VOL. 1 SKWAIiD. ALASKA, WEDNESDAY ICVICMNO. SI A’TKM lSKIt (i, 1 !><>■')_NO~ fj
JAPS PROTEST
AGAINST PEACE
Big Mass Meeting Held at Tokyo at
Which Treaty is Denounced as
National Humiliation.
Tokyo, Sept, t;—Much indignation
prevails in Japan over t ho terms of the
peace treaty with Russia. A big mass
meeting was held here yesterday at
which the treaty was denounced as a
national humiliation. A mob attacked
the building of the Progost, the gov
ernment organ which upholds the act
ion of the envoys and the government
in accepting the treaty. The mob was j
driven oft with great difficulty by the
police. The opponents of the treaty
are demanding that Minister (loret,
who i> held responsible4, resign his post.
News was received here today that
Japanese forces have defeated the rcm-.
mint of the Russian troops on the j
western coust of Saghalien island.
It is also reported that Japanese war-1
ships have captured the American j
steamer Montana with a cargo of pro
visions destined for the Russian garri
son at Vladivostok.
Hiiliamson Third Trial Begins
Portland, Ore.. Sept. B—The third
trial of Congressman Williamson,
jointly charged with (lessner and Briggs
with land frauds, began today in the
United States district court. Both pre- j
vious trials resulted injury disagree-j
meats. j
Brings Confiscated Seal Skins
Victoria, Sept. B- The revenue cut
ter Carineneita, which has been raid-!
ing outlaw sealing vessels along the |
seal islands, has arrived here with J7U
contiscated seal >kins.
Traveling Men Celebrate
Salt Lake C ity. Sept. B - Utah travel
ing men are holding their annual meet- ;
ing at Richfield in tiie southern part
of the state. Many outside traveling
men are present as guests and a big
barbecue was held.
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Rjssian Troops Shoo t Jews
Kishineff, Sept. B—At a Jewish fune
ral here yesterday a collision occurred
between men in the procession and by
standers, and soldiers were ordered out j
to preseve the peace. The troops tired !
upon a riotous group and several men
were wounded, nearly all Jews. The
shooting is considered to have been
wanton.
Mob Fails In Jail Attack
Butte. Mont., Sept. 6—A mob made
an unsuccessful attack on the jail here
last night with the intention of taking
out and lynching Barnes, who killed
Barney a few days ago under aggravat
ed circumstances. The sheriff and jail
ers made a determined stand and tiie
mob, which was a large one, retired. '
MORE CNOEERA
IN GERMANY
Plague found in Heart of Hamburg
and Prospective tmigrants are
Closely Inspected.
Berlin, Sept. 0 -Eleven new cases of
cholera have been reported. A strict
quarantine is maintained wherever the
plague lias appeared.
Several cases of the plague have
been located in the heart ot Hamburg
ami it is feared that the pestilence
may be hard to handle in the tenement
dist riets.
B\ direction of tlie state department
at Washington the American consul
is causing a rigid inspection to be
made of emigrants seeking to embark
from Hamburg to the Tinted States.
Millionaire Kills Mis Son
Kenosha, W is.. Sept. t> lVter Ach
ton, a Chicago millionaire, fatally shot
his son in a family row at their summer
home in this city yesterday.
Havre Mas $50,000 lire
Havre, Mont., Sept. 0—Eire destroy
ed a part of the business district here
last night, with a loss of $50,000.
Capt. John B. Libby Dead
Seattle. Sept. (> —Capt. John B. Libby
tor many years one of the best known
steamship men on the coast, is dead in
a Portland sanitarium, to which he was
taken last winter when his health
broke down completely. For a long
time before his collapse he was manager
of the Puget Sound Tugboat Company
of Seattle.
Will Enforce Game Law
l\ S. Commissioner Hildreth says
that the game law will be strictly en
forced against offenders who may be
caught violating it. Frequent reports
come in that hunters are killing ex
empt animals, and are hunting with
dogs. -The game laws give hunters
plenty oi leeway," says Judge Hildreth,
-and detected violators will be prose
cuted.'*
MEN WANT D
By P. Welch cV Company, contract
ors on the Alaska Central at Furii
again Arm. Station men, rock men,
ax men and laborers. Steady work
all through winter and next summer.
Top wages paid. 20*
Until the close of the Portland ex
position, October 15, the Alaska Com
mercial Company will sell round trip
tickets to Seattle for $70.
Bids from car penters wanted for
building stables 60x24 feet. Specifica
tions at Dr. Sleera’s office.
Tne Moose Cabin cafe will reopen
tomorrow evening in charge of Mrs.
G. Walton. Dinner will be served
from 5 to 8.
CANNOT SETTLE
UPON REFEREE
Britt Wants Jim Jeffries and Nel
son Favors George Siler to
Regulate Fight.
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San Francisco, Sept, b—Britt and
Nelson have been unable so far to
agree upon a referee. Britt wants
Jim Jeffries and Nelson favors George
| Siler.
The deadlock over the appointment
ot a referee is so stubborn that it ma\
stop the light as each side refuses to
J accede to the choice of the other.
Nelson and his backers object to the
selection of a ('alifornia man and the
I Britts insinuate that Siler is too friend
ly to the other camp.
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Both men are in the best of condition
and each insists that lie has a certain! \
of winning by a knockout, it is the
general opinion of the sports that each
man will put up a wonderful fight and
that the contest will go a long way to
ward the limit.
ALASKA MEN AT PORTLAND
R. H. Kemp Addressed Trans
Mississippi Congress
Randall H. Kemp, who returned
home on the steamer Portland, reports
that much interest whs shown in Alas
ka by delegates to the Trans-Mississippi
congress at Portland. Oregon. Mr.
Kemp made a speech to the congress.
He was frequently interrupted by quest
ions which showed a desire to acquire
! information concerning the territory.
■ The Portland Telegram in its account
of the convention says:
“Delegates from Alaska to the con
gress did not arrive in Portland until
Saturday afternoon, and therefore too
late to participate in the deliberations
of the body until Saturday night.
Randall H. Kemp, of Seward, headed
! this contingent, and came as the per
sonal representative of Governor Brady.
Mr. Kemp addressed the convention
! and told of the development of that
territory during the past few years.
The delegation consisted of Mr. Kemp,
W. J. Allen and John R. Dodson."
Weds Girl from Seattle
Miss Adelaide M. Monroe came to
Seward on the Portland to marry
Lewis F. Reno of Sunrise, who had
| been waiting for her since a day or
two before the arrival of the Santa
Ana. He expected the girl on that
: boat. The two were married yesterday
; by Father Turned, and immediately
proceeded to Sunrise on the Portland.
Mr. Reno is proprietor of a hotel and
saloon in that town.
Mrs. L. H. Pedersen will meet the
ladies who have been attending the
Methodist services, and their friends
interested in that work, at the tent to
morrow afternoon from 2 to 4 o'clock.
Temperature at 2 p. in. today 02.
RAILROAD WORK
WILL BE SLEADV
Company and Contractors will Re
quire Many Men to Push Con
struction this Winter.
I
| That railroad construction will be
I pushed steadily all winter is assured
by the arrival of the contractors on
the tunnels and the long stretch of rock
work along Turnagain Arm with equip
! ment for the employment of a large
i number of men. This will he in ad
1 dition to the work which will lie done
i directly by the railroad company under
Construction Engineer Cameron.
1\ F. Harris, of Rich & Harris, who
came up on the Portland, states that
his firm will employ 250 men on the
j tunnels all winter. Mr. Olson, book
! keeper tor P. Welch & Company, in
placing an advertisement in the Oate
I way for men, stated that the firm ex
pects to employ at least 200 on the
| Turnagain Arm work during the winter
and a large number next summer. The
railroad will use at least as many men
as the contractors, so that the total on
the line throughout the winter will be
more than 1000 and may be kept up to
the number now working, which is up
wards of 1700.
The supplies of R. Welch & Company
went on to Seldovia on the Portland.
As soon as they can he landed at the
upper end of Turnagain Arm by an in
let steamer the long job of rock work
will begin, which is expected to occupy
nearly a year.
Mr. Harris is simply waiting for the
Melville Dollar to place his supplies on
the dock. The equipment will he tak
en up the line as fast as the railroad
can haul it and the actual work of driv
ing the tunnels will he in progress by
this time next week. The dialling
machinery is coming on the Kxcelsior,
which sailed last Friday from Seattle,
but the preliminary work, on the first
tunnel at least, will begin as soon as
! the camp outlits can oe taken to tne
location. In a short time work will he
in progress in ten places,—at both ends
! of each of the five tunnels. Mr. Har
ris expects to complete the work with
in seven months. The first and last
tunnel are each about -H)0 feet long;
the other three are shorter.
The big Seward cargo on the Dollar
is already covering most of the railroad
dock and the remainder is being dis
charged rapidly. The cattle for the
Carstens Packing Company are off the
boat, but the horses for Welch & Com
pany to be used at Turnagain Arm are
obliged to stand in their narrow stalls
until the reach Seldovia.
The government mules for Fort Lis
cum, which have still a long stay on
the boat, were taken off for exercise
today and shown the town under the
guidance of a sufficient escort.
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