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WkUNKSDAY. PRCKMBER 20, 100A.
Major <»kni:kai. IIknry ('. ('orbin’,
adjutant general and ehiet of tin* war
department bureau at Manila, Philip
pine Islands, severely censures .1. I”.
Uockhill, I'nited States minis t r at
IVkin, China, for his inattention to his
duties. (ieneral Corbin says that Mr.
U«H*khill entirely ignored the pressing
engagements of his otliee during Mi-s
Uoosevelt's visit there, and devoted his
time entirely to society ammement.
Just to what extent Minister U« ekhiU’
ottii ial and serial duties are under 1 ten
end Corbin's jurisdiction has n« t l*e**n
math-1 lear.
That was not a wry rrvilituMr rulini
nation to Uu- all-Alaska Sratilr
11*•)<—tla* ?»•*!»• Iinu of t!*»vr t«»
WtHiiiiitflon t • lohhv njainst a man
h**Min\: » in a • Ii-1ri«-t in whi h i.» m
«»t thr 'l«h*v:at' n^i«l»-*. Tin* inrn who
tiijft'tnl tin* matter of a j«••!!>• «1 i-*tri*-t
into tin* |»r«n • i tiim!- of tin*
r<>nvi-r.vion nn*l thn* • hlVitti «l the !♦ *»iti*
mat* |'H j»« -»•'* for whi*h it was »a!lr«l,
nnilvml th»* inthmnet* ••• in*i|f
niti«*ant 11int ••'•*!» tlwir own narrow
niuis mih **♦•»!i««l\ lail to iiii'i iirr>.
It wa« in tin- |H»w»ar * I tin* i*oitv*aiiti«»n to
ath. -t |*»a* *• \l i*ka’ < a i-e I* 1- r»* fit*
«**mntry m » *tnii)fiiM»it«iir»l an*l ihmiiIv
fa«ht*»n without •|iiihMinvc *»\**i l*«ul
iiffuif* an*I i* uotml 'h'*'* \ - it
ha* *i»r*o*l *ait \la-ki * ♦*»*ly •’ham r f*»r
U nrtit fr**ti» iUr railing ihr ••••nvrn*
ti n In* in a \i\»*l |*nt»»r* «•! t»*r own
tiiikhr*1.
Gbkbn and Gaynor, the two contract
ors who were implicated with Captain
Oherlin M. Cjirter in the gigantic frauds
on the government in Savannah, (ia.,
in which the government was swindled
out of a million dollars or more, have
been extradited and returned to the
States. They had aide counsel and
fought off extradition for more than a
year. They have been residents in the
colony of exiled Americans at Montreal
for some time. Captain Carter was re
leased from the penitentiary at heaven
worth, Kansas, not long ago, after live
years imprisonment, and it is likely
that his testimony will la* sought to
convict tireen and Guvnor.
Seattle Alaska
Convention
The Seattle Alaska convention,'being
unable to agree on a single delegate to
Washington, elected three, one from
each judicial division, as follows:
First Division—F.x-Cov. A. 1*. Swine
ford, of Ketchikan.
Si cotid Divi-hm—Richard S. Ryan, of
Nome.
Third Division—Omar J. Humphrey,
of Seward.
Mr. Humphrey formerly represented
the A. Co. at Sitka. He is now in
terested with the Northwestern Trans
portation Company, which sails boats to
Seward. His actual residence is Seattle.
He was i lected over Carl M. .lohanson,
of Fairbanks, by a vote of 42 to 41. .h -
lmnson’s vote represented the delegates
favorable to Judge Wiekersham and
Humphrey’s those opposed to him. One
delegate with four Wiekersham proxies
failed to show up.
The report of the committee on reso
lutions was adopted and recited that
bO,l)CO American citizens were repre
sented in the convention. Its recom
mendations are as follows:
1. Fhctive representation; abolition
of staking by power of attorney and of
group locations; that the finding of
gold in any quantity constitute a dis
covery. and that a $2f> license be re
quired instead of the annual representa
tion work.
2. 'I hat a million dollars In* appropri
ated f the construction «.| wagon
roads.
That all telegraph and cable earn
ings I «• dr\ ted to improving and ex
tending the set vice.
h l/gi latioii relieving fedesal judge
from administrative duties, and the ap
pointment of eommis-ioners by other
officers, the fee sy.-tein to Is* alstlishcd
and a regular salary to be paid instead.
A. To readjust and increase the num
ber «*f judicial division* and the creation
of an appellate court in Alaska.
»». To remove the tix of ||uu f«.r every
mile •>( railroad in oj# ration.
7. T*» establish ln«-e lines and merid
ians to aid homes tea* lers to Iterate and
unpiov • land. *am»* a* in tin* States.
v I’ro\'di»»g more lighth*»u*e*.
|*»*tter postal fueftlitir*
lo. Fr»et.on of suitable building* t* r
public business.
II 1*1.tel' . I be care of th# native*
dinetfj i*nder the g‘>v*m«*v’»
visa *u
Ialter tie- eotlilitiltcc submitted tins
f*4boning addition- t*» its r» |«*rt. which
were adopted;
I Favoring the *
t.ibh«limenf «»f a
NO BETTER COFFEE AT ANY PRICE
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50 cents
per pound
all
the
year
round
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Best value
for
the money
ever offered
in
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NORTHERN COMMERCIAL COMPANY, Sole Agents fop Alaska
Highest Cash Prices
PAID for FURS
G. A. KETTERER
marine hospital at Nome.
“. Asking tlie board of medical exami
ners to restrict the practice of meilicine
in Alaska, the same as at all other
places in the country.
Fndor-ing the Alaska-Vukon ex
position.
4. falling attention of the govern
ment to the vast coalbeds of Alaska, ami
pointing out the fact that their quality
is superior to that used in the navy at
present, and secured from foreign
sources.
5. I'rging the establishment of a na
val base at some strategic point and
harbor in southeastern Alaska.
t>. Favoring the establishment bv the
government of a department of mines
and metallurgy, the head of which
should he a tnfmber of the cabinet.
The following amendment to the plat
form was adopted:
“The earnings of the Alaska cables to
he expended for the betterment of the
hunt lines, as recommended by Major
t ilassford, (ietieral freely, General Wil
liams and Major Richardson.”
The following committee was ap
pointed on a future convention:
First Division—.!. W. Trov, K. Da
vidson and .1. K. Lathrop.
Second Division—A. Watson, N. 11.
('astle and t'. K. Heron.
Third Division—J. M. Lathrop, D. ().
Morford and .1. II. Hughes.
Liquor Traffic
On the Lower River
Yukon Tuiuinn »: Many com
plaint* havt* Ihm’h l»y tin* nun
mis.-ioiHT h«*tt* as to tht* \vliok*j*alt* na
tiuv of tin* liquor trattir at tin* mouth of
tin* Nor it no. \ Ifttrr tvrrivtnl a?* vvt* jx* •
to pr***.-* static that tin* mnipotition i*
-o vfivat that hootrh has Ihtii rt*«In»*f• 1 to
$l’ |h t Imtth* t•» tin* natives. What art*
y.tu vT*t«» «lo, Mr. (,oniniis'*»om*r
.1. MXDLKY GHEEN
Lawyer.
Office at the Courthouse.
OFFICE OF
(’ommissioner and Recorder.
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Bar Supplied with the Best
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Billiard and Pool Parlors
Unexcelled
TOM MAHONEY .... JACK RADIGAN
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