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SATURDAY. DECEMBER 5». I!HY>
ONE FEATURE OF COLD
It is a matter of common knowledge
that cold air when damp is telt more
acutely than when dry. but people ean
learn a in w fact regarding the pene
trating tjualit\ ofdamp air hy living.it
various points along the I'.untie coast
from Southern California to \laska.
That fac. is tluit 'f air is damp the de
gree tit cold is a small factor in efleit
upon the body.
For several days this week a chilling j
wind blew over Natani, with tin*
thermometei averaging lo degrees
al*ove zero, making the air intensely
disagreeable, yet several men who
have lived in California assert that ex
cept for tlu' necessity of looking out
for ears and fingertips the cold was
no more noticeable than on I'uget
Sound or in S n Francisco under similar
conditions, with the mercury much
higher.
*'l have shivered just as much in San
Francisco with th- thermometer at lo.
and when dressed jnst as warmly." said;
one man. And he added: “I have been
through Middle West hli/ an Is when a
man's ears w<*u!d freeze solid in a few
minutes if not Tntekly wrapped hut 1
never felt chilled through in my life
elsewhere as 1 (lid :n San I.' s
Ohisoo. Califon da. when the wind blew
a small hurricane for three days, with
the mercury abve 1*» all the time. An
overcoat did urn i;** go* d. 1 he chilly
air ne'M'trated through it and heavy
wino rundetc' th ngtis ‘! ha> nothing
on hut a bathing suit. This was in
April."
I t is agreed hv people who have been
in S- card a year or two that the cold
is no more difficult to endure than on
J’ug' • Sound and the region has more
w inter sunshine.
TURN IN BRITISH POLITICS
With the resignation of th** Balfour
ministry tin* * on>. ;*v:iti\e party goes
out of power in < ir**at Britain for the
firs* tint** since the fall of the Rosebery
liberal cabinet it lv'~>. 'i'h** t or-r
vatives won on t i * dissolutionof parlia
ment in that year, ami again in Ibon,
when ?li*- South African war was the
issue. Many Liberals -upuort'd the
government in tin prosecution of the
war after it was begun and tin* Con
servative victory in th** parliamentarv
elections was overwhelming.
Since then .Jos* h Chamberlain, who
start d in polit e- - a Lib* ral, became
n Libet ai-l'nh r -• on the Irish is-ae,
and was finally cla—itl**d as n Conser
vative an*l as -itch was a member of
the Conservative cabinet- of L>rd
Sali-b.iry. rna*i< tt >*ther of Id- specta
cular flop- by advocating a Protective
taritl for th>* ('rat.-d Kingdom, and be
cause he could not carry the Balfour
cabinet with him re-igneii hi- t>o-t a
Cole iai seer**’ try
The Con-, rvativ** party has be**n
somewhat divided on the tariff issue,
whil* the Liberals are standing pat for
free trade. Premier Balfour himself
is more than suspected of leaning to
ward ProPctior bit he straddled the
issue with some skill. The government
has been steadily "sing support in the
Commons and on two occasions ha- lost
out on te>t votes in an almost empty
house.
It had been supposed that Balfour
would dissolve the House, according to
the ordinary r - of the British |w»!it
ical game, but h* ha- substituted th**
cot unusual mak* shift of turning the
government ov**r to his adversaries,
which places the burden of dissolut ion
upon them. Th.* Liberal ministry is
almost certain to Ik* beaten upon an
early test vote when Parliament meets
in February, anti then a new election
will be calk'd it which the tariff is
likely to cut -our figure.
COLD DEVELOPS INDUSTRIES
Cold will dew lop Alaska as it did
California. The increase <*f gold pro
duction will cr< tie a constantly grow
ing demand for miners* supplies which
in time will he produced adjacent to
the lines. Nicmhsv went to < alifornia
the first few years after the gold except j
to mine or to trade with the miners, J
but later men went there to engage in j
all branches of industry.
Alaska's gold production is increas
ing at a rate which seems likely toj
plac« all other gold-producing coun
tries in the second class in a few years.
Each year has seen new discoveries,
and in the last two years new strikes
have been made which indicate that
the whole territory with its 600,000
square miles <»f area is dotted with
gold deposits which will soon run its
output to a fabulous figure.
When that comes the territory will
quickly receive a large population' to
engage in every kind of business. It
has a vast expanse of agricultural land, |
as fertile as Minnesota and the Da-1
kolas, with a climate in many places I
les-, rigorous. It has coal deposits and
water power to equip manufactures of
almost limitless magnitude.
Every part of Alaska which has l»een
scratched has been found to contain1
gold. At least a trace of the metal
has Inen found in the bed of every *
creek. It is predicted by experienced!
mining men that in a few years Alas
ka’s annual production of gold will ex
ceed $100,000,000. In a far smaller
area California for a decade produced
from $.*»0.000,000 to $»!.->,(HH).OOO annually
from her placers, and has been produc
ing from placers and quartz ever since
an annual output of many millions.
Cold mining in \laska is yet in in its,
infancy, and wit It its growth other in-j
dust firs of vastly greater value will in;
time develop.
Dick Ryan says In* will refuse a seat
in fonj'ress as delegate from Alaska
unless tin* I louse admits tin* other lwn s
who were elected with him. As none
of them has a shadow of bajal title to a
-eat Richard is not likely to have an
opportunity to tip.play any self-nhueya
tion.
The excess of k’s in Alaska names
k a uses a komposiior in tin* Gateway
office to kotuplain that his kases keep
running out of that letter, and on that
ground In* tries to exkuse himself for
tin* use of kus> words.
If Gapt. Hamlet of tin* cutter Rent
is correct in hi" statement that the na
tives of Northwest Alaska are drink
ing less liquor than formerly the Noun*
brand of whisky must be worse than is
Generally supposed.
if Russia should establish a republic
it would be deprived of the privilege
of maintainin'; monarchical figureheads
at fabulous -alarii s, a i>oon w hich
ne arly all the more civilized nations of
Kurope enjoy.
\ Washington dispatch says it is tin
iikeh that t In'* Ala-ka delegates will
• granted tin* tloor privileges of tin*
I'm 4si , Rnt tin y cat.'t be kept out of
t In public gallery .
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I', . i ’:. -ii;«• nt w ants to subsidize a
railroad to he built from the Alaska
coast to the Yukon. Maybe In has
never heard that dm* is building w ith
out a subsidy.
The Japanese lint >> said to b(* the
fashionahh complexion it London this
:ei*. and tic women are striving to
aiMpun it. The Japanesi tint is also
fashionable in Knglish polities.
Kvident 1\ Cashier Adams did not ex
pert the government to catch up with
him or he would not have stacked his
sto:en gold in ids own house.
The Japs must have felt awful had
when a Korean minister committed
suicide rather than live under a Japan*
ese protectorate.
Nobody will get out an injunction
against Nome if she wants to build a
l< mg distance telephone line to Seward.
An investigation of Standard Oil is
threatened and if the outfit once begins
to siip there may be a terrible crash.
A volley of resolutions has been tired
at Witte hut it failed to strike a vital
part.
It doesn’t seem to be exactly level
to throw a plumb bob at a man through
a window.
lie Palace Did Not Pay
“Your ice naiad- of Montreal is a
thing of the past, isut it?” said a New
York man to a < 'amulinn. *
‘‘ Ye>, thank fortune," said the other.
“[ often went to see your ice palace
in the winter. It was a rare and a
beautiful sight. It must have paid,
too. for it attracted visitors irom idl
part-of the Cnited States. Why then
was it given up?"
■‘lieeaus * it created abroad a false
impression of Canada.” said the Cana
dian. “It created over there the idea
that Canada was a bleak, cold place—a
lant. of snow and ice a kind of Green
land or Labrador.
IN-opl,. s. iit to their friends abroad
iiiitstrated post cards and large photo
graphs of the ice palace and the ice
carnival year after year. Hence,
abroad, they got to associating ice
and Canada together. The two words
became almost synonymous.
“And nolxtdy would emigrate Cami
lla-wards.
“ ‘Canada?, they would say. ‘ley
Canada? Oh, no. Too cold.*
“Our immigration figures fell oiT to
a deplorable degree on account of the
false impression of our climate that the
ice palace gave to England and France
and Germany.
“Now Canada lives on immigration.
She wants all the immigrants she can
get. And because the ice palace lost
her thousands of immigrants yearly,
she wisely did away with it.”
Charles M. Schwab is to have a
carved dinner servic ■ manufactured at
a cost of *150,000. It is said it will lie
the finest ever made for a private din
ing room.
DECORATE SARAH:
WITH BAD EGGS
Quebec Delicately Resents Criti
cisms of the City by the
Divine Bernhardt.
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Ottawa. Canada. Dec. H Sarah Bern
hardt was rotten-egged in Quebec last
night as sin* was entering her earriage i
after a performance at the theater, i
The attack was in revenge for state-,
ments made In her in an interview j
published in an afternoon paper, in J
which she severely criticised Can
adians.
Premier Banner tendered the act
ress an otlicinl apology this morning,
promising the punishment of the per
petrators. Several arrests have been
made.
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SMASHES SALOON WINDOWS
Pat Carroll Resents Ejectment by
Owner and Goes to Jail
Pat Carroll was ejected from Wag
ner's saloon Tuesday night for bad
| conduct, and in order to signify his dis
j approval proceeded to stick his list*
i through all the plate glass in the front.
of the room, cutting his right hand.
Then he started to make a home run
but was overtaken along about third
base and escorted to a bench in the jail.
| He was lined j>")0 In Judge Hildreth
next morning, and was unable to ante,
>o he will study the weather changes!
from behind the bars for some time.
Carroll bought some elixir at the bar
i and then tendered a small check in
payment, which was refused by Mr.1
Wagner because it did not look good to
him. ( irroll walked over by the stove
and began to jingle money in his
pockets, lb was requested to produce ;
the coin, and forcibly remarked that he
would no pay except with the check.
Mr. Wagner gathered a loose fold of j
! the base of Patrick's trousers in one i
hand and firmly gripped his coal collar
i with the other, and with more haste
than care rushed the unwelcome
customer through the door.
Then it was that Patrick grew in
dignant and walloped the gins* lront.
Wa tier came out and Pat ran to the
rear and fell into a hole. \\ agner |
caught him but he pulled loose and ran
again, with Wagner and his bartender 1
j after him, unt il he reached the exca
vation for the Episcopal church. Into
this lu fell, but the sacred pit failed to
prove a sanctuary,and he was captured.
Thus it is that P. Carroll is now do-!
in" iui> worth of time in jail, and the j
ntilroad is short one braketnan.
Greatest Dam on larth
Hen* are some interesting facts about
! the great government dam at Salt
River, Ariz.. from the Technical
World magazine: Fifteen years ago
tin highest dam in existence was the
Furens dam in France, the total height
of which was 17o feet. Since then
three very much larger dams have
been built in the I'nited States. These
1 :uv the i ‘roton dam in New York, the
Clinton waterworks dam near Boston,
and the waterworks dam at Denver, on
the 'Outli fork of South I’lattc river.
Kuril of these at present holds the rec
ord in one respect or other: the Den
ver dam is tin* highest in the world;
the Clinton dam impounds the largest
amount of water and the Croton dam
contains tho largest mass of masonry.
But the Salt river dam when finished
will exceed each of these in its own
specialty; it- will be higher the one at
Denver: will exceed ihu Croton dam in
masonry, and will impound twice as
much water as all three dams put to
gether. It will be 270 feet high from
foundation to parapet, will contain
300.000 cubic, yards of masonry, and
will impound more than a million acre
feet of water: that is more than enough
to cover a million acres (1”>00 square
miles) to a depth of one foot. It will
form a lake 2*> miles long and one to
two miles wide, covering an area of
14.0(H) acres. Its cost, with maintain*
a nee for Id years, will lu* $.5.00(1,000 or
$4,000,000.
Everything Was Limited
The old farmer went to one end of
tie swaying coach to wash his hand*,
says the Chicago News. He could find !
; only a few remnants of soap. "Boy,"
ho draw’led, "there don't seem to be
| much soap here."
"No. sah," chuckled the porter; "you
know’ dis am do limited. Kbrything
i aboard am limited."
Then the old man tried to fill a glass
from the water cooler. He could force
j out only a few drops.
"Where’s the water, boy?"
"Not much water, sah. Dat am lim
ited, too."
Presently the porter brushed the old
farmer down, and the latter handed
j him nine coppers.
"Why boss,” protested the porter,
"you gave the po’ter on de udder train
a quarter."
"1 know that," chuckled the farmer,
: "but you know this is the limited, and
: everything should be limited."
FIND GOLD IN
ADAMS’ HOUSE
Detectives Get $10,000 in Base
ment and Lar^e Quantity
Under Garret Floor
By Cable to The Daily Oatoway.
Seattle, Dee. 1 Secret service men
today found a box containing $10,000 j
in yob! dust bidden in the basement of
the house of George K. Adams, the
embezzling cashier of the {fovernment
assay oflice in this city. They also
ound a st rone box under the floor of j
his {farret, which they tore no. This
contained about tin* same amount.
It is still asserted that Adam's thefts
totaled at least $200,000.
Grand Jury Indicts Adams
Seattle, Dec. 2 George K. Adams,
the defaulting cashier of the govern
ment assay ollice in this city, was in
dieted today by tin* grand jury in the
r. S. district court on several counts!
for embezzlement, llisbail was lixed
at $2f>.000 by the court, whinh he was
unable to give and he will remain in
jail until trial.
Adams Wrnt a Rapid Galt
Seattle. Dec. 7 Thefts of gold from
the Seattle assay oflice by Cashier [
George E. Adams have been traced
hack as far ns 11*01. The total amount i
is now figured at $170,000. but officials
think it may he more.
HOW TO AVOID PNEUMONIA
Approach of the Season When
Disease Is Prevalent
Chiciuro Tribune
A sudden and startling increase both
in this city and in New York of deaths ;
from pneumonia and the appropriation
in the latter city of 4HUX10 for the
study of the disease drew attention to
the approach of the season when pneu
monia is most prevalent.
Pneumonia is t he despair of the med
ical profession. While the death rate
from many other diseases has been re
duc> 1, that of pneumonia has steadily
increased. While in 1H)(> pneumonia
claimed four out of every 10,OOP (.'Idea-j
goans and consumption twentylive, in ^
l'.XXl t wei'ty lives were lost to pnourno* I
nia for every fifteen to consumption.
Not only is there no specific for pneu
monia. hut many people are to an ex
tent in the incipient stages of the dis
ease without knowing it. This is due j
to the fact that the bacterium of pneu-!
monia exists so commonly in the saliva
of many healthy persons that it is con
sidered “almost a normal inhabitant of j
the upper part of the digestive tract, i
But there are certain rules of living j
which will reduce one's liability to the
disease. From the bulletins of the i
health department and from other au
thoritative sources the following rules .
may be set down for observance:
Do not overheat the house. Most,
people habitually dwell in apartments;
the temperature of which is from :» to
10 degrees too high.
Wear light underwear and heavy
overcoats, rather than heavy under*
| wear and light overcoats.
Avoid mingling with crowds when
extremely tired or when food has not
been taken for a longer interval than
usual. Avoid becoming chilled when
overtired.
Admit into all rooms where you live
and work plenty of sunshine and fresh
air.
Keep warm when indoors even if it
is necessary to build tires in seasons
wlum it is unusual to do so. Avoid in
door chill and dampness as much as
possible. For this reason be careful to
remove the chill before moving into
apartments freshly papered or caleim
ined.
Ik- careful during variable weather.
Where there is continual cold or con-!
stant warmth the disease is little j
known.
If you have an attack of the grippe [
be unusual 1\ careful about your diet;
and about exposing yourself to the
weather. Neglected colds develop in
to pneumonia with startling rapidity. !
Take plenty of exercise in the sun-j
light and fresh air. As good nursing
is practically the only cure for pneu-j
monia, so good living is practically
the only preventive.
WEEKLY WEATHER RtCORD
Weather record for the week ending!
December 9.
Tkmpbratuke.
Max. Min.
Saturday 27 24 Clear
Sunday 14 13 Windy
Monday 10 7 Windy
Tuesday 10 7 Windy
Wednesday 12 10 Windy
Thursday 10 0 Cleat*
Friday * 19 9 Cloudy
From Mexico comes a f<iirv story
that Great Britain and Japan are to
| dig a canal at Nicatagua, Britain to
furnish the money at d .Inpin the labor.
Pope Pius X is said to be in poor
i healt h.
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WINES, LIQUORS, CIGARS
A good time and right treatment for everyone
Fourth avenue Seward, Alaska
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GENERAL MERCHANDISE
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Knik P. O. Alaska
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Views for sale at Seward News
Stand and Owl Drug Store.
Address, Seward 1’. O.—Studio at
ranch, on railroad three miles north
O. LASCY
II. S. DEP. MINERAL and LAND
SURVEYOR fOR THE DISTRICT Of ALASKA
Civil Engineer, and Land and Min
ing Attorney. Address Seldovia,
Alaska, or in care of Mail Agent,
Steamer Dora.
FRANK H. LASCY
U. S. MINERAL and LAND
Surveyor for the District of Alaska,
and NOTARY PUBLIC
Addres: Seldovia, Cook Inlet. Alaska,
or care Mail Agent, Steamer Dora
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A bunko tiai caught matching pen
nies in Spokane was arrested and fined
$100 for gambling.
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DR. C. T. DAGGETT
DENTIST
S. E. Cor. Fourth Are and Washington St.
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DR. C. L. HALE
DENTIST
Over Brown «Sc Hawkins’ store
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CECIL H. CLEGG
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Fourth Avenue, - Seward, Aka.
c. H. GIBBONS, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
Office and Residence—Carstens Build
ing. Fourth avenue.
Office Hours—2 to 4 p. in., and when
ever not otherwise engaged.
H. H. HILDRETH
NOTARY PUBLIC
and CONVEYANCER
Abstracts of Title to mining ami town
property furnished—Examination and
reiorts made on any property..
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NOTARY PUBLIC
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A. G. BAKER
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT
COLEMAN HOUSE
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