OLD VESUVIUS
GETS HOT AGAIN
Discharge of Lava and Ashes
Brings Consternation to
Inhabitants.
By C*bl# to Tb# Dally Gateway.
Naples, Italy, Jan. 4—Mount Vesu
vius is again active. Great quanti- j
ties of ashes and molten rocks were
hurled from the volcano at intervals
during the night, and the glowing
lava ran down the sides of the moun
tain causing wild panic among the in
habitants. who left their homes and j
fled towards Naples.
Franco-Britlsh Exposition
English papers are devoting eonsid
erable space to the t ranco-British Ex
position of Science, Arts and Indus
tries, to be held in London in May of j
this year, a great international exhibi- j
tian demostrating to the world the ,
products aud resources of the British
empire and of France anti her colonies.
Canada manufacturers will occupy one
hundred and twenty thousand feet.
The exhibit will cover one hundred
and forty acres, with thirty acres of j
builtlings exclusive of those to be
erected by the French and Itritish col- j
onial gouernments.
The New Flag
After July 1. U*08, the American flag
will be altered once more by the ad
dition of another star. Under the law
as it stands, the addition of each new
star, to mark on the Hag the increase
in the number of states, is deferred
until the Independence Day following j
the admission of any new state or j
states. So, while Oklahoma entered
the union November R>, 1907, it will
not be represented on the Uag for
nearly eight months thereafter.
Rockefeller Feels the Pressure
It is reported from Chicago that
John D. Rockefeller could not make
his usual Christmas gift to the Univer
sity of Chicago owing to the prevail
ing hard times, winch has seriously
affected his income. He says he is
feeling the lack of ready money him
self. and must economize until finan
cial conditions take ou a brighter as
pect.
Will Fight a Parcels Post
A fierce campaign is being waged
against the administration's plau for
extending the parcels post. Express
companies and the jobbing interests
are spending millions in an effort to
create sentiment and gain congres
sional converts against Postmaster
General Meyer's idea.—Exchange.
Worse Than W asted
The man who will stand in line all
night to draw his money out of a sol
vent bank may show determination
and endurance, but they are so un
protitably directed as to be worse than
wasted.—New York Tribune.
Copper Prices Not so Low
Spokane- Data compiled by eastern
men in touch with conditions of the
ever-fluctuating copper market should
allay fears of copper producers of the
destruction of the market and the con
sequent closing down of copper pro
ducing mines. During the years inter
vening between 1890 and 1900, while
A. F. Heinze and W. A. Clark were
making fortunes from the production
of copper mines at Butte and vicinity,
copper was selling at a price even
lower than today’s quotations, the
lowest price being 9 cents in 1904.
The table arranged shows that the
average price of copper in 190$ was
19.78 cents per pound; the metal has
not sold at so high an average level
since 1880. The world’s annual pro
duction of copper may be figured at
about 1,400,000,000 pounds. Figuring
that this production sold at 20 cents
instead of 25 cents the high price this
year, the shrinkage price would
amount to $70,000,000.
Brains in Fingers
A writer in a medical contemporary
cites the case of a post-mortem exami
nation of a blind man which reveals
the fact that in the nerves at the end
of the fingers well-defined cells of gray
matter had formed, identical in sub
stance and in cell formation with the
gray matter of the brain.
We have founded an institution in
which the people can deposit their
money with a feeling of the utmost
confidence and safety.
* Bank of Seward.
IMPRISON 169
EX-LEGISLATORS
Members of First Russian Douma
Sent to Jail for Signing
Manifesto.
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
St. Petersburg, Jan.2—This morning
109 delegates to the lirst Douma were
sentenced to three months in jail for
signing the Viborg Manifesto.
Harvest From Tourists
The annual income of France from
tourists is estimated at $500,000,000.
The tourist toll to Italy is now reckon
ed at $100,000,000 a year. The receipts
of the Swiss hotels is al>out $40,000,000
a year. Tourists who visit Norway
each season spend $3,000,000 there.
The American tourist toll to Europe is
estimated to Ik* from $125,000,0(H) to
$150, 000,000 each year.
A flld-Winter’s Wall
From North Dakota it is reported
that one of Harvey’s fastidious newly
married ladies kneads bread with her
gloves on. The incident may be some
what peculiar, but there are others.
The editor of this paper needs bread
with his shoes on; he needs bread with
his shirt on; he needs bread with his
pants on: and unless some of the de
linquent subscribers of this old rag of
freedom pay up before long he will
need bread without a d-thing on.—
Fessenden (N. D.) Advertiser.
Mail Goes Over the Trail
Alfred Lowell and N. l\ White start
ed over the trail Thursda.v with
mail. Lowell goes to Gird wood, Knik
and Tvonok, and White takes in Sun
rise and Hope.
Seward Looks Good
Seward people returning from the
outside on the Northwestern report
that Seward looks pretty good to them,
and that the outlook for the present
year in the northlana seems better j
than in the states.
A Letter
Seward, Alaska. Jan. 4. 1908.
To our Friends and < 'ustotuers:
The year 1907. just closed, has been
the most prosperous in our history, in
fact has been a record breaker, and we
wish to extend our hearty thanks for
the liberal patronage given to us.
It is our intention to continue to
merit your patronage by furnishing
the best quality of everything pertain
to our lines at the lowest prices.
We also have many improvements
planned for 1908.
Yours for a happy new year,
OWL DRUG CO,
E. V. Boyle, Mgr.
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School Notice
The public school will open Monday
the 13th inst., with Mrs. C. J. Winter j
in the public school building, and Mrs.
A. Tillett in charge of the primary
department, to be held in the building
opposite the Methodist Church.
All pupils intending to take up the
first year’s high school work under
Mrs. Winter are requested at once to
give the order for books to the Owl
Drug Co., that the order may go out
on first boat to Seattle.
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
Cook Inlet Precinct, Jan. 4,1908.
To Harry McCormack, C. J. Wal
ters, James McGill, Thos. McConety,
Geo. Hanson, Wm. Burns and Alfred
Noel:
You are hereby notified that the
undersigned has expended one hundred
dollars in labor and improvements
upon the Skukum Creek placer claim
situated upon Skukum creek, tribu
tary to Twenty Mile river, in the
Territory of Alaska, Cook Inlet pre
cinct, claiming 12000 feet from NOTICE
up the creek in a southeasterly direc
tion, and 300 feet each side of Skukum
creek, as will appear by certificate
filed the 23rd day of February, 1900, in
the office of the recorder of said pre
cinct, in order to hold said premises
under the provisions of Section 2324
Revised Statutes of the United States
being the amount required to hold the
same for the year ending December
31st, 1907.
And if within ninety days from the
publication of this notice, you fail, or
refuse to contribute your proportion
of such expenditure, to-wit, 812.50
each as a co-owner, your interest in
said claim will be forfeited and be
come the property of the subscriber
under said section 2324.
A. C. CARRIER,
Co-owner of one-ejghth of said claim.
First publibation Jannary 4, 1908.
The Man
I met a man the{other|day
He had a Roman nose,
He certainly was well dressed,
For the goods were in the clothes.
I asked him where he got That Suit:
He answered me right quick;
He said, ‘‘I got them over there,
’Tis Clayson does the trick.”
ALL WELL DRESSED
MEN DEAL AT CLAVSONS’
CLAYSONiCLOTHIEB
WINTER
SPECIALS
FOR THIS WEEK ONLY
Cough Syrup
Our White Pine Cough Syrup
is a valuable remedy for
Coughs, Colds, Etc.
A large bottle for.25c
Quinaretts
will break up the most se
vere Coughs, Colds, Etc.,
even of long standing.
A box for
Liniment i
Our Family Liniment is a
friend in need, when you are
suffering with Rheumatism,
a Sprain or Bruise.
A bottle for.25c
Toilet Cream
Chapped Face or Hands can
be made smooth and velvety
by using our Almond and
Elder Flower Cream.
A bottle for.25c
Owl Drug Co.
E. V. BOYLE, Mgr.
SEWARD
Water and Power
COMPANY.
John A. Nelson, - Manager
office:
Bank of Seward Building.
f Arctic Brotherhood
CAMP SEWARD NO. 21._
Meets every Saturday evening In
A. B. Hall, Cor. 5th and Wash.
J. L. REED, S. L. COLWELL
Arctic Recorder. Arctic Chief
I KNIK TRADING COMPANY
I GENERAL MERCHANDISE
We have no flour, sugar, or evaporated spuds but can
supply you with Tobacco, camp outfits, rubber goods,
dried fruits, canned fruits, vegetables and meats; pit aws,
sleds, traps and hardware galore.
I WE DEAL IN RAW FURS
Knik, °' °*HERNING> Manager- Alaska
Coleman House
Absolutely First-class. Geo. Sexton, Manager
Electric Lights ami electric Hells in every Room
Hates, per day, - - from 50 cents to $2.50
Fourth Avenue,Seward, Alaska J
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Northern Saloon
E. L. WHITTEMORE. PROPRIETOR.
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WINES. LIQUORS AND CIGARS
FOURTH AVENUE. SEWARD. ALASKA.
s. -'
BOOTH Sc CO.
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HOPE AND GIRDWOOD
tfjTCall on the old reliable firm of Booth & Co. for anything in the
Liquor and Cigar line. Mi Eleccion Cigars, Old Line and Hunter Rye,
Nelson Co. Bourbon, Olympia Beer. Everything hrst-class. Best
of attention, run on the live and let live plan.
Girdwood, Alaska. c* BOOTH, Manager.
The Palace ^
Fine Wines, Liquors and Cigars
Cafe In Connection. Seward, Alaska ^
THE SEWARD LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY
(Incorporated November, 1905, under the laws of Alaska)
Office—on Fourth avenue, near Adams, Seward, Alaska