Cordova, November 26
Among the arrivals yesterday
from the Chisana were H. W. Sheri
dan, J. W. Lord, J. Johnson and A.
J. McClinn.
Col. W. P. Richardson is a pass
enger on the Alameda going thorugh
to Seattle. He was about the city
this afternoon and was cordially
greeted by a number of friends.
Mrs. L. M. Price and son returned
this afternoon from a visit to
friends at Valdez.
D. Wheeler came over from the
westward on the Alameda.
By reason of a special appropria
tion made the post office department
at Washington has been enabled to
arrange to give the people of the
Tanana country and as far north as
Nome, a service this winter to ex
ceed anything they have ever had.
On Monday morning 12,000 pounds,
or six tons of accumulated mail will
be sent in a special car to Chitina,
from which point the Orr Stage
Line, under special contract, will
take this mail to the interior. It
will include newspapers, magazines
and parcel post packages, much of
which was recently sent from
Seattle. This is the earliest date
for mail of this kind to be sent to
the interior. The result will be that
hereafter the thrice a week mail of
1,600 ponds, will take practically
all'classes that is sent north. So
that hereafter the people of Fair
banks and Nome will have their
newspapers, magazines and parcel
post packages make close connec
tions at Cordova from Seattle and
outside points. There will be com
paratively no accumulation of mail
this winter at the Cordova post
office.
On the train yesterday Walter
Stephens received a letter from
friends en route to the Chisana tell
ing of the finding of a dead body in
the snow. The letter was from
White River, dated November 7, and
was from John Soule, Willard Soule
and Frank Taylor. These men saw
Jack Johnson covered by a snow slide
and they spent two days in digging
him out. The letter does not say
■where Johnson is from but states
that they will ship the body outside.
The Soule party is from South Bend,
Wash. ‘ '£
Cordova, November 26
The Sunset Magazine, published
at San Francisco, is preparing to is
sue a special edition, covering this
section of Alaska. The Chamber of
Commerce has been requested to
send a number of photographs,
which will go out on the steamer
tonight.
Thanksgiving Day was generally
observed in Cordova. The places of
business were closed and all public
offices maintained holiday hours.
Services were held in the morning
and in the afternoon and early even
ing the usual feast followed. Many
dinner parties were given, and
withal everyone felt that they had
something to be thankful for. Dur
ing the evening the Empress
theater was crowded, while many at
tended the dance given by the Cor
dova ochestra, and which was a de
lightful affair enjoyed by all.
The freighter Latouche is ex
pected in port w'ithin the next two
or three days.
Cordova, November 28
The steamer Sampson was due to
■ arrive in port last night about mid
night, but a snow storm necessitated
that she tie up during the night and
as a consequence she did not reach
Cprdova until after 10 o’clock this
morning, sailing south a couple of
hours later. Among the passengers
going through was Frank Watson,
general agent of the Alaska Coast
Company. He states that when the
Sampson reaches Seattle she will be
taken oft this run and that the
steamer Jeanie will sail from
Seattle on December 10.
This morning a healthy and
bright bit of femininity made its ap
pearance in the W. H. Woodruff
household. Dr. Council reports
that mother and baby girl are both
doing well.
Among the passengers going
through today on the steamer
Sampson was Judge R. W. Jen
nings, who has been holding a Spe
cial term of court at Valdez. He
disposed of all cases in which Judge
Brown was interested and the lat
ter is now finishing up all business
of the term.
Cordova, November 29
A wire has been received from
Ketchikan inquiring about Phil
McCallion. It was reported in
Southeastern Alaska that McCallion
had died, either in the Chisana or
on the trail. Diligent inquiry
brings to light no information that
w’ould tend to substantiate the re
port. One party who left the dig
gings on the 5th took an order from
McCallion and George Irving to take
in supplies for them when he re
turns the fore part of December.
At that time both men were well
ar.d comfortably located in Chisana.
“Taku John,” who has been suf
fering with h'eart trouble for some
time past, was in town last evening
and after he returned to his cabin
at Oldtown he suddenly dropped
dead. He had been in the hospital
for about ten days, but was so im
proved about a week ago that Dr.
Council permitted him to leave. He
was 4 8 years of age. His mother
resides in Prussia and a brother
lives in the Iditarod. He has been
in Alaska for many years past and
for a time looked after the govern
i ment survey boat Taku. The body
was removed to the undertaking
parlor of E. O. Lambert and will be
buried tomorrow afternoon at Lake
Eyak.
Cordova, December 1
J. F. Clarkin, proprietor of the
Nizina roadhouse, came from the
interior on yesterday’s train. He
went out this morning as conductor
on the train, temporarily taking the
run of Oscar Larson. He states
that before he left Nizina on Friday
quite a number of mushers had come
through from the Chisana, using the
Hazelet glacier trail. They were
nearly all of the opinion that this
was the shortest and most feasible
route. When the rivers freeze horses
will draw all that can possibly be
r piled on double enders. The only
place where there will then have to
be any relaying will be a short dis
tance on the glacier near the sum
mit. Mr. Clarkin reports that two
new roadhouses have been estab
lished on the glacier. One is five
or six miles this side of the summit
and the other is a few miles across
the summit.
All who attended the rag dance
on Saturday night at Eagle hall re
port having had a high old time.
There were some innovations that
were especially enjoyed. The en
thusiastic women folks who ar
ranged the affair feel encouraged to
get up another ‘ rag" toward the
end of this month.
The freighter Cordova reached
port on Saturday night and after
discharging a small consignment of
freight took aboard several cars of
copper ore. She sailed yesterday
morning for Ellamar and Latouche.
After taking on copper ore at those
ports she will sail direct for Seattle
and Tacoma.
The freighter Latouche is due to
sail north from Seattle on December
5th. She will bring explosives and
other freight.
The freighter Seward is expected
in port within a day or two.
ROME, Dec. 1.—The American
naval officers from the battleships
now in these waters are guests of
the king at Quirinal, and were en
tertained at dinner by the queen.
‘‘Buck” Hoyt, proprietor of the
roadhouse at Gulkana, was in town
a day or two, going to Valdez yes
terday to attend to ousiness. He re
ports that a number of prospectors
are daily going through hi3 village
on their way to the Nelchina. Many
are also going that way to the
Ch'sana.
Tommy Lewis left Fairbanks last
week with a dog team to go to the
Chisana. There he will assist a
partner in securing pictures. Inci
dentally Tommy will carry letters at
the rate of 50 cents apiece, either
going or coming.
Among the arrivals on yesterday’s
train was Ralph H. Gilliland, U. S.
timber cruiser, who has made his
headquarters at Fairbanks during
the past year. Mr. Gilliland will be
a passenger on the Northwestern
for Seattle, expecting shortly to go
on to his old home at Washington.
Cordova, December 2
The members of council sat as a
board of equalization last evening
for an hour after some little routine
business was disposed of by the
council. Whether it was the stormy
weather that kept taxpayers away,
or because everybody is fairly well
satisfied with the assessments made,
remains to be seen. At all events
there were but two requests made
for any change of the role, and they
were granted. The lots that have
been offered free to the government
for a federal building by the Town
site Company, were exempted from
taxation. The half mile right of
way of the C. R. & N. W. Railway,
that is within the town limits, had
been assessed at $10,000. Upon the
request of Attorney Boryer this was
reduced to $5,000. The board will
continue to sit each evening this
week, for an hour.
During the past three or four
days Shorty Gwin, Earl Hunger,
James Paulson and a dozen others
came through from the Chisana to
McCarthy. A couple of dog teams
and several horse teams also came
out from the diggings. All returned
by way of the Hazelet trail across
the glaciers. It is reported that the
road is well beaten and that there is
now no trouble in getting across.
The staking has been completed and
the trail has been so well hardened
by the tramping of new snow that
the road was elevated and new light
snow is blown across the trail and
does not stick.
There is an interruption in the
cable service between Valdez and
Sitka. The extent or location of the
trouble has not been definitely de
termined. If there should be a
serious break it wrill mean that :t
will be necessary to send the repair
ship Burnside from Seattle to re
pair the trouble. As is customary
at a critical period, the Canadian
land wires went down this after
noon. However, as they have fre
quent stations with men available to
make repairs it is possible that this
break may be righted by tomorrow.
By reason of the trouble with the
cable and telegraph lines we have
not been able to receive any late
news this afternoon from the out
side world. We are hoping for a
better service tomorrow.
The train that went out yester
day encountered considerable snow
on the other side of Tiekel. It
snowed hard all day yesterday, 30
the rotary ran through to Chitina,
encountering about two feet of
snow, which it had no difficulty in
disposing of. The tracks today were
in good shape and the train from
Chitina got in this afternoon about
4:30 o'clock. It was not snowing
out the line today.
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SEATTLE, Dec. 1.—A special
committee of the Arctic Club is now
considering arrangements for a new
home for the club to be ready at the
expiration of the present lease,
March 31, 1915. The present quar
ters are not large enough. The club
has a membership of 1,418, of
which number 725 are active. The
past year has been the most pros
perous of the club since its organiza
tion.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1.—The Ar
gentine legation received word that
the special mission headed by Senor
Villancuva has left Valparaiso en
route to this city to thank officials
for participation in the centennial
celebration of Argentine freedom
from the Spanish yoke.
During the past 24 hours we
have had all kinds of varieties of
bad weather that included snow,
rain, sleet and wind. The down
pour of rain last night has had a
tendency to very greatly reduce the
snow banks about town and on the
hillsides.
MEXICO CITY, Dec. 1.—It was
given out this afternoon that Huerta
was visiting certain farms, and that
this is the basis for rumors that he
was leaving the country.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.—Investi
gation of the reasonableness of the
proposed rate advances on 52 east
ern railroads is now in progress by
the Interstate Commerce Commis
sion, under the personal direction
of Louis Brandeis, of Boston.
INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 28.—This
afternoon Mayor Shank resigned
from office under pressure. The
business men of the city had threat
ened impeachment proceedings
against him in connection w-ith his
official actions during the recent
strike by the street railway em
ployees. Rather than to undergo
this investigation the mayor pre
ferred to resign, and further pro
ceedings will be dropped. He will
be succeeded by Harry Wa’lace, the
present comptroller.
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The steamer Northwestern that
13ailed from Seattle on Sunday night
ast should arrive in Cordova on
jaturday next. She will bring at
east nine men and ten horses as
•art of the advance guard of pros
pectors to go to the Chisana. A
arge quantity of supplies are also
coming. Some of the passengers
before sailing stated that they were
going to Cordova to “look around,"
but it is thought they intend to go
to the gold diggings. Among the
north bound passengers are M. V.
Lattin and wife. Mr. Lattin is
station agent for the railway com
pany at McCarthy, and has been on
a little vacation outside. Louis
Lavensaller, who now represents
the Tacoma smelter, is coming to
Cordova to go inside. Jack O'Brien,
who accompanied his w’ife to Cali
fornia, is returning. Other pass
engers coming to Cordova are the
following.
C. F. Madaka, Pete Erickson,
Dan Carrarison, Anton Kazlowski,
G. W. Sprote, E. L. Kimblree, Chas.
Schofield, N. Colombon, Hugh M.
' Goheen, Mrs. K. Salyer, Mrs. F. F.
Brewer, Miss Kate Brewer, J. R.
Water, J. A. Nortweay, Mrs. A.
Olson. D. M. McQuestion, L. Keith
McCullough, and seven second-class.
It has been announced from the
Seattle office of the Alaska Steam
ship Company that effective with the
sailing of the steamship North
western, November 30, the larger
! vessels of the line operating to
Southwestern Alaska ports via
Southeastern Alaska will call at
Wrangell and Haines in addition to
Ketchikan, Juneau and Skagway.
The new service will give South
eastern Alaska ports the most fre
quent service in the history of the
Northland. The Alaska Steamship
Company will have a vessel to the
most important ports in Southeast
ern Alaska every five days and dur
ing the winter a ten day service to
Southwestern Alaska, to be in
creased in the early summer to
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every six days.
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NEW YORK, Dec. 2.—Cardinal
Gibbons and Cardinal Farley have
endorsed the movement for the ob
servance of the fourth national
tuberculosis day, on December 7, ac
cording to announcement made to
day by the National Association for
the Study and Prevention of Tuber
culosis. Cardinal Gibbons, writing
to H. Wirt Steele, secretary of the
Maryland Association for the Pre
vention and Relief of Tuberculosis,
said: ‘T shall follow with interest
all your efforts in this splendid
propaganda against the terrible dis
ease, and hope the results of your
labor will be commensurate with the
zeal, the energy and the self-sacrifice
which you and your fellow workers
are devoting to the work.” Cardi
nal Farley has spoken to the clergy
under his supervision about assisting
in the movement and has directed
that the work be promoted in par
ochial schools, the announcement
states.
CHICAGO, Dec. 2.—Scarcity of
radium has prevented a thorough
test of what its curative properties
may be in cancer, according to the
report recently made to the Clinical
Congress of Surgeons by the Cancer
Campaign Committee. The com
mittee, organized to combat cancer
by spreading information leading to
early treatment of the disease as
scon as it manifests itself, reported
upon the educational campaign of
the last year, carried on by the Am
erican Society for the Control of
Cancer.
Popular articles in magazines,
publicity through newspapers, lec
tures before women’s clubs, in fac
tories and elsewhere, have been ef
fective throughout the year in
spreading information on cancer.
Present death statistics on the
scourge are of questionable value,
It was said. Frederick L. Hoffman
of Newark, N. J., declared that dis
cussions of whether cancer is on the
increase at present was merely
guesswork.
MOLLENDO, Peru, Dec. 2.—Mer
chants and manufacturers of South
America already are planning for
vastly increased trade relationship
with merchants and manufacturers
of the United States upon the open
ing of the Panama Canal to com
merce, according to statements made
today by the members of the Ameri
can “commercial expedition’’ which
arrived here this morning on board
the Pacific Steam Navigation Com
pany liner California, from Callao.
They left by rail a few hours after
their arrival, for Arequipa.
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