Seward J)ail
VOL 8. SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY.
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GILL'S MAJORITY
LARGEST KNOWN
Seattle. March 5.—Gill’s majority
in the election yesterday is the largest
in the history of Seattle. A majority
of the charter revisionists are elected,
and it is thought that a city manager
government will be in favor.
PROVISIONS OF
LEASING BILL
Washington, March 5. — The coal
leasing bill as reported to the house
bv the committee, provides for three
cents per ton royalty, also for twenty
tive cents per acre monthly rental fori
the tir>t year, fifty cop's monthly rent- j
al from the second to the fifth year and j
eleven dollars annually thereafter.
WHEAT GROWERS
REGISTER A KICK
Washington, March 5.—Kepresenta- ;
tives of the Northwestern Wheat
Growers’association appeared before
the house committee today and
charged that the Minneapolis Chamber
of Commerce maintains a w neat monop- •
]y. An investigation will he ordered.
Press Han in Limbo.
London, March 3.—Andrew Poorley,
the Tokio agent for Reuter’s press
service, has been arrested in connec
tion with a naval scandal. Poorley’s
wife, brooding over the disgrace, at
tempted to take her own life. Parlia
ment discussed the case in secret and
none of the particulars have as yet
been given out.
Child flurderer is Sentenced.
Nantes, France, March 5. — Marcel
Redureau, fifteen years of age, who
murdered seven children with an axe,
has been given the maximum sentence
of twenty years.
Riot in Court.
New York, March 5. — Angered be
cause the hearing of their case was
postponed, depositors of the defunct
Siegel private bank started a riot in
court and the police had to be called
to suppress the disturbance.
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ANOTHER MURDER
CHARRED TO VILLA
Nogales, March 5.—Gustave Bauch, <
an American railroad man whom \ ilia
had imprisoned, has disappeared. It is j
believed that Bauch has been executed. |
Carranza lias appointed a commissi on ,
to probe into the Bauch-Benton cases, i
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PANDEMONIUM
IN A CHURCH
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New York, March 5.—A mob of un- j
employed invaded a Catholic church !
in this city today. The police were
called when the invaders locked the
doors. Pandemonium reigned in the
church and many worshippers fainted
and others screamed. The doors were ■
finally opened from the inside and the :
police rushed in and arrested the in
vaders.
Houston Praises Bill.
Washington, March 5.—Representa
tive Houston, in submitting the Alaska I
Railway bill to tlie house, as it came !
from conference committee, said that!
it would rank high among the achieve-j
in cuts of President Wilson.
Mundy is Banqueted.
Seattle, March 5.—Seventy plates
were laid at a banquet given in honor
ol Mr. Mundy, recently found not
guilty of fraud in the location of coal
claims in Alaska. The banquet was
given at the Ranier Club.
Conservatives Are Preparing.
London, March 5.--Believing that
the Asquith administration is doomed,
tht* conservative are preparing foi
the electit n ai <1 are confident of a
favorable outcome.
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A Recall Threatened.
Los Angeles, March 5.—A recall is
threatened Judge Willis of this city
for sentencing a negro to thirty years
imprisonment for stealing a kiss from a
| pretty girl.
Saloons May Stay Open.
New York, March 5.—Mayor Mitch
ell has stated that he would not en
force the 1 o’clock i losing law.
Goethals Gets fledal.
New York, March 2.—The Civic
Forum of this city has presented Col.
Goethals with a gold medal.
Typhoid Rages.
St. Johns, Quebec, March 5.—Two of
the seven thousand population here
are down with typhoid fever.
Elijah Ayres returned lastnight from
a trip to the Skeen-Lechner mine.
Al Roberts left this morning with
two dog team loads of freight.
Joe Wilson, jt\, left this morning
with a large load of freight.
For Sale—Land scrip which can be
used for locating government land in
Alaska. Fully guaranteed. For price
and particulars address L. W. Hubbell
& Son, Springfield, Missouri. J
Wanted—Bids for whipsawing 4000
feet of lumber for the Skeen-Lechner
mine. For particulars inquire at office
of S. O. Morford. $
MUSHER IS LOST
NEAR KATALLA
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United States Marshal F. R. Brenne-!
man, of the Third division, has re-:
ceived word‘from James Wardell, the |
deputy marshal at Katalla, that Marry j
Bickford, an Australian miner and|
prospector, is believed to have per
ished on the beach between Yakataga
Beach and Katalla while en route to
the latter city to take the boat to the
states.
Bickford had been warned by the
old-timers that to undertake the trip
alone at this time of the year was dan
gerous, as the rivers were dangerous
to ford; but disregarding advice he
started on his journey and has never
been seen or heard from since, al
though several men have reached Ka-1
talla since that time. Be had only
supphes for ten days and had consider
able money on his person when he left
the camp, but no suspicions of foul play
are entertained by the federal authori
ties.— Valdez Prospector.
Fox Farms On Lynn Canal.
E. P. Walker, deputy game warden,
who returned on the Mariposa from
Haynes and Skagway, says that the
fox farms in the Chilkat valley and at
Dvea are prospering. T. D. Lahey,
who has the best farm on Lynn canal,
situated in the Chilkat valley, is mak
particularly good progress. There
are 23 tine foxes on it, and they are
seemingly contented and making
themselves at home. There are eight
foxes on the farm of E. H. Richter, at
Dyea, according to Mr. Walker, and
the farm promises well.—Juneau Em
pire.
A ladies’ dog team race was pulled
off in Iditarod on the 14th of January
in which six ladies took part. The
course was from Flat io Iditarod, and
was won by Mrs. Swanson, driving
seven dogs. The other ladies all drove
live dogs.
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Mrs. J. J. Finnegan expects to leave
on the returning Admiral Sampson
for Cordova, from which place she will
take the train for McCarty, thence
over the trail to the Susbanna, where
she will join her husband.
The ladies of the Bridge Whist cluh
will be entertained by their husbands
and beaus tonight at the residence ot
William Sauers.
The steamer Admiral Sampson sailed
west from Valdez at 4 oclock this
morning.
The steamer Alameda sailed west
from Skagway at 4 o’clock this morn
ing. _
It is reported that the betting in
Seattle is two to one in favor of Sew
ard for the ocean terminal of the gov
ernment built railway.
And people are suffering from the
cold in the states.
Snow shoes and snow shoe filling at
J. L. Graef’s. t
Pabsts blue ribbon beer at The
Branch. * .
Bring your job minting to the Gate
way. We can do it right.
Don’t let yourself be forced to eat
what you don’t like, when you can
order what you like at the
Commerce Cafe
MINERS BELIEVED
TO HAVE STARVED
The launch Brignton. the Port Wells
mail boat, reached Valdez last night,
bringing the story of the possible
starvation of two prospectors and min
ers who are known to be at the head of
Long bay, and who must be out of sup
plies bp this time.
The two men, Ben Howell and Ar
thur DeRoche, went to the head of the
bay in November, taking a small outfit
and expecting to secure supplies at
intervals and they arranged with Cap
tain Stamey to have him leave their
mail at a point on Glacier island,
where they would come for it every
trip, but since December 15 they have
not called at the box for the mail, ol
which more than 100 pounds have ac
cumilated.
The Brighton made a determined ef
fort to reach the men and bucked the
ice for two miles until finally the sharp
ice cut through the bow of the Brigh
ton, causing the watev to llow unto the
ship and forcing Captain Stamey to
place everything of weight in the stern
of his boat to lift the bow clear The
tender was loaded with water and the
bow lifted clear of the leak, when tem
porary repairs were made, after which
the effort at rescue was abandoned.
Friends of the two men are anxious
to know of their fate and hope to ar
range for another attempt to reach the
men. Because of the poor ice, strong
enough to prevent small boats from
going into the bay but too weak to
allow for men walking over it to the
camp at the head of the bay, the use of
a boat is necessary.—Valdez Prospec
tor. __
Bill Sauers and Fred Laubner this
morning made a (ifty-dollar wager on
government railway construction work.
Sauers backed his judgement with
fifty that the first construction work
would be done out from Resurrection
bay and Seward.
Meet me at the Branch
For reliable information write Can
non, Pioneer hotel, Knik, Alaska, t
Snow glasses of all kinds for sale at
J. L. Graef’s X
Finch’s Golden Wedding rye at the
Branch.
HAVE YOU SEEN IT ?
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The softest, silkiest blue
serge ever made up into a
suit. When you say Mar
tin’s you say the last word
in blue serge.
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In a class by itself.
Come in and see it today.
Have your measure taken.
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THE MINERS’ STORE
TRANK J. COTTER
ROYAL AGENT