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yOL ,s. SEWABD, ALASKA. WEDNESDAY EVEN l>i<i, AlMill, 8, 1!>I I_N(>- ir'r>
WAS DEMOCRAT
AND LONELY ONE
Seattle, April 8.—Governor Strong
of Alaska, at a luncheon given by ttie |
democratic club last night, stated that)
he was a democrat when democrats
were verv unpopular in Alaska. That
he would never forget the wonderful
work of the party.
MEANS OPENING
OF FARM LANDS
Chicago, April 8.—Director Newell
of the reclamation service, in an in
terview here today, said that the com
pletion of the Alaska railroad means
the opening of a vast farming terri
tory, and that the immigration to that
country would be very large
COULD'NT MAKE
WOOL FROM FLAX
New York, April 8.—Eleven more
single indictments have been returned
against members of the Sterling De
benture company for using the mails
for fraudulent purposes. Seven offi
cers of the company including the man
who wrote the prospectus have been
sentenced to three years in the peni
tentiary. The company claimed that
they could make yarn out of flax and
sold millions of dollars worth of stock.
The company, however, now claims to
be penniless.
ROB BANK THEN
FIGHT A BATTLE
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New Hazelton, B. C., April 8.— The
Union bank of this city was robbed by
bandits today, who secured over a
thousand dollars. The robbers were
followed by a bunch of cowboys and on
being overtaken fought a pitch battle
with their pursuers. Two of toe rob
bers were Killed by the cowl>oys, who
are .still hunting for the ot hers.
Arrested for Embezzlement.
San Francisco, April 8.—Alfred Auze
has been arrested, be is charged with
embezzling seventy thousand dollars
from the Turner Cot ten Mills of New
York._
Prohibitionists Make Gain.
Lansing, Mich., April 8.— As a result
of yesterday’s election, seven of twelve
counties have £one dry. The wets car
ried three dry counties.
Wanted--Young manor boy at the
Gateway office to learn the trade.
Good opportunity for rapid advance
ment.
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Complete steam laundry plant for
sale. Apply to Wayne Blue. 4
Meet me at the Branch
Brass and iron bedsteads at J. L.
Graef’s. __ $
Field glasses at J. L. Graef’9. *
PRESIDENT HAS
DECIDED ROUTE
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Washington, April 8.— President
Wilson has practically decided on the
route for the railway to be built by the j
government in Alaska. The president1
will not announce the route, however, j
until the return of Secretary Lane j
from his Alaskan tour.
THE RAILROADS
GET A DECISION
Washington, April 8.—The supreme j
court has handed down a decision in
which it upholds the railroads in their
right to limit the valuation of baggage
to erne hundred dollars where passen-1
gers fail to designate the contents.
CLOSE ELECTION
HELD IN CORDOVA
Cordova, April 8.—The election yes
terday was the closest and most excit
ing in the history of Cordova. Coun
cilmen elected were: Citizen’s Pro
gressive, E. V. Boyle, mayor; J. E.
Currier, Charles J. Goodall and Thos. .
Davis. Taxpayers, George C. Hazelet,
H. A. Slater and Edgar Davis.
Mrs. W. J. McDonald defeated Mrs.
' Rosswog for school director.
PROHIDITION
FOR ALASKA
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Washington, April 8 — Representa
tive Falconer, of Washington, has in
, troduced a bill in the house the object
! of which is to abolish the trafficking of
spiritous liquors in the Territory of
Alaska. It is argued by those who fa
vor the bill that in-as much as the
government is to enter into the active
development of the country it would
be the right thing »o do.
ROCKEFELLER
ONLY DUMMY
Washington, April 8.—The commit-j
tee appointed by the house to investi-!
gate the Colorado fuel strike declare
s that Rockefeller, jr., is only a dummy
and favor legislation against such
practices. Young Rockefeller testified
that his father ownpd forty per cent of
the fuel company and that he, himself,
was a director in the company.
Home Rule Bill Passes.
London, April 8.—The Home Rule
bill passed the house for its second
reading by a majority of eighty-four
and the liberals gave sighs of relief.
For reliable information write Can
non, Pioneer hotel Knik, Alaska, t
Dog harness at J. L. Graef *s.
BAD PREACHER j
IS BEING TRIED
s I
New York, April 8.--Ilev. Price of!
this city is on trial before the church
board for unbecoming conduct. Mrs.
Moore, a member of the church, tes
tified that through the parson's kissing
her a tragedy nearly resulted in her
home as her husband, whom she had
just converted, angrily refused to come
to church. Other women testified that
tiie parson had made indecent propos
als to them.
CITIZENS WIN IN I
JUNEAU ELECTION
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Juneau, April 8.—Five candidates on
the Citizens’ ticket were elected. John
Reck, J. R. Willis, C. W. Fries, Will
iam Britt and William Geddes. Two ]
on the People’s ticket were successful,
F. Wolland and George F. Miller.
Valentine, who headed the People’s
ticket, was defeated. The average
majority for the Citizen’s ticket was
100. The socialists polled a vote of 180.
W. W. Casey defeated two women
for a place on the school board.
ADMIRAL EVANS
COMES AND GOES
The steamer Admiral Evans arrived
in Reward last night at 10:J0and sailed
for the westward an hour later. The
Evans will not stop here going south
this trip, owing to her being behind
schedule, and will sail from Kodiak di
rect to Juneau. The Evans brought
the following passengers to Seward:
C. P. Hay, LerekLane, EmmaLippert,
Leana Churchill, Lizzie Churchill and
twenty steerage.
All Coal Cases to be Prosecuted.
Seattle, April 8.—Land Commission
er Christensen has announced that all
coal cases now pending will be prose
cuted. The first case will be tried in
May.
Poet of Rockies Dead.
Chicago, April 8.—Sywarman, the
poet of the Rockies and the author of
“Sweet Marie,” is dead.
CARD OF THANKS.
We, the undersigned members of the
People’s Ticket, heartily desire* to
thank the voters of the Town of Sew
ard, particularly the women, for the
honor conferred and the trust imposed
in us, and we shall endeavor to ful(ill
said trust to the best of our ability;
chat during our term of office it shall
be our aim to work for the interests of
the whole people of this town in an
impartial manner; and to furnish
proper and adequate school facilities
for the children of this community.
J. L. Graef E. E. Chamberlin
J. O. Patten Chas. Crawford
G. G. Boe John Noon
C. F. Hewett.
First-class job printing at the Gate
way. We do it right.
Long distance telephone booth at the
Branch. *
EVANGELIST IS
ROUGHLY USED
Denver, April 8. A mob (if fifty per
sons hist night dragged the Kcv. Spur
geon, an evangelist, from Ins hotel,
beat him up unmercifully, and then
put the evangelist in an auto and es
corted him out of the city. This was
done because of his C atholic utterances.
Detectives followed the mob and
brought the parson hack to town and
placed him in a hospital.
PEOPLE'S TICKET
HAS WALKOVER
Yesterday was election day in Sew
ard and the People’s ticket was elected
without a skip. It was a land slide in
favor of the dow n town slate, and the
low man on the People’s ticket wod
out over the high man on the opposi
tion ticket by a majority of twelve
votes.
The victory was complete and de
cisive. All day long there were ru
mors to the effect that certain members
of each side were running ahead of
their ticket and an impression pre
vailed that the Citizen’s ticket would
land at least two places on the coun
cil, but the linal result demonstrated
without a doubt that the rumors were,
unfounded.
George Boe led the People’s ticket
and was high man with 143 votes,
closely followed by Charles Crawford,,
only three votes behind. E. E. Cham
berlain surprised his friends by finish
ing third, just nine votes behind the
high man, polling 134. J. L. Graef
and C. F. Hew'ett divided fourth hon
ors with 133 votes each, and J. O.
Patten was next with 128 votes to his
credit. John Noon got 111 votes, win
ning over the high man on the Citi
zen’s ticket by twelve votes. There
was an especially hard tight made
against Noon and the result showed in
Noon running low on his ticket.
On the Citizens’ ticket Frank L.
Ballaine led with a total of 99. FI. J.
j Vaughan was second with 91, H. V.
Iloben got 90, W. A. McNeiley 69, T.
W. Hawkins 84, W. M. Sauers 81 and
George bexton 75.
The new council will be sworn in on
the night of the 10th.
For school treasurer J. II. Rornig
won out over S. M. Graff, 151 to 77.
The election was very quiet, there
being scarcely a challenge, and both
sides seemed content to let everyone
vote who wanted to.
Unable to Form New Cabinet.
Tokio, April 8.— Viscount Kiyoura,
w ho was appointed premier, is unable
to form a new cabinet, owing to the
opposition of the general populace.
Toll Hearing Thursday.
Washington, April 8.—The senate
committee tolls hearing is to begin to
morrow and will continue for fifteen
days.
Budweiser beer at the Branch.
Meet me at the Branch. «
Finch’s Golden Wedding rye at the
Branch. _ *
Pabsts blue ribbon beer at The
Branch. _ *
Meet me at the Branch.