JAPS ATTACK
CONSULATE
American Headquarters at Muk
den Invaded and Native
Staff Assaulted.
Ey Cable to The Dally Oftteway.
Mukden. Manchuria, April 7 -Japan
ese have here entered the American
Consulate and attacked native statY.
The American consul has made a de
mand for their arrest.
STEAMER MOVEMENTS
Bertha and Jeanie Come and Uo
Steamers Bertha anti Jenie, both of
the Alaska t oast Company's fleet, at*
rived front Seattle Sunday afternoon
but a few hours apart, l'he Bertha
came in about 1 o'clock and remained
a couple of hours to unload freight be
fore sailing for Soldo via.
The Jeanie caiue in at 7: JO. She
had on board .">,000 feet of lumber for
Mr. Blue, besides some other freight
for local parties. Her cargo consisted
large.y of explosives which she takes
to the westward. She sailed about 1*
o'clock for Seldovia.
The Bertha returned from the
late Tuesday night and sailed for Se
attle early Wednesday morning.
The Jeanie arrived from Kodiak at
1a):.!0 a. in. yesterday and sailed for Se
attle two hours later.
The Santa Clara
Steamer Santa Clara arrived at 6:.*>0
yesterday morning and sailed again
ior Seattle at •'» this morning.
siwaku sitAMtHS
Santa Clara; sailed for Seattle 11th.
Dora; sailed for l nalaska lsth.
Yucatan: in Seattle.
Portland: -ailed for Seattle 2nd.
Northwt stern; sailed for Seattle 4th.
Bertha; sailed for Seattle sth.
Jeanie: sailed for Seattle 10th.
In From liird"ood
K. \V. Young arrived Wednesday |
night, corning over the trail from
Gird wood. He reports everything
very quiet in that to** n. Tire proba
bilities are that the ice \'iil not break
up in the Arm so that boats can
get in th**re b< i'o •• about the first of
May with the incoming of the high
tide. The parties having gone to Sel
dovia will have to wait nearly a month
before they can get in and go up the
rivers.
Mr. Young reports that there will
will be some mining work done on
Crow creek this summer and that
James Gird wood wilt work a force of
men at hi- hydraulic plant on upper
Crow creek.
1 n coming over the trail Mr. Young
was overtaken by a blinding suow
storm on the summit this side of mile
4b on the Alaska Central road, on
Sunday afternoon and had to burrow
into a-now t ank for -belter, where,
with iiis dogs, he was compelled to
remain till Tuesday morning. When
the storm let up he followed the tele
phone wires as a guide for about two
miles. lie reports the snow out there
as unusually deep, being anywhere
from .'JO to -*>0 feet deep.
Mr. Young started on his return trip
to Girdwood with dog team this morn
ing.
Business Firms Change Location
Three business tirras of seward have
recently changed their location in the
town: The Owl Drug Campany, E. V.
Boyle manager, has tnoved into the
building formerly occupied by the A.
B. Drug Co. This takes the Owl Drug
Company a few doors farther down
Fourth avenue.
Col. A. K. Boyle has moved his
jewelry stock from his former location
and also occupies a part of the A. B.
building with the Owl Drug Company.
Maj. C. \V. Babbage, the jeweler,
has moved his stock farther up Fourth
avenue and now occupies the build
ing next to the Pacific Coast Trad
ing Company and formerly occupied
by the Seward light and Power Com
pany.
Our store at Susitna Station has been
sold to the Alaska Com. Co. and we
are desirous of selling out our stock of
goods before spring and will let same
go at the right price.
* Litchfield & Nagley Co.
BANNERMAN
QUITS OFFICE
-.
British Premier Resigns Owing to
Illness—Asquits liis Prob
able Successor.
By Cable to The Dally gateway.
London, April 7—Sir Henry C. Ban
nernian, Prime Minister of the British
government resigns his office on ac
count of serious illness. Asquits is
I looked as his probable successor.
No Lack of Igibor in Italy
The Italian Commissioner of Labor
reports that the number of unemployed
in the province of Bari is constantly >
increasing on account of the great;
crowds returning from America.
A few months ago Southern Italy J
was suffering from the lack of work-j
men. Practically all the able-bodied;
men had emigrated and the landown- j
ers imported labor from Central Italy.
Now the returned emigrants are clam
oring for work at low wages, while
the workmen brought from central j
Italy insist on the fulfillment of their j
contracts at the high wages agreed!
u|Km when labor was scarce.
Productive (iold Mines
The most productive gold mine m
1000 was the Ksperanza in Mexico,
which produced $7,70S,NS4. It was
also t lie most profitable, having made |
a, protit that year of $4,044,270.
The most productive gold mine in J
100" was the Coldfield Consolidated of:
Nevada, which produced $0.2*0,470. i
The most profitable gold mine for the j
year was the Robinson at Johannes
burg. Transvaal, which netted $4,300,
000.
There were *0 gold mines producing
profits of over one million dollars each
in 1007. of which 53 are in Transvaal, I
South Africa, and of these 53, no less
than 1* netted $2,500,000 or more each. ;
Mining News.
Cheap Tourist Rates
Chicago Travel to and from Cali
fornia and the entire Pacific Coast
will be cheaper thi- Summer than ever
before during the entire season. After
a stormy session of the Transeontinen-!
tal Passenger Association the Harri-i
man lines and the Santa Fe gave
independent notice that they would
put in Summer tourist rates to the;
Pacific Coast, effective between .Tune’
and ()ctober.
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New Rifles for State Militia
General Crozier, chief-of ordinance;
of the army, has completed arrange
ments for the issue of the new Spring
field rifle, 30-caliber, 1003 model, fit-j
ted for l‘.H'* ammunition, to the organ
ized militia of all the states and terri
tories under the law governing such '
issue.
A letter has been sent to the adju
tants general of all of the states and;
territories that have not yet been sup-j
plied stating the readiness of the de
partment to furnish the number need
ed and explaining how they may be
obtained.
More Silver Called for
It is reported from Washington that
the treasury department is again
in the market for 200,000 ounces, the
second call for u like amount this year.
The price paid for the last was 55.027
cents per ounce and it is expected the
same will prevail on the present pur
chase.
Undesirables to Be Deported
Pittsburg—An investigation is in
progress here, which, it is said, will
result in the deportation of thousands
of undesirable foreigners from the
Pittsburg district within the next few
months.
The crusade is the carrying out of
the recent order of the federal author
ities to use deportation as a means of
checking the growth of an anarchistic
sentiment.
To Keep Eggs Fresh
Cover a fresh egg with a thin
coating of lard and it will keep per
fectly good for an indefinite period, ac
cording to the report of a new method
of preserving eggs made to the State
Department by Consul Murphy at
Bordeaux.
The discovery is of Italian origin.
THE CORRECT
THING IN MEN’S CLOTHING
IS JUST AS EASY TO HAVE AS
I NOT; ALL YOU HAVE T9 DO IS
TO COME HERE ANO ASK FOR
ANY OF THE
STANDARD
MAKES
STEIN-BLOCH, ADLER &
SONS, KIRSCHBAUM AND
HART, SCHAFFNER& MARX
ARE ALL OF THE VERY BEST.
COME IN AND SEE US, WE’LL
MAKE YOU LOOK AS GOOD AS
THE BEST
WN
CLOTHIER
pAVlO ADUR A SONS CLOTHING COL
COPYRIGHT 1906
If you desire, write or >hij> to
MCMILLAN FUR & WOOL CO.
1207 laoglcy St.. Victoria. H. C.
d Brotiierhood
CAMP SEWARD NO. 21.
Meets every Saturday evening in
A. B. Hall, Cor. 5th and Wash.
ANTON EIDE S. L. COLWELL
Arctic Recorder. Arct ic Chief
E. E. RITCHIE
ATTORNEY - AT-LAW
VALDEZ - - ALASKA
J. A. BAUGHMAN
PHYSICIAN
AND SC KG EON
City ofilcc: Owl Drug Store.
Home otllee: Up stairs in Richard building
Cleaned and Refitted
Manager Chas. Perry of the Rainier
Grand is almost through with his an
nual spring housecleaning. A great
many of the rooms in this popular ho
tel have been recaipeted and redecor
ated and about a dozen big suites, of
which the Rainier-Grand contains an
abundance, have been completely re
furnished. In fitting up these suites
no expense has been spared, and the
Rainier-Grand is now prepared to en
tertain anybody from a “ten-thousand
dollar-a-year” drummer to his royal
highness, King Edward the ‘‘Lofty”
—Seattle-Tacoma Hotel News
Arctic Brotherhood Elect Officers
Camp Seward No. 21 of the Arctic
Brotherhood held their semi-annual
election last Saturday night and the
following officers were elected; Arc
tic Chief, S. L. Colwell; Vice-A retie
Chief, W. P. Henry; Arctic Chaplain,
L. H. Pedersen; Arctic Recorder An
ton Eide; Arctic Keeper of Nuggets,
E. V. Boyle; Trustees, S. O. Morford,
F. L. Ballaine, Dr. C. L. Hale, J. Fa
gerson, J. L. Reed.
You can get anything in the drug
line at the Owl Drug Co. *
I
BOOTH & CO.
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HOPE AND GIRDWOOD
I . 1
q^fCall 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 first-class. Best
of attention, run on the live and let live plan.
tiirdwood, Alaska. C. R. BOOTH, Manager.
—
Seattle’s
Commercial
Hotel
THE
Rainier-Grand
EUROPEAN PLAN $1 UP
CHAS. PERRY, Manager
MUSHERS
Attention!
Mrs. Watson, formerly of Hope, [
will be pleased to see all of her
old friends at her Restaurant in
Gird wood, where they will re- i
ceive the best the market affords.
Sleeping accommodations for
guests and place for sleds and
dogs.
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