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CULLED TO REST.
LEO ACTIVE LIFE
SUDDENLY STRICKEN A WEEK
AGO; DEATH CAME PEACE
FULLY
Death, in beckoning yesterday
James McConnell to the fold,
took from Seward one of its best
known early day residents, one
whose loss will be sadly felt in
the coming years. Staunch in his
faith his home-town would even
tually blossom forth, as the rose,
steadfast in his friendship with
his fellowmen, Mr. McConnell will
live long in the memory qf the
scores who knew him.
The inroads made in a week
by pneumonia were such that he
could not muster sufficient
strength to overcome the acute
lung conjestion and shortly after
12 o’clock vesterday noon, while
unconscious, he passed peace
fully into that Other World from j
which there is no returning.
Mr. McConnell was born on
November 5, 1855 in Gilford, Ire
land and upon reaching manhood
came to America, settling in Wis
consin, where he married Clara
Dowd. Mrs. McConnell is a sis
ter of Dowd Brothers, owners of
the Point Defiance Lumber Co.,
Tacoma, Wash., the largest inde
pendent lumber concern on the
Pacific Coast.
Upon moving to the West
coast they settled at Bellingham
residing there for many years, j
During those early years he
followed the insurance bus
iness successfully, and also appear
ed numerous times on the public j
platform; he was particularly
well known as an impromptu
speaker and his services were in
constant demand. At another
period he was attached to the
Bellingham police force. Moving I
to Alaska in 1905 the intervening
years were occupied as a con
struction foreman, a canneryman,
and up to the time of his pass
ing he had held efficiently for the
last two years, the position as
night watchman on the govern- \
ment dock.
Mr- McConnell was exceptionally
well read and his philosophy of
life was viewed with broad and
intelligent vision. He was ever
known to speak only good of all
a most wonderful, humane char
acter, rugged and honest to the
core.
Off and on for years past Mr.
and Mrs. McConnell had lived
on their ideal homestead near
Woodrow, taking great pride in
their little farm and home. It I
was the mecca for visitors; happi- i
ness and contentment reigned al- j
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> Phone Madison 66
Discoverer
For Hire or Charter
Next scheduled trip to the
Cook Inlet ports of Portlock
©eldovia, and to Iliamna
Ray will leave June 15
Captain Heinie Berger
Seward, Alaska
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Seward Grill stand,
Mad. 119
ways.
One of the few Golden Wedd
ings in Seward was celebrated
i last Christmas by Mr. and Mrs.
McConnell which occasion created
much happiness t<* the lovable
couple, and pleasure to their
host of friends, and members of
i the family.
| Mr. McConnell was the father
of 10 children six of whom sur
vive him; there were also 10
grand children and one great
I great grandchild to make him
| proud and happy The immediate
members of those surviving him
are his beloved wife Clara Me
Connell, daughters Mrs. Wm.
Manthey, Mrs. Gus Manthey,
Mrs. George Gullifson, Mrs. Leon
ard Hopkins; sons Guy McConnell,
of Hollywood, Calif., and Emmett
McConnell of Medford, Ore.
The widow left Seward just a
few weeks ago for Juneau to
spend a brief visit with her
grandson William Manthey, and
was accompanied by daughter
Mrs. Wm. Manthey, who lost her
beloved daughter Clara last Jan
uary. It was thought by the fam- !
ily the change would do them
both much good. Mrs- McCon
nell had not been away from
her husband’s side for many
years and at this time was very
reluctant in leaving. For fear of
after-effects in wiring her of
the death of her life-long com
panion £?nd husbend, the news of
the death is being temporarily
withheld, until Mrs. Hopkins, i
who will leave tonight on the S.
S. Yukon, meets her at Cordova,
Mrs. McConnell now being home
ward bound on the Admiral Evans
due here Wednesday.
The funeral will probably be
held Thursday with Father Geo.
H. Woodley in charge of the service.
SEA SAFETY CODE
LONDON, June 7, (/P)—A new sea
safety code calling for efficient
radio service and lifeboats for all
passengers as well as imposing
stricter navigation regulations and
construction rules was signed by
delegates of 18 maritime nations
who have been attending the con
ference on safety of lives at sea.
REVEALS DOCUMENTS
SHANGHAI, June 8. (JP)—Brand
ing Marshall Feng Yuhsiang as a
red redical and traitor, the Nan
king government has published
documents purporting to be com
munications of the central political
council of Moscow to a so-called
Christain general, offering to sup- !
port him in a revolt against Kuo !
Mintang.
THE NEW COLUMBIA PORTA
BLE PHONOGRAPH IS A WONDER
OR TONE AND VOLUME. Schal- j
erer’s Alaska Shop.
Have you heard the new:
“Okeh” records at Sylvia’s?
They are wonderfui.
ANNOUNCEMENT FASTER TIME
61 hours and 15 minutes, Chicago from Seattle
First class train, all standard Pullman cars, etc., leaves
Seattle every day at 6:15 p. m., permitting Alaskans, who
generally arrive from the North in the mornings, all day
in Seattle, if they so desir,e and still arrive in Chicago at
the previous time.
"North Coast Limited"
Leaves Seattle daily for Chicago
Ask for full details on low fares anywhere, effective May 22
KARL K. KATZ. Alaska Repreaentadva
200 L. C. Smith Bldg- Seattle
Northern Pacific Pail way
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COURT NEWS
Mrs. J. B. Flickenstein, wife of
Deputy U. S. Marshal Fleckenstein
‘at Dillingham, a passenger on the
I Coast Guard Cutter Chelan to Sew
;ard, was matron to prisoners from
that point, and will remain in Sew
jard for some time attending court.
Mrs. Irene Savage, nurse at the
government hospital at Dillingham
;was a member of the party from
Dillingham, and will remain in
Seward for some 'time, as she is a
witness before the grand jury in
the Caldwell cases.
Horace and Grace Caldwell, hus
jband and wife, both held to answer,
I were among the passengers on the
Cutter Chelan from Dillingham.
They are accused of being implicat
ed in the incidents connected with
the death of Ann (Yukluk) Woods
who perished in a fire at Dilling
ham last winter,
PARACHUTE FAILED
COON RAPIDS, Iowa, June 8, (/P)
—W. G. Slingerland, 25, piloting an 1
army plane enroute to the airprot |
dedication at the Souix City air j
field, was killed when his parachute ■
with which he leaped from the j
^tailed plane, failed to open.
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“ AT THE HOTELS ”
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VAN GILDER—H. F. Morton, T.
S. Graves, Mr. and Mrs. Chester
field .Tensen, L. J. Beyer, Marjory
Major, Mr. and Mrs. R. W. Hale,
Harvey I. Staser.
SEWARD—John C. Neilson, Mrs.
Stanley and children.
OVERLAND—Wm. H. Oversher.
SEXTON—Axel Alindahl, Emma
Cote. Adeline Cote. Mrs. M. Bridg
ham. T. P. Gould, Mrs. J. S. John
son, Frank Manning. Harry Cook.
PER CAPITA INCOME
WASHINGTON, June 7, </P)—The
total realized income in the United
States for 1928 probably reached
the stupendous total of about
$89,000,000,000 or $745 per capita,
excluding paper profits, Cornell
university reports to the committee
3n economics changes said.
WE CARRY THE BEST BRANDS
IF CANDY MANUFACTURED IN
THE UNITED STATES BOTH IN
BULK AND BOX. The Candy Cot
tage.
NOTICE
Men’s working shoes for sale—
$4.50, $5.00, $6.00.
SEWARD LEATHER WORKS.
HESSOX PIPES WON’T LEAK,
WON’T DRIP, WON’T SMELL.
CANNOT GET STRONG. YOU CAN
MOKE IT EVERYDAY—YET IT
STAYS CLEAN ALWAYS $4.00 AND
*7.50. Schallerer’s Alaska Shop.
SID CHAPLIN IT TIE
LIST! THEATER
j After a long absence we note the
| theatre billboards show Sydney
| Chaplin on for this evening in the
| great comedy drama “Skirts”. Sew
ard movie fans will remember Syd’s
great performance in “Charlie’s
Aunt” which holds the record for
attendance. “Skirts” is a comedy
drama of henpecked husbands
finding a load of troubles when |
they stepout while their wives are :
away. The two-reel comedy must I
be remembered for it is of the one I
and only “Goofy Gob” Billy Dooley, j
For Sunday there is one of the
[ever entertaining detective news
paper stories, this time from the
pen of Richard Harding Davis.
There is a strain of rich comedy
throughout hte feature. A two-reel I
comedy and a Fox News completes
the program.
PRAISE BESTOWED
Passengers on the incoming Rev
enue Cutter Chelan report a very
enjoyable time enroute from Dil
Mngham and they were very pro
fuse in their commendation of the
treatment accorded them by Capt.
Demp” olf and his officers and
crew. The accommodations were
equal to those on ocean liners, the
fare was superb, the service equal i
to that of the Waldorf-Astoria, and
the courtesy unequaled anywhere, j
And they sure got some crew.
IF YOU HAVEN'T TRIED FRYE
BRUHN’S BABY BEEF, you are
certainly missing something.
FOR dressmaking see Mar
garet McIntosh, over the Blue
Shop.
SHEAFFERS SKR1P. THE SUC
CESSOR TO INK. Schallerer’s Al
aska Shop.
JACK'S EXPRESS
fi BAGGAGE delivered to and
|! from all steamers, trains and
hotels
General Hauling. The higher
they go the better we like
them
—Office Phone Main 118
Res. Phone Main 159—
Jack Prosser, Prop.
Air traffic since 1919 has increas
ed from 619 to 50,000.
QUIZ UNDER WAY
NEW YORK, June 7, (JP)—Six in
ivestigations have been started into*
the collapse of a caisson 70 feel be
neath Hachensack River which
caused the death of six “Sand
Hogs” and injured eight others. A
defective welded joint in the pipe
used to conduct air to workers
caused t-he accident.
CLIMAX WALL PAPER CLEAN
ER at Brown & Hawkins, Coij*.
FOR
SALE
$11,000
BUILDING
for
$5,000
See Fred C. Miller
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BY THE SACK OR CARLOAD
Premier
and mine run coal—Try it
Healy Lump
Nut or mine run
Evan Jones
Lump or mine run
Nanimo
Range'coal in sack or bulk
WOOD, ICE, HAY AND GRAIN
Telephone Main 81, Arcade Building
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