LATE NEWS BY TELEGBAFH
As Senator Tillman, of South
C iriiltn i, w is leaving the capitol
building on Feb. 16 by the west
entrance, he fell Mnhlenlv on the
steps in a fit of illness. He was
placed in a cari i lge and taken to
his apartments in the Toronto
The illne-s is ol such a nature as to
cause apprehension on the part d
his friends and relatives. During
his youth Senator Tillman was fm
years an invalid, and has nevei
been robust.
Col. Henry Wattersoti, the dis
tinguished journalist, orator and
writer, celebrated the 70th anni
versary of his birth on F«.b. >6 Hr
received luitidreds of congratulatory
telegrams from friends and admir
ers iu all parts of the country.
After reporting a disagreement
which seemed hopeless tlie jury in
the case of Binger Hermann wa
discharged at Portland, Ore., Feb
16 They stood 11 for conv ction
and one lor acquittal. Prosecute
Heney will proceed with a new
trial shoitly.
Great preparations are being
made by the French governmei 1
and the Paris municipal authorities
to make the reception ol Colonel
Roosevelt in that city a memorable
event. The entire French ] opula
lion is interested iti the arrival of
the great American.
I11 the March number of Hamp
ton’s Magazine, the Guggeiiheims
are charged with scheming to se
cure a monopoly of the lead mar
ket, and it is asserted that the
monopoly is now all but complete.
Part of the scheme involves tlie
control of Alaska, toward which
end they are moving rapidly by
grabbing all that is in sight it it is
free, and purchasing every prop
erty that promises to he of value ii
the future. There are gathering
properties which will grow im
mensely in value within the next
10 or 20 years.
The cause of reform in municipal
administration was given a severe
blow iu the election at Philadelphia
on Feh, 14. Not a single reform
candidate either for the city council
or for the board of municipal mag
istrates was. elected. Charges ol
irregularities are made freely, but
most citizens believe that the resul
was accomplished by a union of the
two old organizations tor mutual
protection and benefit.
Lieut. Shackleton, the famous ex
plorer who came nearest reaching
the South pole, will sail fiom Lon
don next month for the United
States, where he will lecture. After
his lecture course is ended he will
come to Alaska an I spend the sum
mer hunt! 1^.
A special from Seward, Alaska,
of Feb. 7 saj-s: The steamer Far
ralon, which has been overdue
nearly a month at this port firm
the west, was totally wrecked near
Iliamna bay, west of Cook inlet, 011
January 5 The disaster occurred
in a blinding snow storm, which
made navigation impossible The
crew made their way safely to the
beach. On the 7th, two days after
the wreck occurred, the second
mate and four sailors ^started in a
small boat for Kodiak. Not any
>f t' era have keen seen or heard of
since. The rest of the crew and
1 lie passengers wer* brought here
today on the steamship Victoria
For a mouth the suivivors vveu
camped on the beach, waiting tm
help to arrive The weather ua
frequently 40 degrees below zero
and tiiere was considerable suffer
ing, but none of the men are in a
serious condition.
On the afternoon of Feb. t2 a
boy highwayman held up the First
National hank of Sun Bernardino.
Cal., secured $1,6 >0 and escape.!
into the swamp with his plunder
A sheriff’s posse was quickh
formed and followed the fugitive
into the swamp, wheie he joined
them as one of their number and
began to hunt for himself. When
he found himself, he was so fat
away from the other searchers that
the;, have no hopes of ever catching
up with him.
The river and harbor hill reported
to the house carries among its ap
propriations $100,000 for carrying
on the construction of the St. Mich
ael shtp canal.
President Taft has lost patience
with some of the insurgents and he
is going after fltem, says a late
Washington special. His plan will
he an aggressive one, which wih
take him outside his province am*
bailiwick. He content; lutes noth
ing less than carrying the war inti,
tlie districts of the insurgents, am
trying to beat them there. Sena
tor La collette is one of the promi
nent senators marked by the Pie i
dent lor political extinction.
Howard Little, convicted min
derer, was electrocuted at Rich
mond, Va., on the nth. He mm
dered two women, three of his cl.i!
dren, and his brother-in-law.
HOTEL ARRIVALS
Tanana Hotel-—'Valentine Walker,
John Henry, Evn Gusiason, Frank
Banuncha, O. Gattz, Alex Wood, Jos.
Buss, Thomas Hoover, O. Benson, Bert
Rem, Iditarod; Patrick Garrin, James
Simpson, Lorn Snipp, Diskakei; Chas
Purdy, Dawson; Ernest Llndholm, Me
lo/.i Hot Springs; R. Quinn, city.
The Grand—Bert Lucas, city; Curt
Pendleton, H. Lutttnan, Fairoanks:
W. S. Riley, G. S. Riley, W. G. Curtis,
J. C. Haubrig, Ben Brayn, Anton
Borio, Iditarod; Joe Sprunger, Grant
creek; Joint M. Ou-dey, Koyukuk cen
sus taker; R. A. Quinn, Moreiock.
Kentucky Restaurant — Mason C.
Farrar, Arctic City.
Baths —luxurious —Wednesdays and
f at trdays—Williams’ new barber shop
ABOUT THE KIASL8
ARRIV ALS
From Outside, Valdez, Fairbanks,
and Rampart-Hot Springs, every Tues
day.
From Nome, St. Michael and lower
Yukon, every Friday.
From Dawson and Eagle, every other
week, Saturdays.
From Coldfoot, about the 12th of
each month.
DEPARTURES
To Outside, Valdez, Fairbanks and
Rampart-Hot Springs, every Saturday.
To Nome, St. Michael and lower
Yukon, every Wednesday.
To Coldfoot, the 15th of each month,
i Registered Mail and Money Or
. der Business will close every Friday
: at noon and not open before departure
of Outside mail.
Tanana Restaurant :
Under New Management
”'~BEST IWEALsHirPtHE^CARliP |
SHORT ORDERS AT ALL HOURS
Bast of Everything on the Market Service Unexcelled in the North j
Fresh and Delicious Bread, Pies and Pastries Always on Hand
HEADQUARTERS FOR TRAVELING PUBLICJ
Pioneer»»< Tower Houses
Two First” Class Resorts
Stables for Horses and Dogs. Warm Bunkhouse where
you can dry your clothing and sox.
Joe Anlclch, Prop. Tanana, Alaska
Dr. Von Dixon Hoard From
Doctor Von Dixon, a medico-surgical
professor who at oue time operated on
Grant creek for tlie purpose of remov
ing a large number of gold nuggets
swallowed hv that stream in the days
long gone, and who later .visited the
Iditarod on a mission of geological and
biological research, has been beard
from at Clark's roadhouse, six miles
this side of The Birches. Host Clark
had had the misfortune to sprain his
back, when the doctor opportunely
blew in and was engaged to practice
on the injured man, the woodpile and
the kitchen stove.
NON-COMS. DANCE
BIOSES! OF SEASON
One of the most brilliant and
successful hops ever given in
Port Gibbon or vicinity was that
given by the non commissioned
staff on Tuesday evening last.
No dance ever given here has
been more largely attsnded and
the gathering was select in char
acter.
No stranger in the post would
have had any difficulty in locat
ing the Post hall, which was
brilliantly lighted without as well
as within- The interior arrange
ment was a revelation in the pos
sibilities of decorative art, and
called forth exclamations of de
light and pleasure from all. The
entire hall was gaily yet daintily
festooned in flags, conspicuous
among which were the emblems
and insignias of the various or
ganizations represented by the
members of the staff. In the cen
ter of the hall a platform had
been erected for the orchestra so
that the music never sounded
better, nor did the mas icians evei
play better. The Peerless or
chestra was at its best.
Every possible provision was
made for the comfort and pleas
ure of the guests. The stage wa
converted into a comfortable
lounging and dressing room for
the ladies, while the men also
had a dressing and smokinp
room fitted up for the occasion.
As is the custom in the army,
all the officers were present and
participated in the opening
dances. Captain Kobbe. the com
manding officer, leading in the
grand march with Mrs. Carpen
ter.
At 11 o’clock the guests were
ushered into the big company
dining room where a least ol
good things was spread which
would tempt the most fastidious
taste.
From 8:30, the hour when the
guests commenced to arrive,
until 2:30, when they took then
departure, there was not a single
dull moment. Everyone present
pronounced the affair one of the
most successful ever given in the
post, and were unstinted in their
praises of the members of the
non-commissioned staff whose
guests they were.
Suspicious Symptoms
Commissioner Phil Gallaher is recov
ering from a sickness superinduced by
a change in break fast food. The judge
believes he was affected by ptomaine
poisoning, and the symptoms bore out
that view; but a failure to follow direc
tions may have had something to do.
with the stiange sensations produced
by the “food.”
CHANGED THEIR
FREAK NAMES
Mexico, Mo., Feb. 4.--Nothing
Tuttle and Something Tuttle are
now Trix and Kilty,.'Tuttle respec
tively. They have changed their
names. The _ young women ate
daughters of T. T. Tuttle, a retired
farmer Tuttle’s first child, a girl,
was horn in i8fti, which was a dry
year. In order to commemorate
the year he named her Eightyone
She is now the wile of Rufus Jack
son. The second child, a boy,
brought about a disagreement be
tween Tuttle and his-wife as to a
name, so they compromised by
calling him It Tuttle The third
child, a g»rl, was Nothing, and the
strange names were carried out <U(
the naming of the youngest. She
became Something
The.Leader is delivered by carrier to
all parts of the city—$1 per month.
BIO SHOW
SATURDAY
The Port Gibbon Social and
Dramatic. Club is planning what
promises to be the most success
ful vaudeville program of the
season for Saturday evening of
this week- The special features
include sketches and songs in
Irish and Dutch monologues, dia
logues, mesmeristic and sleight
of-hand exhibitions, club swing
ing, tumbling, comic moving pic
tures and popular illustrated
songs. Among the stars who are
expected to appear are Messrs.
Tobin, Dougherty, Annis, Kin
zer, Otto, Hughes, Burns, Duna
way, Winterstein, Wright,Valen
tine and Mitchell. As this event
marks the close of the active sea
son for the social club it is de
sired to make it one of the most
popular. A nominal charge of
admission, 50 cents, will be made
to all outside of the post people,
to whom the invitation is compli
mentary.
The social club has been one
of the strongest features in the
post for the promotion of social
features, numbering in its mem
bership the major portion of the
garrison. The month of March
marks the beginning of the long
days, and there remains no ur
gent need of the club functions,
so the last meeting of the club
will be he'd on the evening of
March 1- This does not mean
•list there will be no more dra
matic features. Work on the
coming minstrel show is well
trader way. Two or three com
edies are also under considm a
tion by the officers and iaeies of
the post, and will be east in the
near future.
Jack Hunnewell, recently a
debonair wine merchant of Sulli
V’an City, who took in the Irlita
rod stampede last fall, returned
to this city last Friday.
NEW BUILDING
TO BE OCCUPIED
The new building on Front
street erected lust full on the
Wiekersham lot is now being fin
ished on the inside, and will be
occupied by a firm from Fair
banks who will remove here im
mediately after the opening of
navigation.
COULDN’T TELL
ONE FROM ANOTHER
I
Fairbanks News-Miner Feb.
16: ‘ Returning travelers are
chuckling with glee at the stories
they pick* d up on the trail re
garding the reception accorded
the insane passengers who went
Outside with their guards a few
weeks ago. At every roadhouse
the roadhouse people knew they
had crazy people for guests, but
they couldn’t pick the right ones.
They wasted their sympathy
mostly on the guards, and the
crazy n en seemed to be the wis
est ones of the lot. After all,
any man is crazy to leave here,
unless compelled to leave, so
how can you tel! them apart?”
The Times oc the same date
says: ‘'The many friends whom
the somewhat erratic ‘Paddy’
Shea left behind to mourn his
loss when he departed for Mount
Tabor on the marshal’s excursion
stage a couple of weeks ago may
be consoled somewhat to know
| that Paddy is at least ‘no worse.’
A late arrival from the coast, an
j old friend of his, tells of meeting
the party at Valdez. On accost
ing Paddy and asking him what
he was doing and where he was
going, lie was told by the irre
pressible one that he was crazy
and going out to the asylum.
And then Paddy winked the other
eye and added, ‘Crazy!. Why, of
course I’m crazy;- see these fur
coats, fur robes and foot warm
ers, swell rig, me booked fur the
Outside first class tomorrow;
why, of course, I’m crazy.”
CHAMBER
ORGANIZED
The meeting held at A. B. hall last
Saturday evening to complete the reor
ganization of the Tanana Chamber of
Commerce was harmonious and busi
ness like. The objects of the meeting
were carried out by electing G. M.
Arbuckle president, G. II. Tiffany sec
retary-treasurer, and a hustling com
mittee composed of W. B. Rodman,
C. A. Munro, A. G. Vachon and Joseph
Dehn.
The secretary-treasurer was instruct
ed to notify kindred bodies at othpr
places in the territory, as well as the
congressional delegate, that the cham
ber is now in active working order.
The regular meeting days are set for
the first and third Wednesdays in each
month, with provision for special meet
ing whenever occasion arises.
MELOZI HOT SPRINGS
WATERS HAVE MERIT
“The water from the Melozi hot
springs, when seasoned with a little
salt and pepper, tastes exactly like
chicken soup.”
That is a statement made by Ernest
Lindholm, who arrived from the
springs last Tuesday. He has been
maintaining a one-man health resort
there during the midwinter months
and is enthusiastic over the qualities
of the water. Three bubbling springs
form a common pool, hot enough to
boil eggs. The springs are pronounced
iron, soda and sulphur respectively.
They arc situated 22 miles from
Kokrires and a pretty high summit
intervenes.
Mr. Lindholm declares his goose
bone registered 70 degrees below zero
at one time during the late cold spell.
Death of a Native Boy
Andrew Yaska, a native boy 5 of 6
years old, died at his parents’ home
in tlie vicinity of Gold Mountain last
Monday. The funeral will be con
ducted by Rev. Mr. Ceabody at the
Mission of Our Savior this afternoon.
Watchmaker to Come
George Co .van. the well-known Ram
part watchmaker, has determined on
coming to Tanana to remain at least
for some months. It is probable he
will arrive in a day or two.
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