agen
cy if you want to rent a house or
cabin.
Wikidel’s - I
- Restaurant
(Old Postoffice Building.)
*Regular Dinner 35c. j
Private Apartments Open Day and N ight
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Report Recapture
Of Meter Hill
London, Dec. 23.—A despatch
from St Petersburg says Kuropat
kin telegraphed he ha» received re
port from Chinese sources that Rus
sians recaptured 203 Metre liill at
Por. Arthur with all big guns
mounted by Japanese. Japanese
legation has no confirmation of this
report.
Paris. Dec. 4t>.—Inter-National
commission North sea Incident met
tin* morning. Unanimously elec
ted Baron Von Spaur. of the Aus
tro-Hungarian navy fifth member,
completing the primary organiza
tion. They adjourned until Janu
ary 9th.
Tainan. Formosa, Dec. 23—There
was a disastrous earthquake hen
on Nov. 9. Toe town sunk and
1*0 houses were wrecked. Sixty
four people were kiiled and many
more injured.
Denver. Dec. 24.—The supreme
court here adjudged 23 of the dem
ocratic judges at the general elec
tion to he guilty of contempt of
court. They were given a sentence
of xix months apiece in jail for vio
latin'; the courts injunction. Pea
l».dy will he seated and the demo
cratic legislature turned over to
the republicans.
Shanghai, I)cc. 2*1.—A squadron
of powerful cruisers under admiral
Kamimura has gone south to the
China sea to meet the Russian sec
ond pacific squadron.
Leamington, Out., Dec. 20.—An
oil well has been struck here that
astonished the oldest operators.
The flow is about seventy-live bar
rels a day.
Wortmans. Dec. 2t4, noon.—Ma
honey and Gillis is expected In re
• very minute with the bodv of ex
Maynr Humes and will probabiv
arrive in Valdes to-night. Mail
wen. up to summit this morning.
Washington, Dec. 27. — Daisy
Leit.-r married Henry Molyneaux
Paget Howard, nineteenth eurl of
Suffolk and Berkshire yesterday
afternoon at the Leiter residence.
Hanoeville. Ala.. Dec. 37—Whil
tiie negroes of town were holding ..
Chris'mas celebration litre, i
crowd of white miners fired a vc
ley into the church. Pastor CL
and one negro was killed. Th-e /
is great indignation over the aff. r. I
J*t. Petersburg, Dec. 2tl.—lie/
government officials here empht-f
Rally deny the report that •*«
Baltic fleet has been ordered Irki
B. B. LOCKHART,
8TENOGKAPHEK.
Xotarv Public
Conveyancer McKinle -St.
N***t I*«M»r 1'. 8. CaUe Office. I'| • r*
Notice To Creditors
In the matter of the e»I»te of \Y. L. fekwell
4«m eu-ed.
N'otlee t* hereby given that the unrtifned,
ii. K runniugh.tm wa- duly «. j- • ad ad
rainistrator of th* estate of w. L. kwell
lt fu-' il, *m t!«-* ^4 it day of i»•* *?r, A. I».
l'«d. by F. *' Drift .1 I's' f .mm■:«*«» -r for
tne I'ngt Peninsula I're'-ind, D>. of Ai. »
ka- All p-raotlft having .aitii- -lin-t the
*aid e-’-ite h •** hereby r **4illr»-«t t.» •• -it tile
lame with ;n • pr oper v..i:her» ilbin -ii
m at;*- r'roin the d iw- d thl - uo.i. t«» t 1. ua-•
d-r-.gued « ;ruin:-:r *r, at -t:;i 'in l.*gu 1
fVnin-ula f're**inet. Diat"ict of ik*.
In wi':ie**9 where *i 1 iiav • i..-.-*1*0 my
. i - flee thi-lilt • of 1 <«• t.d>.r
A. D.IjoI
K •‘uiinuigham. Admin »l*»r of the
estate of W. L. Hia -well, dcee .
For Assavs Semi Yoi/Ore To
J. H. MORRSON,
Assayer Ellamar M <“K Co.
Gold, Silver and Coi«f 13.50
Gold and Silver 1.50
Copper - - 2.00 |
Lead - - 2.00
Ellamar, Alaska
HOTEL dller.
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iu «c*umnt i:; roDnectioL.^ Uu*. Of>p"»iu
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Practical Mining, civ Mechanical, Elec
trical, Engineer* •’Metallurgy,
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Surveyiiiif. AivhiU*. I • *' *"•->»ab'l A'ujr
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for ciniUr.
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‘•NATURE NEVER GIVES UP.^
A Phrmx That la Fait of Kcaning for
tha Sick in Eithsr Bod/
or Kind.
A phrasefrom a r->cent mfigurine
ortiele is so suggestive am! so full
oi eneourugement that it seems
worthwhile to mate it the text for
one of our small sermons, says
V* email s Home Companion. T»;e
phrase is: “Nature never gives
up.” You max with protit say this
oxer carefully And uion.i
and let its full meaning ••onte to
you: "Nature never giws up.”
Nature is on the side of health,
and sanity, niti museum at h::p| i
ness. Hard »* your cuso max la*,
the great MAtlier is f:,.litiiig the
battle with t"ii. flas disettve got
Into your btles? Nature I: smar
shah-d her Ion vs to .-orthat it.
and with nurvelotis strategy hr*
set engine^to work which are en
deavoring po cireunneut the en
emy. Nasi re is working in con
junction with the physieian and
yourself. ' Tliaf is a thought
whieh outfit to eheer yon. You
have beef imprudent, possibly—
have dn4- and left undone. Yon
have taint sueh ill rare of your
tiod-givfn body that vonr friends
have set you down as IiO]K‘less or
worse. You have told yourself
that tl*r»- is no hope for you. Xa
ture ha- not gtvi you up. S’lte
wnnts£< a to Hvi and work and be
hoaltllv and happy and in the
event "f your n« _!eet of yourself,
she if '‘ill flep-iM.f for you. She
lias no norai i.je.t in doing ths.
She jis: does it. IVrhnts you de
serve ti b*‘ given up. Many of us
do. r sonietin es seems. Hut N’a
turt i-- blind to that. Of eourse,
she is not all-powerful. She ean
be n»ri"Titi* She fails often.
1' F } 01 will do well to riunenils-r
tl.ft n evef\ ease white there is
« hj- rk nt 1 if*- left, she is try ng.
^4t ti.it i’ * - hi; lit hr >eevoii. ltu<-k
•ij. od ;_i\‘ Xatureso;aehelp.
I si:onlil 'iki■ »i> thin's tint we
v>irl earn the analogy into the
io' )1 word as well. I> > yon not
t-k-tve ii: 11 tIn-re are form s an
(• rir.v.ilmd which are fiahlint;
for iroo«] in the souls of
fri'»? U til a in • n or woman niav
'•■J-there is exterior pressure to
■ p- Iji m <«r her h«*rt«r. T* er< is
.‘tar: there is rdwation: there are
• I the societies and 'nstitntions
| ' l ’'1' "hj- t is to ra the down
ffien and the unfortutiate. !?u*
,<f*- there not other forces, too?
il» s not the {treat Motiier of
H' t’s ti-'ht continually 'or the
J. ImwI * ealtl and sanity <># ail
feo’-lc? Ti e t! onirht is comfort
lut'. stimulatin'*. eneourn|t
Is I he hllsiin-HS of oyerv ii ■’: ■ ’ u I
[to add all his |s—sonal vfr-* rth.
t** all encounters wit' e-- |, •’- sjc
a! or sjm ;t ual. Tlecaudos- '-t0|-c
heartily and with Is-tter fa it I for
success if he repn-mls-rs that ••na
ture never ttivcs up.”
INTERESTING CHILDREN.
Youngsters of Oriental Ministers at
Washington Mever Heard of Christ
ihm Before Coming Here.
There are in the foreign colony
in Washington quite a iiuiubc; <>.
children who never heaid of
Christmas until they came to the
land of the free, says the W ash
ington Times. Among them are
tlie two sons and the daughter of
the Chinese minister, the young
sters of the Korean legation, and
Osman Kareva and Ali II . di.s.tln*
black-eyed little sons of Che kilt
Hey , the Turkish minister. When
Wu Ting-Fang was Chinese minis
ter he adopted the Am-riean
Christmas to the extent tiiat his
young son was allowed to go to
the widte house each Christmas
morning with a bouquet . Irnostas
large as himself <iesiTiled as a 1
token ft>r the first lady of the
land. In fi e Chinese colonv are
several children who have been
enjoying an American ciirhstmas
for some years past. These for-i
lunate y<.'.n sters are tie chil
ti "ii ol ^ up Kv/. , the secretary
interpreter, whose w ife is a New
England woman.
Magnificent Dista: oea.
The diocese of hiinwauu, in lfu
port’s Laud, is one «>t iiia^niliceur
nces. IJisaop Loi i,,oas** once
walked 200 miles io 11*11*0 a uoctor
for his wife. Mary of the Indians
walk 25 miles to church, and (lie
l-ishop has haprir-d scores of ha-!
b es which had been curried 150
miles on their mothers’ ha-ks
over hard-frozen snow. At ni h»
the faini’y sleep. wrap|» d in Mie
d ■•*r shins, on brunches laid upon
the snow.
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Alaska Pacific Halation Company
Carrying U. S. flail and Express.
j Sails from Seattle 1st ol each month for
S r. Santa Ana 1 vakumt. vaide*.
U 1 Cook Inlet nn.l way |-orts. Sails
! VaUlez for Seattle and way ports,
L 16th of each month.
[ Sails from Seattle on 16th of each month
for J tinea v, Sitka; Kayak. Ynkntat Valdez,
o- 4 /si ' Seward. < ■ ok inlet and way pons. Con
str. Santa Clara i !Hr,s at \a1,1'* wi:h > •*-»••> iw an (K.rn>
between \ allies and Dnahtska. Sails fron
\ ahlez for Seattle and wav j>orts, 1st ol
. each month.
f hr<>m \ aide; • I nalnska and wav ports
Str. Dora -! 26thofea. h„.onth. connecting at Valdez
with S. S. Santa Ana
Rigid to change steamers or date of sailing is reserved.
Agents for all kinds of £ earn or Meuse Coal
E. E. CAINE, President. J. F. TROWBRIDGE, Gen Mg*
61,H First Ave„ Seattle. Wash.
C. W. MILLER, Ass’t Mgr.
fM1f f> Valdez, Alaska.
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ALASKA COnr.ERClAL CO.
Steamer
Sails from Seattle via. Juneau loth of each month
Sails from Valdez via. Juneau 23th of each month.
Due Notice will lie given of future sailing i la tee.
lie Passenger Service Is httelkl
For Rapid Delivery oi Freight and for
Passenger Rates nnd Berths, Apple to
San Francisco Office,
•110 Sunsome St. J. C. Martin,
Seattle Agency, M Yesler Way. M Kinley Street,
James Carroll, Seattle Agent. Oppo-i'e Gold Dust Exchange
Home Restaurant $ .
Keystone Ave. opp. at. Elias Hotel.
Meals At All Hours From t> O’clock A.*-!*
to l)g( t’clock l‘.M. Regular Dinner From
o to 7. Sunday Dinner A Kjjwmltv.
Ice Cream Parlor
MRS. h. H. AtLEN.
VALDEZ LIGHT & TELEPHONE CO.
Incorporated.
\\ e have on hand it large assortment of Electric Fixtures,
Plain and fancy Shades, Call Pells and Annunciators.
Estimates given on ull kinds of electrical work. Phone .‘{‘J.
McKinley -Hall
Cor. Reservation Av. and Hobart Sr
Suitable for Balls, Parties,
Receptions, Banquets, etc*
Dates Booked With
A. M. EDWARDS, White Block.
I will make vou a Cheap Rate on
STORAGE
at approach to Keystone Wharf in
THE IRON WAREHOUSE
It. ARCHIBALD,
Otliee oh McKinley and Keystone.
Tob Printing at the Prospector Shdp