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Attention!
Mrs. Watson, formerly of Hope,
will l>e pleased to see all of her
old friends at her Kestautant in
Gird wood, where they will re
ceive the best the market affords.
Sleeping accommodations for
guests and place for sleds and
dogs.
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Food for the Dead
When a death occurs among the Es
kimos of the North, the body is taken
to some suitable spot and covered with
debris of various kinds, drift wood
forming a good part of it. Food con
sisting mainly of fish (for this is their
chief article of diet) is placed on the
pile along with simple presents of
things they think will be useful to the
departed spirit. This is renewed so
long as they have opportunity to do so.
As they seldom stay longer than one
year in a place, this period marks the
limit of this expression of their sor
row and interest in the future welfare
of the dead.—Douglas Island News.
Brown & Hawkins have received a
shipment of Wellington coal which
they will sell by the ton or sack. *
ROBBERS MAKE
I GREAT HAUL
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—
Bank in Mexican Town Successful
ly looted by Men who (iet
Away With $.S00.000
Chicuahua, Mex., Mar.3—One of the
most successful and daring robberies
ever committed occurred here last
night, when Ambassador Creels' bank
was entered anti the plunderers got
away with nearly $300,000.
MIDDLE WEST
i IN BLIZZARD
Chicago Storm Swept, Wires Cov
ered With Sleet and Traffic
in Windy City Impeded.
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Chicago, Mar. 2—Severe storms are
raging in the middle states and caus
ing intense suffering. Trains are be
lated. The wires in and about the
city are covered with sleet, and traffic
and business are greatly impeded.
To Have Wireless
Arrangements having been conclud
ed by the Nippon Yusen Kaisha for the
installation of wireless telegraphy on
all its ships coming to this port, it is
probable that this line will be the first
in the Oriental service out of Puget
Sound to be equipped with the appara
tus. The system will be of the Ttle
funken pattern and will be installed on
the Tango, Shinano. Iyo, Aki, Kaga
anti Tosa Maru of the line.
These arrangements will permit a
vessel to notify Seattle of her approach
when several hours away at sea.
There has been established a station
at cape Inuboye, the first headland in
approaching the Japanese shore, and
by this means the Oriental ports will
be notified of the ships' arrival there.
It is expected that the Empress ships
of tlie Canadian Pacific also will have
wireless in the near future.—Seattle
| Times._
The Blessings
It is opportune at this time to call
attenion to one of the benefits which
would be derived from territorial
government: Yesterday telegrams told
of the transfer of the Hasey murder
case from Valdez to tin* Juneau dis
trict. Were we at this time under a
territorial form of government the
county in which Valdez was located
would he forced to pay the co*ts of the
tsransferof theuit. The funds would of
Course have to be raised by taxing the
property located in the county in
which Valdez i> situated, and the item
of mileage for witnesses alone, figuring
the number stated in the telegrams,
j would amount to $8,400—and this does
not include the per diem they would
receive nor the cost of the mileage of
the jury or the per diem they would
draw. Any one big murder case would
so raise taxes in any county that
might be established under a territor
ial form of government that it would
preclude business men from carrying
stocks, investments being made or
buildings or homes erected by Alas
kans a few of them would hopelessly
bankrupt the county.—Juneau Tran
i script.
After Coast Boats
San Francisco—For the first time
since the days preceding the Spanish
American war, agents of the govern
ment are actively engaged in examin
ing the large merchant vessels trading
on the Pacific coast, with a view to
ascertaining their value as transports
or colliers, in the event of the govern
ment finding it necessary at any time
to enlist their services.
For some weeks Rear Admiral Henry
Glass has been engaged in an examina
tion of vessels of the Pacific Coast
Steamship company, with a special
view to their availability as transports
and colliers.
It was learned that a complete list
of all American vessels on the Pacific
coast which might be utilized by the
government will soon be in possession
of the officials of the navy department
at Washington.
MANUEL MAY
WED PRINCESS
Portugal’s New King Turns Fond
Lyes Toward Only Daughter
of Germany’s Emperor.
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Lisbon, Mar. 7—King Manuel, who
conies to the throne of Portugal
| through the death of King Carlos and
Crown Prince, will seek alliance with
I some royal house, and reports are al
ready circulated that the young king
i may wed Princess Victoria, the only
daughter of Kaiser William of Ger
i
many.
Cutting Down The Time
To cross the ocean in two or three
days—that problem which has troubled
the dreams of every sea captain and
naval engineer for years—has been
solved, according to a Boston mariner,
by his new type of steamship construc
tion. Captain Mark Golinsky is the
inventor of this new wonder.
lie has adapted the principles in the
construction of his hull from nature
and has patterned it as much after a
fish as wood and steel would permit.
The type of hull construction was
given a thorough trial in England be
fore his majesty’s marine board, and
every claim set forth by Captain Go
linsky was approved.
He has taken patents on his design
in England. Canada and Germany, and
in t his country, and is' at present draw
ing up plans for a battleship in which
the Russian government is interested,
and in which he will embody his prin
ciple of hull constructihn.—Boston
I Past.
Parcels Post Rates
Senator Burnham of New Hampshire
introduced in Congress a measure of
j distinct importance to rural interests
throughout the United States. It is a
bill to provide a rural delivery parcels
post for merchandise and other arti- j
cles actually mailed on rural delivery j
routes. The rural free delivery routes |
now number more than 38,(XX), and on j
them in excess of 15,(XX),000 people re
ceive a daily postal service.
The measure introduced by Senator
Burnham has the indorsement of the
president and Postmaster-General j
.Meyer. It provides, in brief, for the j
establishing of a rural parcels post at j
special rates of postage for the delivery ;
of food studs, dry goods, drugs, books!
and other merchandise. The rate ofj
postage shall be live cents for the lirst
pound and two cents for each addi
tional pound or fraction thereof, and
on parcels weighing less than one
pound as follows: Two ounces or less,
one cent; over two and under four
ounces, two cents, over four and not;
exceeding twelve ounces, four cents,
and over twelve ounces and under one
pound, live cents.
Takes It in Quick
Victor Von Salemann of Moscow,
Russia, went to New York for the
purpose of studying sky-scrapers. He j
sought to learn all there is to know |
about them in four days, and return to
Moscow and straightway construct one.
Mr. Von Salemann owns several
buildings in Moscow, and a short time
ago determined to erect one of the sky
scraping’ variety, for there are no laws
in Moscow limiting the height of build
ings, as there are in St. Petersburg.
After he got aboard the steamer to
come to New York Mr. Salemann re
membered that he did not know a word
of the English language, so he began
to study it. All his time during the
seven days he was at sea he put in on
study, with the result that he arrived
in New York with a working knowl
edge of the language, which enabled
him to converse freely on any
subject.
Good in Everything
The late Sir Wilfred Lawson, well
known as an English temperance re
former as well as a wit, invariably
took a cheerful view of life and con
duct. In conversation with him one
day an ardent person railed forcibly
against the habit of christening ves
sels with champagne before being
launched. Sir Wilfred did not alto
gether agree and said a good temper
ance lecture might be learned from
the practice.
“How can that beV” demanded the
other. .. .
’’Well,” replied the baronet, “after
the first taste of wine the ship takes
to water and sticks to it ever after.”
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