H.neal Brie^s
99 Gould and Connors.
|* An awry is U’injT erected just
^vernnient cable station.
r ,t-s Teas So"afd Coiriuer
■ putiofi a Minneapolis capital
9vd on the Santa Clara. It is
K that he will invest In Seward.
■ V v S ‘ AN1HKS at the News
■ tVisboe. one of the directors of
jj^B-ty western Steamship Company
, r of John Kosene arrived cn
a i .unc'on make signs.
Taylor, came in from Val
H. r,'ports that work on the
w ill begin as soon as the TMshop
i iocese arrives.
; forget that C. W, Babbage,
rt , woler has located in Seward.
work and manufacturing at
o promptly.
otv latest in stationery at the
Itaud.
ivit >n blanks kept on hand at
i-v ay office.
Iik* >f Doorer, New Jersey
t iir Valencia. He will take
• die commessary depart
-.[link, representing the
i • suranee Company of New j
•Ad through Seward on his j
niche. He will return here
u>cr of comigeree held a j
i! meeting Monday night m
all. Work was assigned to
limit tees and the chamber
timed until next Monday
:.en another general meeting j
nted tliat W. L>. Poland has
•o a >\a’ tle to Chicago*
■ >now of the season could be
mountains this morning.
Anders >n received their j
iiie outfit today. They will
zed shipment of money came
a i lara for the Alaska Cen
>os s veral men to carry It
of vattle. who cnine in on
t \\ th a stock of notions, has
1*00.11 and will be ready for
Bertha arrived i" port eft’dy
ty *'n her return trip to
. sailed again at noon. She
ith ore at the Kllamar mine.
FI. Kemp sailed yesterday on
Portland for Seattle. He
v’e :■ om Alaska to the Tpans
''v Commercial < 'ongress which
i' id. Aug. UHh.
i engineer of constmc
* i Central, took a party
Sundav as far as mile
>’s were Major Glassftjrd
■ nt signal corps. Cart, j
fa.* coast fcurvey steamer I
commander of the coast!
Xi". Khodes. hydrogTaphAr}
t ard MM ral Seward citizens. ;
' * 'pressed much surprise
- *'"> of the railroad work
‘It* assertion that the
o" <~>s of the line tme unex
. V
toward m
lews Co. jjj
^B Pot iodicals ff\
|L Stationery a\
i'ohaCCO my
9 ' ancy $
ilu R I 6 sf
Bg ’• rrmrtmont of
• nt medicine?,, ”* i
■ ^D \ryss COMPANY $
B.v x Jv
The steamer Excelsior arrived in
port at 6:3ft this afternoon.
For jewelry repairing and manufact
uring call on C. W. Babbage, North
ern restaurant building
Garrison’s Tender Sweet Corn, loc
the can at Seward Commercial Co.
Corono Java, the only coffer in town.
Seward Commercial Co.
Don’t overlook the Troy Daundry
for up to ‘date and first, clasn work,
ladies’ and gents’ work a specialty, tf
NEW TIDE REGISTER
Complicated 'Device t0 be Installed
at the Wharf
Work "has begun upon the in
stallation of an automatic tide Pfegister
• «r
by the federal government at the
Fourth avenue wharf The device con
sists chiefly of heavy piping aiid in or
der to sustain it safel> additional piles
are being driven at th*. outer side of
the wharfi The work began Tuesday
evening binder the (injection of Mr.
Rhodes, ^ydrographc of the coast sur
vey fleet. ^
The mechanism r the register is
placed inside the big hollow pipe, and
consists chiefly of a copper float of ex
tremely complicated instruction. By
the rise and fall of tlf tide, water be
ing admitted into on*’ entl of ft large
floating pipe, the register marks aline
on a sheet of foil \\ rapped around acyl
I inder. This regfsti: shows the ex
I tremeb of high and Jo* tide each dav
Attached to it is a clock-like device
j which once an houejiuakes a cross mark
on the Curved line of he rising or fall
I ing reg ister and shows the exact height
j of th<; tide at that hour.
The registering mechanism is sirni
; lar to the device^ used in weather ob
servatories for r&rist-'ring temperature,
barometric pressure and velocity of
wind. •
The new register is a much more
| complete device than the small one
heretofore in use here and is of the
l description employe© iu all important
! ports.
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SCHOONER feOES ASHORE
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Star of Russia Belched at Karluk
|,With 28,000 Cases Salmon
j The Alaska Pjickfcs Association sail
! ing schooner Star of Russia, went ashore
! at Karluk, Chirikolf 'land, near Kodiak
Sunday July 30. Sh had 28.000 cases
I of salmon aboard, de*- ned for San Fran
j cisco. The news wi brought to Sew
ard Monday by Ca . D. H. JarVis.
general manager o he canneries of
| the Northwestern } sheries Company,
j who arrived bn tl ShelikolT from
Kodiak, (’apt Jan v stated that the
schooner way still g unded when last
heard from several1* ys afte*' the dis
! aster and that two s amers were try
! ing to pull her off. He did not learn
t whether any serious uraage had been
done either to the sol: >ner or her cargo.
The cargo is wi th $110,000 and
; was being taken off i; lighters in orch r
i that the schooner mi.ht be floated. It
| is snpposed that she as driven on the
beach in a high wind
To Open IWIsin School
It. B. Sly wii^open mission school
next Mondrv in the b i Id ing across the
street from George S Eton's,
NOTT' s
• .. 1? -y "> » !
Notice i? l]'er'coy gir h that l am the
owner of lot 12 in bio ; 10 oh the west
side of Fpurth aventh townsite of Sew
ard, Alaska That i v :11 not be re
sponsible for any contacts made by my
wife, Alice Stokes, fc buildings to be
t • ected thereon or foi the sale of said
property. And all rested will take j
further notice that will not be re-,
sjK>nsiblc for any bilk of any descrip
tion contracted for, b the said Mice
Stokes.
t-f 1;. 0, STOKFS.
Church of the Rsurrerf'on
Catholic ('hVrch ef he Resurrection
corner of Adams am Founth;—Holy
Mass and fjmon at ha. m,.: Sunday
school at2:30 p m: yvcivog service
and Jectibv at 8 p. nt. All are most
^cordially incited to Attend, whether
hey belong to the chircli or not. On
week days Holy Mass t 7 a. in.
FATHER P H. TURN ELL.
Ladies Bazaar
Millinery, Suits, Notions \yn
derwear Hosiery, Art Goods’.
MISS KINGSBURY
AdamS Street Seward, Alaska
Tamebon & mi M.sl
painters!
Paper Hangers, Decorators
iSEWARP> ALASKA
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TELEGRAPH NEWS
Chicago, Aug. 10— It is again report
ed that Dr Harper may resign the
presidency of the Chicago university
on account of the cancer with which
he is atllfcted. It is understood that
medical skill has been unable to arrest
the cancerous growth.
Labor Troubles Continue
St. Petersburg, Aug. 10 The labor
situation in this city is unchanged.
Many striker’s families are destitute
and renewed trouble is feared.
Seattle, Aug. 10- Gen. Greely has
recommended that the gross receipts
arising from the operation of the gov
ernment land telegraph lines in Alaska
and the sea cables to the territorial
ports be cfevoted to the extension of the
of the lines. He says that l\v that me
thod every part of the territory can be
reached by wwe in five years.
New York, Aug. 10—District Attor
ney William Travers Jerome last night
issued a letter to the public in which
be announced that he w’ll be a candi
date for iv-election. lib states that he
will makr the campaign on his record
in office.
Pekin, Aug. 10—The Chinesn govern
ment is planning to reorganize'the navy
on the model of'.tbe Japanese navy.
The work will be entrusted to .Japanese
and European naval experts andh large
sum of money will be expended on new
vessels.
Amoy China, Aug. 10—The shield
on the American consulate building
lias beer defaced In)' unknown persons.
The act ion was no doubt inspired by
feeling against America because of the
Chinese exclusion laws, whioh has
been irivroh stirred up here lately.
Spokane, Wash., Aug. 30—The grant?
jury of the Spokane sujtorior court to
day returned indictment against County
Clerk Robert Koontz and County Trea
surer E. C. Erwin, on the charge ofac
ceptimr contributions from deputies to
aid in campaign expenses. It is claim
od tiiat the.contributions were in rCvlty
I enforced assessment and were required
; as‘conditions of receiving positions.
Send Cable Compliments
M ;ssages of congratulation have beer
received,, by th\e Seward Chamber of
('omrnerce in answer to messages sent,
from tiie Seattle and Portland tchambers
and tne Montreal board of trade, l’resi
i dent Hale of the Bank of Seward also
j has a message from the Washington
Trust Coirnany, the bank's co’-resmmd
| ent in Seattle
Going to Knik7
The < hortrst route to the placer and
Quart/, fields on the Metrnu-ka. Knik
and Sushefna rivers is via Knik. \o»j
can outfit at Knik (two • tore') Provis
ions, Hardware, Camp outfits etc. Cal1
on the Knik Cash Stora. Quality qf
good-- the best. Prices right, you stive
more than the freight. We sell at coast
prices.
Olympia flour $!• 70the sack at Sew
ard Commercial Company.
\
i Seward Commercial Co.
• we have a fine line of Ladies’ Underwear and
Furnishings—Silk, Wool, Muslinfe&tfe&&&&&
Lace Collars, Laces and Embroideries, Chil
dren’s Underwear.fe&Sife^fcfe^s-fe&Si&fet&fetS:
Men’s Furnishings Ladies’ Silk Waists; Gowns; Corset Covers
~- Thompson Glove Fit Corsets
A full line of Men’s Shoes arrived on this steamer
SEWARD COMMERCIAL CO. KT
October ls-t, full line of new goods direct from the East
t <_
[kodaks
■■ ■ ” , - * : •.
AND __
S U PPL! E S
A large line always on hand.—A pleasure to show you
our now goods at any time.—See our display window.
THE OWL DRUG CO. sewaro and valdez
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MOOSE CABIN CAFE
AND BAKERY W. E. McCABTY. Prop.
Strictly First-class
BOARD BY WEEK, $^,00
Views f )r sale. Rolls developed-. For th Ave., next Postofllce.
ASHLAND HOUSE
AND BANK SALOON
Wines, Liquors and Cigars First class Furnished Rooms
Fourth Ave,,Opposite Alaska, Central Commercial,Co.
Restaurant in connection. WALLACE & 1H0MPS0N, Proprietors
THE ALASKA TRANSFER
CHR'STIENSEN &. LAUBNER Prcpiictors
Pianos and Safes Moved s—' «. e... ^
.• Give us your orders for Coal &. Wood
General Forwarders PHONE MAIN Seward, Alaska I
Board of Trade
Fourth avenue, - _Seward, Alaska
Only the choicest goods dispensed
Club Rooms in connection
Furnished Apartments up stairs
New, Neat and Comfortable. f. V, THOMAS, Prop.
THE LOUVRE
• *> T
EIDSON & DOBSON. Proprietor* ^ v
A Gentleman's Resort. Gold Dust Bdught
Cdr. Fifth and Washington streets Seward, Alaska >
fl I »SUinr r"*T TRe new Lumcer Vard by
LUIVy tSfZL H tip.Glacier Sttam. ,
Stock How complete—Brick, L me, Cement, Wih&ows,
Window Frames and Doors. „.