DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION
MEETS AT SKAGWAY
SKAGWAY, Aug. 3—The delegates |
to the democratic territorial conven
tion met at Flks hail at H):«>0 a. m.
ten’ay but postponed the call to order
until l :30 p. m. to give the territorial
committee a chance to pass on cre
dentials and fix up the roll call.
SKAGWAY. Aug. 3.- It is proba
bly a bet of ten to one in favor of the
nomination of Burns as delegate to
congress because he is undoubtedly
the stronger man n the democratic
ranks who would be free to take up
the running. This is only a surmise
founded on what can be heard around
here. Burns is a wealthy man, a
largo employer of labor and is a
strong union labor man notwith
standing all the rest. I he Fairbanks
proxies will undoubtedly go solid for
him anti the Nome bunch will be cast
for him as soon as a complimentary
vote is given to George Grigsby.
A telegram appeared in the Seward
Gateway some time ago purporting to
come from the Skayway Alaskan anti
stating that Falcon Joslin had been
endorsed by the Skagway democrats.
No such telegram was sent by the
Alaskan, but the (*atewa> is not tbn
only newspaper which was taken in
by the forgery. Joslin was not en
dorsed by any Skagway democrats
and hfs chances for nomination may
be regarded as absolutely nil.
With respect to the above it must
he stated by this paper that a tele
gram signed the Alaskan came from
Skagway to the Gateway bflt it is
evident now that the message was a
forgery anti was sent for some pur
pose that cannot be fathomed. It
would be altogether unfair to suggest
that Mr. Joslin could he responsible
for it. It was probably intended as
a practical joke anti the joker man
aged to deceive the telegraph opera
tor*.
The Gateway has tried to give all
political news of all parties without
in the least attempting to color it.
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Summer l nderwear, |M*r garment. 50c
Odd sizes only
Outing Shoes, per pair. $1.00
Just odds and ends
Maekinau floats, eaeh . $2.50
Overstocked—that’s the reason
Good Seal Rubber Boots, per pair. $3.50
Only big sizes left
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CONVENTION SLOGAN IS
ALASKA FOR ALASKANS
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land offices at westward points, a pri
mary election law, Australian ballot,
workmen’s compensation act, aids to
navigation, improvement of the
mouth of the Yukon and Nome har
bor. liberal appropriations for roads
and trails, establishment of hatcher
ies. strictest regulations in the fish
eries.
The resolutions passed favo»* ap
pointment of Alaskans to portions in
the territory declaring that the ap
pointments already made of Alaskans
nave been satisfactory and justify the
wisdom of the policy.
The convention also congratulated
the territory on having at last a real
Alaskan governor with a splendid rec
ord.
SKAC.WAY, Aug. 4.—The dele
gates assembled at 10:.'U) yesterday
morning at Elks hall with C. E Da
vidson. territorial committeeman, in
j the chair. C. E. Bunnell secretary,
called the meeting to order and *
postponement was declared until 1:J0
p. m. to allow the territorial commit
tee to pass on credentials and fix up
the roll call. The convention then
met and was postponed until 4 p. m.
when it re-assembled with Joseph
Baxter elected temporary chairman
and H. J. Turner, temporary secre
tary.
After a recess of half an hour the
convention re-assembled and the fol
lowing comnulios wvr»» named:
Credentials* 0. E. Davidson
Cha>*!es Scheffler. D* Callahan, l*
Johnson, Thomas Cole.
Permanent organization: Z. R. Che
ney. C. McGrath, Frank Bach, C. J.
Toad, Louis Miller.
Platform and resolutions. R. F.
Roth, John NY. Troy, C. E. Bunnell, J.
H. Cobb, J. M. Milter, J. Snow, Ber
nard Hurst.
Rules 'f order and business: M.
Harruis, J. M. Tanner, James Ken
nedy, D. Noll, J. VV Combs.
A recess was then called until 10:110
this morning and a futrher recess wa»
called this morning until 2 this after
noon.
PLAGUE CONTINUES
AT NEW ORLEANS
Fourteen Cases Have Occurred in One
Month at That City
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 14.—The
fourteenth case of bubonic plague for
the month was reported here today
fear is growing that the dread
! sickness will continue in spite of the
i herculean efforts which are being
made to stamp it out. The slaughter
of the rats is proceeding with the
greatest energy but the number of the
rodents seems to be ur'limited.
SHIPS AT SEATTLE
SEATTLE, Aug. 4. -The Sampson
and the Mariposa arrived here this
morning from Alaska.
GATHER SAMPLES FOR
PANAMA EXPOSITION
The Seward Commercial club has
been requested to collect samples of
quartz, agriculture produce and var
ious other industries and products of
this district for exhibit purposes at
the Panama Pacific exposition. Ow
ing to the failure of congress to make
the appropriation for an Alaska ex
hibit the people of Alaska are taking
up the matter themselves and Seward
has been asked to fall in line.
COLONEL SWANITZ TO
GO OUT ON EVANS
Ci lonel Swanitz will go outside for
a trip on the next sailing of the Ad
miral Evans. He will go to the east
but he cannot yet tell how long he
will be absent.
Frank J. Cotter, the enterprising
young business man, is now installed
in his fine new premises.
James Fitzpatrick has been ap
pointed treasurer of the baseball club.
Mrs. M. DeHoff intends to leave for
San Francisco on the Mariposa.
GOING OUTSIDE
The following are already bookeu
for passage to the outside on the
Evans: J. . Quarry and wife;
G. B. Whitehead and wife; D. P. Reil
ly and wife; Gus Gilles, Col. A. W.
i Swanitz.
The wets are in a pronounced ma
1 jority in Southeastern Alaska, accord
ing to the enumerations made by
those appointed by the courts to as
certain the sentiment of the people
I o\or 21 years of age on the liquor
question. In the eight principal towns
of southeastern Alaska it was shown
that there are 5,054 people qualified
| to express an opinion on the liquor
traffic. Of these 4,757 favored licens
ng saloons; 974 were opposed to it;
395 non-committal, and 297 were not
seen. Juneau, Douglas, Skagway,
Haines, Ketchikan, Wrangell and Pet
ersburg were carried by the wets, and
Sitka by the dries and those non-com
mittal.
The results of the enumeration fol
lows (the question being, “Do you fa
vor the issuance of licenses to sell
liquor?):
Juneau—Yes, 1266; no, 424; non
committal, 99; not seen, 27; total,
1,816.
Douglas—Yes, 893; no, 129; non
committal, 54; not seen, 23; total
1099.
Ketchikan—Yes, 495; no, 150; non
committal, 77; not seen, 76; total, 798.
Haines—Yes, 79; no, 24; non-com
mittal, 12; not seen, 10; total, 125.
Petersburg—Yes, 104; no, 53; non
committal, 16; not seen, 13; total, 180.
Skagway—Yes, 296; no, 78; non
committal, 62; not seen, 42; total,
478.
Wrangell—Yes, 184; no, 74; non
committal, 28; not seen, 20; total, 306.
Sitka—Yes, 71; no, 95; non-com
mittal, 47; not seen, 33; total, 248.
Cordova, July 23.—There have been
rumors of a steamship rate war for
some days past. That they were not
entirely unfounded was evident by
the announcement this morning by
the Pacific-Alaska Navigation com
pany that round-trip tickets to the
westward would be sold for one fare.
We understand that this order applies
to all points from Juneau west, but
does not apply to points going east
from Cordova.
CITY FATHERS I
STAGE COMEDYl
-.
majority has already decided that the
city is broke. Seward, consider your-1
se'f broke.
City Attorney Green said there v a*
no legal objection to the city appro- !
printing funds to aid the advertising
of the city, but Mr. Patten moved that
the proposal be held over. Mr. Whit
temore, for the Commercial club, re
minded the council that laying il over
would be killing it. Mr. Graef hear
tily favored the proposal and stated ;
that Cordova, Valdez and other cities
had done likewise. It was then that
the mayor said some prominent peo
ple had snubbed the council and this
argument teemed to be sufficient to
let Seward go to blazes. Chamber
lin and Graef voted in 'avor of giving
$250 for publicity purposes but the
big five refused to accept the filthy
lucre of the business men when it
meant giving a similar amount from
the city.
Then came the reading of the bids
for clearing the school lots. Tb bids
ranged from $120 to $.‘00 an' VV. It.
C antwell was the lowest.
And then the watch dogs had some
thing slipped over on ’em. There was
a bill read which showed that the
clerical work was being done by an
outsider who was getting paid extra.
Hut the men who believed the city had
no funds paid the bill without a mur
mur. Indeed they seemed to pay it
with pleasure.
Then came the piece de resistance.
Mr. Chamberlin moved some amend
ments to the electric light franchise
and in doing so said that a matter of
such supreme importance to the city
should be treated carefully. In otner
cities, he said, such franchises were
talked over for months while the
Seward council had spent only a cou
ple of weeks on it. Mr. Chamberlin
>eemcd to be laboring under th-*
Hallucination that the present council
of Seward couldn’t do in two weeks
what a common or garden kind of
council would take months for.
Mr. G. Henjamin Poindexter ex
amined the amendments one by one
and rejected what ho did not like. The
amendments had not been presented
to him previously and Mr. Chamber
lin placed the blame for the ov< rsight
on Mr. Patten and there was a little
tiir.
Hut then came the act which .vill go
down to history as the candlelight
scream. The light of Noon complete
ly eclipsed the ordinary carbon bril
liancy of the lesser lights. Judge
Green warned the council and had
1 looked into the matter but the mayoi
and Mr. Noon didn’t care a rap about
his superior knowledge.
It was now close on 11 p. m. and
J the fun looked like lasting for a week.
I The council seemed to be so anxious
to entertain the audience that they
even waited for the meeting to have
the finance committee o.k. the bills
Indeed they always do so. Hut an
other fact militated the opposite way,
i and this fact is that when the council
of Seward passes an amendment the
original motion is boycotted and nev
| er brought up again,
i The meeting finally adjourned until
this evening. It might he a good idea
to commence these meetings in the
mornings and get sure of finishing up
I before midnight.
NEW FAIRBANKS
POSTMASTER CONFIRMED
Fairbanks—T. H. Deal was notified
that his appointment as postmaster
for Fairbanks had been confirmed bv
the senate. As it is necessary for the
appointee to furnish a large bond be
fore he can be sworn in, it is possible
that it will be several weeks before
the new postmaster relieves E. H.
Boyer. Since the news of his appoint
ment reached town, Mr. Deal has been
besieged by applicants for positions
but, according to a statement made
yesterday, he has not decided what
changes he will make in the office. Mr.
Deal formerly was in the grocery
business in Dawson.
A TRAPPER’S MISERABLE ENlT
When Court Commissioner Dillon
and Dr. Sutherland went down to the
Kantishna the other day and held an
inquest over the body of A. R. Hooper
they found a diary in the cabin. The
dead trapper started it in August,
11)13, presumably when he went there
and established himself for the sea
son. He didn’t have much comment
to make at any time, but it is a con
cise narrative of life as he saw it and
bravely faced it to the end, first ag
gressively, then hopefully, manfully,
and finally unflinchingly until he saw
only an agonizing death ahead with
out possible aid from without, and
ended it all with his rifle Food was
found in the cabin. Sickness alone
seems to have overcome Hooper.—*
Fairbanks News-Miner.
For bread, pies, cakes, cookies and
ice cream try Cooper’s Cafe.
You get local Ranch Egg* with your Hrtti
and Bacon at Gamble’s Restaurant.
You’ll find everything In the Pastry Line at
Cooper's Cafe.__
TAKING OUT OVER $100
DAILY ON THUNDER
Ellis is now working about a dozen
men on Thunder creek and is tjdrng
out over $100 a day according to Os
car E. Hillman who arrived fron
Cache creek this morning.
J. C. Murray of the Cache Creek
Mining company has four men at
*, ork prospecting and getting ready
for dredging next spring.
ONE MORE UNFORTUNATE
While mushing along over the lee
on Fish lake some time ago, Jack Mc
Cann noticed a hand near the sur
face. Upon investigation he found
that it belonged to the body of a man
frozen in the ice. A large •» i hob*
in tin* ice made it impossible to see
the face, but the balance of the body
could b«* seen clearly through the
glare ice. Upon reaching Hot
Springs, Commissioner J. E. CofTer
was notified of the gruesome find, but
as the lake is out of his district, he
notified Commissioner Joseph Dehn or
Tanana. The latter summoned a cor
oner’s jury, which journeyed to the
scene of the find and held ar inquest.
The body proved to be that of Frank
Vovey, who was lost while burning
last fall. After rendering a verdict
of death by accidental drowning, the
remains were taken from the ice and
removed to Tanana.
The Northwestern sailed from Ju
neau at 7:30 o’clock this morning.
The following passengers went
west on the Admiral Evans: 1).
(Jreenwald, II. V. Hoben, Y. Nicholi,
1 M. J. Conroy, .1. J. Flynn, L. Roy. .1.
l». Johnson, J. E. Kinney and four
steerage.
WASHINGTON, Aug. li—Warburg,
the nominee for a place on the fed
eral reserve board, was testifying for
several hours Saturday before the
currency committee of the senate.
Before confirming his appointment
the senate asked him to come up for
examination regarding his alleged
connections with some trusts and
large banking interests and he con
sented after some hesitation. Sena
tor Bristow cross-examined him close
ly during the day about his relations
with the Kuhn Loeb interests but he
acquitted himself well. He will prob
ably be further examined today.
You’ll find everything In the pastry line
at the Seward Cafe.
The famous E. A. Mallory stiff hat
in new and stylish blocks. $3 each, at
Brown & Hawkins. “Quality First”.
Take a look at the new jet jewelry
at George the Jeweler.
I»ontf distance telephone nooth at tho
Branch. *
Try Gelhardt's genuine Mexican
chiii con carne. Brown & Hawkins.
“Quality First”.
Finch's Golden Weddlnir R** at The Branch.
Stove*, Rank"'*. Camp Stove*. Window
(flan*, I’alnta andOils. Itrown & llawkin*.
Hardware and Furniture Dept. Quality fir«t.
New line fancy candies, box choco
lates and hard candies ut Martin’s
Candy Kitchen.
Felt M«tttres*e* at J. I,. Qraef'i.
Printing Point Does
Not Bob bp and Down
( j:nti;k at which tiik iypk is diukctkd
IS AT KKST NVHKN IMP BKSSION IS MADK
Pall Bearing; Long Wearing
the spot on the paper which is to receive the type impression is sta
tionary at the instant the type hits. The carriage does not boh up
and down when the shift is made to write capitals. Why? Because
the type is shifted—not the carriage.
The only movement of the carriage is hack and forth on its c'osi !y
adjusted ball bearing runaways—and this does not take place while
the piint is being made. There is no lifting of the carriage
This is one reason why L C. Smith & Pros, typewriting is free from
blurs and every letter in the right place.
Ask For Demonstration
L. Smith
Home Office and Factory
SYPACT'SK, X. Y.
Branches in all Principal < ities
Seward Block Jl Mv\l . ALASkY
USE THE PHONE
ALASKA ELECTRIC COMPANY
S. M. GRAPH, - President and General Manager
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ACCEPT delivery of your new Suit or Overcoat
in November, if you want to, but come in and
select your pattern 1 ODAY; then you 11
Have the Clothes Problem
Off Your Mind
for the season and be assured first pick of Ed. V.
Price & Co.’s handsome line of Autumn and Winter
woolens, the neatest and most distinctive ever offered
in this town : : : : PRICES VERY MODEST
A new and complete line of Dutchess Trousers, the kind sold with the
absolute guarantee. We pay you 10c for every button that comes off and
$1.00 if they rip.
Special showing of Nettleton and and Walkover Shoes, comprising all
the new lasts, as well as the staple models made for comfort and service.
To make room tor our big new line of Fall and Winter Clothing, we
offer, until Saturday, Aug. 8th, the choice of any Hart-Schaffner-Marx Suit
or Overcoat in the house at a 25 per cent discount.
Men’s Neglige Shirts in a variety of colorings and patterns; values to
$.1.00 for $1.50 each.
iROWN HAWKINS
"Quality First"-----"Quality First"
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Perhaps you’ve drank good whiskey , There’s everything a man might want
While passing through this land, I | We keep all brands, I think—
But did you ever drain a glass ' ^PalarP \ cater linking man
And say “That’s simply grand”? I UlOvv ' Who likes a first-class drink.
That’s good old Golden Wedding— JjllQlCS^j^0 ^roP *n PALACE
The soul kiss of the Ryo— ) I The first time you go by
And you get it at THE PALACE / \ And try a glass with Joe and Bill
Whenever you are dry’. Of GOLDEN WEDDING R\E.
THE PALACE EAR
Furnished Rooms in Connection
JOE MORRIS —BILL DEVINE
Old Crow Bourbon
Bond and Lillard Bourbon
Green River Bourbon
Special Reserve Bourbon
Sunny Brook Bourbon
Sandy McDonald's Scotch
Old Bushmill's Bure Malt Irish
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Golden Wedding Rye
Guckenheimer Rye
Monogram Rye
Pebbleford Rye
Cream Rye
“00” Octava Scotch
John Dewar’s Extra Speci*
Label Scotch