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Cordova, July 1.
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The steamer Sampson arrived in
port this morning about 11 o’clock.
A train was at the wharf to meet
the steamer and 18 excursionists
were taken to the glaciers, return
ing at 3:15. A large number of
other passengers circled about town
for several hours. Those for this
section, the round trippers simply
being booked for Knik, were as fol
lows:
For Cordova—W. H. Lee, A. G.
Coaley, H. W. DuBois, W. B. Phin.
For Valdez—Ed. Austin, C. W.
Mossman, Mrs. R. A. Squires, and
child, J. E. O’Grosky, R. M. Black, j
John Byers, Vixen Byers, J. H.
Shotwell, F. M. Newbred, C. N.
Anderson, J. Frank Simmicks, Frank
Olcense, Mrs. H. Sharts, Mrs. E.!
Cerney, Mrs. Sam Orchard, Mrs. A.
G. Meagher.
For Katalla — Jos Whitehead,
David White.
For Latouche—Paul Morris, C.
Victor Martin.
For Seward—C. D. Murane, Hazel
Borgen, Emily Borgen, A. A. Hall,
Mrs. J. Kloss, G. H. Morris and
wife, W. A. McNeily and wife, L. B.
Clapp, Wm. Hawkins, Tom Mann. A.
Eldre.dge, Miss Sadie Fisher, Mrs.
W. B. Mackay, E. P. Griffith, C. L.
Peters and wife. D. R. Atkinson, A.
W. Gusby, W. H. Lord, Erna Liet
scher and wife,
For Kenai—-Mrs. P. J. Laflin,
Allen Laflin, Philip Carman and
wife.
It was 3:30 this afternoon when
the steamer pulled out for Valdez,
carrying the Cordova basebaTl team
and a number of others, as follows:
For Valdez—'Mrs. F. H. Sheldon,
H. I. Jaffe, E. F. Medley, Mrs. E. F.
Medley, Mrs. Ed. Walsh, Mrs. C.
Carlton, M. Brock, Mrs. M. Brock,
Miss Christine, J. S. Raymond, D. L.
Alexander, C. W. .Mossman, H. O.
Smith. Dr. J. A. Vance, Mrs. W. W.
Council, George Hickman, B. Ker
david, A. Bavilaxqua, Andrew Nel
son. BaseBall Team—W. Harris,
Dr. W. W. Council, George Steele,
Jerry Perry, Charles Fowler, W. L.
Stephenson, J. E. Berry, L. B. Sea
ton, O. A. McMasters, Dick O’Neil,
Ed. Walsh and Walter Sutton.
For Ellamar—Harry Barker, Joe
Ishi. ^
For Port Wells—Edwin Griset.
E. F. Medley and wife went over
to Valdez on the Sampson to spend a
few days with Mrs. Medley’s mother.
Ed. Griset returned this after
noon to Port Wells to look after the
operations of the Golden Eagle Min
ing Cmpany.
Mrs. F. H. Sheldon will enjoy the
Fourth of July holidays with tffiends
.at Valdez.
Judge Frazier has taken an apart
ment in the Borden building and
'Comfortably furnished it, prepara
tory to the arrival of Mrs. Frazier,
who is to arrive tomorrow on the
Northwestern from Seattle.
J. Frederick Johnson, who has
just organized a big lodge of Moose
at Fairbanks, is expected to arrive
at Cordova soon. He will likely
make an effort to organize here and
at Valdez and Seward.
Judge C. D. MuTane, formerly dis
trict attorney for this division and
later federal judge at Nome, was a
passenger on the Sampson. He is
making a trip to the westward. He
practices law at Seattle.
Cordova, July 2.
Col. Jacklin and his party of
guests sailed on the yacht Cyprus
during the early hours of the morn
ing. They will go to Valdez and may
not go farther, rather expecting to
return to Cordova tomorrow and re
ceive mail that is for various mem
bers of the party on the steamer
Northwestern. From here they will
go south. The party did not return
from a trip out on the railroad until
about 11:30 o’clock last night.
After viewing the glaciers at Mile 49
the train took them on to Aber
crombie canyon, where they spent an
hour or two fishing and made some
good catches. Col. Jacklin states
that he will return to Cordova in
August. He will leave Vancouver
with a party of New York business
associates on August 5th. They will
go out the railroad and spend some
time fishing. Several of Col. Jaclc
lin’s guests did not come farther
north than Juneau. Those who were
here last evening were the follow
ing: D. C. Jackling, H. B. Tooker,
F. G. Janney, J. Frank Judge, Chas.
W. Stimpson and wife, Salt Lake; L.
S. Cates and wife of Ray, Ariz.;
Miss Winifred Braden, Oakland,
Cal.; H. A. Fitch, Kansas City, Mo.;
and Geo. M. Woolsey, New York.
E. F. Gray, manager of the Great
Northern Development Company,
will be an arrival on the steamer
Mariposa, coming from Nevada
where he is in charge of big mining
operations, ft is expected that he
will arrange for doing the assess
ment work on the extensive holdings
of his company on Copper mountain
and also on the Regal group near
Kennecott which he started to open
up two or three years ago.
The Republicans of Cordova
formed a permanent club last night
at Town Hall, with about 20 mem
bers. The following officers were
elected, after which the meeting
adjourned subject to the call of the
chair:
President—C. M. Frazier.
Secretary—Thos. S. Scott.
Executive Committee—E. L. Har
wood, Geo C. Hazelet, A. E.
Lathrop.
Lawrence Bowman Clapp" was an
arrival yesterday and is at the
Rainier-Grand Hotel. He is a grad
uatae B. A. and post graduate in
architecture of Cornell University,
and lias studied designs and water
color painting under well known
masters. Mr. Clapp came from San
Diego, where he lias been engaged
for three months in painting many
local scenes for the exposition. He
conies north to secure a number of
Alaskan scenes which he will later
exhibit in various cities, going back
as far as Chicago and will then bring
the exhibit back to the California
expositon. He will leave on the
morning train and will go to Mile 49
where he will establish camp until
Monday. He proposes to get several
paintings of Miles and Childs
glaciers. He will return to town on
Tuesday and will devote the balance
of the week to securing paintings
of scenes around Cordova and on the
Sound. He has arranged to give a
free exhibit of his work at the room
of the Chamber of Commerce on Fri
day afternoon and evening of next
week.
Mrs. A. B. Fyler, daughter of L.
R. Baird, will be an arrival from
Seattle on the steamer Mariposa
next Monday and will spend several
weeks vacation here with her father.
Dr. Chase reports that a healthy
baby gftl was presented to Mr. and
Mrs. Dick Ke.rwood last night, in
time to do a little celebrating on the
Fourth.
"Cordova, July 3
This will "be the last Sunday in
Cordova, at least for a year, for
Rev. E. P. Ziegler. Accompanied by
his family he will sail on the next
steamer for Seattle. They will then
go East and Rev. Ziegler will enjoy
a year's leave of absence, part of
which time he will spend in a school
of divinity. In a letter received on
Wednesday from Bishop Rowe it is
not indicated that he will send an
other man here to take charge of St.
George’s Episcopal Mission. He in
structs Rev. Ziegler to secure a man
to look after the Red Dragon build
ing, and Mr. O’Neill has been
secured for that purpose. There
will also be two other vacancies in
Alaska. Rev. Ziegler at Valdez is
to go to the Philippines, while the
rector at Fairbanks is to have a
leave of absence. Both charges,
however, will likely be filled in the
immediate future.
Last night at Town Hall a Wick
ersham Club was formed with about
25 signatures to the roll. A tem
porary organization was formed by
the election of E. V. Boyle as presi
dent and Harry Thisted as secre
tary. A committee on by-laws was
appointed consisting of Chas. J.
Goodall, Jack Shepard, Harry Knox,
Nick Clasen and Dr. Chase. They
will report at a meeting to be held
on Thursday evening next, at a place
to be designated later. In the.
meantime efforts will be made to get|
additional members and permanent
officers will be elected.
The train went out this morning
and will run through today to Ken
necott. It will leave that point
southbound early tomorrow morn
ing and will take a number of people
from various points along the line
to Chitina, to participate in the big
celebraton of July Fourth. The
baseball team from McCarthy will
contest for honors and a purse with
the crack team at Chitina. Train
will leave Chitina Sunday morning
and reach Cordova in the afternoon.
A train will go out in the morning
and will connect for McCarthy and
Kennecott, returning to Cordova on
Tuesday. A train will again leave
here for the, interior on Wednesday
morning.
John J. McGrath, one of the old
time newspaper men of Alaska, is a
passenger on the steamer North
western, going to Seward. He will
take a position on the Gateway and
assist in making it one of the leading
and progressive, papers of the north.
The, steamer Northwestern reached
port this afternoon at 1 o'clock. A
special train was waiting at the
wharf and 25 excursionists were
taken aboard for a trip to the
glaciers. There was 240 tons of
freight aboard, which is now being
discharged. The steamer is booked
to sail for Valdez at 8 o’clock this
evening. She will only go as far
west as Seward, expecting to return
to Cordova on Sunday night and
will take on a cargo of copper ore
before sailing south. Passengers
aboard the Northwestern for this
section were as follows:
For Cordova—Miss Anna Webb,
Mrs. W. H. Webb, Nathanael Greene,
Mrs. C. M. Frasier, Mrs. A. H. Spar
lock, Mrs. Robert Gottschalk, John
E. Hamill, Geo. M. Sias, H. M.
Chamberlain, Mrs. R. Marshall, Vic
tor Marshall, Frank A. Jordan, Miss
Maud Durkin, R. L. Winnie, J. D.
Pritchard, Mrs. F. M. Conn and 4
second class.
For Ellamar, R. P. Strough, Geo.
C. Patrick, Phil Weiss and 3 second
class.
For Valdez-—A. J. Lawrence, E.
E. Bussey, Henrietta Matzkus, and
4 second class.
For Seward—Mrs. C. M. Coe, J. J.
McGrath, J. J. Sherlock, L. L. Clay,
C. Blrkliofer and 21 second class.
Round Trip Passengers—Alexan
der Anderson, Mrs. Anderson, Miss
M. Wuld, Miss Lockwood, T. S.
Lockwood, Mrs. Lockwood, Louisa
Drury, Elizabeth Buckley, Mrs. L.
Gerlinger, Jr., Mrs. George Ray
mond, L. Gerlinger, Mrs. Gerlinger,
J. H. Bridgeford, Elsie Child, Vera
Child, A. F. Jones, Mrs. Jones, Miss
Jones, Geo. Robinson, Jr., Gertrude
Davidson, Bessie Davidson, Col. H.
W. Wheeler, Walter P. Proep, Mrs.
Proep, Helen Proep, Herbert Proep.
Emil E. Hurja, of Seattle, was an
arrival on the Northwestern this
afternoon, and is at the Windsor. He
was formerly a resident of Fair
banks, but latterly has been doing
good newspaper work on the. Post
Intelligencer. Mr. Hurja is making
a tour through Alaska for the
Mining and Scientific Press, of San
Francisco, writing up the latest de
velopments in mining operations. He
has been at Ketchikan, Wrangejl,
Juneau and Skagway. From here he
will go fo Valdez and Seward, re
turning to Skagway and making the
.trip to Dawson and Fairbanks. He
will be in Cordova for several days
and will get data for an article deal
ing with the. mining operations in
the Copper River country, to be
published in the Mining and Scien
tific Press, a periodical that has
always been fair to Alaska and
which has at times devoted much
space to set forth the mining oppor
tunities and advantages of this
northern territory.
The many friends of Judge Chapin
will regret to learn that his physical
condition is not encouraging. Since
he went to the hospital his tempera
ture has not decreased.
C. P. Strough, with a couple of
men, representing the coast and
geodetic survey, are passengers on
the steamer Northwestern going to
Ellamar. There they will be joined
by three other assistans and the
triangulation of that section will be
made, to connect with the work that
is being done from Knik.
Mrs. C. M. Frazier was a pas
senger on the Northwestern this af
ternoon. The Judge had an apart
ment all ready in the Borden build
ing, where they expect to be
comfortable.
Mrs. F. M. Conn, of Seattle, was
an arrival this afternoon and will
spend a few weeks with he.r daugh
ter, Mrs. R. R. Stewart. Mrs. Conn
has made previous visits here and
has a number of friends who will
welcome her return.
J. Frederick Johnson, who has
made such a phenomenal success m
establishing lodges of the Order of
Moose, in various parts of Alaska,
arrived in Cordova this afternoon.
He is already at work and proposes
to organize a large number of me.n
in this community and give them the
privileges of a fraternal and bene
ficial organization. He has just
come out from Fairbanks, whe.re he
formed a lodge of ovej 400 members.
Nathanael Greene was a return
ing passenger this afternoon on the
Northwestern. He has been to
Seattle for the. past few weeks, re
ceiving treatment for his eyes. His
many friends here will be pleased to
know that an operation has given
him back his normal sight.
Cordova, July 7.
Captain Jack Steen writes us
from McCarthy that they now have a
strong ball team and would like to
arrange for games with Cordova,
Seward, Valdez and Chitina. They
could make a tour that would take
in all towns and wish the challenge,
published. They played the Kenne
cott team at McCarthy on July 4th.
The weather was fine and over 200
people witnessed the game. But the
visitors made a poor showing and
were outplayed at every point. The
McCarthy team scored 8 runs in the
first inning and at the end of the
game had 23 runs to the.ir credit
while Kennecott had but 3. The
strong line-up for McCarthy was as
follows: C. Brown, c; C. Olson, ■•>;'
J. Arnold, 3b; A. F. Brown, ss; F.
Hepler, 2b; J. Steen, lb, (captain);
Robertson, If; McGillvray, cf; Lam
bert, rf.
Miss Grace Edgren came up from
Seattle on the Mariposa to join her
mothe.r, who is housekeeper at the
Rainier-Grand.
At the meeting of Council last
night Charles Goodall, chairman of
the street commute, reported that
the recent improvements on First
stree.t had been completed at a total
cost of about $2,900. This includes
putting in the bulkhead, filling in
street and grading the street at the
head of Front, and also includes the
building of cars, purchase of tools,
etc., that will be available, for work
at other times.
Tom Price returned last night
from a trip outside, having been
called to Seattle by the severe ill
ness of his wife. She has been out
of the hospital for some time and
will return to Cordova shortly, after
she regains her usual strength. Tom
stopped over at June.au for a few
days and says that business is very
much overdone there. The future of
Cordova looks good to him.
Mrs. Ed Kelter sailed on the
Northwestern for Juneau, where she
will take a small steamer and go to
Sitka, to spend a couple of weeks at
the hot springs.
Rev. E. P. :Ziegler, wife, and
young daughter, departed on the
steamer Northwestern and will go
back east. Rev. E. P. Ziegler has
been given a year’s leave of absence
and may later be sent to another
charge. He has been at Cordova for
six years past.
Mrs. F. G. Corser arrived last
night and will spend a few weeks
visiting with her son and daugh
ter, Mr. and Mts. Caleb Corser.
Mrs. J. L. O’Brien was an out
going passenger on the Northwestern
yesterday and will spend several
weeks with friends in Seattle.
Among the prominent arrivals
last night was a noted family from
New York that includes Mr. and Mrs.
Robert van Vorst Sewell and their
t two sons, Robert V. and William J.
I Sewell. They will leave for the in
terior on the morning train, expect
ing to make their first stop at Mile
52. There they will be located for
possibly a week, during which time
both Mr. and Mrs. Sewell will be en
gaged in making paintings of Miles
and Childs glaciers and other scenic
beauties. Afterwards they will
board a train and push on farther
and stop wherever fancy leads, ex
pecting to eventually reach the
Bonanza mine. Both Mr. and Mrs.
Sewell have won international fame
for their works of art, and since
their marriage in April 1888, have
continued to keep busy along their
respective lines, traveling much but
spending considerable time at their
home at “Fleetwood,” Oyster, Bay,
Long Island.
Mrs. Seweil won considerable!
favor before her marriage, when she
was Miss Lydia Amanda Brewster.
She first studied at the Art Student’s
league, New York, and under Julien
and Carolus Duran, Paris. In the j
latter city she. commenced painting!
in 1886; exhibited at Paris Salon, J
1886, 1887, 1888; awarded Dodge
prize. National Academy Design in
1888; Clark prize, same, 1903;
bronze medal, Chicago exposition in
1893, Buffalo exposition, 1901’, St.
Louis exposition, 1904; silver medal
Charleston exposition. Her principal
work has been portraiture in the
style and spirit of the early English
masters.
Mr. Sewell took the degree of A.
B. at Columbia college, in 1883;
studied under Lefebvre and Boul
anger, Paris, 1883-7; won first Hall
garten prize, National Academy De
sign, 1888; silver medal Buffalo ex
position for exhibit of designs of
mural paintings, etc. This mural
painting, The Canterbury Pilgrims,
in great hall of Georgian court,
Lakewood, and several others are ;
widely known; painted The Story of
Psyche, a series of lunette decora
tions of the palm room of the St.
Regis Hotel, New York, A. N. A.,
1902; member of Society Mural
Paintings, Architectural League,
New York.
Fred Glassbrenner returned last
night after a three months trip out
side, dining which time, he visited
his parents and friends at Minne
apolis. Mrs. Glassbrenner remained
at Seattle and will return a couple
of weeks later. Fred says that
business conditions outside, are gen
erally quiet.
Miss J. B. Potter, of Seattle, was
an arrival on the Mariposa last night
and will spend u few weeks with hei
sister, Mrs. Caleb Corser. Hhe hai
many friends In Cordova who will b<
glad to welcome her ugaln,
Mrs. A. B. Fyler, of Seattle, I*
be.ing warmly greeted by numerous
friends, Hlnce her arrival on the
Mariposa last night. She will spend
a part of the Hummer vacation with
her father, L. It. Baird.
For several months past Mrs. V.
O. Vance has be.en visiting at. her
old home in West Virginia. She
sailed from Seattle last night and ;n
a few days there will be real cheer
around the HoteJ Northern.
The steamer Mariposa reached
port last night about !i o'clock, with
a large passenger list for Cordova
and the westward. Aftex unloading
freight Hhe sailed again for Valdez
about midnight. There aro 30 ex
cursionists and it was decided to
wait until the return trip to take
them out to the glaciex. The
steamer is expected back on Friday
afternoon and will he In port five or
six hours. The following passen
gers came from the south:
For Cordova—Mrs. A. B. Fyler,
Miss .1. B. Potter, F. (Jlassbrenner,
F. M. Andreane, Robert Sewell and
wife, Robert Sewell, -Ir., Wm. HeweJI,
Mrs. F. G. Corser, H. W Kirby, F,
Banes, Grace M. Kdgren, Violet
Bourgette, W. E. Brown, Thos,
Price, M. J. Martin and wire, G. M
Drery, I). S. Brery, Baron Von
Ravens, Baroness Von Ravens.
For Valdez—G. Monday, L. Mit
chell, Mrs. M. Georgie, E. W. Cush
man.
For Seward—Miss A. Smith, Mrs
A. .1. Carlson, Eveline Carlson, A1
doran Carlson, Mrs. F. Couch, L. M
Palmer, H. Brown, E. .1. Kronen
and H. H. Riley.
For Knik Anchorage—A. J. Wal
ter and wife.
Round Trippers—Miss I. B. Pro
vast, Miss H. J. Perry, Florejict
AmIcii, Mth. Romo McNeil, MU* K. \,.
McNeil, MImm 10, L, I’rough, MImm H,
J. Seymour, MImm Helen (Jlllon, MImm
1). Cunningham, MImm II. It. John,
■tone, MImm A. K. Johnstone, Mr*. K
Krlppendorf, Mrss Mary Krlppen
dorf, MImm Jones, MImm K. M. Ifolll
day, J. I’. O’Brien, Mrs. O’Brien, W,
H. Bunce, MImm M. ThompMon, K. J.
SwIndellM and wife. Master Win.
SwIndellM, MImm Ktta McCue, MImm 10.
N. Wilson, MImm F. K. Cook, MImm <1.
10. Moore, K. Miller and wife, W, II.
Ilurlhut, MImm I, A. Parton, J. C.
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NOTICK
Notice Ih hereby given that the
annual meeting of the stockholder*
of The Kind, flank of Cordova will
he held at the office of said hank in
the Town of Cordova, Alaska, or>
Tuesday, July the 14th, I !»14, a*
the hour of 1 o'clock p, tn. at which
meeting the director* of said bans
Hhall he elected for the ensuing
year, and such other business
transacte/l an rimy regularly come
before nald meeting.
MALCOLM BROCK,
Secretary.
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