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M.\Tl:UI>.\ V, KKIIKUARY 10. UHG
TKt CRAFT ARTISTIC
(•rafting ap?wars to have boon ro«
, .coil to ft line art l»y the officials of
iSu. i.jvr jjfo Insurance companies.
The worri of Tammany and I’hiladel
juda politicians seems coarse in com
parison. and t: c methods of the aver
age pr>'mot'»r of vitrified air corpora
uous i> lumpy in the extreme. The
ewspapers li.iv • h ui more sensations
;iiiii more fun out of the big insurance*
•vest; gat tor than any other exploded
>b which it - been dumped in the
public way " ago.
i acts ar. cviv out all the tim
tui the • - grab is shown to have
v, n < »:r. t! that it has almost
• :• - ovet and become the
m f«-t •»« t *:r. •dies. The way the
m „t i- f Juu i has is of millions of in
: iim,;. ichoil on* with ten
•vr- each i raked fortunes into
ir p; •he; tch a up oars like n
,.i::v baric- ■ impudent was it
. iJ ,n ho i:.s?nc' • of its dispersion.
When it i- shown that an official had
1 • - .a o his house and
ciu.rgod o. t» company the reader
grow - hot uu.i . tiro collar, but when
be is further informed that all the
i igh officials <>. tlv same company
.•ought towels, soap a; d similar petty
articles of noo-cjt d use out of the
unis bcioi.'i:.: ■ i |m I icy holders the
gull i»r tl'.e ; •;>• .’*s so limitless
ii.d mliuii hi • r.s to provoke merri
ment.
i ;> still tinnier to think that sever
al gentlemen of ordinary ability or!
css, who hav • l» on draw ing salaries j
uf to flx'.o »l H year, with lux- j
arious perquisites, will, if they are
fort unale enough to keep out of the
penitentiary arm lo obtain employment
elsewl.e o, work tor not more than
cue-lent It as much a- they have gob
bled heretofore.
MIGHT LOOK FOR THE 00RA
Tin* Northwestern Steamship Com- j
(•any could make a hit with Seward:
people by v*n lint a l#>at to the west
ward to look up the steamer Dora,
which has not been heard from for |
non* t han a .•« k*. S' e is probably j
disatiien ae.u tie i in somewhere, wait-j
injf for assistance, and if so her crow* i
we on short r.»*io ». Nobody here be-;
lievis the do,-- - .y from Seattle t‘ a:
the !>.;•:* ir.s io-;r* 5•• ••*'.} in the u*
Floattn^ he >■ .*!;> h t-.* art* rarely >»
formidable 1‘.at a ship cannot avoir
i hem.
toeitlen*ally ■ a the westward
t* irts have h el i. ■ : ■ freight for
many weeks ;; ui s i!,.c of th *m may 1«
,>hy on provisions.
S v.vt’d rat-.! vh " km w William
VHzncr, the fonm-r y utng Oawsor.ite
and Nomeito who has captured tin- 1
v'idow Yerkes «r ‘ her fortune Indore i
the clods h:\v si tiled on the street
• diway magnati *s grave, when hi- was
Alaska, say that he A a line looking
fellow and a good singer. He may
nave sung his way into the widow's
* feclioi.s hut 1; is Alaska acquaintances
a e curioe*. to learn how in* met her.
When they knew him he never had
money enough to buy a ticket to New
York.
The department of commerce,headed
I./ Victor II. Met ah of California, has
.sued a ’•map o ? "ansportation route,
on the Paci!:c" .'h:.*!i shows six lead
ug front San Frani-wo ami r one from
i'uget Scute . a ■•! th* Seattle
Times compla >. vVhat do . the
Times expect of a < '.difornia n.-n.V
Congresstr.ati (’< •>• of N**w York,
chairman of tfc v . and i- a s com
mittee of tiie Ho •<*. o!»j»*-u i to r -
coving the Ala.k » tn*-i o . an »;>ted
Uf the Seattle c*:. -u* Payne
h tsiik time for an ting I I >ing
ley law and he tl. nk-* ought to !**•
ead in church* . • .* cry Sunday.
The Tonne"'"' supreme court has
• ust decided tha .» ie-w-.pt iwr cannot
uc held for dam ige, because it pub
lishes court prucr--dings. if it reports
the cases fairly, even though som -body
is hurt hy i’.
Mi» Hot sevelt w. 11 not be compelled
t'i pay any taritT duties on presents
given her at home hut sh*- may have
to rent a warehouse to store them in.
Ur. (’onan Doyle was defeated as a
Unionist candidate for parliament in
the recent election. That's what he
•ots for killing Sherlock Homes.
*‘oultucy liigelow refuses to tell
where he learned so much that isn't
n > aUnit the I'anama canal.
Three Mormon elders blow out the
gas in tt St. Louis hotel and passed
away.
The mean temperature of Seward
for the month of January was 11 de
crees. which is about as mean as it
ever {jets in this seaport.
The Valdez Prospector oujjht not to
i misquote in order to tret an opportunity
to point a paragraph.
Count Castellano is becoming a
i nuisance as well a-> an expense to .Anna
Could.
If the foreigners in China areijettinp |
vared they have a license to move out. j
HIGH OLD TIME A1
ARCTIC “LOW JINKS”!
The men who say "I was there," 1
number U!7, and they agree without I
dissent that the initial "Low Jinks" j
of the local camp ot the Arctic Broth-1
erhood was the veal thing. Not all.
I the participants were Arctic Brothers.
Many were guests. including half at
dozen traveling men. who contributed)
1 largely ’ ' tin hilarity by singing and,
telling Moric.*. and eheeriully paid
their tine* lor tin privilege.
Dr. Burns presided ovei* tin riot and
developed a record winch would make1
t police mrgislrUo solid v. tth t he tax
payers of his town. He made it easy;
Par the entertainment committee •
pay the : rcighl. he gave wr.y
to S. .1. (• s-;. i7. who p a A ir.sUa price-’
on everythin*/.
Everybody cute red into the spirit ci
the occasion with t and when the
spirits entered into them they gtv an
entertainment wiiich made tile ordin
ary vaudeville show look silly.
One of tin star performers was J. H.
Mclirgivey. of Seattle. who ought to j
quit selling g* Is and go on the stag.1
with >oug and story. He has an ari -
iicial laugh which has seldom l»een
equaled by profe.. ional actors and
would make Big Bill Devore nervou.
about his primacy in that stunt. .1. K.
Chamberlain also made a Hit a* a
story teller, while D. .!. Quinlan.
Harry Lament and K. tv. Scott cap-j
tured the crowd with song*. J. M.,
Shawhan played piano accompaniments
from time to time and Harvey Kupp
pulled a banjo.
The entertainment committee of the
camp is composed of Frank X. Cowans,
chairman. L>r. Daggett, 1C. I’. Kompie,
W. H. Whittlesey. .). M. Shawhan, II.
A. Glover. They intend soon to give
a "High Jinks,” which includes the
ladies.
WiLDfLOWERS IN ALASKA
Native Blooms Grow in Great
Variety and Profusion
Sixty-five different specimens of wild :
flowers were gathered by Mrs. L. •!.
Caswell near Seward last, year. These
have been carefully pressed and the
number does not include several which
-'ailed to preserve entirely and were
thrown away to be replaced next year.
' early all these flowers were picked
it!:!:-. easy walking distance of Sew-,
a: 1. about half a dozen were brought I
fi :n remoter localities and one was,
n! down from Turnagain Arm.
>,!••*. Caswell, who is an enthusiastic!
amateur botanist, believes that she
c.t*i bring her list up to at least UK);
the coming summer, as it would be:
cut ar\ to botanical law for all the
flow*-ring plants native to a large re
gion to be found within a radius of a
f. w mihs in any part of tho district.
She reasons therefore by analogy,
that if sixty different flowering plants
grow wild in the suburbs of Seward,
and several others are found a few :
miles feather away the number
.should be largely augmented by inclu- j
sion of a much greater area.
Alaska flowers are difficult to press,
affirms Mrs. Ca-well, who has pursued
the occupation from the Gulf states to
; his northern coast. Their fiber con
tains an unusual quantity of moisture
and they have to be aired each day to
avoid spoiling ir. the drying process.
Another peculiarity is that some of
them lose nearly all their color in dry
ing. Several sp< cimensof bright color!
f;uvd on: almost white and were dis
ci, n Others of lie same kind will
;■ tried next year by different processes
in the hope that some method will pre-,
s rve their chromatic quality.
Tin specimens in possession of Mrs.
Ca-well include many of the wild
flowers known in the northern states,
>ueh as violets, daisies, lilies, blue
bells, may flowers, geraniums, poppies,
lady slippers, pansies, roses and others j
too numerous to mention. Some were j
found, also, which Mrs. Caswell is un-j
able to identify, and which seem to be
peculiar to this region.
Railroads Burdened With Traffic
< >no of the high officials of the North
ern Pacific railway is authority for the
statement that the advent of the Mil- j
wuukee to the Pacific coast will not be j
opfxxsud by the Hill system for the rea- J
son that the Northetyi Pacific and the I
Great Northern are unable to handle j
! the present business of the eoast with
i with all facilities taxed to the utmost. >
| Even if the two waus owned sufficient .
1 freight cars to handle the business!
! they would be unable to operate any j
j more trains over their lines to and:
from the eoast than are'being run at
f present.
I
TO PROBT INTO
Valencia mm
Attorney Gei'Csa: Direct;; Pblnci
Attorney to Take Pari
in nearing
Ey CftV.s *.e TIio D.-ity Gateway.
Washing'lo, l). id. ’oh. •*» T.iv ni-|
toruey -genei al’s dep’riin* tit lias wired j
to V. S. District Attorn- .« rrye at He-J
attic to examine the witnesses in the
Valencia h-xfin.: which is to he con
ducted by tiie federal hoard appointed
vesterds\ by tic denarimeut of com
merce. The district attorney is direct
ed to gi\e all the assistance possible tii|
bring out the facts iv> onsible for the |
disaster.
Assistant Secretary Taylor of thej
treasury department in> ordered all
revenue cutters on tin* Sound to pro
ceed to th.»- scene of the wreck and J
give all al i! ey can rentier to till*:
tugswhic!' an engaged in I lie work of
salvage and in rec v.a rir;; houies.
1 'resident i’ooseveh inis decided that
active measures houid he taken fori
hotter pi oirci.u-! "f nIo: pin;; on the)
Dacha v *;tst an . !*a-> ill « ctcn t o 'tale,
department :«» c.unniur.ica:-v with the
lint sh • o\ rnu.ent with a view to ob-1
mining c >• ope rat ion in the establish-;
incut of auditomnl vtfeguard- aio.■ g ,
lie. e.it:-.ii‘. <• to the and- nside
of them.
#v Sitv1 v» f*iiiifWuiit
\V din . ton. 1). t .. Keb. * : iso
FiVsih -Hi ;;i d cabin* i today discussed ;
tiu Valencia wreck and decided to in-j
sis* upon a searching investigation.1
Seer* lury .V tv ait of the department «.f
eommeree. says there will he no white
wash in the federal investigation ofthej
causes of the wreck. He will person
all; review all the testimony.
District Attorney Krye of Seattle has
been ordered to retake all the testimony
am. to call th“ witnesses heard at the
hearing by the marine inspectors at
Seat lie. it i> claimed that part of that
testimony has been withhold from the
public and that the witnesses were not
permitted to give a great deal of evid-.
race which would have been damaging
to the officials of the Pacific t'oast
Steamship Company.
lo invcsiiyaic inspectors
Washington. D. C.. Fob. 7 The local
marine inspectors at Seattle may he
investigated by the board which is to
make a new inquiry into the Valencia
wreck. This boatd is composed of the
three officials who investigated the
Gen. Slocum disaster in New \ liVk ia
Stic summer of 1004. It is eluirgi^vha;
the Seattle inspectors favorer! the
Pacific Coast Company by Mippceising
damaging testimony. ^
The President and eaoim*; d\-cussed
the Valencia tnattter again v.-s: onlay
afternoon and decided to semi the in
quiry hoard to Seattle at once.
Survivor Asks $3000 Dii.ntjes
Seattle. 1‘Vb. 5 t'barb's ■.llisou. a
lourist from St. Paul, one of the few
passengers who surviveu ti." Valencia
wreck, has tiled an action ir-re to re
cover $5000 from the PacLi.e ('oast
Steamship Company on account . ■ suf
ferings and injury to hi> health in too
disaster. This is the first action for
damages growing out of the wreck bat
it is believed that other survivors and
relatives of all the dead wiil insiituti
actions which in the aggregate will
[•all foe several hundred thou-and
dollars.
lapt. Joanscn tnargco nun iraaa
Seattle. Feb. 5 -It is now charged
that Capt. O. M. Johnson of the wrecked
steamship Valencia obtained his license
as a steamer master by fraud and un
der an assumed name. II is real name
is said to have been John. The local
marine inspectors have ordered an in
vestigation.
Bodies now recovered along the
shore adjacent to the wreck are
being buried hastily in the sand on ac
count of their offensive condition.
Many of them are unrecognizable.
Turns Survivors Out
Seattle, Feb. 0 The Pacific Coast
Steamship Company today refused to
provide longer for three survivors
of the Valencia wreck because they
gave testimony reflecting upon the
company at the marine inspectors'
hearing. The men are W. D. Harra
den, A. Hawkins and'Joseph McCaf
frey, passengers.
Attorney-General Moody has direct
ed District Attorney Frye to care for
the men until the forthcoming govern
ment investigation is concluded.
Abandon Search for Victims
Victoria, B. <'.. Feb. 7 -Further
search for victims of the Valencia
wreck was abandoned today. The
coroner's jury returned a verdict of ac
cidental drowning in the ease of the
corpses found. No blame is attached
to Capt. Johnson for anything that oc
curred after ti e Valencia struck. AH
witnesses unite in praising Ids courage
and eoolno.V-. and he went down with
his ship.
Report floating life Waft
San Francisco, Feb. 7 Officers of the
steamer Sonoma which arrived last
night from Australia, report seeing a
life raft with no one upon it off the
Farallon islands. It is believed to be
the missing life raft from the Valencia.
SEEK C0M1S0L
Will Try to Line Up Seattle With
Sail I raneisco at Coming
City Election
f.7 Cr.-la to Til© Delly Gr.tev.'ay.
Seattle. Feb. A A finish fight be
tween the advocates of municipal
ownership of public utilities, including
nearly .til the votes of organized labor
in this city, and the Republican or
ganization. which will evade the issue,
is promised in the Seattle city election
which will be held March t>. It is
claimed t hat Abe Rucf, the lab')*'leader
of San Francisco, will come here to as
sist in and practically direct the fight.
Ruef lias Uen the hacker of Mayor
Schmitz, who has been three times
elected mayor of San Francisco over
candidates of the eld parties.
Ruef for several ye ns controlled the
Republican machint of San Francisco
and became v’ery obnoxious to the more
reputable elements of the party. At
•ne primaries Iasi fall the; succeeded
in defeating’h.ai hut he managed tin*
campaign o! 1 . < Jr.hoc .party and won.
!l is believed that 1 ti-< f is planning t he
organization i a municipal ownership
labor party to control the politics ol
. ..et.'oas!. Suen an organization is al
ready in p men in t hr C alifornia met
ropolis and if io’. itle can be captured
tin I.M.irrsb iteve ewry large Coast
city will fall into line.
It has been practically decided by
Repubiii an managers to nominate John
Ripiitiger, present city comptroller,
for mayor : U toe coining convent ion of
of tin* party. Mayor Rallinger has
positively declined a renomination.
The labor party and the municipal
ownership party have already nomi
nated William I!. Moore, former judge
of tin- supcr’or court ur.d now state
senator, the only Democrat from King
county in the last two sessions of ihe
legislature, for mayor, and it is ex
pected that the Democrats will indorse
him.
Although ine city has been strongly
Republican at every election for sev
eral years it is believed that the fusion
ticket will have a good chance to win,
as it will draw a large number of votes
which have been Republican in national
and state elect ions.
ADVICE ON SPECULATION
Dr. Gladden Illustrates the Prin
ciple Behind It.
Dr. Washington Gladden', who is lead- j
j in r tin- w.ir on the acceptance of;
“tainted money'* In religious organ- ■
; i/atuins. is opposed to speculation of all
j kinds. He says:
"Sp 'e ilation i< gambling. It is in
jurious to tin* in orals always, and in*
the mejor.tv of e:is-s it is injurious to
tie- hank account.
"Whenever i a:n tempted to specu
late. I think of Ben Smith and Asa
dorr's of l’ottsgmve. my native place..
This thought causes me to refrain.
"Ben and As*, out walking one after
noon. got to talking about money
matters.
“I have some money lying idle."
said Ben Smith. “I think I’ll take a
j ilyor iti the stock market. W hat is
the host stock to buy AsoV”
"Greenland Improvement preferred
is the host thing I know of." Asa an
swered.
“Where can 1 get some of it?” said j
Ben.
"Asa replied promptly:
"I can let you have all you want.’
Construction of small cottages is in
i progress all over town since mild |
| weather has returned.
Seward Iron Works
JULIAN MOTT. Proprietor.
Engineers and Machinists—All kinds
o! machinery repaired. Gasolene and
Kerosene Engines, Motor Boats, etc.
Shop on Waterfront, ber Adams L. Wash, sts
G. W. PALMER
Prospector’s Outfits High
est Prices Paid for Furs—
KnikP. O. Alaska
H. H. HILDRETH
NOTARY PUBLIC
and CONVEYANCER
Abstract* of Title to mininsrnml town
property furnished- Examination and
reports made on any property.
j SEWARD - - ALASKA
o. LASCY
• Li. S. D£P. MINERAL ansi IAND
SICITYM foa THE UlStSir.T OF AE.SK4
Civil 1 engineer, anti Land and Min
ing Attorney. Address Seldovia,
Alaska, or in care of Mail Agent,
Steamer Dora.
FRASSJK H. LASCY
U. S. MINERAL *nd LAND
Surveyor for the District of Alaska,
and NOTARY PUBLIC
i Add res: Seldovia, Cook Inlet, Alaska,
or care Mail Agent, Steamer Dora
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