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.aiiotl for San Francisco leaving
-e s.*t helpless lives on the upper
v ,s aiui V-, iP. • igging of the wreck.
VI.-ii she r. a li.-ii the Golden Gate
.»*•■. t’ousins slate.! that he ha.i been
• red jo pt'oe. ’ on his way. 1 here !
j, . !*.> no reas . t*> doubt this hut
» niany • -hip's niaster who
tl h.avi o_n :.b -ueh an order if!
; ,u eon.** trot the owner of the j
' 09: on board.
.-the Queen sailed cheerfully for j
i .*itr - hi lt -I: wa- relieved by thei
ry of Topeka, which for hours stood !
■ >.:nd fulfilling the spirit of the in
• ion “They also serve who only
and wait." She never ap
• .-lied near enough to -ee the
.*:,. k but she stayed in the vicinity
,:.t ; a frail raft carrying eighteen
wl > propelhd it with two oars
..>! ai d in sight. This raft for hours
•-..i the seas which the men on the
r •-in the Top. ka. the tugs Salvor
tad t’rar. all confidently assure the
public no -um'i craft could live in.
-Mber rafts and boats from the wreck
anted survivors weakened by ex
posure and hunger to safety, but the
eomb.*r- were too high for the big ves
sels or the life lmats they carried.
The Topeka also sailed away before
.he Valencia went down, “with heavy
hearts” a i’o*t-inte!ligeneer reporter,
who was on board, affirms.
Neither has it been explained why
nine tueti w ho reached shore near the
wreck all traveled in the other direc
tion to telephone the news. It is hard
to criticise men in such a strait but it
seems that the party might have been
divided and some have found their
way to the beach to catch a line. It
.s agreed by everyone that the Va
lencia shot three lines to shore and
that if one man had been there to
drag it over every life could have been
saved except those already lost in the
-mashing of small boats.
ONE MAN S OPPORTUNITY
A great deal of prose and some poetry
has been written concerning the vital
importance of catching opportunity on
„he :ly. Wilson Mizner apparently en
graved these admonitions upon his
memory or el»e he had the instinct to
gra’* opportunity without getting a
l>oi' ter from anybody.
Mi/ner's opportunity came in the j
*hape of the rich Widow Yerkes. from
whose sorrow-stricken form he snatched
• .be weed* of in : n:ng less than thirty
day* after the d uth of the street car i
magnate. IVrhap* she was not mourn-,
\'j deeply'. She had been living apart
iroei Mr. Yerkes for several years and
keeping him out ‘ the family mansion :
u\ force of arm*. However, when her j
. ch spouse w;i* dx>ut to pas* away
-.lie forgave bin tin past in view of
.he favor he wu> about to confer upon
her by ere** m_- tin Styx and leaving
».:» millions hi•;
Uight there g Mizner nailed the
opportunity of I Mime. He had j
.sjx-nt several years in Alaska but had 1
not done much f- himself because he
could not study » it a winning combina
tion on the roul.-.t*- wheel and his de
po*it* ii. he f tr » bank could no* Ih
checked out. Hi* brother. Kvlgar •
Mizner. was agent for the Maska .
Commercial Company at Daw*nn and
.rom his brother and. th dance halls
u which he exercised his baritone
>ice he extract' d: an income sufli *ient
perpetuate the existence which ha*
►ecome the joy o: tin* quondam Mrs.
Yerke*.
This demonstrates anew that a capa
ble man only requires opportunity.
Mr. Mizner never did any good in any
kind of business. Hi* former acquain
tances in Dawson and Nome s.iy they
never saw him do a lick of work more
onerous than singing in a concert hall
<*r planting chips on a layout, and when
they heard that he had annexed the
wealthy widow they were tilled with
merriment.
Still Mr. MiznerVold associates are ,
anxious to learn how he worked it.
They concede that ho has a tine voice,
face and figure, hut are curious to;
know how this youth of 21* got the,
chance to employ his talents in the j
(■leasing task of rescuing Mrs. Yerkes
, from the sorrows of widowhood before
jjnof and loneliness had time to tuld
their corrosive lines to the impress of
forty .. a e* nr more upon her face.
, a It iiu jump from tin1 concert
iia’ «>i Vlaska mining camps to the
crust, of Now \ ork society, and it is
doubtful \ In tiu r any body could make
it o<eo; a Native Son ot the (lolden
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NO MONEY JO SAVE uRI
yoai 'several \esseUare wreck
ed «*• !• ktiouiul inast of Vancou
ver inland mar tilt entrance to the
st; a---, o. .lu.iti I >« • I’Y.ea and ot ten many
i v * a-.-e lost. Yet the American Con
gress. which sijuano* cs hundreds ot
millions s:j1 ■ ■:i tlti I’hi-bppines and
n.s> ou .nil- a war ter Cuba with its
eyes shut, for denudes has begrudged
th> !’ae!tic ceast tiie small sums whielt
wt .Id i sake tin locality almost a’o
s<». ely sa»e.
• i •• or « Ati mov. j■ t houses r.ia: a
hie savin/ station suen -o c located at
tei’vals alontf the Atlantic s.n»r»
would have avoided nearly all the
wreeks which have occurred and would
have savedm arly every person from
t!i*' wrecks which were unavoidable.
The t atuulian Government has been
ii,.tally derelict. Canada owns the
rocky headlands whielt are a standing
menace to navigation, yet it has done
no more to proteet the cut ratio© to the
straits than the Cniteu States }fovern
mr The property lost olT \ ancouver
island would build anti maintain a row
of lijfnt houses for miles on both sides
of thi snails line a lineof street lights.
Tiie lives lost wt i e perhaps of no value.
Some of the dead may have been of no
more account in life than a member of
(kmyrressor tin Canadian parliament.
Tiie Yukon Polar Institute was or
ed at Dawson in the summer >ea
>(ir. anil we notice very little has been
heard of it since the mercury began to
tcolic around in the neighborhood of
.*>•» below. The man who expects to
wear pansies in the lapel of his coat on
polar expeditions might as well stop at
Moosehide. Whitehorse Star.
The officials of the Northwestern
Steamship Company must he easily dis
couraged if they have given up the
steamer Dora merely because she has
been missing lifty-four days. Maybe it
never occurred to them that her ma
chinery is disabled and she is waiting
for the company that sent her out to
offer relief.
The death sentence of an Alabama
negro was commuted by the governor
to imprisonment for life but the mob
which took him from the jail and
hanged him can scarcely he accused of
interfering with the governor’s action.
It merely cut short the term of the
colored gentleman’s incarceration.
Gov. Pennvpacker of Pennsylvania
says Benjamin Franklin was not one
of that state’s great men; that he was
merely smart. Dogberry wished that
he might l>e writ down an ass, but
Gov. Pennvpacker has no need tout-;
ter such a wish, as he has turned the
trick several times himself.
Joe Gans swore in the trial of his
wife’s application for a divorce with
alimony that he was “all in” as a pug
ilist and could not make a living that
way any more. Then he went to San
Francisco and walloped the toughest
Irishman of his weight in the pugil
istic world.
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Eddie Cudahy says he cannot identify
Pat Crowe as one of his kidnapers,
which fact will remind suspicious per
sons that I ‘at has been charged with
saying that Eddie was in the deal to
hold up his dad for ■'FJo.OOO.
Sunday’s cable news reports three
wars brewing. As this information un
doubtedly came from the Hearst “news”
service it is apparent that William is
not a contestant for the Nobel peace
prize of llHRi.
if the miners whose gold was stolen
by George Adams cannot get their
money back they ean comfort them
selves with the relleetion that it is
stili in circulation and they may get a
whack at it that way.
\: the rate of progress maintained
l ih.- anti-Smootit< s they ought to
U>ost the apostle out of the Senate in
thirty years. His term is six
years and he has already served half
of it.
Some of the gushing persons who
have given expensive presents to Alice
Roosevelt without knowing her per
sonally would not give 10 cents to a
hungry wanderer.
I fall the eggs in those 4oO cases
which the Oregon is bringing for the
Tanana are not good the rejected can
he used in the polities of that region.
if the foreign missionaries in China
were Christian scientists they would
not allow their imaginations to betray
them into fear of massacre.
It may turn out that the Russian
pretender to the throne who went
around clothed in purple and line linen
was James Hazen Hyde.
Congress threatens to cut off the sup
ply of lieutenant-generals, apparently
believing that the country has enough
little ones now.
Bishop Turner may be riyht in des
j cribiny the American lluy as a dirty
' ray but it is fully as clean as the ray
he has been cite winy on lately.
The eoal dealers didn't lose any time
in boostiny up tie poioo ■ eon! when
they lit are then* miyhi ' ■ :• minors’
! si take.
Tin- re.oiiUi I'liii.'.' Bush is painted
1 yellow bet t lust does fra jltvv; tit
irislmien from s i vin *- in her irrtt.
\\ Mid* f* I or*l,*r * *
ilia: tin ynaf mif" Xr.i * ork ouyot
: to .pi. . ny l V: . re-s a i’a; i-e?
Aolieily in Sasha w h i t.isi onraye I*'.
,\uy. ii- inn- ii !.•* u tintsto come ftere
and open i upper : tile s.
i 'mb:*!.'. tie rP.-suta . ■.nvrmuent
f leer . that the - -sit m a ■ y -et 1 over
j ii otn America is tainted.
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I aus -ver.
The healie • ‘.'iiiii e > ms to be as
peculiar a- in the day >ot i lei Harte.
CtITTtR RUSH TO 50'NT BOR*
Passes Through Seward on Way
to Search for Missing Boat
Tin* revenue cutter Hush arrived
Monday evening at two days and J
tour hours out of Sitka, and sailed)
Tuesday for the westward to search j
for the steamer Dora, which lias not ;
been heard from here since she left
Kodiak December 24. ( apt. Broadbept
will follow the usual course of sailing
taken by the Dora, putting in at every |
port and examining every place of
'.heller. The Kush took on fifty tons of
coal and a barrel of engine oil. left for
her by the Santa i lara.
It is not believed n Seward that the
Dora is in serious straits but if she is j
tied up in an isolated place her crew
may ho short of provisions, as it is
now nearly two months and a half
•since -.he left Seward and she was due
in the oidinary course of sailing to
return in fifteen days. It is thought
by men familiar with navigation to
the westward that the steamer’s ma
chinery may have been disabled and
she is tied up at one of the westward
ports. If she is at Dutch Harhor she!
would not lack for supplies of any kind.
Company Gives Ip the Dora
Seattle, Feb. Hi-Officials of the
Northwestern Steamship Company
state that they have given up all hope :
of the steamer Dora. They believe
that she was lost in the recent general
storm which prevailed along the entire
coast. The Santa Ana will go on the
westward run until other arrange
ments are made.
BUYS EIDER DOWN ROBE
Dr. Grieve Acquires Fancy Ex-1
hibit of Indian Fabrication
Dr. Grieve brought back from Kenai
a trophy in the shape of an eider-down
robe, which compensated him for the
hardships of a midwinter mush of un
usual difficulty and danger, although it
cost a small mint of money. This robe
is composed of the breast down of 240
eider ducks sewed together with the
peculiar skill of Alaska natives so that
the seams are invisible. It came from
Dutch Harbor, where it was made by j
Aleutian Indians.
The robe is striped as artistically as j
the skin of a zebra or Bengal tiger.
The breast of a male eider duck is a
dark bull or delicate brown, and these
are interwoven in alternating align-1
ment with the nearly white down of
the female. Although as large as an]
ordinary quilt and an inch or more.
t hick, the robe weighs but four pounds.
Dr. Grieve does not state the exact
cost but he draws a long breath when
the subject is mentioned, like dad the
day after Christmas.
Strike in Tenderfoot District
A rich strike lias been made on Ten
derfoot creek, in the Delta district, ac
cording to recent advices from the in
terior. Tenderfoot creek was discov
ered and located more than a year ago '
and while there was a stampede to the
district and considerable work done
nothing big v. - found and most of the
claims were anao loned. A few stayed
with it, however, and now it is said a
very rich strike has been made on dis
covery claim.
Among those Missing
The football player with the ban
daged head was limping ovet the scene
of the desperate conllict the next day.
“Fighting the battle over again, are
you?* ’some one asked him.
“Not at all,” he answered with dig
nity, “I am looking for my ear.” Chi
cago Tribune.
Away from the Darbers
“How do you think this exciting race
for the pennant is going to come out?”
asked the baseball fan.
“Don’t ask me,” replied Gruff. “I’m
not well posted in those matters. You
see, I've been shaving myself lately.
Hubert B. Roosevelt of New A ork,
uncle of the president, is accused by
the U. S. circuit court of appeals in an
opinion, of beating a trust company of
which he was president out of $128,000.
It is claimed that many of Hie na
tives near Sitka have become Chris
tianized.
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Treasury Department Unable to
Pay io:scs Without Special
y\ct or Congress
:;y CJikts to r.-.ily CJafcvmy.
Washington. I). « Feb. :1 The |
Irev-airy it part to nl ends after an t \
auiination nl tin* law that it cannot re-!
ia11• ut'C miners for tie !;. -es ol jfnld
in tir Seattle ussav office thruuydi the j
thefts id (sli it r Adams vsithout a!
special act of l on'.;n
Il is believed few men can prove:
their losses, although sons' may be
able to do so to the satisfaction ol a i
cojiyffessiona! commit lee wbi'e unable
to prof" evid nee admissible in courts
ol lav.. For that i > ason it will he j
practical I;, iupo-sible to p.'ov.' any
t hin j in t is court (d claims.
Five miners of < >;»!11»• cteek claim
that their deposits shrunk !~< per cent 1
in the a-sa.. office. Tins is entirely'
too hik'l' but while the moral evidence
ofthefi is conclusive iej»nl evidence 1
lacking. Tic department s solicitor
savs that proof of shrinkage ts not j
proof of theft.
W. A. BELL USES
ALTER LONG ILLNESS
One of Seward’s First Residents
Yields His Life to Complica
tion of Maladies
William A. Bell died Thursday
after an illness of several weeks re
sulting from a complication of disorders
which had made him practically an
invalid for a long time before he was
confined to his bed about January 1. It
had been known for several day- that
he could not survive.
Mr. Bell was liorn in New Brunswick
about fifty-three years ago. In boy
hood he removed with his parents to
Maine, where he lived until after he
was grown, when he moved to West
Virginia. About twenty years ago he
came west and took up his residence in
Whatcom, now Bellingham, Washing
ton. In 181)7 he came north to Skag
way, where he lived until 1!K)2. when
he moved to Valdez.
A year later Mr. Bell came with '.he
lirst hand of immigrants on the Santa
Ana who started the town of Seward
August 28, HMKl. Since then he lived
in Seward until his death, conducting
a cigar store. He had been in that
business since he lost the fingers of his
right hand in a mill accident in W hat
come. which disqualified him for
physical labor.
Although for years Mr. Bell was
subject to much physical suffering he
was of a cheerful disposition which
made him very popular with acquaint
ances and his store was a favorite re
sort for numerous friends. He was a
member of the Arctic Brotherhood at
Skagway, and transferred his member
ship to Seward camp when it was
organized a few days before he was
prostrated by the physical weakness
which ended in death.
Mr. Bell leaves a wife, who was his
constant attendant through his illness.
His mother still resides in West \ ir
ginia.
The funeral will he held this after
noon at 2 o'clock from Moore s hall,
under the auspices of the Arctic
Brotherhood.
What Happened to Bill
Bill Jones is a country storekeeper
down in Louisiana, and last spring he
went to New Ore lea ns to purchase a
stock of goods. The goods were ship
ped immediately and reached home
before he did. When the boxes of
goods were delivered at his store by
the drayman his wife happened to look
at the largest. She uttered a cry and
called for a hammer. A neighbor,
hearing tin* screams, rushed to her
assistance and asked what was the
matter. The wife, pale and faint,
pointed to an inscription on the box
which read; "Bill inside.”
A man arrested for murder bribed an
Irishman on the jury to hang out for a
verdict of manslaughter. The jury
were out for a long time, and finally
came in with a verdict of manslaughter.
The man rushed up to the juror and
said: "I'm obliged to you, my friend.
Did you have a hard time?” "Yes,”
said the Irishman, “I had. Theother
eleven wanted to acquit ye.”
The ukase issued by General Man
ager Berdoe of the White Pass «fc
Yukon road providing dismissal as the
penalty for drinking or gambling by
an employe is hurting the business of
Skagway saloons*
Thirty labor candidates were elected
to parliament in Great Britain in the
recent elections.
SEWARD STEAMERS
Farallon: sailed from Seattle, 10th.
Oregon; sailed from Seattle, 13th.
Excelsior: sails from Seattle, 19th.
Bertha: sailed from Seward, 7th.
Santa Clara; sailed from Seward, 12th.
Santa Ana; sailed westward, 17th.
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GRTHERN
E. L. WHITTEWIORE, Proprietor
WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS
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' FOURTH AVE. SEWARD, ALASKA
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[ ard ©f Trade
Fourth uwniu*. • - * Seward,-Alaska
Only the choicest goods dispensed
Club Rooms in connection
Furnished Apartments up stairs
New, Neat and Comfortable. T. V. THOMAS, Prop.
F G HALE President G. E. DICKERMAN. Vice-Prcs
BANK OF SEWARD
Transacts a General Banking Business
We receive deposits, buy ami sell exchange, foreign and umn air: buy gold
dust and bullion: make collections. All business committed to ur rare will
receive prompt and careful attention ■_.
Your Business is Solicited_
CHAS. A. TECKLENBURG J- M CUMMINGS
THE SEATTLE BAR
-ONLY THE BEST
Wines, Liquors and Cigars
Bohemian and Olympia Beer
FURNISHED ROOMS WITH STEAM HEAT
Fourth Avc. and Wasnington St. Seward. Alaaka.
Commerce Cafe ELEVIN M“a,r
Open day and night. Private Rooms for Ladies
Banquets and Dinners on short notice a specialty,
THE BAHK THEATRE
Smith &. Clark, Proprietors
(Formerly Wallace & Thompson)
Entertainments Every Evening
Best of Wines Liquors and Cigars at the Bar
E. R. GRAY
NOTARY PUBLIC
tfKWARD - - ALASKA
C. H. GIBBONS, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
Office and Residence—Carstens’ Build
ing. Fourth avenue.
Office Hours—2 to 4 p. in., and when
ever not otherwise engaged.
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L. V. RAY
ATTORN E Y-AT- LA \V
Nelson Bid, Washington St., Seward
F. E. YOUNGS
NOTARY PUBLIC
SEWARD • ALASKA
H. E. ELLSWORTH
Assayer
SEWARD - - ALASKA
W. J. STONE
Architect
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j SEWARD - - - ALASKA
I. O. O. F.
RELIEF ASSOCIATION
J. S. SLATER, President,
E. W. YOUNG. Secret a ry-Treas
Meets every third Sunday afternoon
in each month.
DR. C. T. DAGGETT .
DENTIST 1
%. E. Cor. Fourth Atc. and Washlnrton St.
SR WARD - - ALASKA
DR. C. L. HALE
DENTIST
Over Brown & Hawkins’ store
SEWARD - - - ALASKA
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A. C. BAKER
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT
COLEMAN HOUSE
SEWARD - - ALASKA
Dr. J. A. BAUGHMAN
Physician and Surgeon.
Office in Coleman Building,
office Hours 2 to 4. 7 to 9 p. m.
Residence with George Sexton
CECIL H. CLEGG
ATTORNEY - AT-LA W
Fourth Avenue, - Seward, Aka.
J. L. REED
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Notary Public
Richards’ Bldg Seward. Alaska j
SAMUEL M. GRAFF ®
ATTORN E Y-AT-L A W
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Suite 2-4. Carstens’ Building