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M0 -: ACTIUOUS HISTORY.
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d«*} •< ’*. : V 1> I* U!:st»ed
ho ■ W :t ' ..*■ " Of \ la*>ka ■
K--’ . '1 commend tb!« -“ou
fHst"* . » d out rl.o ion. :
Sow a‘- * > ele toil fit* -am*’ day.
N 0' ■ "> • *aio itiat ni'tofj *
merely a fable u’ved u{>on, but a
.trot; -u> etYurf « I"1 made to pre
vent ' ■ }>’ r- Of r ii. Sortutt * -t
from ; nr upon a tab!** that any
town • u s a -ii *i. %• t '' ■ example os
ceiele
Tie lit' a Tflb'ttie traced Paul <>. j
Stei - ...?<■ i»fesident of
t he V- * Vvrj, to Mo- .
ro*
u . e • eve to ' < re*
C1' i
Tr 1 -• « P r, » than ' ’> >" :u tlie
capped . -•
dat ;■ ■; vv it :r » id «»•*» .
but s
havt •
the c
who c -s ' - - ■ ol
wt nng
non-• -hov • iri Where a defend
ani - g
>c»;m a i -
com :<•!•
W'h* n Mar- >tn ut gobbled the Hlinoi
Central hi- crowd held only - percent of
ih' -•> h * Mi- \ itat m>*te than ob
per ret o! the iuvieto:--. \ majority
of the -t h-kIm hi r- were for the reten
■ Co of stuy > esattt Fish as president
but tha’ cut iui figure with a pirate'
lik Marrimar.
Ti • Dougiu- island N< w- say- the |
appoint hum' of a I*, S. commi— inner
and deputy mar-hal at Cordova indi* !
cate- that the federal government has
taken to dealing in futures.
Mayoi Schmitz refuse- to talk;
about the graft charges against him. j
Probably he thinks there ha- been
too mueh talk by the fellows who are
after him.
It is hard to understand why anybody
should get cold in Los Angeles or Se
attle, the two towns which generate
more hot air than a dozen average
Mates.__
Roosevelt refuses to talk, Schmitz
refuses to talk, liryan hasn t said a
word for a week, hut Tillman goes on
forever. ^m
When Judge Wickersham and Judge
Gunnison trade benches it may be
eaeh one will find fresh tacks in his
new seat.
It looks now as if some of the gentle
whaling masters are going to be con
verted into whalees.
COURT MARTIAL
WAS WHITEWASH
t \mtinued from pa ire 1)
discharged Mr. Itaily when he diseov-1
, ivd that the interview was fictitious.
Documents Prove Contrary
; j,;t ajrtiittst that evidence was tite
::i« ‘i it a i proof that some ot the
s irtiimHs tn i■ i• ■ iu the interview were
ntieal with a U tter written by Pol.
p'.issford the day before the puhlieu
t ion ot the interview:, ami tin* faet
that (Ilassford alone knew of theiraus*
at*: ions for thi' ealde site which the in
terview mi nt inure.
i p i i a mb *iiaii >. nevertheless, re
11 i>-• (>ii that Limit.-Pol. (Ilassford did
n ,, ■ j'vtlie interview, and the false
.tat .limit' remained in it were eonse
q . y i P. assloiv’s. It follows.
ue. 'udniL to Pol. ('haniherlaiu. that
11i.iss*,kaI dni not therefore utter a
,i.| i,i h s superior ottieer in re
, a im t in- interview,
i > It'* eint s eoverini: the sup
caidejrt ants. < bass
, s . . . sruse t tint I bey wot e
. ■ •: r ;.f rather that’ prt ss was
« . s;, pp, i. .. id in* put up the amend
, | : ■ , '1 C 1 • i '
Pi t< a:;i e at the counter i»y a
, id iki '.'Hid t lie e "hie ottiee. ile
e . <i til i he v> is adve.'i
ie w.»s out. ot tow., the day tin
is mi s wi i hied, and ilkissiord was
i! ", , :y c< ' iiu tIn- essam. s wm
(>,lor Positive Dcii.al
*p ujiji isif ,| ittio i\ slutwp.! flint
]ia!iai was n I if of town that
,iav. tha; o s I- rk the not say he was,
.nit’1 t ...I i i...s»t< 1 .! knew the til usages
w ■,•«• t. • Me. Ha lain s Ihey were
pt\ ; a- . in i \ i deuce to establish their
Tii.i(..is ..nr the same messages
n. r ace. >u by him a! press rate
f.-ii'n a c>a . s!»t>iiiici * hrough whom
ikiv.i,'.' H opting to I eve the
: ail news dispatches to
Alaska, .hist how Col. fhamborlain
o. .: over this contradiction is not made
!i. appealing the ease to I’resident
U s. velt. Mr. Haliaine makes the un
qualified eliarge that Col. I’hamber
1 tin's report was either a studied
an >g\ [or (llassford or ;i conclusion
bis on perjured testimony. He asks
t a president to order an impartial in
v stt.Mt.ion by a representative of the j
attorney-general's office, and agrees to
:i.t\ the expenses of the investigation;
ackow ieilge himself subject to j
.images for iilie! d the charges are j
sgs!aitied b\ such an investiga
offi-rs candid opinion
infant Hditor of Cordova Alaskan Has
f it of Verbal Suppuration.
The appended composition from the
Verdova \ia~knn. a newspaper larva
ts. : !i\ a bait-baked boy at the
: .■ t "ordova once was, is
as a verbal curiosi
!,. 1 Jack ileisby had said it t apt.
< • w..;d.i cail it a opinion as i> a
»n. It n ay be worthy ot note
t if the “piece" w is promulgated in
n■. n.hcr 21» ef the Alaskan. Herewith:
“l'p it a now deserted village known .
:.i i a -at. s e ctors and Indians who
hav ice s in; i\ happened that way
..-nroute to the more fertile valleys far
beyond, :ts Seward, a town which for a
s "t tine attracted undue attention
turn the ineffectual attempts of a wild
c .? railroad to build from that point1
inland, but which it appears after
secondary consideration decided to!
ist* alterations and abandon the pro- i
jec? as worthless and impractical, an
. .i aii.; irrational editor of a derelict
u.-w>papcr attempts thru the columns
of his moss eaten sheet to diffuse the
belief that the recent quarantine ati
litis piae was a fake. The article dis
jointed and absurd as it is. speaks far
more i tpieiuly than words of the.
mental condition of the author A
victim of mental appendicitus."
Tlu action of tlu* Cordova people in
holding m**n there until they were
broke and I hen shipping them to Yal
d« /. lays them liable to much criticism.
It is at best an imposition on the peo-1
pie here and does not speak well for
tie* character of the men in charge at
th- new railroad town. -Valdez Pros
pector.
The Prospector forgets that the men
were held in Cordova through a phil
anthropic desire to prevent the spread
of small*pox. which they did not have.
(apt. Blodgett of the Cook Inlet
Transportation Company came to Sew
ard on the Portland from Kodiak,
where he went early this month after
tieiug up the steamer Tronic at Sel
dovia for the winter. His family have
been in Seward several weeks, to stay
here this winter, (.'apt. Blodgett will
make a trip to Seattle next month.
John H. Ketcham. congressman from
the Twenty-first district of New York,
and a member of the national house
since 1865, except eight years, died the
day before election. He was a candi
date for another term.
Nome is 300 miles west of Honolulu.
NOME GOLD PRODUCTION
$8,000,000 THIS YEAR
so era! New Bonanzas Helped Pile Up
a Big Increase in the Burnous
Northern District
:'h ■ Nome News of October :.‘7 csti
mates tin* gold production of Seward
peninsula • i I! it M *• al >s,0.10,000. The
News say »:
“As 111 tjumi ly ton'shadowed in I in >e
column*. tin* gold output of the Sew
ard peninsula for loot* far exceeds that
; last year. This was plainly fore
seen when the cleanup on Little creek
u as known a Ion;*’ time ago to have
; clad considerably over ^li.-ol>,0(H).
Thai wi tiderf d claim was seconded by
>ucn rich producers ;i' the Bessie
bench, tie Pure Bold fraction, the
M.iv I'eae: ■ »e a::o No. 1 Be a ebon, tin
one of the Bourbon sections a dump,
estimated in ti ■ beginning of the sea
son at *70.0 io, produced *.>l!o,000, and
s i it ran till through that marvtdously
i rich sect ion.
“The customs house receipts show an
output of gold shipped through that
oilier that amounts to s7.LVid.ii71.00. for
the summer season of 100(1. The ship
pets of (his bullion were the three
local hanks the Alaska, the Miners ,v
Merchants and the Nome.
While these official figures are the
largest ever known in the history of
the country, there is still a considera
ble shipment to he made on the In
diana.
Thi> sum will probnblv be $*'>•)#,0(H). ,
There i>. besides this, to he reckoned j
the large sums taken out by individual
miners who prefer to handle their own
gold dust to paying the percentage
charged by tin* hanks and by the ex-;
press company. This sum in past i
\ears has amounted to a very consider
able sum. It is well known that va.fi-!
oils private parties took out with them
sums ranging from sis,nun to $4<*,onO.
< >ih* party, who is going to London on
a scheme that will result in a very
large development of a neighboring
creek, look with him a considerable!
sum in nuggets ant) gold dust.
"These sums will bring up the total
output of the season to almost sS.ono.
uoo. 'Phis is an extraordinary showing,
and tally hears out the prophesy that;
the gold output of the Seward penin
sula would soon rival the whole output
of Alaska a y ear or l vo ago.
••In l!to;j the output of the peninsula
was $_,.s.'in.!»U7.‘_M: in P'Ol the output
was si*.sls.in "j.s_; mo:,, s4.';4S.*of>.!>2."
NORTHWESTERN CALLS IN
Steamer Brings Small Cargo aud Sails
Again for Seattle
Steamer Northwestern arrived in
port yesterday morning. titty- j
t wo hours out of Valdez, which was;
.spent calling at various ports of Prince
William Sound. She brought Tl tons ,
of general merchandise to Seward and j
a fair passenger list. She has a dozen |
passt ngers from Katalla. who are go- !
ing through to Seattle.
The Northwestern! sailed this morn-j
ing at a o’clock for Seattle. Sue took a !
large crowd of railroad and Seward i
business men who are going out for
the holidays, and she will he loaded to
the guards with Tanana men when
she leaves Valdez.
WEtKLY WEATHER RECOED
Weathei record for the week ending
December 1:
Tkmpkraturk.
Max. Min.
Saturday 30 24 Clear
Sunday 41 30 Snow
Monday 41 34 Rain; snow
Tuesday 35 32 Wind
Wednesday 20 21 Wind
Thursday 22 11 Clear
Friday lu 29 Wind
Saturday 25 23 Wind
SEWARD STEAMERS
Pennsylvania: sailed from Seattle
24th.
Dora: sailed from Seattle 21st.
Jeanie: sailed from Seattle 20th.
Bertha; sails from Seattle 30th.
Saratoga; arrived in Seattle 30th.
Portland; sailed for Seattle 29th.
Northwestern: sailed for Seattle 1st.
Shelikof: sailed for Unalaska 16th.
Keep everlastingly at it. Spasmodic
attempts at saving money accomplish
no permanent good. Money in the
bank makes any man independent.
BANK OF SEWARD.
H. E. ELLSWORTH
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ASSAY OFFICE
Reports on mines. Ore Analysis
Cold. 4l.aO
Cold and Silver. .’.00
t’o|.|ivr l.r>o
Lead . .. l.ao
Cold. Silver arid Lead . OAo
Cold, silver and Copper. R.ao
Cold. Silver. < ’pper and Lead. l.'iO
I Cold and Silver 1'mpire li.oo
Iron. l.oo
Sulphur, .\lunrumu. Tin. I’laiimim
(JhieRsilve / iiH'. .N’irl el. Cohult.
< 'hromitiin. eie. ... (i.oo
'Till Ies' s. .. f la l.o £10
ure analysis.. Mo and up
Cold rellned. melted, assayed and n ipht
SLWARD CAMP NO. 2!
Merisi vi'fv Saturday evenin'/ at s:.‘tn
in I»t e: i.itIioihI rooms in Commerce
builditv/
< i. NtiUDVKK .1..!. McMani’s.
Arclic [{reorder. Arctic Chief.
jf
Fourih Avenue. Seward.
BILLIARD AND POOL TABLES
In Connection
Ladies' Jtav Friday Afternoon
A Good Place to Spend
the Evening.
t. 1. WHITT! MORI , Proprietor
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MCMILLAN LLJR & WOOL CO.
41 Langley St., Victoria, 15. C.
REMODELED
THE RAINIER-GRAND HOTEL
SEATTLE
I Popular Prices New Management
Central Location European Plan
, Greatest Cafe and Gar Service in the City
j Wilson & White Co.. Prop. Chas Perry. Mgr
Seward Water & Power
Company
JOHN. A NELSON. Manager
Ollier Third and Washington streets I
Seward Bakery
Opposite Postoffice
Fresh home-made Bread. Rios
and Cakes every day.
Whole Wheat. Graham. Rye
Bread and Rompernickle al
ways on hand. .
C. WERNER, Proprietor
Circulating Library
Richards’ up-to-date Circulating Li
brary contains over 5000 books consist
ing of histories, biographies, poetry:
and fiction.
The latest copyright books received
on every boat.
Terras—50 cents per month in ad-1
vance and a deposit of $1.00 additional j
which will be refunded when books
are returned. Oniy one book allowed
to be taken out at a time, but subscrib
ers may exchange as often as they
desire.
This elegant collection of books
should appeal to every intelligent per
son in our city. At the low price of 50
cents per month you can read the best
and latest books published—the best
and cheapest recreation in Seward.
Books for sale or rent. Any book
published furnished at publisher’s
prices.
If you want a free sample copy of the
most progressive and up-to-date min
ing journal published send your name
to Mining Topics, 64 Fulton street,
New York. Its news is authentic and
unbiased and the paper is devoted to
the specific and general interests of
mining in every field.
iirfii i
| PACIFIC COAST TRADING
COMPANY
!W<‘ an* very much surprised at the amount of
outfitting wo have done this fall, and after looking
over our books and finding the names of the miners
we outfitted last fall and spring, we find that wo
have outfitted the same men again. If the miners 1
of this district desire any better information in re |
gard to which is the best place to buy their outfits $
then wo refer them personally to the men whom :
wo have just outfitted and lake our medicine. ^
Respectfully. i
T. I). (’ORLKW. Mgr.
“ct aasgaraggccws-. % &asr rraa
We have on hand a full stock
of drugs, sundries, toilet arti
cles, rubber goods, stationery,
| photo supplies, cigars, tobaccos
and candies, ww^
ggmt? -.'T---*hw-tj- j.'W". —■■ w: •.TrrwrrppwvH.1
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Come and get our prices, it will be to
your advantage.
j OWLDRUGCO.
Wholesale and Retail.
TINNING PLUMBING
HARDWARE
Guns, Ammunition, Mechanics’ Tools, Cutlery.
Miner’s Conveying Hose and Tents
STOVES AND RANGES
GRANITE AND TINWARE
Jl 23 JL lirC ^ourt*1 Ave., Seward, Alaska
• 1 I Prompt attention given mail orders
THE BANK THEATRE
Del Clark, Proprietor
Entertainments Every Evening
Best of W ines, Liquors and Cigars at the Bar
COLEMAN HOIUSE
Electric lights and Electric Bells in Every Room
Rates from 50c to $2.50 per Day
ABSOLUTELY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Avenue Seward, Alaska
THE LOUVRE
EIDSON &. DOBSON Proprietors
A Gentleman’s Resort. Gold Dust Bought
Cor. Fifth and Washington streets Seward, Alaska
WAGNER’S PLACE
FRED WAGNER. Proprietor
WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS
A Good Time and Right Treatment for Everyone
The Seward Transfer
Cloninger & Knoche, Hauagers
Plano and Furniture Moving a Specialty. Orders Taken for Wood
(Orders left at Richards & Co. will receive prompt attention)
GAWLEY EOIINDRY &
MACHINE WORKS
Tacoma, Washington, U. S. A.
Founders, Machinists,
Blacksmiths.
Designers and Builders of
Sawmill Machinery, Wood
Working Machinery, Marine
Machinery and Steamhoists.
TROY HAND LAUNDRY
Don’t worry about your flannel
shirt collars and cuffs when you
can have them returned as new
Next to Moon's Hallfifth Axe. Seward
Fraser’s Smoke Shop
A fine line of choice Cigars, To
baccos and Pipes.
CLUB ROOMS IN CONNECTION
M. H. FRASER Fearth Axe. aad W«Ma«toa St.