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FORTY FOUR
LIVES ARE LOST
Seal tie. I Vo. -J!' The !.»s of life I
caused irotu shipwrecks curin'/ IF* l - * is
Mild to have been toriv-tour persons.
There were lifts two vessel* wrecked
and thirtv-iwo were :» total ’os*.
MUST SHOW THE
COMMISSION
Washington. Dec. 29. Before an in
crease of freight rates can be made
the eastern railn ads must show the
interstate commerce commission that
the profit shrinkage is not due to stock
manipulation.
REFUSES TO
VACATE CHAIR
A if ram Treat ia. Dec. 29. The diet
opened here yesterday amidst ifreat
confusion. Milenseenic, leader of the
ministry, refused to vacate the chair
and a general ti>t h^fhl ens.it d. Many
persons were serioitsiy injured during
the tijfht.
TO PROBE THE
Washington, Dec. 29. iU*preset.ta
li ve Houston has appointed >ix ayri
call oral experts to probe 11s** meat
question and report their lindin&fs hack
to the committee.
DEATH CAUSED
BY PNEUMONIA
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Washington, Dec. 29.—Surgeon
General Turney died here yesterday.
His death was caused from an attack
of pneumonia.
Home, Dec, 29,—Newspaper advices
are to (he effect that tin* body uf the
late Cardinal Karnpolli is to he ex
humed and examined, as it has been
whispered that ids death occurred in
a mysterious manner. An investiga
tion will be made to find out if possi
ble the real cause of his death.
TROOPS DRIVE
CROWDS AWAY
Home, Dec. 29.—Saturday was the
last day in which the famous painting,
Ilona Lisa, would be on exhibition
here, and it was necessary to call tiie
troops to drive the crowds away that
were eager to get a glimpse of a pic
ture said to he valued at more than
four million dollars. The crush be
came so great that many women
fainted away and had to be rescued
from the crowd.
Augustine & Kyer’s famous candies
at W. W. Butts’. t
Imperial candies, the finest ever. A
full line at W. W. Butts’. t
Long distaas# tslsshoMt tooth at tbs
•ranch.
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Jack Dalton, the pioneer trail
builder and freighter of Alaska,
who has the contract toi biing
ing out the coal tor the go\ein*
ment from the Matanuska coal
fields, has sent word out to Sew
ard that lie will transport treight
for the prospectors trom Knik to
Chickaloon, a distance of fifty
miles, free of charge. This will
put the freight to within sixty
mill's ot Discovery on Albert
creek and means a great saving
to the prospectors who intend to
go into that country this spring.
It makes no difference what the
nature of the freight may be,
whether it is a sack ol Hour or
an hydraulic plant, it will be
taken in. All that Mr. Dalton
requires is that your freight be
plainly addressed, so that no
t rouble can come up when you go
to tin1 warehcuse to claim your
goods.
This means a great deal to llie
merchants and business men of
Seward, for when they learn
that, they can get their freight
in with such a savingol' time and
evpense, prospectors will all
come via Seward this spring on
their wav to the imw camp.
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An apparently well founded story D
current in Seward that all is not going
smoothly in tin* matter of gening lit*1,
Matanuska coal from 1 hickaioon toj
Kuik. According to the report the!
actions of John \Y. Switt. special dis
hiioitrg agent for the go\ernuient are
coming in for a great deai of criticism
and rightfully so. i'he trouble came
to a head a few days ago when Jack
Dalton, who ha-* the contract t(> land
the coal from ( hickaioon tosal> water,
grew weary of the petty hindrances
that have been placed in his way by
Swift, ami after words had been ex
changed, promptly knocked Switt
down and would have administered a
good threshing to the government
agent hut for the interference of by
standees.
Sw ift had Dalton arrested and Com-j
missioner David, after hearing the
evidence, imposed theminimum tine of
five dollars, and the admonition of the
learned judge in administering the line1
would lead one to believe that the line
was imposed because Dalton did not (
hit the official trouble maker harder, j
The Kuik Commercial Club and j
Citizens of Kuik held an indignation
meeting, protesting against the ac
tions of Swift. which was attended by
Dalton, wifo made a statement to the j
club practically accusing Sw ift of being
in league with the big' coal companies I
and of conniving to prevent the com
pletion of the delivering of the coal to
salt water. Dalton *aid:
‘‘Ever since tins outfit left Seattle
this man Swift has done all in his
power to prevent that coal from ,gt t
liny out. lie Mulled and delayed yi • ■
tiny away from Seattle until the kiM
minute, and then came up the coast at
a speed ot eiylit l<n«*'s per hour until
they picked up the scow at Seidovia
He did not want to yet that scow to
Lnik and. the ship was speeded up to
twelve knots, pulling the scow under
and losing it, as v\ as the intention.
When we arrived at Kdik anrnortye
we spent two days v astiny time look
iny for a landiny, when l went to the
captain and told him to land the sup
plies on the heath. We had a Has
launch which was put in the water,
and after being t inkered v. ith i lie chief
engineer and the lirst assistant of the
Hubbard pronovnced it out of order
and impossih e to run. I wa> looking
for this, however, and had an engineer
with me. I asked permission to let
him tr\ ami toe launch was running
in twenty minutes. We landed the
| supplies all right and l wanted to
build a trail. In this 1 was opposed by
Swift, so 1 took the matter In my own j
hands and built the trail. Fortunately
we did not have to use this trail, hut,
with the assistance of Captain Sam j
Cramer were able to land the outfit at j
Knik.
‘*1 wanted to start building a trail at j
once and again I was opposed by Swift, j
who refused to pay the men. L built |
the trail connecting the government |
wagon road with the Matanuska at !
Kings river, and if we never use it, it j
will be a good thin3 for the country, j
I have been paying the bill out of my 1
own pocket, and gentlemen, I will te!l
you one tiling, that coal i> comming
out from the Chick tlo<»n whether it
cunts out over the trail op down the j
riivr. If itie river freezes we wilij
bring it do*vu that way, if not, we will
have the trail. I am going to land
that coaf iic salt water and it will be j
placed on a cut bank where the tide1
won’t wash over it and spoil it as was;
done to the Katdlla coal. And 1 am j
going todo it in spite of Swift and all
tin* animals of his like that may try to!
stop me.
“My commission covers all of lie*
acts that I have commited except tin*
act of punching Swilt in the nose, and
I take all the responsibility for that
on my own shoulders, and l do not j
regret it, nor would I hesitrte to do
tte same thing anain.”
Mr. Dalton’s statement was riceived
with applause by the Knik Commer
cial Club and the club decided to wire
to the department at Washington,
asking for relief. Dalton also wired
and Swift sent his version.
The citizens of Knik are behind Dal
ton to a man, and are tirm in their be
lief that Swift is simply a trouble
maker and that he is in the employ of
interests that do not want to see the
Matanuska coal delivered in good
condition, and who are doing all in
their to hinder the wot K.
Jn spite of this handicap though, the
trail is completed and at the time the
mail carriers left Knik, it was said
that the coal would be started toward
salt water by December 20.
RILL REMOVE
POPE'S BODY
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Home, Dee. 29.—Au agreement has
been made between the government
and the Vatican for the removal of
the body of the late Pope Leo from the
cathedral of St. Peter to that of St. 1
Johns.
Pabsts bi.ua ribboa baar at Tba
Braaub. *
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PRESIDENT IS
FIFTY-SEVEN
Passchistian, Mass., Dec. 29.—-Pres* j
indent Wilson celebrated his 57th. i
birthday here yesterday. Thousands j
of telegrams of congratulation were
received by the President, a majority
of which were from strangers.
Meet me at the hranca.
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OLD ALASKAN
MEETS DEATH
Seattle. Dec., 29.— Captain Sill, who
commanded a steamer plying between
Seattle and Cordova during the con
struction of the Copper River railroad,
was instantly killed yesterday at Sol
duc springs, by becoming entangled in
an engine belt.
Three meals for One Dollar. Open
day and night. Commerce Cafe
Springfield. Mo.. I a *• M lie man
agers of the Kr ;-(••• t • have in <*n ex
I m *i* I in*/ lie* i's of that s\s!»'UJ to
jo ( lit on strike ami wen* therefore
prepared tor the emergency. I hey
discharged four hut dred telegraph
Operators and imuuaiiatelv made ’>rep
arations to replace the telegraph in
struments with telephones. I w«*n!v
four special trains were ordered out
and the telegraph instruments were
quiekK taken out and teleph aies siih
st i uted over twelve thousand miles of
n >ad.
WILL INSTALL
AN HYDRAULIC
\ II. Hryant. former ly of the Kenai
Mining and Milling eotnpan\• of ( ooper
creek, is now in San F rancisco select
ing an hulraulic plant to he installed
on Valdez creek this spring. Mr.
Hryant has just returned from Bangor,
Maine, where he has been visiting bis
relatives, and will get away for the
north shortly after the first of the
year, calling at Seward while enroute
to the diggitigs.
Boston. Ma.-s.. IV*. 11*. -A iliiam
Soule, ot Value/., Alaska, and we 1
known there a^ t' e tirst man to ascend
Mt. McKinley, w.a* married here yes
tettliv to Miss Mahle ! 1 *>*>i». the uaugii*
ter of a wealthy manufacturer.
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Chesterton, Md., Dec. 20 A small
posse of officers successfully repulsed
more than a thousand angry citizens
here last night when they attempted
to storm the jail and take three negro
murderers out and lynch them. Much
excitement prevails and it is feared
that the mob will take the law into
their own hands and e»’ery effort is
being made bv the officer* to prevent it.
HUERTA WILL
TAKE THE FIELD
Mexico City, Dec. 20. —It is reported
that Gerostieta, the Minister of Justice,
is short ly to become president of Mex
ico and that Huerta will go into the
held and personally lead the army.
Dog harness at J. L. Graef *s.
Meet me at the Branch *
Twenty-gauge, 1013 model shot guns
at ,1. L. Graefs. J
Frank F. Youngs, who was expected
on the Northwestern, writes friends
that owing to an unexpected turn in
his business affairs, he was unable to
get away on that ship, but will leave
Seattle for Seward on the steamer
leaving Seattle on the evening of De
cember 30.
Ice cream at Butts’. *
Budweiser b«*er at the Branch. *
Fresh Lake Trout at the Commerce
Cafe.
Sleds for bojs and *irls; sleds for
■ei. At J. L. Cratf’s. *
lee ereepers aad tee skujes at J. L.
•reefs.