MAY PROSECUTE
KOCKEFEEEERS
Missouri Attorney-General Asks
Warrants for Standard Oil
Magnates
Cleveland, O., Jan. 2ti At the con
clusion last night of the testimony of
fered by the state of Missouri against
the Standard Oil officials in the pro
ceeding in the IT. S. circuit court to
oust the company from that state, At
torney-General Hadley of Missouri an
nounced that he had evidence enough
to warrant criminal proceedings against
John 1). Rockefeller and his brother
Frank Rockefeller.
Mr. Hadley will ask for warrants to
day and arguments will he made by
both sides before the court passes upon
the request.
AWARDS MAM ROLITtS
t
Postal Department Lets Long List
of Alaska Contracts
Washington* D. C., .Ian. -b 1 iu
postal department this morning award
“il the following Maska contrails:
From Seward to Sunrise and Hope,
twice each month. Anton Fide a*I
Sewartl. From Sewarii to Nushagak
via Koggiung ami Coal Hay. monthly.
\nton Hide. Points l>etween Juneau
and Skagway to Henry Shat tuck ol
Juneau. Fn>m Tonsina tA> Ni/.ina,
twice a mouth, Lee Davis of \ ulilez.
From Valdez to Chisua ami Copper
Itiver C e mg. twice a mouth. F. 0.
\ust in of Valth-z. Kagle to lanana.
Northern Commercial Company. \ul
dAZ to Fairbanks, twice a week in win
ter season, Northern Commercial
Company. Valdez, to Koserefskv.
monthly, \\\ W. Dillon of Bellevue,
Wash. Nome to l nalitaleet. weekly.
Charles Boss, t'ounei! to Kotzebue,
twice a month. A. V. Detirick of C oun
cil. N .a to Teller, weekly. F. Kkleiu.
Teller to IgloAt, WA-eklv, J. Klein
schmidt. Kotzebue to Shugnak.
monthlv, \\. 1'. Iz-pp id Kotzebue.
Barrett to Kotzebue, two round trips
during the wiuter, \Y . l. Liopp.
Ketchikan to Metlakahtla, Niblack,
Dolorum and Chomlev, twice a week,
W. Strong of K« tchikan. t luma tc
Fairbanks, six times a month. North
ern Commercial Company. Y alilez te
Eagle, weekly during winter season,
twice a month in summer. J. K. Crit
tenden. Betth-to Koserefskv. monthly,
J. Uoiuig of San Francisco.
f ARAllON SAILS WtSTWARD
Steamer Brings Twenty-one Pass
engers to Seward
Steamer Fan lion, t'apt. Mctiregor,
arrive'i in pur: Thursday morning
at •”» and saileti westward at 1<
o’clock She ha> the mail contract oi
the Alaska »’otnmmvial Company for
the sailing of the loth from Seattle
which requires iaer to go to the west
ward.
The Farallon brought twenty-on t
passengers and a >uiuil freight cargo,
principally 10,000 feet of luml*er for
Mr. 1 bnstar.re. or •• of the passengers.
Most of tier ’‘fight . b- v t:' ■' ':U'!
at way ports. The Ma-kat ummercinl
Company had not sent out a beat for a
month on account of the wreck of the
Portland;
The purser of the Portland, ,1. C.
Partneh e. came as purser on the
Farallon. lie states that, contrary t»
the accounts given in the S> attb
papers, the Portland is not breaking
up and that there is an even chance tc
save her. Site is about half sub-merg
ed and slightly listed but rests easily
in her position and Mr. Par melee thinks
that she may b>* pulled otT whole. In
uiy east- her machinery can he taken
out. and also the ore which site car
ried. Her fish cargo was spoiled. She
had a large consignment of halibut.
Mrs. Mulligan’s Boy
Tot nun was absent from school for
tme entire day. Hut he brought a note
of excuse the next morning, which
would prove that he had been detained
at home legitimately. The writing was
hardly that of a femining hand, and
the note appeared to have been written
laboriously. Furthermore the pen
manship seemed to be strangely fami
liar to hi> teacher. The note read as
follows.
"Dear Teacher: Please excuse Totny
for not coineing to scool yestidy, he
couldn’t come. 1 tore my pants. Yours
*’ truely. Mrs. Mulligan.” Whitehorse
Star.
Skating ou Kenai Lake
A popular diversion now is to take a
run on the morning train to Kenai
'lake to s|»end the day in skating, and
return in the evening. The lake is
well frozen now and offers an ideal
rink of vast proportions.
SEWARD CHURCHES
Mkthodist Kiusuipal Rev. L. H.
Pent rsen. pastor. Preaching until fur
ther notice every Sunday evening at 7:
:to o'clock, preceded by 20 minute song
service.
The tio*i»el Mission reading room is
o|H»ii at all hours. Mission services
<*wr\ Sundav evening at 8 o clock.
L. h, sly. Missionary
COLD WEATHER
ON THE COAST
Worst Winter in Fifteen Years
and Low Temperatures
Widely Prevail
Seattle, .tan. 22 The present winter
has beeif the stormiest all along the
Pacific coast in fifteen years, from Los
Angeles northward. High winds have
prevailed generally throughout the
region in tin* mountains adjoining, in
the Middle West and as far east as
Buffalo, N. V.
The weather has been unusually cold
for three weeks in A'alifornia, Arizona,
New Mexico and Nevada. It had been
freezing almost every night from Los
Angeles to Sacramento until Saturday
when a territlic rainstorm set in. The
streets of Los Angeles were flooded by
the downpour Saturday night and
some damage resulted to property.
Below Zero on Lynn tonal
Skagway. Jan. 22 The coldest weath
er known in Eastern Alaska since 1W1
prevails from Skagway to Dawson. It
, Was 21 below zero here Saturday and
Sunday, and tio below at Dawson. A
colil north wind lias been blowing
| steadily.
Juneau. Jan. 22 The thermometer
dropped to l’> below zero here Satur
day night hut the temperature is now
: rising rapidly.
(old in Kocky Mountains
Havre. Mont., Jan. 22 Hold north
winds are blowing in the Kocky moun
tain region and the mercury is falling
I fast.
NVE MEN HURT IN
POWDER EXPLOSION
Five men were injured by a powder
explosion on mile 52 of the railroad
Friday afternoon, but all will recover
fully except that M. Jacobson’s eyes
were tilled with powder and tine rock
and there is danger that his sight may
be affected.
Three of the men were working in a
rook cut and were putting a blast in a
ten-foot bole. Jacobson was putting in
the powder, assisted by Hew is Kust
and William Almquist. When twenty
live pounds of No. 2 powder had been
pi;i ti >n a slab rock seven feet long
- t|"n i into the hole. I’o break the
• I CH*k *t> that it could be taken out an
:[.■ t»ar was driven into it with the*
i, ut of exploding the powder.
acobson and Kust were leaning over
tie hole when the Mast went oil and
each had his face tilled with powder,
pulverized rock and dirt, Jacobson's
e\>> getting tilled. Dust's jaw was
fractured and tie was otherwise badly
bruised about the head and body,
j Almquist’s face was cut and he receiv
i ,-d „omo severe bruises. Henry Me
lon and IVter t ’useio. who were at
work a short distance away, were
struck by falling rock and each receiv
ed bruises on the head, body and limbs.
Mary low ell Dies
Mary Lowell died Wednesday at
the home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. William Lowell, of inflammation
of the brain, after an illness of two
weeks. The child was 11 years old and
was born on the old Lowell homestead
and had lived there all her life. She
was a bright child and was well known
to all old residents.
W. k. Jamison Returns
W. K. Jamison returned to Seward
on the Farullon after spending two
months in Seattle upon the work of
chartering a hark and organi%in£ a
lumber carjfo of 400.000 feet and other
building material for it to carry to
Seward. The hark, Nicholas Thayer,
sailed from Seattle January !>. and
should reach port before the end of
this month.
Or. Van Morden Opens Office
Dr. F. H. VanNorden has taken
other room with Dr. Hale in the Brown
& Hawkins building, where he will
practice his profession as a scientific
optician. He came from Spokane on
the Farullon.
Chicago has prohibited boxinjf con
tests as evidence of reform.
RtAl tSTATE. MINING
AND COURT RECORDS
Jan. 22 Robert Maddox, John Boyle
K. P. Christie’ 60 acres quartz,
Sniper’s point. Sunrise. - Andrew
Michitsch, 20 acres placer, Fresno
Bar, Six Mile creek near Sunrise.
R. H. Lauritsen, 20 acres placer
ground Canyon creek, Sunrise dis
trict. F. Fleaharty, 20 acres
placer ground on Canyon creek.
(’has. Tuell, 20 acres placer ground
on Canyon creek.
DEEDS
Jan. 25 S. J. Mills to the Elmore
Mining Company of Youngstown,
Ohio, one-half interest in the Mills
& Hunt property, consisting of
eight claims situated at the “Forks’’
above Sunrise, $15,000 -W. E. Hunt
half interest in same property, to
same company, $10,000.
FIND NO TRACE
OF MAT MILLER
Started from City to Go Around
Bay January li and Not
Seen Since
Mat Miller has been missing since
January 11, when he left Seward to goto
Johnson’s logging camp across the hay
to secure a job which had been promis
ed him, and be has not since been seen.
A searching party of twelve men spent
yesterday around the head of the bay
in the hope of finding his l>ody, hut no
trace of him was discovered.
Miller was last seen about 4 o’clock
in the afternoon by T. 11. Smith at the
railroad sawmill. Smith tried to dis
suade him from going around the bay
i ;is it was then getting dark, hut Miller
I persisted and went his way. As he
had been assured of the job he had
told his wife that he would put up a
cabin and then come back for her.
Consequently she thought nothing of
it is absence until he had been gone a
week. She then set inquiries on foot
and the logging camp was reached by
telephone hut no information of him
could he obtained. ,
Still, as Miller was a stranger in the
camp it was thought that there might
be some mistake until Saturday after
noon when men came over from the
camp and stated positively that no man
answering* the description of Miller
had ever appeared in the camp. A
searching party went out the same
night but found nothing and yesterday
a larger party spent the whole day in
j an examination of the region around
the head of the bay, solely in hope of
j finding the body, as there is no possi
bility that he is yet alive. If he was
not drowned in Resurrection river he
must have been injured and would
have frozen to death in a few hours by
e.xj)osure in the zero weather which
has steadily prevailed since his disap
1 pearanee.
It is regarded as certain that Miller
was drowned in trying to cross Resur
rection river. He had high hoots to
enable him to wade. When the tide
is out this is an easy matter in day
light, but the river bed has many
treacherous holes into which a man
might fall. It is thought that Miller
went down in one of the holes as the
tide was running out and was dragged
by the tide under the ice.
Miller was about *>0 years old. and
i had no family except his wife. He
| came to Seward on the Bertha in De
cember anti worked for the commissary
' until he heard of a chance to get a
i better job at the logging camp. He
arranged for it by telephone and then
started to go there. He came to Sew
! ard from British Columbia but prior
to that lived in Montana. He was a
member of the Kali spell lodge of
Knights of Pythias, and the local
mouther- of that order are looking
i after his affair-. lie and his wife are
said to have hud considerable prop
! erl v.
FIREMEN SHOW QUICK ACTION
Heady for Business in Less Than
Two Minutes After Alarm
The two tire companies already or
ganized made a practice run Thursday
afternoon from tire headquarter, next
to the po.-t otlice, to l>t\ Sleem's house
at tlie corner of Fourth avenue ami
Adams street, and were ready for act
ion in 1 minute and 4a seconds. Fora
first attempt, on slippery streets, ilii
is considered a good starter. The teams
will practice regularly and two more
teams will he organized this week.
The two now organized are Sher
man’s engino company and I toss’s hose
brigade. lloyd’s hook and ladder com
pany and Nelson’s hose company will
organize although they will not have
equipment until the complete appar
atus for which a fund has practically
been raised, is received.
1.1. Ellsworth Comes to Seward
E. E. Ellsworth, father of Harry
Ellsworth, came to Seward on the
Farallon and will open a drugstore
here. He has long been a resident of
: Spokane.
Seattle Headquarters
All Alaskans going to Seattle on
business or for other purposes are cor
dially invited to have their mail ad
dressed to themselves in care of the
Industrial Bureau of the Alaska Cen
tral Railway Company, Lumber Ex
| change Building, Seattle, Wash., and
make the Bureau their headquarter*
while in that city.
* Alaska Central Railway Co.
WEEKLY WEATHER RECORD
Weathei record for the week ending
January 26.
Temperature.
Max. Min.
: Saturday 4 7 Clear
Sunday 4 -8 Clear
Monday 4 7 Cloudy
i Tuesday 5 —0 Clear
Wednesday 3 —8 Clear
i Thursday 13 -9 Cloudy
Friday 19 7 Snow
BEGIN ERECTION
OF NEW CMJRCtl
Workmen Start on Episcopal
Church Eon# Delayed by
Lack of Materail
Construction began tins morning on
the Kpiseopal church building near the
corner of Adams street and Second
avenue. The excavation was made
last fall but lack of many materials
made it necessary to defer building
operations until they could be obtained
from Seattle. When the required
materials finally arrived extreme cold
weather set in and work was again
postponed. The trustees have finally
become weary of waiting and men
went to work in spite of cold. W. J.
Stone will superintend the construc
tion.
The new church will be of the most
approved plan for st ructures of its kind.
Inside it will be finished to adapt it to
the requirements of Kpiseopal services.
It is hoped to complete it within a
month, but it will not be dedicated un
til Bishop Howe of the Alaska diocese
comes here, as he is expected to do
early in the spring.
CANAL COST NOT WAVY
Shown to Be Trifling Compared
to Resulting Advantage
The Chicago Journal answers those |
who argue that the isthmian canal!
will be too great a drain upon the ha-!
tional treasury by the following terse
comparison:
“Chicago has spent nearly $50,
000,000 on a drainage canal, de
signed to give pure water to two or
three millions of people, and is going
to spend twenty or thirty millions
; more. YVe have spent more than lif-1
teen vears in the work, and shall
spend at least live more. 1 he Panama
j canal is designed to afford military
and naval protection to a hundred
millions of Americans in our own
time, and to hundreds of other millions
yet to come. It is designed to make
railroad monopoly across the contin
enimpossible. It draws upon aggre
gate wealth a thousand times greater
than the wealth of Chicago.”
MAKING ROADS IN ALASKA
Major Wilds P. Richardson, chair
man of the army hoard which is super-j
vising the construction of government
roads in Alaska, in a recent interview
in Washington described some of the
difficulties encountered in roadmaking
in the territory, which show tin* im
portance of improving the means of
transportation, lb* said:
•*We are obliged to dig the trail out
| of the hillsides, to fell tracks through
jibe forests, and to bridge streams.
I All of the trails in the valley lands and
on the natural watersheds must lie
I drained and ballasted or corduroyed.
, If we did not thoroughly drain the road
I it would disappear in the first thaw.
Drainage is the keynote of the whole
question.
‘ During tin* lirst year repairs will
I probably amount to 10 per cent of the
I cost of construction. Kacb year the
deterioration of the road will grow less
i as the landslides wear themselves out
j and the drainage is perfected.
They Published His Picture
During the encampment of the Kan
j sas state militia in conjunction with
j the regulars at Fort Riley, Kan., sev
eral years ago, a number of photo
! graphs wi iv taken to illustrate a maga
zine story. After the return of the
“brave tin soldiers," as the militia
men were styled by their friends, one
j of them informed his parents that his
j picture would appear in a forthcoming
! number of a certain magazine. When
the magazine appeared he took one
to his incredulous parents and opened
it, disclosing a picture of the maiitia
encamped at Fort Riley.
“Where is your picture?" they
asked.
“You see that first row of soldiers?”
“Yes."
“And behind them is a vow sitting.”
“Yes. Where are you?”
“Back of them all is a row of tents.
I'm in one of those tents.” Kansas
(Htv Times.
fOX ISLAND LOR SALE
Ten miles from Seward. * The island
is two miles long and one mile wide.
1 will sell my squatter’s claim and 423
foxes, whose skins are worth an average
of $20 each, for $2500, which is less than
one-third of the value of the skins.
Offer is made because I wish to go up
the Susitna to prospect for a year.
Alfred Lowell,
Third avenue, Seward. *
IN THE COMMISSIONERS COURT OF
KKNAI PRECINCT FOKTItF.TKKRITOin
OF ALASKA.
Before H. H. Hildreth. United States Commis
sloner.
In the matter of the estate of [ Notice to
Ludwig John Jonsson. deceased. I Chkditous
All jiersons having claims against tlie estate
of Ludwig John Jonsson, known as Lewis
Johnson, are hereby notitied to present them
with proper vouchers, within six months from
the 20th day of January. 1906. A. D. to the
undersigned administrator of said estate, at
his ofllce in the townsite of Seward, District
of Alaska.
J. L. REED.
Administrator of the Estate
of Ludwig John Jonsson.
First publication January 20. 1906.
Last publication February 10. 1906.
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The McNEILEY CAFE
‘ Under New Management Best of Home Cookinf
NEXT DOOR TO McNEILEY HOTEL
Short Orders Day and Night
’hotel McN iley’
Completely Renovated. New Management. Hot
and Cold Water. Modern, Plastered Rooms.
Electric Lighted. Baths. Reasonalbe Rates.
HAWKINS & WHITTEMORE, Proprietors
THE LOUVRE
EIDSON & DOBSON. Proprietor*
A Gentleman’s Resort. Cold Dust Bought
Cor. Fifth and Washington streets Seward, Alaska
THE ALASKA TRANSFER
CHRISTIENSEN & LAUBNER. Proprietor*
Pianos and Safes Moved ri «e«™''.cayr,.^.
Give us your orders for Coal oc Wood
General Forwarders PHONE MAIN Ssward, Alaska I
I THE SEWARD LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY
(Incorporated November, 15H)5, under the laws of Alaska)
Office—Suite *2-4 Carstens Building, Seward, Alaska
Duputy Marshal Grant of Wrangell
is compelling prisoners to cut wood for
decrepit native women of that settle
ment.
DR. C. T. DAGGETT
DENTIST
S. K. Oor. Fourth Are. and Washington
SEWARD - - ALASKA
DR. C. L. HALE
DENTIST
Over Brown A Hawkina’ store
SEWARD --- ALASKA
C. H. GIBBONS, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
1 on ice and Residence—Carstens' Build
ing, Fourth avenue.
' Office Hours—2 to 4 p. m.. and when
ever not otherwise engaged.
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CECIL H. CLEGG
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Fourth Avenua. - Seward. Aka.
J. L. REED
ATTORNEY-AT-LA W
Notary Ithi.ic
Richard*' Bldg Seward. Alaska
SAMUEL M. GRAFF
ATTORNKY-AT-LAVT
Suite ?-4. Garstens* Building
L. V. RAY
ATTORNEY AT-LAW
Nelson Bid, Washington St.. Seward
E. R. GRAY
NOTARY PUBLIC
SKWARD - - ALASKA
REMODELED
THE RAINIER-GRAND HOTEL
SEATTLE
Papalar Price*-lav Hiniiiint
Cufral Locatloa Evropaaa Plaa
Greatest Cafe and Bar Service in the City
Wilton & White Co.. Prop. Chat Parry. Mgr
H. H. HILDRETH
NOTARY PUBLIC
and CONVEYANCER
Akstincti of Title to mininr »n«l town
proi*erty furninhed—Exatninati'T: a. l
report* tna<l« on any pro|>er:».
SEWARD - - ALASKA
A. C. BAKER
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT
COLEMAN HOUSE
SEWARD ALASKA
F. E. YOUNGS
NOTARY PC KLIC
SEWARD • ALASKA
C. S. HUBBELL
Civil Engineer
U. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Coleman House Seward
I. O. G. F.
RELIEF ASSOCIATION
J. S. SLATER, /’resident.
E. W. YOUNG. Secret a rv-Treaa
Meets evory third Sunday aftereoon
in each month.
Seward Iron Works
JULIAN MOTT. Proprietor.
Engineers and Machinists All kinds
of machinery repaired. Gasolene and
Kerosene Engines, Motor Boats, etc.
Shop on Waterfront, bet. Adame &. Waah. sta
G. W. PALMER
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Prospector’s Outfits High
est Prices Paid for Furs—
Knik P. O. Alaska
V __
Seward Water & Power
Company
JOHN. A. NELSON. Manager
Office—Third and Washington street*
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PIKE STREET WHARF
SEATTLE, WASH,
Forwarding Agent, Wharfage
Storage and Shipping
Can sare you time, trouble and eipee*#
on all shipment# from Seattle
Represent Lloyd’s Underwrite**
Writ# fer Particular* at Oa*«