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Sundries
Patent Medicines
Toilet Articles
Stationery
Photo Supplies
Post Cards
Books. Magazines
Newspapers
Cigars, Tobaccos
Indian Curios i
Alaska Souvenirs
Phonographs, Records
Musical instruments
Candies
We have a large stock of the
aboN v mentioned articles which
we sell at reasonable prices.
Owl Drug Co.
L. V. BON LK, Mgr.
“lust Face Music Now
The right ol (.verge B. McClellan to
the office of mayor of New York City,
wihch is chaiieie.;eii by William K.
Hearst. will he determined at a trial
w hich is to begin in the supreme court
on April loth.
The dale was lixed in an order is
sued by the Appellate Division in pur
suance of a recent order granting the
right to open the boxes in disputed
districts for the purpose of recounting
the ballots. The order also commands
the drawing of a special panel of lot)
talesmen.
The mayoralty contest has been
dragging through the courts for more
than two years.
Ruef is to Sue
San Francisco Henry Aeh, chief
counsel for Abe Uuef. is out with the
bold announcement that he intends to
bring contempt proceedings against
Judge Dunne and Chief of Police VYm.
J. Biggy because of their failure to
make depositions in Hud’s action to
recover money he expended while in
custody of Biggy. who was then acting!
u> elisor. Uuef avers he expended
*4,000 of his money for board, etc., and ,
that the city should refund.
China’s Boycott Growing
Hongkong—The boycott crusade is
growing. Envelopes are stuck on all
the walls reading: “The Japanese are
a barbarous humbug. The Chinese
government does not love t lie people
who are weeping. The Chinese will
cause a bloody boycott of the Japanese
immediately and can see annihilation
w hich is expected within a few years.”
Key of Alaska Gold
Seattle—When the Atlantic fleet ar
rives oft' Seattle, among the cere
monies will be the presentation to the
flagship of a golden key made from
Alaska gold. Old Alaskans in the city
have started the movement and each
district of the territory will be asked
to contribute one or more nuggets I
which will be fashioned into a good :
sized emblem of the fact that not only j
Seattle but the entire Northland joins'
in extending “open house” to both i
officers and men of the fighting ships, j
RESCUED FROM
THE SEWELL
Three Reach Philadelphia and
Report 2.1 lost With Burn
ing of The Ship.
3v OW to The Dally Gateway.
Philadelphia, Pa. April 11 Three
survivors of the ship Arthur Sewell,
which sailed from Seattle a year ago,
arrived here on tho German steamer
Cecillc. The Sewell was burned at
sea and twenty-three of the crew were
j lost.
First Ciold Frotn Alaska
Prior to the possession of Alaska by
the United States in IStiT there had
been no gold mining in the territory.
Some old Russian records show that
small amounts of tlie metal had been
observed in various localities, though
it »vas not believed to be of commer
cial importance. In these early years
the greater part of the abrupt moun
tainous belt of Southeastern Alaska
was known only to the native Indians
and a few fur traders. Tho auriferous
gravels at the head of the Stikitie
river were probably the first gold dis
coveries in this general region. They
were found in the early part of the
’60s. During that decade many min
ers went to the newly discovered t as
siar gold district, on the Canadian side
of the international boundary. In 1*69
Mix Sylva and other disappointed dis
appointed Cassiar miners traveled
northward from Fort Wrangle and
made placer discoveries at \\ imlham
hay and on Powers creek at Sumbutn
bay. It is reported that $40,000 was
extracted from these placers in 1*70-71.
This represented the first gold produc
tion from Alaska. Mining News.
Tools of Pre-hlstorlc Age
Belies of a pre-historie age, especi
ally interesting to the students of
arehteologv, were found recently on
tin* island of Laiouche, in l’rince Wil
liam sound, by A. K. Beatson, manag
ing owner of the big Beatson copper
property.
The discovery of these tools of the
stone age was made by the removal of
an old stump which had long obstruct
ed a pathway. A few sticks of powder
sufficed to blow the stump and roots
from their previous position, and ex
posed to view a shaft made by human
hands. Beatson and his men wore
naturally surprised at tlie revelation
and began an investigation. At the
bottom of tbe shaft various tools
which were probably used in the dig
ging wore found. These implements,
crude in construction and odd as to
to form, wore made entirely of stone.
The shaft was undoubtedly sunk by
aboriginies who lived and had their
being when the world was young.
Some of the bluish mud, heavily
mineralized, found in the bottom of
the shaft, was placed in a retort and
beads of native copper soon appeared.
This mud became impregnated with
copper by teachings, and proves that
the big Beatson Lode has continuity as
tlu“ old snait is within fifty feet of the
end line oi tne Beatson ground where
it joins the Girdwood-Barrack prop
erly.— Valdez Prospector.
Tin Plate Mills Resume Operations
Pittsburg Ton of the twenty mills
of the American Sheet and Tin Plate
Company at South Sharon, Pa., have
been placed in operation, affording em- j
ploy moot to <>00 men. The Sharon
mill will resume soon, employing 1,000
men.
Methodist Services
At 11 o'clock tomorrow morning the
sermon will be on the theme, ‘‘The
Source of Christian Courage.” In the
evening at 8 o'clock the pastor will
preach to "The Almost Christian.”
Sunday school at 12; 15. The public
cordially invited.
L. H. Pedersen, pastor.
Miners’ Supplies at Susitma Station
Litchfield & Nagley Co. at Susitna
Station announce they have plenty of
Hour, sugar, beans, corn, peas, ham,
bacon, macaroni, evaporated fruits and
many other things needed in a pros
pector’s outfit—in fact can put up a
few complete outfits. *
We have founded an institution in
which the people can deposit their
money with a feeling of the utmost
conlidence and safety.
* Bank of Seward.
EVELYN SEEKS
ANNULMENT
Attorneys Would Have Thaw Map
riage Contract Voided on
Ground of Insanity.
tfy Cable to The Dally Gatowfty.
New York, April 8--The attorneys
for Kvelyn Nesbit Thaw are seeking to
have the marriage contract between
Harry Thaw and his wife annulled.
The ground taken by the attorneys for
the annulment of the marriage is that
Thaw was insane at the time of the
marriage.
Kahilina District is Rich
Crude mining methods on the Ka
hiltna river, in the Shusitna district,
have demonstrated that with improved
mining methods the creek will prove
to he a valuable find. Wages have
been made by men working with rock
ers, and crude methods have resulted
in taking out pretty fair pay. The
formation of the country is rather
unique hut it is believed that during
the coming season the richness of the
district will be proven.
In a letter an old prospector said:
“There has been very little work
done so far, and that has been done on
three bars. Last fall the lirst high
bench prospecting was done and free
gold was found running as high as
$1.80 to t he pan.
••The bars are generally high, being
four or live feet from the water and
covered with trees and vegetation. In
many places the gold is foqnd near the
grass roots, showing that the river
has cut a deeper channel since these
bars were formed. The bars are wide,
in some places running back oOO to
1000 feet to the cut hanks. They
range from one-half to three-fourths
of a mill in length.
“On several of these bars where l
have prospected a man could take out
wages. $•"> a day. with a rocker. Wan
berg and three men took out $<>00 from
October f> to October 18 with a two-box
sluice carrying the dirt down to the
water. Clark took out $.'{<><> in a short
time by ditching from the river into
'two or three boxes, contending with
the rise and fall of the river. So far
there has been no one here with means
to undertake the conveyance of water
from the river to give a steady sluice
head.”--Seattle Times.
Alining Transfers
Some important mining transfers
have taken place during the past few
week in different parts of Alaska,
among which has been the sale by
Jack Smith, the discoverer of the
famous Bonanza property, of a prop
erty across the creek from the Bo
nanza for $150,000 to J. J. Godfrey,
who will start active operations on
the property in the spring. Boston
and Chicago people have just bought
what is known as the Collins, Nelson
and Brown group of copper claims on
Glacier Island for a sum aggregating
$05,000. Work will be started at once
by the manager, C. G. Vanllook, who
says ore shipments will be started in
about sixty days.
The Borgeson group of twelve
claims has been sold to Dr. Jenkins
and W. A. Noyes, both of Maine, for
$80,000. The property is located at
Galena Bay, and the vendor was A. G.
King, whose son, Ernest King, con
summated the deal.—Mining News.
A Trial By Bread and Cheese
There were many odd ways in an
cient times of detecting criminals.
Our ancestors had not lived long
enough to lose their faith in the gnaw
ing of conscience, and Divine interfer
ence in earthly justice was supersti
tiously regarded as a daily occurrence.
No queerer example of this could be
found than the ancient mode of trying
prisoners by bread and cheese. The
unfortunate offender was led. with a
halter round his neck, to the parish
church, and there in the presence of
all the people the priest put pieces of
cheese and rye bread in a patten on
the alter. These he blessed and then
the supposed criminal had to eat them
dry before the congregation.
If he managed to swallow them
easily he was acquitted, but if he
choked he was condemned. Natural
ly enough scores of innocent folk were
thus done to death.—Pearsons Weekly.
Dog salmon for sale at Brown &
Hawkins.
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MINERS SUPPLIES AND HARDWARE
Twentieth Century Heating Stoves
Reynolds’ Patented Hot Blast Draft, Air Tight Stoves.
L/% Q #y SIWARD AND
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Coleman House
Absolutely First-class. (ieo. Sexton, Manager
Electric Lights and electric Bells in every Hoorn
Hates, per day, - - from 50 cents to $2.50
Fourth Avenue, Seward, Alaska
A Convenience : -
business and professional
* man, but to the miner as well. More people would keep *
such accounts if they knew just how to go about it. We
gladly assist those who need help in getting started.
THE BANK OF SEWARD
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Seward Water and
Power Company
JOHN A. NELSON, Manager.
OFFICE—Bank of Seward Building, Seward, Alaska.
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ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANY
CARRYING U. S. MAIL AND EXPRESS
Seattle-Valdez-Seward Route-Direct Service
* VITr AT A M Sails from Seattle Apr. 8: returning sails
Oil. IUVjai Ai> from Seward Apr. 16.
Str. NORTHWESTERN SSS 5SSrcturnln,!
Str. SANTA CLARA
f rom Seward Mav i .
* Connects with S. S. Dora
Alaska Peninsula Route
Cfr ^rinDA** Sails from Seward 15th of each month for Unalaska, and way ports
oil ■ UlrH/A Returning due in Seward 5th of following month.
All sailings subject to change without notice
JOHN H. BUNCH, F. & P. A., Pier One, Seattle
I
V]A |NS]BE PASSAGE
To Seattle and Juneau
Stmrs Portland and Bertha
Sailings from Seward 8th and 23rd of each month.
Sailings from Seattle 10th and 25th of each month.
Sailing Dates Subject to Change Without Notice
for further Information Apply to
ALASKA COAST CO. — BROWN & HAWKINS
94 Yesler Way, Seattle._Agents--Se»ard, Alask a