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PLUMBING AND HEATING
Tull Line of Plumbing Supplies, Pipes and Fittings.
PROMPT ATTENTION TO ALL ORDERS.
T. W. KENNEDY,
K St. Bet. 3rd and 4-tli. Next to Hotel Anchorage
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ESKA CREEK COAL CO.
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MONTANA FOOL ROOM
The Art Palace of Anchorage.
The First Building in Anchorage.
Carrying a high grade line of cigars, cigarettes, to
baccos. Strongest Fruit Department in the city.
Classical music rendered every afternoon and even
ing. Piano and violin. You will like it.
Have your mail sent to Montana Pool Room. You
can get it any time.
You are welcome ! ! Let’s get acquainted this winter.
A. CHIMENTO and ALEX TSAKUMIS, Proprietors. ;
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I Carpenter Shop
l'or all Kinds of Carpenter and Cab
inet work See
JOE CASALI
537 eth At*.»«»r School
It’s the flavor of the goods that the
North Pole bakery turns out. 242
Cotton felt mattresses, bed springs
str.d linoleum, at Crocker’s.
WILSON’S CARPENTER SHOP
We Make Everything—
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WILSON'S - 5th lttwiu S and a
Opened under new management,
Merchants’ Bunk House. Good, warm
spring beds. Mrs. M. J. Wilson. 221
Fine Job Printing at Times Office.
CAPITAL OF
ROUMANIA
Bucharest, the capital of Roumania,
which was captured by the Teutonic
armies, is the subject of an interesting
article in the Christian Science Moni
tor. Modem historians, it says, de
clare that it was originally a fortress
erected on the site of the Daco-Roman
Thyanus to command the approaches
to Tirgovishtea, at one time capital of
Wallachia. But tradition (and tradi
tion notoriously in such matters is en
tirely uninfluenced by history) has it
that it was built by the semi-mythical
Radu Negru, who is supposed to have
flourished during the closing years of
the thirteenth century and the early
years of the fourteenth. Radu Negru
was the first Wallachian prince, and it
is really a point of honor with all
Roumanian cities with any claim to
antiquity to hail him as their found
er. “Founded by Radu Negru” holds
the same position in Roumania as does
“came over with the conqueror” in
England, or “descended from Brian
Boru” in Ireland.
However founded, it became in time
the summer residence of the court,
and in 1505 it leaped suddenly into
prominence by reason of an occur
rence common enough in that part of
the world in' those days—it was burn
ed by the Turks. It was, however, re
stored again, grew greatly in size and
prosperity, and in the year 1698 was
chosen by Prince Constantine Branco
van for his capital. During the next
century Bucharest was right in the
center of the great struggle carried
on at that time between Russia, Aus
tria and Turkey for predominance. In
turn Bucharest was in possession of
all three. In the first half of the fol
lowing century its fortunes were
equally varied. In 1828 it was occu
pied by the Russians, who the follow
ing year made it over to the prince ol
Wallachia. It was again held by the
Russians 1853-4. On their departure
an Austrian garrison took possession
and kept it until March, 1857. Its stat
us so remained uncertain until 1861,
when, on the declaration of the union
of Wallachia and Moldavia, Prince
Cuza, the first ruler of the united
provinces, proclaimed Bucharest his
capital. It was not, however, until the
accession of Prince Charles, in 1866,
that the history of modern Bucharest
begins.
The place is essentially a modern
town. It lies in a hollow traversed
from northwest to southeast by the
River Dimbovitza, on the left bank of
which the city is mainly built. To the
west and southwest it is sheltered by
a low range of hills, but on all other
sides the land stretches across marsh
and low land away to the skyline, to
where the great central Wallachian
plain sweeps down to the Black sea.
Bucharest has a multitude of turrets
and metal-plated or gilded cupolas,
and they lend to the city a certain
picturesqueness which otherwise
might be lacking by reason of its es
sentially modern character. It has
been called “the Paris of the east,”
and in the matter of boulevards and
avenues it certainly maintains the
Paris tradition. The three main boul
evards, the Plevna, Lipscani and Vas
aresci, skirt the left bank of the river;
whilst the Elizabeth boulevard and
the famous Calla Victoriei, or “Av
enue of Victory,” which commemor
ates the Roumanian successes at Plev
na, run out east and west respectively
from the Lipscani, and meet a broad
road which practically encircles the
city. There is much in Bucharest,
however, which renders it unlike Par
is or any other purely western city.
The brightly-colored costumes of the
gypsies and Roumanians, the Russian
sleigh drivers, and the curious cry of
the peddler lend to everything just
that unmistakable air of the east so
common in the Balkans.
One of the most striking buildings
in the city is the cathedral or metro
politan church, which was commenced
in 1656. Built in the form of a Greek
cross, surrounded by a broad cloister,
it has three towers, and standing as it
does, on high ground, it overlooks the
whole of Bucharest and commands a
view of the distant Carpathians. As
to the name Bucharest, it is spelled in
no fewer than seven different ways,
and no one seems able to agree as to
the origin or meaning of the word.
One account, at any rate, derives it
from the Albanian word Bukus, mean
ing “joy,” and claims that the Prince
Mircea, of Wallachia, who flourished
about 1400, so named the city in mem
ory of a victory over the Turks. The
Roumanians call their city Bucuresci.
LADIES
Try Excelsior Cream for the
hands. On sale for 85 cts. at
the Gift Shop, F Street.
BAXTER’S
MAGAZINES
PERIODICALS
NEWSPAPERS
Panorama Photographs
Anchorage and
Mount McKinley
NEW CLUE IN
"BABE” BROWN
MURDER CASE
(Juneau Dispatch)
A mysterious stranger, terribly ex
cited, with a parcel sticking out of
his overcoat pocket resembling a
hammer.
This is the clue now leading the
sleuth hounds of the government a
wild chase in the “Babe” Brown mur
der mystery.
Al. Lundgren, owner of a store
known as the Juneau Ferry & Navi
gation company waiting room, reports
to the officials on last Tuesday night
a stranger, evidently waiting for the
11 p. m. ferry to the island, walked
un and down the waiting room for
several minutes in evident excitement
or anger. In fact, the stranger acted
so strangely that Lundgren question
ed his sanity at the time, and had he !
returned after leaving the waiting
room intended to call the officers.
No trace of the man has been
found, and it is possible he may have
been going to Douglas to wreak ven
geance for some fancied wrong. This
was the night before the murder.
It is understood a barber working in
the Frank Brown barber shop will tes
tify he slept with Againsky last Tues
day night, and as Againsky did not;
leave the room it would have been im
possible for the husband of “Babe”
Brown to leave his room up to the 1
time the barber went to breakfast.
The room was in the Case .rooming I
house, over the McMillan grocery
store..
Againsky remains in close con
finement at the federal jail, and it is
probable he will be arraigned on a
murder charge late this week.
Againsky says nothing and has
made no comment to the guards. He
is nervous and inclined to be suspi
cious of those around him.
An Italian crib woman informed1
the officers she saw a man coming
from the crib of the Brown woman
about 4 o. m. on the morning of the
murder. The description answers both
that of the husband and the mysteri
ous stranger who was in the ferry
waiting room.
Both the Douglas and Juneau police
officers have been solicited to assist
in tracing the mysterious killing of
the Brown woman, and both towns are
being combed for clues. The officers
are still dissatisfied with the evidence
of a certain women of the Douglas
tenderloin and her male companion,
and a serious charge may be placed
against the pair before the week is
out. There is a silent tip out that
certain parties residing near the crib
of the murdered woman may be seri
ously implicated before the investiga- j
tion closes.
TOMMY NOBLE AN APPLICANT
FOR PUGILISTIC HONORS
LONDON, Dec. 7.—Unless Tommy j
Noble proves an in and outer he will !
be the next challenger for the fly
weight title following the Zulu Kid
Jimmy Wilde championship battle here
in January. Noble landed in the
center of the spotlight on both feet,
modestly yelling “here I am” when he
knocked Wilde off his pins in a re
cent bout at Liverpool.
The knockdown came in the twelfth
round. Wilde’s bony knees were rat
tling together as the slip of a boy tot
tered around the ring. Suddenly No- j
ble whipped over a left hook and the
champion took a high dive for the
count of seven. He covered cleverly
and stayed through the round. Noble
lost heart after that recovery by
Wilde and the Welsh harp flattened
him in the fifteenth.
Noble three days previously put up
a crude exhibition against Young Joe
Fox. Fox, however, is a genuine ban
tam and outweighed Noble consider
ably.
If Zulu can win against Wilde it is
a foregone conclusion that Jack Cal
laghan, promoter of the international
bout will match the American with
Noble for a 20-round battle.
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Fourth Ave., Near D.
Cigars, Tobaccos, Candies, Soft Drinks, Fruits, Concord
Grape Juice.
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THE HOUSE OF COMFORT
THE BEST EQUIPPED HOTEL
IN ALASKA.
Hot and Cold Water, Electric Bells, Electric Lights,
Steam Heat, Suites With Bath. Bar in Connection.
ROBERT GOTTSCHALK Proprietors ART CLONINGER
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Going Outside This Winter Outfit at
CHEASTY'S
The Specialty Men's Shop
in Seattle.
CHEASTY'S Inc.
0. C. GRAVES, Pres.
2a Av. and Spring) ***""
Men’s and Young Men’s Wear
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Sanitary Market
The only <old storage plant in con
nection with market in Anchorage.
Home-made Sausages. Fruits. Veg
etables, Rutter and Eggs, at whole
sale. Restaurants and roadhouses,
special attention.
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tth Ave.. Bel 11 and I Sts.
E. E. KURTZ & CO.
Union Laundry
and Bath House
Fourth Ave., Between H and I,
Anchorage
OUR WORK IS GUARANTEED
—and—
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THE LARGEST AND CLEANEST
BATH TUBS IN ANCHORAGE
HOTEL SEWARD
511 THIRD AVE.
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Rooms $1.00 Special
With Bath $1.50 Weekly Rate>
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TABLES FOR LADIES—
—NEWLY REMODELED
Tex Jones R. C. Jeffery
The Panhandle
CIGARS
CANDIES
TOBACCOS
FRUIT
NUTS
4th AVE. NEAR C STREET
CITY AUTO SERVICE. |
Phone 89-R.
FOR AUTOMOBILE
Any hour of the Day or
Night.
OFFICE—Next door to New
Labor Hall.
Central Barber Shop
Modern Equipment Throughout
New Sanitary Bathroom in
Connection.
417 4th Avenue.
Bird Creek Lumber Co.
Robert H. Fleming, Manager
The Fuel Question Solved
Where to get your fire wood, on short notice, in the right lengths, dry,
ready to bum—has been your problem ever. Now, all you have to do
is to call up 52-Y and tell us your wants, and we will attend to the rest.
WOOD
WOOD
A trial order placed with us will dispel all your aggravation, caused |
by former experiences with the keep-warm question.
Yard Next to R. R. Track in Old Town
TRY A “WANT” AD. IN THE TIMES FOR RESULTS.
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