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VOL 8. SEWARD, ALASKA. FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY C, 1914_NO- 103
A PIONEER
SUCCUMBS
Seattle, Feb. 6.— Julius Redelshimer
a pioneer merchant of this city, died
today from paralysis. Mr. Redel
shimer came to Seattle before the tire,
- which occurred in 1889, and was the
manager of the Hyara-Pauson Cloth
ing company. He became the propri-;
etor of the store in 1895 and has con-»
ducted it successfully since that time,
his establishment today being among
the leading firms of Seattle. He ac
quired a large fortune in the course of
his business life in Seattle. Mr. Re
delsheimer was well known and had aj
host of friends in this city and through
out the state. He leaves a family.
DENIES CHARGE
AGAINST HIM
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Seattle, Feb. 6.—Chas. Mundy, one
of the defendants in the Mundy-Shieids
eoal case nowvbeing heard here, in
his testimony today, denies that he
ever authorized anyone to locate coal
land for him He also says that his
company has spent four hundred thou
•and dollars in developing oil lands |
and forty thousand dollars in develop-;
ing coal lands in Alaska.
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One of the most attractive features •
of the Panama-Pacific International j
exposition will be the illumination of
the great court of the sun and stars.
Occupying positions relatively east
and west in the center of this court!
will be two free standing monuments,
the fountains of the rising and of the j
setting sun. The upper portion of
these fountains will be the sources of
the superb night illumination of the
great court which, at night will be
transformed into a magical, mystical
fairyland. Great globes surmounted
by figures representing a sunrise and
•unset and typifying the rising and
setting suns, will give forth at night an
incandescent glow. Columns of thick j
glass seventy feet in height and rising
from the center of the fountains will j
diffuse a soft white light throughout
the court, completely illuminating its
recesses. __
Captain McMullen, master of the
steamer Dora, received word last night
to proceed to Latouche to meet the
freighter Cordova, where he will be
taken in tow by that vessel for Seat
tle. The Dora sailed at midnight.
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The Mariposa sailed west from Cor
dova at 6:30 this morning and expects
to reach Valdes at 3 p. m. She should
reach here tomorrow morning. ,
The freighter Cordova left Juneau
on the 4th for Latouche. She will not
touch at Seward on this trip.
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The district court will convene in
Cordova on the 3rd of March.
bring your job urinting to the Gate
way. We can do it right.
Fdr Sale-band scrip which can be
used for locating government land in
Alaska. Fully guaranteed. For price
and particulars address L. W. Hubbell
k Son, Springfield, Missouri. +
Pabsts blue ribbon beer at T-he
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Branca.____
Field glasses at J. L. Graef’s.
ALASKA RAILWAY BILL1
CHAMPIONED BY MANN
Washington, Feb. 6.—Representative
Mann, republican leader of the house,
in a powerful speech favoring the
Alaska railway bill, said: “The very
same interests that opposed the Pan
ama canal and the pure food legislation
are the ones that are now opposing the
Alaska railway bill, If they had lived
fifty years ago they would have de
clared that Oklahoma was away out in
the wilderness.”
Representative Mann was given an
ovation when he concluded his speech
favoring the Alaska railway bill. In
closing his address he said that he
somewhat doubted the agricultural
possibilities of Alaska, but he declared
that the surface had hardly been
scratched for developing untold min
eral wealth.
Representative Borland severely de
nounced the Alaska syndicate crimes,
including the bribing of judges, the
killing of workmen in the Keystone
THEY JEERED
THE AMERICANS
San Diego, Feb. 6.—Three American
opium smugglers were hooted and
jeered at by a band of Mexicans who
prodded them with sticks and drove
them around ‘the Tiajuna bull ring.
The men would probably have been
more severely dealt with had it not
been for the American consul, who, on
hearing of the affair, went to their res
cue. _
SAMPSON IS
ON HER WAY
Seattle, Feb, 6.—The steamer Ad
miral Sampson sailed froiy Seattle for
Seward and way ports last night with
the following list of passengers for
Seward: George Thornton, L. V. Ray,
G. Dykrom and J. Wick and wife.
In a discussion yesterday over the
Pioneers dance to be held the 14th, it
developed that Seward has two men
that are way up on the tango and
other dances that are making such a
furore in the states, and pressure is
being brought to bear urging them to
open up a dancing school, so that later
arrivals may learn the intricacies of
these graceful dances. The past mas
ters are none other than Bill Small and
Ollie Reese. Small says he danced
the tango in Arizona with the Apaches
in the early seventies, while Reese
first went through the evolutions when
Caplin Cook dropped him off at Kenai.
For reliable information write Can
non, Pioneer hotel, Knik, Alaska, f
Meet me at the Branch.
Ice creepers and ice skates at J. L.
Graefs.
canyon drama, and declaring that the
carnage of greed is unparalleled since
the days that Warren Hastings en
acted the famous Alaska-Wall street
scheme. He continued: “You must
either open up the resources of Alaska
or turn them over to the syndicates.”
Representative Falconer also de
fended the Alaska measure by reading
from the records many communica
tions, including one from Attorney
Ritchie of Valdez.
Twenty senators spoke briefly today
on the bill. Representative Dies of
Texas, leading the opponents of the
measure, said that the passage of this
bill opens up the way for paternalism,
and places a mortgage on the homes of
the people in order to start the gojj
eminent in the railroad business. The
general debate ended by several
amendments being offered to the bill,
which will come up next Wednesday
under the five-minute rule.
SCHMIDT FACES
ELECTRIC CHAIR
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New York, Feb. (>.—Schmidt, the
j man who murdered his sweetheart,
| Anna M. Mueller, and who has had
; two trials, the first jury disagreeing,
! has been convicted of murder in the
I first degree and faces the electric
chair. _
BRYAN URGES
THE OPEN DOOR
Washington, Feb. 6.— Secretary of
State Bryan has urged the house com
mittee not to exclude Asiatics, and it
| is probable that the matter will be
dropped for the present.
NO SURFACE
INDICATIONS
Jetmore, Kan., Feb. 6.—A home
steader near here, while working on
his land, uncovered a box which he
found to contain twelve thousand dol
lars in nuggets which it is supposed
was buried by prospectors whom the
Indians had attacked in 1865.
A1 Peel, who has been spending a
few days down on the Kenai river, re
turned last night. He reports that all
the boys up and down the river are
happy and living high on moose, trout,
etc. Mr. Peel has mining interests on
the Kenai. _
Budweiser beer at the Branch.
Meet me at the Branch.
THE PAST YEAR’S
MINING ACTIVITY
The mining of gypsum and quarry
ing of marble was continued in south
eastern Alaska in 1913. One gypsum
mine and one marble quarry were in
operation.
The coal situation in Alaska re
mained the same as in previous years.
Alaskans are still using British Colum
bia coal and California oil as fuel and
that at heavy cost. A mine was ope
rated at Port Graham, producing lig
nitic coal for local use. A little lignite
was also mined at several other places,
to the advantage of local communities.
The 800 tons of coal mined in the
Bering River fields in 1912 was recent
ly tested by the Navy Department, but
the report on this test has not yet
been made public. In co-operation
with the U. S. Bureau of Mines, some
900 tons of coal was mined by the navy
department at Chickaloon, in the Mat
anuska field. This will be sledded to
the coast during the winter and given
a simular test to that from the Bering
River field.
The Katalla oil field continues to be
the only scene of any development of
the petroleum industry in Alaska.
Here another well was drilled in 1913
to a depth of about 800 feet. This and
some of the old wells furnished by
pumping, petroleum for a small refin
ery. The gasoline, which is of a high
grade, finds a ready market at the set
tlements on Prince William Sound and
Cook Inlet.
WOULD REPEAL
THE FREE TOLLS
Washington, Feb. 6.—President Wil
son has started a movement to repeal
the free toll clause in the Panama
canal regulations, and will probably
read a special message to congress on
the subject. He is unalterably op
posed to free tolls through the canal.
A jolly party of Seward people had
another delightful time last night
making a trip by dog team to the
Bungalow. They left town about five
o’clock and reached their destination
in time to enjoy refreshments at the
lodge. After spending a few delight
ful hours the party returned home,
reaching town about 9:30. Those who
made up the party were: Mr. and Mrs.
Wm. Sauers, Mr. and Mrs. Nelson,
Mr. and Mrs. Ballaine. Dr. and Mrs.
Homig, Dr. and Mrs. Schaleben and
Ollie Reese.
Don’t let yourself be forced to eat
that you don’t like, when you can
order what you like at the
Commerce Cafe.
Dog harness at J. L. Graef’s.
Long distance telephone booth at the
Branch._ *
Commercial Cafe, open day and
night. Short orders at all hours.
E. Levin, Prop.
Twenty-gauge, 1913 model shot guns
at J. L. Graef’s. J
Finch’s Golden Wedding rye at th*
Branch. *
Meet me at the Branch *