4
I
A CARLOAD
OR A SACK
L_C-O-A-L
HEALY LUMP, NUT OR MINE RUN,
BAXTER NUT OR MINE RUN
EVAN JONES LUMP OR MINE RUN
NANAIMO RANGE COAL
IN SACK OR BULK
THE ALASKA TRANSFER
WOOD, ICE, HAY AND GRAIN,
TRANSFERRING AND TEAMING
TEL MAIN 17
H. V HOBEN
ARCADE BLDG.
A F. DAVIS
#*
f
CHRIS’ PLACE
Cigars and Tobaccos
Soft Drinks and Candies
CARD TABLES
Phone Madison 54
CHRIST LARSEN, Prop.
Next Door to Liberty Theatre
»'
THE PALACE
John Mattich, Prop.
POOL, SOFT DRINKS AND
CIGARS
Furnished Rooms
Phone Main 55
CHOP SUEY, NOODLES,
OYSTERS AND SHELL
FISH—
Open Day and Night
Private Dining Rooms
SEWARD GRILL
ANDY'S EXPRESS
MEETS ALL BOATS AND
TRAINS
Prompt and Reliable Service
Phone Madison 143
The Alaska Shop
When you have any work in
Plumbing or Steam
Fitting
NEW OR REPAIRS, AND
SHEET METAL WORK
R. F. TILLMAN.
Back of Brown & Hawkins
PHONE ADAMS 80
ARON ERICSON
Painter and Decorator
SIGNS WALL PAPER
i
tr
te
THE SURROUNDINGS
Service and Food are the best at
FISHERS’ CAFE
PRIVATE BOOTHS DANCE ROOM
CHARLES FISHER, Prop.
Meat Buying
Made a Pleasure
OUR MEAT remains at its us
ual high standards. The only
thing cut about it is the price
—and that's so interestingly
done that you'll surely come
here.
CARSTENS PACKING COMPANY
E. KURTZ, Mgr.
WAS PRIVATE
SECRETARY TO
ABE LINCOLN
WILLIAM O. STODDARD WHO WAS
IN WHITE HOUSE IN 1865
DIES AT AGE OF 90
Met Abe Lincoln In 1858
Was Appointed Marshal of Arkansas
In 1864 but Was Forced to
Resign from III Health
MADISON, N. J., Aug. 31 (/P)-Wm.
O. Stoddard, 90, once private secre
tary to Abraham Lincoln, died here
yesterday following a short illness.
Wm. O. Stoddard entered the field
of journalism in Illinois immediately
after being graduated t from the Uni
versity of Rochester in 1857, was the
first newspaper man to put forward
Abraham Lincoln as a candidate for
the presidency, and after the latter’s
election was named a member of the
president's official staff. Going to
Chicago after completing his college
course, Mr. Stoddard was for several
months a member of the staff of the
Chicago Daily Ledger, but in the
spring of 1865 he became editor and
and part owner of the Central Illinois
Gazette, published at Champaign, 111.
Met Lincoln at Champaign
It was here that he met Abraham
Lincoln and conceived so great an ad
miration for him that in April, 1859,
he wrote a twro-column editorial in the
Gazette urging the nomination of Lin
Get This
Point, It’s
Important
—the point of a Parker u Duofold
is made of genuine native
Tasmanian Iridium rj which costs
over three times as / / much as the
iridium used in / / ordinary
fountain pen/ / points. That’s
why the Parker If Duofold is
called the 25- / / year point.
That’s whyit/fj is the cheapest
pen on earth /£/ at $7 — because its
usefulness 4sy is everlasting.
Lady Doolold or Z>aof old Jr., SS
Cold Ring or Gold Pocket-clip
Included free.
Pack along a Disofold
on your vacation
Ask To See It At
ORLANDER, the Jeweler
coin for president. It was the first
newspaper article ever published in 1
behalf of the emancipator, and was fol
lowed by several others pressing Mr. <
Lincoln’s claims and fitness for for i
the office. These were sent by Mr. ]
Stoddard to several eastern publica
tions, the first of which to publish !
them was the Century in May, 1859. <
Named Secretary Land Office 1
Mr. Stoddard continued his activi
ties in behalf of Lincoln, who, in ac
knowledging his appreciation of his
seances, named him as secretary to
sign land patents. With the outbreak
of the Civil War, Mr. Stoddard ob
tained the president’s permission to
serve three months in the army and
was enrolled as a private in the first
company of volunteers recruited. On
returning from military service he was
\ made one of the president’s private
secretaries and placed in charge of
the president’s private correspondence
and confidential .business, his office
being in the White House. The next
year he was made grand secretary of
the Union League of America, which
was mainly an honorary position and
did not take him away from his offi
cial duties.
Appointed Marshal for Arkansas
Mr. Stoddard remained in his secre
tarial capacity to the president until
September 24, 1864, when he was ap
pointed United States Marshal of Ar
kansas, but near the close of 1865 he
was forced to resign because of ill
health and upon recommendation of
his physician returned north, making
his home in New York. He engaged in
business in Wall Street and became
connected wiht a number of railway,
telegraphic and manufacturing enter
prises. Also for two years 1871 to ’73
he held positions with the New York
city government.
During all those years Mr. Stoddard
continued his interest in writing and
literature and for several years was
a member of the staff of the New
York Examiner. His first published
work, which attracted considerable
attention was an illustrated satire on
Tammany Hall which appeared in
SEWARD CLUB
Under New
MANAGEMENT
OLD AND NEW
FRIENDS.INVITED
ED ERICKSON
i
OGLES GARAGE & FILLING STATION
Phone Madison 66
GASOLINE OILS GREASES VULCANIZING
Agent for Overland and Willys-Knights
Machine Shop in Connection
DAY AND NIGHT TAXI SERVICE
HUDSON AND STUDEBAKER CARS
Mattsehei & Bolanr Machinists
Hardware -Stoves-Ranges
POWDER—CAPS—FUSE—MINERS’ SUPPLIES
SHIP CHANDLERY AND SHIP LINOLEUM
ANCHORS, ROPE AND TWINE
HALIBUT LINES AND HOOKS
Sheet Metal — Plumbing Shop — Gun Repair
J. L. GRAEF
PAINTS AND BRUSHES
BECK & WHITE
High Grade Line of
CIGARS, TOBACCOS, &
CANDIES
FINEST BILLIARD HALL IN ALASKA
'869. He continued to write verse,
iction, historical and biographical
vorks until his published volumes ex
ceeded 100. He attained exceptional
success in his writings for young peo
ple.
Among the historical works of Mr.
Stoddard were “Lives of the Presi
lents” (1888-9) ten volumes; “Life
)f Abraham Lincoln,” (1884), “The
White House in War Time” (1890);
‘Table Talk of Lincoln,” (1892); “Lin
coln at Work” (1899); “The Boy Lin
coln” (1905).
Born at Homer, N. Y.
William Osborne Stoddard was born
at Homer, N. Y., Sept. 24, 1835. the
son of Prentice and Sarah Osgood
Stoddard. Both his parents were of
New England ancestry. The son at
tended Homer Academy and afterward
private schools ih Syracuse prepar
ing for the University of Rochester.
Four years after being graduated it
conferred upon him the honorary de
gree of master of arts. In 1873 he
married Susan E. Cooper of New
York. She died several years ago.
Mr. Stoddard had an inventive turn
of mind and had taken out a number
of patents for mechanical improve
ments. He' was a member of the
Grand Army of the Republic, the Gen
esee Society in New York, Mid the
Union Society of the Civil War. Dur
ing the latters years of his life Mr.
Stoddard resided at Madison, N. J.,
where his daughter, Mrs. Harold S.
Buttenheim, and his son, Wm. O. Stod
dard, jr., the author, also made their
homes.
SEWARD WATERFRONT
The Admiral liner Ceburra arrived
at Red Fox Bay last night in ballast
front Seattle. From the westward the
vessel will sail direct for Seattle.
The steamer Yukon of the Alaska
Steamship Company departed for Se
attle last evening at 7:15 o'clock.
The Admiral Evans of the Pacific
Steamship Company, departed for the
westward last night at midnight. She
is due back in port next Tuesday.
The steamship Redondo of the Alas
ka Steamship Company departed for
the westward last evening about 11
o'clock. The Redondo is due to return
from the westward next Sunday.
The steamer Starr of the San Juan
Fishing and Packing Co. is scheduled
to depart for the westward September
14. <
The four master schooner La Mer
ced is due to arrive in poiT today from
Portlock with a cargo of salt for the
local cold storage plant.
Up to the time of going to press no
word has been heard from the steam
ship Tupper of the Kuskokwim Trad
ing Co. According to steamship ad
vices received from Seattle this ves
sel was to call at Seward on her way
north. She left Seattle August 21.
The halibut schooner Ivanhoe arriv
ed in port yesterday from the south.
The gas boat Rolfe II, Capt. John
Smith, arrived in port yesterday from
Nuka Bay and expects to leave tomor
row with a hunting party for Port
Chatham. On her way to the westward
the staunch craft will drop off a num
ber of passengers at Nuka Bay, among
whom will be Mr. Sheppard, the geo
logical survey official.
That Seward is becoming a real sea
port w'as manifested again yesterday,
the occasion being the arrival of four
ocean going steamers which were tied
up to the wharf at the same time.
These were the Yukon, Starr, Evans
and Redondo, with two others sched
uled to arrive, the Tupper and the La
Merced.
O. Hansen, oil man. from Cold Bay,
who has been a business visitor in
Seward for the last week, departed for
Kanatak last night on the Admiral
Evans.
Mrs. Edith Bruesch of Healy, who
passed thru Seward a month ago lor
Seattle to bring her boy to Alaska,
returned on the Admiral Evans yes
terday. They will depart on the
next train for the Interior.
Legal Blanks at the Gateway.
- -*
Take
THE FUR FARMER
MAGAZINE
and know the fur business. It
deals with every phase of fur
farming. Learn how others made
a success of farming fur bearing
' animals.
Address
21 COLMAN DOCK
Seattle, Wash.
• \