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VOL 7. SEWARD, ALASKA. MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER (i, 1010 NO. 368
LONDON PAPERS
SIGN PRAISES OF
THE PRESIDENT
London, Oct. 5—London newspapers
proclaim President Wilon one of the
greatest presidents that ever assumed
the head of the government of the Uni
ted States. They say that he has
shown remarkable ability in keeping
the members of his party together and
forcing through the tariff reduction j
bill, in harmony with the democratic;
platform.
FILIPINOS MAY
START REVOLT
Washington, Oct. 6.—The annual re- ]
port of Major Band hoi tz, director of!
the Philippine constabulary, states]
that a general uprising of the native
population of that country is inevita-!
hie unless the United States govern
ment shall soon declare its intention
to grant independence to the Philip
pine islands.
Bandholtz says that reports from
constables throughout the Philippines
justify this conclusion.
WEDDING DATE !
is unchanged;
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Washington. Oct. The wedding;
of Miss Je>sie Wilson, daughter of'
President and Mrs. Wilson, to Attor
ney Sayre, will take place November |
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‘23. as previously announced. It was;
feared that the illness of her sister ,
would cause a postponement of this j
happy event, but this member of the j
family has about recovered.
HOBSON OPPOSES
FLOOR LEADER
Birmingham,Ala , Oct. 5~Oscar W,
underwood, chairman of the house
ways and means committee, and floor
leader of the democrats, will be a can
didate for United States senator from
Alabama. He will be opposed by Con
pressman Hobson, also a democrat, :
from the same state.
Dr. H. O. Schaleben, of the bureau
of education, returned on the Dora
from an official trip to Cook inlet
points. ___
The Seward Commercial Company is
laying a foundation for a new building
adjoining its present quarters.
Meet me at the Branch. *
For piano tuning phone Roy Jacobs,
at the Coleman. *
Life preservers at J. L. Graef’s. *
Meet me at the Branch *
Budweiser beer at the Branch. *
ATTORNEY OF
NOME ASK JUDGE
TO STAND PAT
Nome. Oct. 5.—The Nome bar asso
ciation has advised Federal Judge 0.
f). Murane to stand pat and resist the
etl'orts of the president to remove him
from office. They urge him to caryry
the light to the United States senate.
Seattle friends of .lndge Murane
wire him that they will linance his
effort to retain his seat.
The judge is undecided as to the
course he will pursue.
LACROSSE GAME
NOS IN RIOT
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New Westminster, B. C., Oct. 6.— ;
The lacrosse game for the champion
ship of the Dominion of Canada, be
tween the local and a visiting team,
held here Saturday, ended in a riot
participated in by the players and |
spectators, and was called before com-!
pleted.
The row started over a decision of
the referee. The manager of the vis
iting team entered a strong verbal ob
jection, declaring his team was getting
the worst of it. A list fight ensued <
between the two. Players and spec
tators soon joined in'the melee and
a rough and tumble tight, lasting half
an hour, was participated in by hun
dreds of people. The police were
called and the riot ended.
TARIFF LAW TO
RELEASE GOODS
New York, Oct. 6.—Imported goods
to the value of seventy-three million
dollars will be withdrawn from bonded
warehouses in this city the day the
tariff bill goes into effect.
FIRE DESTROYS
UNION DEPOT
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St. Paul. Oct. 6—Fire completely
destroyed the massive union depot
here Saturday. The loss is $2.>0,000.
Names of Honor Pupils
The following pupils of the primary
grade were neither absent nor tardy
during the school month just ended:
Thelma Ellsworth, Susie Guest,
Mary Harmon, Mary McConnell, Helen
Tallasen, George Guest, Beatrice
Baughman, Robert Manthey, Arthur
Atkinson, Frank Revell, Thelma Tal
lasen, Marjory Daykin, Gladys Green
and Edith Guest.
Twenty-gauge, 1913 model shot guns
at J. L. Graef’s. J
Mr. Evans, of the Carstens Packing
Co., will have for specials this week
fresh moose, fresh spareribs, fresh
boiled hams, fresh cooked ox tongue. *
COL. ROOSEVELT
HURLS DEFIANCE
AT HIS EN AIIIES
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New York, Oct. 6—Just before de
parting Saturday, enroute on a big
game bunt in the jungles of South
America, Col. Roosevelt, through the
press, issued a statement in which he
hurled defiance at his enemies. He
declared they were seeking to destroy
the progressive party, but would never
suceeed. The fight, he said, had just
fairly begun.
Roosevelt’s statement was in oppo
sition to a proposed merger of the re
publican and progressive parties.
RADIUM MINER
TO BE AVENGED
Port Morsbv, New Guinea, Oct. 6—
Eight chiefs, leaders of cannibal tribes
that inhabit New Guinea, have been
captured and brought here for trial,
charged with complicity in the murder
of John Weaver, an American, who
was prospecting for radium.
STOCKADE IS
DYNAMITED
Boulder, Colo., Oct. (>—A stockade
built for the protection of non-union
miners employed in a local mine, was
dynamited here Saturday. No fatali
ties resulted. The crime is laid at the
door of union miners.
LINER SINKS A
MILITARY TUG
Rio Janeiro, Oct. 6—A big liner
crashed into and sank a military tug
boat in the harbor here Saturday. A
dense fog was prevailing. Thirty per
sons on the tug were drowned.
A. B. Scarborough and Hugh Hask
ell, big game hunters from Texas, re
turned from their hunting trip. They
got three mountain sheep, three bear
and one moose. Al. Chamberlain was
their guide.
Geo. Sexton has purchased from F.
L. Ballaine an interest in the Coleman
House ptoperty. Ballaine in turn has
bought the three Sexton houses on the
corner of Third avenue and Adams
street. _
The steamer Admiral Sampson, en
route to Seward, sailed from Juneau at j
8 o’clock yesterday morning.
The steamer Marinosa, enroute to
Seward, sailed from Valdez at ^o’clock
this morning.
• Finch’s Golden Wedmng rye at the
Branch._*
Evinrude motors $75, at J. L. Graef’s.
Long distance telephone booth at the
Branch. *
OF MEASLES ARE
Nine persons afflicted with measles
and others exposed to the malady, in
cluding members of the crew, are in
I quarantine on the steamer Dora,
moored at the local dock. The victims
will be removed probably this evening
to a house near the sawmill at the
head of the lagoon, where a rigid
quarantine will he maintained under
the direction of Dr. llomig, town
health officer. The expense entailed
in the medical treatment and suste
tance will be borne by the Alaska
Steamship Company, owners of the
steamer Dora, that brought the cases
here. Precautions are being taken to
prevent a spread of the contagion.
On September 16, at the inception of
the Dora’s west bound voyage, Oscar
Nelson, a fireman, developed a c;ise of
measles, Others sprang from this
case, until eleven persons were strick
en. The first two attacked have re
covered.
Dr. Emil Krulish, of the United
States public health service, happened
to be at Unalaska; joined the Dora at
that point, and tooK charge of the sit
uation until the steamer's arrival here
Saturday afternoon.
The victims are:
Oscar Nelson, fireman, case devel
oped September 16. Recovered.
Julius Anderson, mess boy, aged 1G,
took sick September 20. Recovered.
Mike Metroker, pantryman, aged
29, took sick September 29. Still sick.
Oscar Sargent, waiter, aged 24. took
sick September 30. * Still sick.
Willie Anderson, mess boy, aged 1G,
took sick October l. Still sick.
John Gardner, passenger, aged 31.
took sick October 2. Still sick.
Mrs. Maggie Phillips, passenger,
aged 50, took sick September 30. Still
sick.
Maggie Barnes, aged 2, took sick
October 2. Stiii sick.
Annie Barnes, aged 3, took sick Oc
tober 2. Still sick.
Agnes Barnes, aged 4, took sick Oc
tober 3. Still sick.
Eva Barnes, aged 5, took sick Octo
ber 3. Still sick.
MINETOOPERATE
DURING WINTER
Sara I. Silverman, manager of the
Skeen-Lechner Mining Company, says
that all necessary arrangements, finan
cial as well as taaing the necessary
precaution for the continuous opera
tion of, the, tramway and mill, are
about completed. He feels certain the
mine will continue to operate the
greater part of the winter.
The mine has two years’ ore blocked
out for the full capacity of its present
plant.
It is the intention of the company to
start a lower tunnel soon, which will
tap the vein 250 feet deeper, thus giv
ing a depth of 550 feet. The enlarge
ment of the mill will follow this de
velopment of the mine.
Lilly’s fly killer at J. L. Graef’s. *
Savage 22 High Power rifles at J. L.
Graef’s. _X
Meet me at the Brancn.