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* LET THERE BE LIGHT
on your pathway hdme at night. To
provide that light come »o me for the
best lantern in toVn-the kind that
don’t blow out. I also have the best
skinning knives, dice little Curved ones-, ,<
warranted blades-.. — •
t _BROWNELL ^
Early Morning Rre Alarm
A tremendous flame from burning
stxit in the chimney of the railroad of
lice al*Out I o'clock Sunday morning
lire" a big crowd to the scene in a
hurrv. The room which contained j
the stove wi.s ablaze with light, and
the impromtu tire department kicked
in the front door w ithout ceremony and
threw water into the stove Until the
lire was extinguished, It burned ft'ePfct*
ly for several minutes.
Phi! Mickey Visits Seward
Phil Hickey, the mining expert A ho
is associated with J. I) f-UVrell in vttr
|ous properties around Prihoe William
Sound and Turnagain -Win. came into
Seward Saturday night to cable a rew
lines. He " nushed" OV*;r from Sunrise
to the rod of the railroad track and
will go hack the same way. He wnnt
out Monday with Major Ballaihe
and E. A. Bt.twoH ou the train.
Comes To Railroad Company
K. W. Scott, for several months agent
for the Alaska Commercial Company
at Sunrise, has come to Seward and
taken a |K>si;ion in the auditing depart
ment of tie* Alaska Central Kailway
Company. He came mirth frorVi San
Francisco last spring.
Reopens Coleman Cafe
Tl. ' Coleman Cafe was reopened |
Sunday afternoon by Mr. Coleman hitn
- 1;. He ha-, s vured a first class cook
d propose- to g vo S* ward a rest*
t Urant good enough for any town. The
S'it:oay dinner yesterdn' kept the din
ing room oruwded for hours.
Going tfter The Big Moose
\V. M. Sauers and (H. Whipple
started out this morning to strike ter- i
ror amoung the big game. They went
on the railroad to the end of the track,
and from there will disappear in thf> j
hills for aKu t ten days'
Started to Strike and Didn’t
Section men employed by the Alaska
Central balked Thursday when or
tiered to unload dynamite from the
schooner Volume. They thought they
w* re e\p* ett U to do the Work for the |
satjo wages as they are paid on the
-••rule. When they were told that they
w ;.o receive longshoremen's wages
they went to work1.
Steamer Dora Passes through
Steamer Dora arrived in |x»rt from
Cnalaska Thursday and remained
al'out an hour and a hMf. sailing for
V.vUlez at 1*»:"J*». Froth there she will;
proceed to Sat tie to he docked, and j
her run w li he taken by the Shelikof.
H« r S- ward passenger list was the fol
lowing: Mrs. A. K. Johnston, George '
Kureht, Larry Cope, S. Wilcox. T. Me
♦ Iarvti. She also carried through |
aUiut t went,. Chinese from the Cyak ■
cannery.
Clu>son'. Siorr Nearly Paished
William Clay son’s new store bui1d- j
ing on Fourth avenue is almost ready j
for moving in. The nl^st**ring is all on i
and workmer are putting up the >holv- j
ing.
Col. Swanttz Takes \ Rest
It K reported from \"altlez that Col*
Swanitz took the* men otT his railroad
work and w< u' to Seatth «m the Santa
Clara. The stoppage ef work was
quite abrupt,
L >t f >r rent or lease. Mrs. Stull.
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DAZED BY DEATH
OF COMPANION
fred Smith Drowned from R<ift in
Matanuska and T. P. Murdock
Reaches Knik Nearly Starved.
Frightened bv tlie drowning of his
companion. Fred Smith, who f» II from
a mH in the rapids of tin* upper Mat
anri'ka, T. P. Murdock abandohed the
raft and plunged through the woods on
the left bank of the river where no
tFail had ever been blazed tYhtil lie i
found a boat at the inouth of the t hick
aloon. which he rodedown to the mouth
of the river at Knik Arm. going eight
duys without food except a few salmon
which he speared.
On the right bank of the river, a fur
long from wh^re Murdock dragged
himself through underbrush, in places
almost impenetrable, scratching his
face and hands and tearing his clothes,
was an open trail over which the min
* ns earn large loads of supplies. W ith
tn a few steps of the spot where It"
loosened the boat which brought him
tfown the river was a tent filled with
provisions. Roth boat and tent belong
ed to Frank Watson.
Winn Murdock arrived at Knik be
was in a state bordering on holla pse.
lie had evidently been >o desperately
frightened by the death of his compan
ion that he had scarcely been able to
exercise his senses.
From the mouthof the<’hiekaloon to
Knik Arm is fifty-live miles. Murdock
claims to have spent five dais on this
trip He stopped at the mouth of Gran
ite creek, where he saw a trail half a
mile into the woods Had he gone a
little farther he would have found men
and food. He went back to his boat
and continued his journey down the
rivet*. He is ill at Knik Arm resting
up from his adventure.
Murdock and Smith set out from
Valdez over the glacier in August.
They werit over the hills to the head
of the Matanuska, and passing over the
Matanuska flakier mushed down the
stream to tb»* mouth of Caribou creek.
There they made a raft on wldeh they
traveled down the stream alrout to
Hicks creek. The raft got into a whirl
pool and as the men lost control it
struck a bank and overturned. Their
blankets and some other packages were
tied to the raft, but their provisions
had been piled loosely upon it arid were
lost Murdock got back on the raft
ami succeeded to fastening it to th •
shore, but while he was doing so Smith
was carried a way down the stream and
undoubtedly drowned. Murdock then
abandoned the raft And started out afoot
through the woods.
Among Smith’s packages was found
a memorandum bc*ok Which he had us
ed as a diary. It showed that he left
Goldfields. Nevada last March, had
traveled ‘hrough New Mexico and
Southern California then came north
to Aberdeen, Washington, and reached
Seattle July H. He sailed north on the
San»s Ana July hi and reached Valdez
July 25. He worked there a few weeks
and then set out with Murdock.
Smith claimed to be well acquainted
with the country ami at Knik th<* de
scription Murdock gaveofhiiu was said
to tally with that of a Fred Smith who
left thereabout three years ago. Others
said that he could riot be the same man.
The work of plastering the railroad
office building is going on rapidly. The
company officials expect to he housed
in the new Quarters in a few weeks.
M. 1? Holland will within a lew days
begin to build a residence on Third
avenue between G. K. Winter’s house
and Frarfc Hallaine’s
Hev. K C Taylor of the local Fpt*
copal church returned to Seward from
vfaMer. bh *he Santa Clara. He went
back oh the Kxcelsior.
.J. 11 Cameron has begun the erec
of a residence next to F. H. Stewart’s
on Tliird avenue beyond Lowell creek.
TELEGRAPH NEWS
Seattle, Sept. 15- During the ses
sion of the American Congregational
hoard of Foreigri Missions which as
sembled here this mornirig, Dr. Wash
ington Gladden will attempt to pass a
resolution pledging the board not to
accept “tainted Money” for religious
purposes*. Dr. Gladden is the clergy
man who recently raised the tainted
money issue by leading a movement to
decline John 1). Rockfellrir's gifts on
tim ground that the oil magnate's
Money was acquired by dish'onest
methods.
It i* expected that the resolution
will be voted down as the members of
the board have been carefully Vanvass
ed and a majority are understood to
take the ground that the church can
not examine into the petsonal charac
ter of every man who offers money for
it* uses. A lively debate is antici
pated.
The convention will continue sever
al days. Theret are 300 delegator in a
tendance.
Seattle, Sept" 15 The eableship
Burnside will leave here probably Sun
day for the northward to make an ex
amination and thorough overhauling
>if the Alaska cable system. She will
stop at Sitka, Juneau, Skagway, Val
dez, Seward and all points in South-1
eastern Alaska which have the cable
service.
Washington, I). Sept. 15 Amer
ican Consul Rogers At Shanghai re
ports to the state department that on
account of the Chinese boycott Ameri
can goods to the value of $8,000,(MX) are
held up there and cannot be dis
posed of
New Orleans, Sept. 15 FoVtynine
new eases of yellow fever were re
ported in the ‘city today. H«*sville i"
completely in the grasp of the fever
and lias been completely shut off by
quarantine. Almost the whole town
i- stricken with fever and doctors and
nurses are being rushed there with
food and medienie.
St. l'Aul, Sept. 15 J. WilsOP.
who has arrived from Arkansas, was
taken to a hospital today. He is suf
! feeing from a malady which is belieVed
to be yellow fever. Ho brought with
him a certificate from the Southern
I health board that he was not AfrebVed
with the epidemic.
NELSON WINS
FROM BRITT
San Francisco, Sept. 11 Battling
Nelson knocked out Jimmy Britt in the
; eighteenth round last Saturday night
.it C'olma. The tight was one of the
fastest seen here in years and was very
even until the seventeenth round, when
, the pace showed plainly on Britt. In
the eighteenth N Bon had it all hi*
own way. He battered Britt all over
the ring until he landed a fearful right
swing on the jaw which put the native
■ son down for the count.
An immense crowd saw the fight,
which was the best on the coast in a
, long time. Both irten were at weight
and in the pink of condition. The hat*
tie wa» fierce from the call of time and
both men were bleeding at the end of
the first round. Fora long time it
Manned to be anybody's game. Nelson
forced the tight but Britt protected
himself by clever blocking and fast
footwork and jabbed tbe Dane incess
mtly. Nelson’s blows however, had the
greater force and when he landed
fairly the effect was palpable.
Both men began to show weariness
before the tenth round but always came
| up for the next with renewed vigor un
til the fifteenth,when it became evident
S that Britt could not keep up much
longer. He tried desperately to land
( a knockout punch but his blows had no
apparent effect on the Dane.
Anton tide Weds Miss Pearl Stokes
Anton Hide and Miss Pearl Stokes
were married Thursday at the residence
of George Sexton hv Judge Hildreth in
the presence of a few friends. They
immediately took the Excelsior for
Valdez for a wedding trip. They will
be absent about two weeks. Mr. Hide
is one of the proprietor* of the Alaska
Transfer, and both the couple afe \c611
known here.
George Dickin>on Moves House
George Dickinson is moving Ms
house from Sixth avonue to the corner
of Second ami Ade.ms street* Ho says
he wants to get on higher ground,
away from the fogs and damp air of
’the seacoasb___■__
The windows are in the railroad ,
building and the structure will soon be
enclosed.
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KODAKS
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S~~U P P LIES
A large line always oh hAnd.—A ^leAfcure to show you
our nd\V goods at Any time.—See our display window
TH6 OWL DRUG CO. SEWARD and VALDEZ
“COLEMAN HOUSE"
H. N. COIEMAN, Proprietor
Electric lights and Electric Bells in every room
Rates f rom 50e to $2.50 per day
Absolutely Firs t-C 1 a sjs
Excellent Cafe in Connection
^ Forirrn av kntk, siavaki), Alask a j/
BAY CITY MARKET
WHCM-KSALfi \nd hktail deai.eus in
Fresh Beef, PorK, Veal and Mutton
Hams, Bacon and Lard Constantly on hand
Small & Glasbrenner
THE LOUVRE
EIDSON 8l DOBSON. Proprietors
A Gentleman s Resort. Gold Dust Bought
Oor. Fifth and Washington stivHs Seward. Alaska
ASHLAND HOUSE
AND BANK SALOON
Wines, Liquors and Cigars First-class Furnished Rooms
Fourth A ve..Opposite Alaska Central Commercial Co,
Restaurant in connection. HALLACt & THOMPSON, Proprietors
great cinnibar mine
V6st Deposit of Quicksilver Dis
covered in Oregon
Quicksilver haft established a post
office and built a tov n in Oregon.
Black Butte is the name of the town
and ptMottiec, artd Black Butte from
which the name comes, is a mountain
of mercury. It is claimed In t he own
ers that this mountain has the largest
exposed body of quicksilver ore in tlie
world. A vein 4<W' feet wide has been
opened for more than a mile along the
mountain and to .a depth of 1000 feet
below the crest. Mbt’e than three
miles of tunnels, raises, etc., have Wen
made abd everywhere tin* rich cinna
bar ore, from which quicksilver is tak
en. appears in great quantities.
In the Oregon mining section at the
Lewis and Clark Ex posit tort th* visitor
may see in operation a miniature
quicksilver distilling plant, modeled
after the one at Black Butte. The lit
tle engine run* all day. and attracts
much attention Near by is the con
denser. and under the spout an iron
bucket of quicksilver, showing just
how tin* moving metal runs out of the
condenser after being 1!beiatcd from
the ore through a scientific process.
The process ordinarily i* called dis
tillation, First the ore Is crushed and
then it is dumped into furnace?, where
it is roasted at a liefce heat of 1200 de
grees Fahrenheit, W’Vten the ore
reaches a temperature of 000 degrees,
the quicksilver begins to pass off’ in
the form of vapor. The meirurV va
por is passed into large chambers built
of wood or brick, called condensers.
These are cooled hy water jackets and
other devices, and in them the vapor
soon changes into metalic form, th'e
■quicksilver being precipitated in line
globules on the walls and floor* The
globules collect and runout in troughs,
ready* to be marketed, Quicksilver
put up for shipping in flasks of wrought
iron, weighing fourteen pounds each
and holding "HJ pounds of the nNcfal.
Tlxe present market price of quicksij
v*«r is about 5o cents pet* pound, whole
sale.
Take a bath at Gould and Conner*, j
Ladies Bazaar
Millinery, Suits. Notions Un
derwear Hosiery, Art Goods.
MISS KINGSBURY
\dams Street Seward. Alaska
Tlrst Stamp Mill In Alaska
The lirst stamp mill built in the
Juneau district, Alaska, was erected in
Silver How llasin, in 188J. Shortly
after the construction of the Silver
How mill. John Treadwell built a five
stamp testing mill on the Paris creek
lode, Douglas Island. During the win
ter of 1\SJ and 1884, lie organized the
Treadwell Gold Mining Company. In
18.84. this company erected its first
stamp mill of one hundred and twenty
stamps. This number of stamps was
! increased in 1887 to two hundred anil
forty. During 1888 there were three
1 stamp mills built in Silver How Basin.
;Anil each mill operated ten stamps.
Placer mining has therefore been car
ried on continuously and profitably
from the discovery o* paydirt in Silver
Bow Basin until the present day. It
has been estimated that nearly one
million dollars has been taken from
the ground in this district between the
yoa^s 187!) and 1887.
SEWARD CHURCHES
Episcopal. Rev. F. r» Taylor in
charge. Holy Communion at 8 a. in.
Regular services at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m.
Catholic Church of the Resur
rection, corner of Adams and Fourth:
Itev. P. H. Turnell. S. J., in charge.
Holy Mas ; and sermon at 1<» a. m: Sun
day school at 2:30 p. m: Evening ser
vice and lecture at 7 p. m. On week
days Holy Mass at 7 a. m»
Methodist Episcopal Rev. L. H.
Pedersen, pastor. Preaching until fur
ther notice every Sunday evening at 8
o’clock, preceded hy 20 minute song
service.__
The session of the Seward Union
Sunday School will be held in the read
ing room on Fifth avenue, at 10:4.*> a. •
m., until further notice. All are cord "
ially invited ter attend.