’Frisco Cafe
The Place of Good Eats. For Ladies and Gentlemen
OPEN DAY AND NIGHT
EVERYTHING IN SEASON ANO SERVICE THE VERY BEST
ONCE A PATRON ALWAYS A PATRON
Private Boxes for Large or Small Parties
JUST OPENED
HOTEL PARSONS
Modern Hotel
Hot and Cold Water on Each Floor
Baths in Connection
Terms Moderate
H. St., Between Third and Fourth Aves., .Anchorage, Alaska.
P. O. SUNBERG
Cor. 4th and C
Groceries and General Merchandise
Reasonable Prices and a Square Deal to Everybody.
Umjerene ciene i dobra podvorba svakomu jednako.
Evans & Frantzon Company
Painters and Decorators
We have on hand the largest stock of AVall Papers—a selec
tion that will please you. Our Print stock is complete; House
Paint, Boat Paint, Shingle Stains, Roof Paint, Copper Paint,
Deck Paint . Our goods as well as our work the very best. Win
dow Shades all sizes. Linoleums in Printed and Inlaid Patterns.
GREEN FRONT CIGAR STORE
Soft Drinks of all
kinds. Leading brands
Cigars, Cigarettes,
Tobacco.
.Just
Received—
Fresh
Supply.
Fruits
Candies
Stationery
Notions.
Sweet Milk and Bu ttermilk Dally,
Miss I. Blair, Propr. 4th Av. bet. C and D Next door D. D. Rest.
B. C. NICHOLS
Watchmaker and Jeweler, Anchorage, Alaska
Watch Repairing a Specialty. Fourth Bet. D and E
Fancy White Dress Shoes
English Walking Shoes
Washable Kid Gloves
Francisco Mercantile
F ST., BETWEEN THIRD AND FOURTH.
ROBARTS
Billiard and Bowling Parlors
Postoffice Opposite.
North Side Lumber Co.
No Order Too Big,
No Order Too Small;
We Fill Them One and All.
WE APPRECIATE YOUR
BUSINESS
GEO. M. CAMPBELL
Yard: Old Town
Office: Comer Fourth and F Street
HANDFUL HELD
FOBTVAUXAWEEK
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HAND TO HAND FIGHTING.
Besieger* Took to Using Liquid Fir*
and the Brave Defenders at Last Had
to Give Way Before Tremendous
Odds—Few Survivors Who Surren
dered Were In Desperate Condition.
Fort Vaux, which was taken by the
Germans in their advance toward Ver
dun. France, had been practically be
sieged for ninety days before it fell.
I’aris newspapers estimate that it cost
the Germans 100,000 men to capture
the fort.
When the situation at last became
critical the commandant, Chief of
Battalion Raynal, a tried soldier, who
had risen from the ranks, had hardly
more than 1,000 men with whom to
continue the defense. His task was to
hold the half ruined fort against over
whelming masses of infantry, support
ed by more than 100 batteries of heavy j
guns. Re-enforcements could not reach j
him owing to the terrible efficacy of
tlie German tire.
For a week, alone and unaided, he
and his men held out against very
great odds. Two companies of Ger
mans were already Installed in a ditch
of the northern bastion, and after three
days that positlou had to be abandoned
by the French.
Raynal then withdrew to the central
redoubt. He was still able to commu
nicate at night with the main body,
and one of t£e last messages sent was
that whatever happened he would nev
er surrender. He kept his word. Step
by step the Germans advanced from
the west and south, gradually narrow
ing the circle surrounding the fort
Messengers Volunteer.
Every night Raynal dispatched vol
unteer messengers to General Nivelle
to inform him of the progress of
events. Not one in five of these mes
sengers got through.
At 3:50 o'clock one morning an
officer from the French lines managed
in the darkness to crawl through the
German cordon and reach the redoubt
where Raynal was holding out The
German artillery was still pounding in
cessantly at the roofs of the vaults,
where the garrison had taken refuge.
The officer succeeded in returning to
the French lines and reported the des
perate condition of the survivors.
The fighting of the two previous days
had been awful. Whole German regi
ments at one stage tried to advance
against the western bastion, where two
batteries of tieldpieces were posted.
They were met with a point blank fire
and annihilated. One company climb
ed to within sixty yards of the iruns.
but could get uo farther. Several Ger
man assaults were repulsed only after
violent hand to hand fighting.
When at last the assailants reached
the principal entry they were met by
a counterattack, the garrison making
i use of their rifle butts, knives and fists
j and even their steel helmets, which
I they held by the strap and swung like
maces. The Germans employed lach
j rymosal shells, bombs and liquid fire
] throwers in great numbers.
Gave Way Inch by. Inch,
i Inch by inch the enfeebled defenders
i receded, and when at last, worn out by
I seven days' watching and fighting, they
were Incapable of further effort, fresh
' enemy troops rushed the fort and cap
I tured the handful of heroes wbo re
i malned.
Nothing is known yet of the fate of
Chief of Battalion Itaynal, who was
gazetted on Tuesday a commander of
the Legion of Honor for his gallant de
fense. He has been wounded several
times In the present war.
Seven days of terrific bombardment,
added to many previous periods of
bombardment of less Intensity, had re
duced the fort to little more than a
ruin. Its possession is still a matter
of importance to the erdun opera
tions, however, because of the height
which it crowns and from which it
had been able to sweep the ravine to
the north as well as the slopes of the
Meuse heights to the east.
Although the position, so far as nat
ural defenses were concerned, was one
of the most difficult to attack on this
bank of the river, it was selected by
the Germans In preference to other
points of less natural strength because
from its position on the extreme east
of the line it received the least support
from the flanking batteries on the oth
er bank.
Facing the Germans on the right
I bank of the river Is the line from
Froide Terre to the forts of Souvllle
and Tavannes, both situated on heights
of great natural strength.
Bible Often Translated.
Some of the languages the Bible has
been translated into are Accra. Aneity
um, Arrawack, Aberbijan. Bulu, Cal
! muo. Chippewayan, Coptic, Dajak, Dl
i kele. Eromanga. Gitano, Gujeratl.
! Haussa, Ialan, Iloeano, Khassi, Klnika,
Koordlsh, Kusaien, Lencha. Llfu, Ma
| lagasy, Mallseet, Mandingo, Micmac.
1 Mpongwe, Muskokee, Mamacqua, Nar
! rinyerl. Ojibwa, Otiyeberero. Pampan
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OMAHA, Neb., July 6.—Warned
by the untimely death from over
work of his Big Chief, Edward H.
Harriman, President A. L. Mohler, I
of the Union Pacific, and Oregon '
Short line railroads, today, in the,
prime of life, left his official desk
never to return. General Manager |
Charles Ware did the same .thing.
•Both men are in the midst of the
best years of their lives, around the
half century mark; and they present
the unusual spectacle of this age of
bustle and business right down to
the grave’s brink, of stopping before
they drop.
Mohler and Ware are in perfect |
health and could have retained their j
offices indefinitely.
Mohler will turn farmer in Colo
radc and Ware will travel around
the world awhile. Both men say
they have not quit to sit down and j
die; that they will keep their minds |
and bodies active, but they’ll do it j j
just after the manner they see fit. j
Mr. Mohler was bom at Ephrata,
Pa., in 1850 and started as a freight
clerk at Galt, 111., at 19. Ware, a
native of Jonesboro, 111., started as
a telegrapher for the Northwestern. ;
BAXTER’S NEWS DEPOT
For Invoice and Leather Files, Desk
Pads, Document Fasteners, Blank
Books, Time Books, and all office ac
cessories.
DANCE
. Saturday night, Roberts' hall.
Best music. 7-6tf
THE MODEL, 4TH, E AND F STS.
Power boat offices at The Model
for Knlk and Matanuska, Kern
creek, Hope and way points.
C. F. PETERSON, Agent.
Are you there? You soon will
be if you take the yellow car. 7-3tf
The Sydney Laurence Company
Commercial and Pictorial Photography
Post Cards and Local Virws
Kodak Developing and Printing '
Town Center
Carrol Building. Fourth Avenue!
Phil, The Barber
O. K. Bath House and Barber I
Shop.
Fourth, Between D and E.
Phil J. Eckert, Proprietor.
Eagle Boarding House
$1 PER DAY’
Corner 4th Ave. and C
MRS. QUINN, Prop.
BE ON WATCH
Against those whose only recom
mendation is their cheapness.
Such cheap work may prove to be
the most expensive.
Equipment and “know how”
enables us to do superior
Dry Cleaning and Pressing.
Blanton & Murry
1 Block from P. O. 5 th and G sts.
Send Us Your Check
...ASSAYS...
Falkenburg & Laucks
Ore Testing and Milling
Gold and Silver $1.00
Copper • . - - $1.50
Lead - - $1.00
Seattle, Wash.
“Analyze Anything.”
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Announcement!
We have just completed the largest
Cold Storage in Anchorage
And our new market between C and D street will be com
plete in a few days. We will open the New Market on
arrival of the Alameda, which will bring us a fresh and
complete stock of Poultry, Meats, Vegetables, Fruits, etc.
It is our intention to make this an up-to-date Sanitary
Market, and with our Superior Cold Storage will be able
to give the people of Anchorage the very best in the me#
line at all times. Yours from the Packer to Consumer.
Carstens Packing Company
In event of Strike preventing loading of our meats oil
Alameda will open new Market when first meat arrives.
J. J. HALES,
Manager Anchorage Branch.
BANKING BY MAIL
It makes no difference where you are located, you
can send us your gold dust or checks and we will place
them to your credit, acknowledging receipt and furnish
ing you with a check book so you can draw money when
needed; or, if you prefer, we will place the money on de
posit in our Savings Department where it will earn -t^r ^
cent interest.
We will be pleased to attend to any business you
wish transacted anywhere.
German-American Mercantile Bank
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SEATTLE - - WASHINGTON.
Notice to the Public:
We Have Completed Our Line of ^
CLOTHING ^
Which has just arrived and we are ready to dress you
up with a
PRESS SHRUNK KAUFFMAN SUIT,
JOHN B. STETSON HAT, AND PACKARD SHOES.
CARROLL & CO.
Fourth and E Sts.
Carrol Building Anchorage, Alaska
Antn passengers and baggage
tyCU r\U IU I V ICC STORAGE FIVE DAYS FREE
Night and Day Service
Stand: Front of F. J.-Cotter's Store. HERMAN L. GENTSCH, Mgr. $
Kootenai Inn Cigar Store
Cigars, Tobaccos, Confectionery
MRS. ALFRED DUNLAP
Fourth, between C and D
MRS. QUINN’S
Family . Boarding . House
$1.00 per day
First Class
Cor. 4th and B
TRY TONY’S CAFE
Opposite Empress Theatre
Open Day and Night
I
Let There Be Light
We Can Furnish It
PRICE & BENNETT
Plumbing Our Specialty
Fifth St, bet. G&H
Sheet Metal Works and
Gasoline Lighting
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