PRONOUNCED
SANE BY JURY
Verdict is Reached After Short j
Deliberation in the Chester
Thompson Case.
By Cable to Tbe Dally Gateway.
Tacoma, June 4—The jury in the
case of Chester Thompson, who shot ]
Judtfe Emery of Seattle, and who was'
beinj? tried for insanity, after boiny
out twenty minutes brought in a ver
dict that the accused was sane. An
appeal will be taken to the supreme
court. Thompson is still in jail.
Cordova Port of Entry
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Juneau, June 4 -l ollector of C ustonis
Hobart has left here for Cordova to
establish a port of entry at that point.
The port of entry at Kodiak lias been
ordered discontinued.
Pennsylvania Sails
Ey Cable to fbe Daily Gateway.
Seattle, June 2—Steamer Pennsylva
nia which was scheduled to sail from
here yesterday has been delayed a day
and will sail tonight for northern
ports.
Farallon Arrives
The steamer Farallon arrived al>out
0.\>o Noonday evening and at 8 o'clock
sailed for Seldovia. The first class
passengers were \\ atson, the contiac
tor, r. M. Hale and John Ridson.
Farallon Returns
The steamer Faralllon returned from
lier trip to Seldovia at 7:JO Lhursday
morning. Marshal H. P. Wybrant
came in with one or two parties fioru
the westward bound over to court.
He also had in charge some witnesses
in the case. Among the witnesses was
B. F. Pfvian, who has charge of a
store at Kenai.
The Farallon sailed from here at 10
o'clock a. m. for Seattle and way ports.
Steamer Bertha Arrives
The steamer Bertha arrived Friday
evening about 8:30, and departed for
Seldov ia at 10 o'clock.
The following is her passenger list:
C. S. Pellman, Anton Ride, Mrs.
Eide, 1. Woodermao, F. Updergraff, J.
Byers, 1». Redman, Mrs. Cl ay son, L.
Y R;iv, H. Swanson, »>. Tulloch, R. R.
Ritchie, Mrs. Thomas, Violet Thomp
son. and three Peerage passengers.
StWARD SltAMtttS
Bertha: sailed for Seldovia 4th.
Pennsylvania: sailed from Seattle 2.
Dora; sailed for Unalaska 18th.
Santa Clara: sailed for Seattle 25th.
Portland; sailed for Seattle 27th.
Kara lion: sailed for Seat tel 4th.
Bertha fleets Fleet
The steamer Bertha which took the
225 guests of the Merchant's Exchange
out to view the arrival of the fleet was
commanded by Capt. Zim Moore, for
merly jf the steamer Dora, the vessel
which has made a record by navigat
ing the stormy waters of Alaska from
Dutch Harbor to Seward all winter.
He is one of the best known marines
on the Pacific coast. A full brass band
was secured by the exchange for the
occasion.- P.-I.
Direct From Factory
“Smoker” 5i ins., short filled Havana
cigars, Sumatra wrapper, box of 50
post paid by registered mail at $3.00
per box. A limited quantity of
Havana seconds at $2.50 per box of 50.
Cigars of*any size, style or specification
from $4.00 upward. Correspondence
invited.
Pinellas Cigar Co.,
St. Petersburg. Florida.
WEEKLY WEATHER RECORD
Weathei record for the week ending
June 6.
Temperature.
Max. Min.
Sunday 59 41 Clear
Monday 65 42 Clear
Tuesday 52 42 Rain
Wednesday 52 42 Cloudy
Thursday 45 40 Cloudy
Friday 53 42 Cloudy
Saturday 53 42 Cloudy
Good thinj^s to eat at Brown
Hawkins— Swift’s “Premium” bacon
and hams, and strictly fresh ranch
ESCAPED FROM
PENITENTIARY
Convict on Two Years Sentence
Has Short Respite of Free
dom and Is Retaken.
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By Cable to T'te Dally Qateway.
Tacoma, June 2—Adam Aren, who
| was sentenced to two years in McNeils
penitentiary for forgery committed at
Valdez, escaped from jail yesterday,
but his liberty was of short duration.
In forty-five minutes after his escape
1 he was recaptured.
In From KniK
Thomas Langtree arrived in town
yesterday afternoon from Knik. He
came over the trail from Sunrise. He
says the season is backward around
Knik, but that the people have their
gardens planted.
In speaking of the customs among
the natives Mr. Langtree says that
when the priest comes among them to
hand out his periodic blessing, the
natives spread out the skins of animals
taken for fur, and after the priest has
blessed the children he looks over the
skins and takes the best for himself in
return for the blessing bestowed.
When a white man wants a squaw for
a wife, and the priest is not present to
marry them, or to sanction the mar
riage, the chief gives the squaw to the
white man, and then when the priest
comes to give his sanction, he gets
another chance to look over the collec
tion of furs and take the best for him
self. __
Business Good in Inlet Country
H. M. Weatherby, who for the past
eighteen years or more has been en
gaged in the Ashing and canning busi
ness at KussilotT and other places, has
sold out his entire interests and is on
his way to Oakland, California. Mr.
Weatherby reports that Mr. Mason
has opened up a mild cure Ash plant at
Kenai and is already doing a good
business. He also stated that Capt.
Blodgett’s business this spring lias been
better than usual, that he made seven
round trips with the Tyonic in the
month of May, besides a trip or two
I to Iliamna. He made the annual trip
I to the Setnidi islands this spring with
the Tyonic to take in supplies and
1 bring back a cargo of furs. He re
ported the Susitna as breaking up on
May 14, and that a large number of
miners who had been waiting went
1 into that region.
Case Dismissed
The cast* of the United States vs. R.
B. Barnes of Kenai charged with as
sault with deadly weapon was brought
up Thursday in Commissioner Reed’s
| court. The government failed to sus
tain the charge and the case was dis
missed. Attorney S. O. Morford ap
I peared for the defense.
School at Kenai
The government has a good school
! building at Kenai which is now in
charge of Mr. A. K. Law as teacher.
Mr. Law took up this work last fall
I and has met with excellent success.
I There are thirty-two pupils enrolled
with an average attendance of nearly
that number.
Old World and the New
Describing the opening of the new
tunnel under the Hudson river, M.
I Stephane Lau/.anne, in a cable mes
I sage to the Matin, observes that the
i tube under the river cost $90,000,000
! and was built in eight years by (>500
I men. He inquired of one of the high
I officials present how much time would
: be saved by the tunnel. “It will be an
enormous saving,” was the reply; “pas
sengers will gain nearly ten minutes.”
“All the difference between the Old
World and the New,” reflects M.
Lauzanne, “lies in that reply. In
1 America they spend £14,000,000 to save
! ten minutes; in France we would not
spend £14 to save a day.
What to Do With It
The people of Valdez living on either
side of the town are said to object to
having the glacier stream turned their
way. And of course the people in the
center of the town do not want the
water from the glacier to come their
way. It is therefore proposed at an
expense nearly twice the expected
cost of the former plan to lead the
stream gently away southwestward to
the willows where it is thought it will
do damage to no property.
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VALDKZ, ALASKA.
E. E. RITCHIE
ATTORNEY - AT - LAW
VALDEZ - - ALASKA
NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNTING
AND SETTLEMENT
In the United States Commissioner’s
Court for the Territory of Alaska,
Kenai Precinct, Third Division.
IN PROBATE.
In the matter of the estate of George
West, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that H. H.
Hildreth, administrator of the estate
of George West, deceased, having filed
a final accounting that the 15th day
of July, 1908, at 10 o’cl ock a. ra., at
the court house (Bank 'ldg.) in Sew
ard, Alaska, has beer/appointed the
time and place for hearing of objec
tions to such final acco anting and the
settlement of said estate.
Dated this 11th day of May, 1908.
H. H. Hildreth, administrator.
First publication, May 16, 1908.
Last publication, July 4th 1908.
A Sweet Tree
The thirty-five pails of sap from a
single maple on Charles Hulslander’s
farm in Sullivan averaged three gal
lons to the pail. Allowing a barrel of
sap to seven pounds of sugar there was
made from this one tree almost twenty
three pounds of sugar. The tree,
which does not appear to have suffered
from its big flow, is about two feet
through at the butt and was tapped in
five places.--Philadelphia Record.
Alaska Commercial Co.
Have Established a Station at Susitna, at the
forks of the Susitna and Yentna rivers, and
will carry a full line of miners’ supplies
OTHER STATIONS AT
UNALASKA, KODIAK, KARLUK, KAGUYAK,
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