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DEMOCRATS ARE
NOW PREPARING
Primaries* to He llrltl in Skat:*
wav Soon—Look ini: Vrouml
tor a liamlitlaU*
The democratic primaries for the
i rst division will be held in bkag"a\
within a wry short time and in the
meantime all the members of that
party in that division are looking
around for a likely man to carry the
banner of the unterrified in the com
ing election. Burns of the Tanana
~ mentioned there as well as here as
a probable choice and another name
which can be heard from time to time
is that of George Grigsby who is now
mayor of Nome and was formerly
» strict attorney of the Second divis
on. Senator Tanner who lives in
Skagw.;\* where the primaries will be
held is amongst those who seem to i
favor Burns who was a member of
the legislature also. Tanner was for
merly a supporter of Wickersham but
is now a regidar democrat. Governor
Strong has been said to be favorable
to Grisby's candidature but this is
only hearsay. In a statement issued
by Delegate Wickersham to the peo
ple of the First division last week he
formally declared himself a candidate ,
once again.
former m \yor of
NOME IN SEWARI)
John S Coply. former mayor of
Nome and one of the most popular
men that ever lived in the Seward
Peninsula capital city, arrived on the
Mariposa last night. He has been
chosen to represent the big house of
Hilderbrandt. Posner and company,
liquor merchants of San h rancisco,
and he is now in Alaska for that pur
pose. He will only spend a short time
>n Seward now but he hopes to return
soon. He believes the future of this
city will be a brilliant one.
Skinc.s in new stump
PULLING MACHINE j
A new >tump pulling machine has !
been brought in by F. Antrim anil a j
trial will be made soon to demonstr
ate the value of the implement. It is ;
said it is capable of a tremendous
saving of time and labor and is op
erated in the most simple manner.
The much in** is also said to have be* n
in use “’or some time outside with the
best result.- and much interest is be
ing manifested here already.
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ROUND trip passengers
',;ETTING MORE NUMEROUS
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the number round-trip excur
sion, c coming to this part of Alaska
has in<Teased greatly within the past ;
three years is the statement of ^ ay no j
Blue, the local agent of the Pacific |
Alaska Navigation company. Mr.
Blue -ays that the increase since he
came to Seward has been at least .>0 I
per cert, and that the increase seems |
* to be continuous from the indications ,
so far this year, although he does not ;
believe that sufficient time has yet
elapsed this season to form an ac
curate op-nion.
large amount of capital
COMES TO CACHE CREEK
—
That a very large amount of capital ■
will soon be used in the development
of the Cache Creek Mining company s ;
operations is the information which j
has been given out in Seward. As
stated a few days ago a drill is now
on the way to the property and will
be in use in a very short time.
STARK JORDAN ELECTED
ST. PAUL. July. 8.—Starr Jordan,
the famous California educator, was
elected president of the National Ed
ucational Association here today and
Oakland. Calif., was chosen as the ,
s te for the next convention.
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Hob Seifert was a last nights ar- j
»,val from Kenai Lake on the car.
.
Belmont Olive Oil. made from choice, care
fully selected olives. Its smooth and delicate
flavor makes it delicious in mayonnaise and
French dressing. Pure olive oil. Quality first, j
Brown & Hawkins.
Wizard Round and TrianHe Polish Mods
and Furniture and Floor Oil. Removes the i
dust ; vets in the corners, lightens house' work, j
Price $130. Frown & Hawkins. Quality first.
Pabst’s Blue Ribbon Beer at The Branch.
First quality Miners* Rubber Hip Boots. ;
$7.50 pair at Brown & Hawkins. Quality
first.
Lon* distance telephone booth at the
Branch.
’'hat the o it put <>’* g*dd from the
-?i > es in the country tributary to j
Sew an! v ill not be less than half a
m ion dollars this year is a t*ut
' i *h has been ascertained by a
oarefill survey ot the conditions. 1 he
out put last year was $200,000 which
was an increase in the output ot the
previous year and that was a record,
tail all the indications are that the |
increase this year will be greater over
the output ot last year than the in
crease of any previous season over
the preceding one although each suc
ceeding year has marked an increase |
for a long time.
Sid Anderson ot the bank of i
Seward this morning established the
increase of this year’s output over i
that of last year at 20 per cent, but
he considered this to be an estimate
that probably’ errs on the side of con- ,
servatism. The first shipment by
the bank this year was made three
weeks earlier than that of last year
ami 227 ounces are being shipped by
that institution on the Mariposa. CM
the $200,000 shipped last year $200,
000 came through the Bank of Seward :
so that Mr. Anderson is in a position
to gauge the pulse of the mining con
ditions and he is confident in the be
.ief that the increase in the output
in the years past is small compared
to the increase which may be looked
for in the coming time. Five years
ago the output from the same district
was only $>0,000 and that was re
garded as a sum worth boasting
about although for each of those five
years an : mount has been added to
the output equal to the total of $>0.
000.
So far this season the sum of
000 has been shipped by the local
bank from the Willow creek district
alone and everything points to a
most successful season. About a doz
en stampmills are operating in the
district tiibutary to this city and one
at least will be placed in operation for
the first time this year while several
others nave made certain of an in
creased output.
LOUISVILLE C OMPTROLLER
CAUGHT STEALING FUNDS
Arrested While the Wedding of His
Daughter Was Taking Place
LOUISVILLE, July, 8.—During tho
wedding of his daughter here yester
day Comptroller Wilhite of this city
was arrested on the charge of em
bezzling the city’s funds. The amount
said to have been stolen by Wilhite is
$14,000 and the affair has created a
tremendous sensation particularly as
Wilhite was one of the best known
•esidents of the city ar.d a prominent
club man. His daughter was informed
of the arrest only after the wedding
ceremony had been completed but she
insisted on leaving her husband for
the day so that she might give all her
atention to her imprisoned father.
LADIES AID GIVES TEA
'rtie regular monthly tea of the
Ladies Aid Society will take place to
morrow at the residence of Mrs. J.
L*ndley Green. A general invitation
is extended to all ladies.
TAX COLLECTIONS STILL
ARE NOT PROVIDED FOR
It is no\N believed that the bill
which is before congress to authorize
United States Commissioners to col
lect tazes in Alaska has been pigeon- 1
holed as it was introduced a consider
able time ago and not a word has :
been heard from it according to Com
missioner Conroy. Since the decision
by the atorney general that the ter
ritorial legislature had no power to
appoint U. S. Commissioners to make
the collections very little of the taxes i
have been paid and It is now a ques- ;
tion whether or not the taxes for
last year can be collected or not al- j
thuogh it seems to be the opinion of
some legal men that the taxes can be
collected for the two years when the
bill finally goes through congress if
it ever does become a law at all.
Most laymen seem to think, how
ever. that the taxes for last year can
not be collected but, anyhow, there is
certain to be a serious controversy
about the subject.
New line of ^un». ammunition, sporting
•omits. Builder’s hardware and tools. Brown
& Hawkins Hardware and Furniture Depart
ment. Quality first.
Men's Boys’ and Children s athletic outing
‘hots jus* the thin* for summer wear soft.
.iv*ht and comfortable. Brown & Hawkins.
Quality first.
Beds. Mattresses. Furniture. Wall Paper and j
House Furnishing at Brown & Hawkins,
Hardware and Furniture Department. Qual
ity first. j
IS ROOSrVfLT A
Nrw ^ ork W orM Suvs ll (.an
I Yo\(* (Yimr \::ain-t I!im
in I’ammia Strip V(lair
NKW YORK, July 7.—One of the j
most sensational attacks ever made i
on Theodore Roosevelt was delivered ,
by the New York World yesterday i
when it came out boldly with the 1
statement that he was guilty of a
foul and criminal conspiracy in the
taking over for this country of the
Panama canal strip. It further says
that the accusation is made deliber
ately and that it has in its possession
documents which clearly prove that
he stooped to an action in that mat
ter which not only made him a crimi
nal but placed the United States ’n
a position of a tyrant power that fail
ed to recognize the rights of a smaller
nation.
The wording of the article is such
that *he ex-president will probably
be comuelled to take the matter into
court or stand under an accusation
of the most serious kind ever levelled
at him.
DOUGLAS NEWS SAYS
PORTRGE BAY PEOPLE
FOOLED THEMSELVES
The Douglas News is authority for
the statement that those who recent!"
acquired property on Portage Bay
have nut up a bad job on themselves.
The following is taken from the pa
per:
“It is stated on good authority that
the parties who staked a considerable
area of ground at Portage Bay last
summer, in the anticipation of mak
ing a comfortable fortune in the event
of that place being selected as the
coast terminus of the government
railroad, cannot hold the land they
hoped to acquire. The ground was
staked principally as placer claims,
but it is said that mineral enough to
make a sufficient showing cannot be
found, and as the land is also included
in the withdrawal made by President
Wilson, the stakers lost what money
and time they put into the venture.”
RICHIE CRIES WHEN
WELSH GETS DECISION
Last Round of Great Eight in London
Was the Swiftest of All
LONDON, July, 8.—It was learned
last night after the big fight for the
championship of the world that
Richie broke down and cried bitterly
when the decision was given to
Welsh.
The bout was clever and fast and
although Welsh clearly won, Ritchie
was in splendid form in the last round
and fought gamely to the final gong.
Indeed the fighting in the last six
rounds was clever and faster than
ever.
Welsh scored in most of the open
ing rounds although Ritchie forced
the fighting in the first, sixth and
seventh. Welsh showed up fine in the
ninth but Ritchie plainly led in the
thirteenth and fourteenth. Neither
man was floored even once, and sel
dom has so fine an exhibition of the
boxing silence been seen in any fight
at any weight. Coming to the final
loth men looked as though they were
fit to begin it all over again.
N. Y. HERALD’S WIRELESS
PHONE SATISFACTORY
NEW YORK, July 8.—The test of
the wireless telephone at the New
York Herald radio station proved fo
be so efficient that it is believed it will
be of utmost value, especially at sea,
in preventing disasters. A cornet solo
played on board the steamship Tyler
of the Old Dominion line, 30 miles
down the coast, was heard distinctly.
No additional attachment or adjust
ment is necessary for any wireless re
ceiving station to receive wireless tel
ephone messages. The attachment to
the sending apparatus is simple and
inexpensive.
W. A. McPherson came to town to
day on a visit from his ranch.
J. P. O'Brien, vice president of the
Oregon, Washington Railroad ami j
Navigation Company passed by Sew- j
ard on tte Mariposa last night.
Fred T**acy went west on a business |
trip on the Mariposa.
Judson C. Hubbard, the mining en
gineer, has arrived alter a trip to the
Turnagain Arm country where he has
been looking over the field. Sunrise
and Hope were included in his itiner
ary.
James R. Hayden will leave in the
morning for the Kenai Alaska Ooia
mine.
ZAPATA KIITS
A MILLIONAIRT
I )«*la\ in Pas in" iSunsom dailies
Kxrmtion <>( l>i" Mexican
Manufacturer
VERA CRUZ, July, 8.— The ac
count ol one of the most bi utial mur
ders in the history of Mexican revoiU- (
tions arrived here today when it was i
learned that the Zapatistas had slain
Juan Velasco, the well known man- j
ager of the greatest cotton manufac
turing company in the republic. \ el- 1
asco had been held by Zapata as pris- j
oner for a ransom of one million
pesos bat a delay occurred in the pay- |
ment of the sum in spite of the fact i
that Zapata had sworn to take the
prisoner’s life if the money was not
forthcoming. The report of the kill- j
ing states that Velasco was executed
with the most deliberate coolness al
though he appealed to his captors to
grant a delay for a little further time
so that another effort might be made
to secure payment of the ransom
money.
HAVE THIRTY FIVE MEN
WORKING ON CROW CREEK
That thirty-five men are now oper
ating on Crow Creek on his company’s
hydraulic property is the statement
of H. L. Jaffe who left Seward this
morning on the Mariposa for that
place. Mr. Jaffe arrived on the Nor
thwestern to look over the property.
He is a member of the well known
business firm of his name in Seattle.
SAYS PORTAGE BAY
Tl NNEL WOI I.I) BE LONG
In an interview yesterday John E.
Bailaine told the following:
••The facts about Portage Pass as a
railroad loute are at last coming to
be generally understod along the Al
aska '*oast and in the states, as they
have been known for many years by
thousands ot Alaskans who travelled
over it during the Sunrise stampede
in 1896, ’97 and ’98, and in recent
years.
“Instead of a main tunnel two and
a half miles long, and another of a
half mile, as the Gugenheim employ
ed booster*’ of that route have claim
ed, an accurate survey proves that a
tunnel exactly five and six-tenths
miles would be required from Portage
pay to the Turnagain Arm side of the
pass.
“Moreover, such u tunnel would
j have to go under a glacier coming
down from the high mountains north
of Portage pass and intersecting wild
I Portage glacier.
“A tunnel of that length is prohibi
tive, and in addition is physically im
possible in the opinion of engineers
who have examined it, by reason of
the fact that the intersecting glacier
from the north, which the tunnel
would have to go under, in all prob
ability extends down many hundreds
of feet, and the tunnel would have to
1 > ore through that solid mass of mov
ing ice.
The Portage Bay joke has never
given the people of Seward one min
ute of concern.
_
BARON AND BARONESS
COMING TO SEWARD
Baron von Rowens and Baroness
von Rowens will arive in Seward in a
few days, prboably on the next boat.
They came as far as Cordova on the
i Mariposa but decided to remain there
for some time to look around. Pas
i sengers on the boat say that the bar
on and baroness are heads of one of
the most famous houses in the Ger
man empire.
TRUST MADE WELLS FARGO
DO WHAT IT WANTED
SEATTLE, July, 7.-TThe federal
prosecutor in the fisheries trust case
has in his possession letters showing
how the Booth Fisheries trus*; were
able to force the Wells Fargo Express
company to agree to what they want- J
ed'in the effort to crush the small
fish people. The chief demand made
by the trust was that the express
company prohibit the opening of
through cars of halibut enroute. The
trust actually boycotted the Express {
company for a year until it actually j
succeeded in making it come to its
terms. By preventing the opening j
of cars enroute many small fish deal
ers on Puget Sound w'ere crushed.
MRS. M. K. JESSUP GIVES
*3,000,000 FOR RESEARCH
% . •** » * * •
NEW YORK,. July 8.—The will of
Mrs. Morris K. Jessup, admitted to
probate yesterday gives $5,000,000 to
the American Museum of Natural
History for research work.
Tom Munn and Allan Eldredge ;
arrived in Seward last Sunday from
Reno, Nevada. Both gentlemen are
figuring on locating here.
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New line fancy candies, box choco
lates and hard candies at Martins
Candy Kitchen. _
You’ll find everything in the Pastry Line at
Cooper’s Cafe.
I
s fY
FREEPORT, X. V., July K—A new \
witness in the Bailey murder rime j
swore at the inquest today that a wo
man is responsible for the murder of
Mrs. Louise Bailey which was com
mitted on the first of July in this city.
Mrs. Bailey was shot to death while ■
she was sitting in the office of Dr.
Carman and up to the present time
the affai’ has remained a mystery. It
has caused one of the greatest sensa- |
tions experienced in this part of the
country for many years as the mur
dered lady was the wife of a wealthy ;
manufacturer and all the parties in
terested are very prominent socially
At the inquest evidence has been
produced to show that the bullet
was meant for Dr. Carman himself
and the doctor himself swears that
three shots were fired at him last
night while he was riding in an auto.
Should this evidence be substantiated
the suspicion that he committed the
murder ill be dispelled. It is now
sought to he proved that thr shot
which killed the woman was fired
from outside but the prosecutor has
produced a box of cartridges which
were found in the doctor’s attic and
which are similar to the one which
took Mrs. Bailey’s life. This box was
found to be unopened, however.
The new witness swore that a wo
man hired him and another to accom
pany ner to Carman's office and to
break the window. He declares that
h<* knew nothing of her intention to
commit murder but she did tel) them
that she wanted to fire a short in or
der to frighten the doctor. After fir
ing the sl ot, he testified, the strange
woman handed the revolver to him
and fled. This witness has refused to
give his name and the doctor and the
other man said to have been hired by
the woman has disappeared. •
In the meantime the case.is attract
ing the attention of people all over
the country.
E. J. CRONIN ARRIVES
E. J. Cronin, representative of the
house of Charles Dennehy and com
pany arrived on the Mariposa. The
Dennehy company is the one that
makes the famous Pebbleford whis
key. Mr. Cronin is a most popular
and progressive business man.
STARTING TO DEVELOPE
GRANT LAKE PROPERTY
James R. Hayden, who has an op
tion on what is known as The Grant
Lake property, located near Mile 2D is
planning to do some extensive de
velopment work there in the immedi
ate future.
The showing is one of the lest that
has ever been located on the Kanai
Peninsula and while there has beer,
some work done on the property it
was not of a nature that would de
velope the property. Mr. Hayden
will send a crew of men out to Grant
Lake in charge of James Dreenan
with instructions to sink a winze on
the main ore body to a depth of at
least fifty feet. There is a cross tun
nel in to about this point, driven in
from a point down the hill from the
surface exposure of the vein. If the
high grade ore that shows on the sur
1 face goes down for a depth of fifty
feet, retaining the present size the
winze about to be sunk will demon
strate or develope enough ore to war
rant the installation oi a small mill
and it is the intention of the bondor
to install a small stamp mill to take
care of the ore that is made in the de
velopment work. The crew* will leave
for Grant Lake the latter part of the
week.
INDIAN PARDONED
WASHINGTON, July 7—The presi
dent today issued pardon for Spopee a
Montana Blackfoot Indian, who has
served 34 years in prison for the mur
der of a man over the Canadian line
near Montana. The fact that the
crime was committed in foreign ter
ritory has been used for a long time
by the friends of Spopee in the effort
to secure his freedom. At the time i
of his trial it was supposed that the
place was in United States territory
but later efforts were begun to show j
that the United States authorities I
had actually no right to arrest Spopee
at all, much less to put him in jail
for a murder which was committed in i
British territory. The case has been
regarded as one of the most interest
ing of its kind.
Sid Anderson has now been ap
pointed as the representative in Se
ward for the North Fire Insurance
company. This makes the second ap- i
pointment of a similar nature, for
him within a short time.
• i
James Doolittle, son of Mr. f rank i
Doolittle, arrived on the Mariposa
from Los Angeles and will make his
home here with his father.
Felt Mattresses at J. L. Craef’s.
You’ll find everything in the pastry line
at the Seward Cafe._
Finch’s Golden WeddinK Rye aTThe Branch, j
WATCH OCTSIDE
FAKE FM’BLK VI IONS
Recently Alaska has become
the stamping ground for men
who are, or who allege them
selves to be, representatives of
outside publications that are
always bleeding to improve
Alaska’s condition, if one could
only believe them. Some o!*
those publications have no cir
culation in spite of the asser
tion to the contrary of their so
called publishers and represen
tatives and it is only fair to
wa**n people who are asked to
throw away good money for
thei** support. Every boat now
brings some self styled repres
entatives from Seattle or some
other place. The woods are full
of ti e n but all of t ;<*m togeth
er could not give any part of
Alaska half as much advert
ing ir a year as one local rep
resentative of a iarge, bonafid**
outside publication coulo give
in .me minute by telegram.
The local paper is the publica
tion that is watched by those
who are far away but who an?
anxious to learn all ab< 11 the
districts in which they wish to
become interested.
Mosf of those outside publica
tions that make a business of
working the Alaska pub'ic are
ill-informed about conditions in
the territory and people no
longer pay attention to what
appears in their columns. In
deed these sheets display such
crass ignorance that they are
a real injury to this territory.
.Most of the “expert represen
tatives” come from Seattle but
people should be on their guard
against throwing away good
money.
l.BIRKHOKER LEAVES TO
EXAMINE MT. McKINLEY
Has I’nderclothes Made of Paper and
Will Dress In Oil Silk
C. Birkhofer left on the Mariposa
i on his trip to Mount McKinley and
j carried one of the most remarkable
outfits that ever went over an Alas
kan trail. He was accompanied from
Seward by Fred Johnson who will be
his companion on the journey.
Mr. Birkhofer is a member of the
i famous mountaineering club of Eu
rope which is known as the Aip:ne
and in which membership is ga'tred
i bv gaining distinction in scaling
. great heights. He has climbed all
the great peaks of the Alps including
Mount Blanc and the Matterhorn and
has made the work the business of his
life.
His pack weighs only a We over
sixty pounds but is so constituted
j that it contains almost everything for
an extended trip. He carries tin lei
clothes that are made of paper. His
outside clothes for the journey are
1 made of oiled silk and a tent which
I he carries weighs seven and a half
j pounds. All of this tent is made of
| silk except the floor which i» canvas.
For food he has tubes of dried peas
with meat and other kinds mixed and
in the pack is a sleeping bag of eider
• down which costs $18 a pound. He
l hopes only to “size up” the situation
: this year but expects to bring a large
party of mountain climbers here next
, summer and to climb to the summit
! of the big peak.
MARIPOSA ARRIVES
The Steamship Mariposa arrived
last night at 10:80 o’clock and de
parted for the westward at midnight.
She had the folowing passenger list
for Seward from Seattle in addition
to others who got on at way points:
G. M. Dery, D. S. Dery, Miss A.
Smith, Boren VonRovens, Baroness
VonRovens, Mrs. A. J. Carlson,
Eveline Carlson, Aldoran Carlson,
Mrs. F. Couch, L. M. Palmer, H.
Brown, E. Cronen and H. H. Riley.
PRINCE RUPERT PAPER
IS GUILTY OF LIBEL
PRINCE RUPERT, B. July.8.—
The Prince Rupert Daily News was
found guilty of libel by a jury which
found for * City Engineer William
McG. Mason in a suit against the pa
per for attacks made against him
“without justification or lawful ex
cuse.”
Damages were assessed at $1.
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Mrs. Baldwin and Miss Baldwin
left on the train this morning for a
campiug trip to Mile i wenty Six.
Mrs. Carlson and her daughters
have returned to Seward after an ab
sence of three or four years and will
make their home here again.
For bread, pies, cakes, cookies and
ice cream try Cooper’s Cafe.