Jos. Bourke of Valdez, special agent
for the department of justice, is again
in town.
Frank Hayes, public stenographer,
is making the round trip to Valdez
on the Alameda,
E. B. Hanley, wife and daughter,
came over from Nellie Juan in a
launch last evening and will spend
several days here.
Judge Leopold David of Anchorage
greeted Cordova friends last night. He
is a passenger on the Alameda re
turning home after a short trip to the
states.
Chester Davis is receiving the con
gratulations of his friends upon the
arrival of a girl baby at his home.
Mother and daughter are reported as
doing nicely.
B. L. O’Connor an^J wife of San Fran
cisco spent last evening in town. Mr.
O’Connor is the special representative
for Rexall remedies and this is his
first trip to Alaska in four years.
Tlios. J. Donohoe. Jr., who has been
attending Stanford univensity, Cali
fornia, returned home on last night’s
boat. His parents and sister will
leave Seattle for Cordova on Thursday,
after a pleasant visit to the states.
Assistant District Attorney John H.
Miller came over from Datouche on a
launch, after investigating the assault
on Deputy Marshal Conrad, who is
now on a. fair road to recovery. Mr.
Miller returned to Valdez on the Ala
meda.
H. Kessler, a prominent business
man of Seattle, arrived in Cordova last
night on the steamship Alameda, and
will spend several weeks here as the
guest of his daughter, Mrs. Samuel
Laurie. Mr. Kessler is a well-known
old-timer in Alaska having stampeded
over the Chilcoot pass and down the
Yukon in 1897. He intends to take
several hunting and fishing trips dur
ing his stay here.
Misses Bernice C. Welch, Lucy Pyle
and K. James, of Seattle, are spending
a few days in Cordova.
The Seattle-Sitka cable was inter
rupted until late this afternoon, which
accounts for our lack of Associated
Press news today.
Mrs. C. H. Wilcox, of Valdez, wife
of the deputy clerk of the court and
former resident of Cordova spent yes
terday with local friends.
There is some talk of the local
ball team making a trip to the west
ward, playing games at Fort Liscum,
Latouche, Seward and Anchorage.
William B. Porter, C. S. B., of New
York, who arrived here yesterday
afternoon, accompanied by his wife,
will lecture at the Empress theater
tonight, under the auspices of the
local Christian Science church. Mr.
Porter is a lecturer of note and is on
a general tour of the territory in the
interests of that church.
MANY EXCURSIONISTS
ON STEAMER ALAMEDA
The steamship Alameda arrived
from Seattle shortly after 9 o’clock
last night and sailed four hours late:
for the westward. Passenger for Cor
dova were: A. C. Dunseth, Edith
Whitmore, Mrs. Harry Broadwater, H.
Kessler. Thomas M. Donohoe, H.
Olsen, Mrs. K. James and 26 steerage.
There were forty-five round-trippers
aboard as follows: Mrs. V. Patterson.
Mrs. M. Robinson, WT. H. Robinson
and wife, W. A. Hicks, Louis Hicks,
Win. Robinson, Harry Patterson, L.
W. Hicks and wife, Mrs. Ruth Wil
liams, Miss Margerite Wilbur, Flor
ence Green. Eva Rockafellow, Ola M.
Cooper, Edna Bickford, Frances Stog
stell, Viva Driver, James H. Begg,
Bernard L. O’Connor, Mary E. Stamp,
S. F. Stewart, Ella Gardner, Mrs. H.
A. Norton, Nellie Stringfellow, Mrs.
F. M. Iarned, Mrs. J. D. Zimmerman,
Mrs. F. Kruse, Miss B. Toltz, Flora
E. Mitchell, Edna E. Metzger, J. A.
Richolt, Mrs. Richolt, Miss P. Richolt,
Mrs. W. F. Mosher, E. B. Renwick,
Mrs. E. B. Renwick, Josephine Le
Conte, Mildred LeConte, A. K. Wil
kins, Mrs. Wilkins, H. H. Paterson,
Mrs. H. H. Paterson.
For the first time in the history of
Freemasonry in Alaska, the territorial
lodges, all of them being under the
jurisdiction of the grand lodge of the.
state of Washington, have been hon
ored by a visit of inspection by the
grand master. On the Alameda going
west yesterday was Grand Master
James Howard Begg, who plans to
visit all the subordinate Masonic blue
lodges along the coast between Ketch
ikan and Anchorage before returning
to Seattle. He will go straight through
to Anchorage, visiting Anchorage
lodge No. 219. After Seward, Grand
Master Begg will probably go to Val
dez on the next trip of the steamer
Northwestern, where is located Valdez
lodge No. 168.
The plan is then to take a launch
from Valdez to Cordova, remaining
here some time as the guest of Mt.
McKinley lodge No. 183, going south
from here on the steamer Alaska. In
southeastern Alaska he will be enter
tamed by tne Masonic lodges at saag
way, Douglas, Juneau and Ketchikan.
Grand Master Begg is one of the
well known figures in Seattle, having
been assessor for King county for a
number of years. He has not been in
the best of health of late, and the trip
north has already benefited him great
ly. This is his first visit to Alaska,
and to a Times reporter he expressed
in appreciative language his admira
tion for Alaska, and the wonders of its
scenery which were being displayed
to him for the first time.
A free Christian Science lecture
will be given at Empress theater on
Tuesday evening at 8:30 o’clock, by
Mr. William W. Porter, C. S. B., of
New York City, member of the Board
of Lectureship, of the Mother Church,
the First Church of Christ Scientist,
in Boston, Mass. All are cordially
invited. 26-2t
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