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Cordova, February^
C. L. Anderson, mining engineer
for the Alaska Copper Corporation,
was an interior passenger on the.
morning train. He will go by rail
to Streina and from there by trail,
about 12 miles, to the Rarus and
Nugget’'Creek groups. Considerable
work will be done this season but it
will consist largely of engineering sa
as to prepare the properties for
active development with machinery
next season.
SEATTLE, Feb. 4.—The steamer
Burnside sailed this morning for the1
north, to repair the break in the'
cable between Sitka and Juneau. |
This does not cause any delay in thei
transmission of cables between
Seattle and Valdez or Cordova.
W. E. Cathcart brought a fine;
specimen of Moose in from a point j
along the railroad and is having it
tanned by Chris. Jensen.
Cordova, February 5
Captain Glen^E. Edgertcn, of the
Alaska Road Commission, this morn
ing left Seattle for Valdez on the
Admiral Watson. He w'ill be accom
panied by his bride and the couple
will make their home at Valdez. i
Rex Seymour recently returned -oj
Seward from the Broad Pass country |
and brought with him specimens of j
the gold found there. He and some
others prospected for placer and he
thinks the chances are good for that
kind of mining as well as for quartz.
William Blackwell, one of the
pioneers of Valdez died suddenly on
Tuesday evening. He was buried
yesterday afternoon and in respect
to the memory of the departed
business man all the business houses
in Valdez wrere closed during the
services.
A jury of twelve men in the U. 3.
commissioner's court last evening
decided a controversy that has
existed between Jack Rawson andj
D, M. Lynch. The. former considered}
that he was the owner of two cabins, j
under a bill of sale he received from}
Lynch, and when the latter started i
to tear down one he brought an
action for malicious destruction ot' |
property. After hearing the evi- j
dence the jury brought in a verdict
of guilty. The Judge then imposed
a fine of $20 and costs, the latter
amounting to $85. .Mr. Lynch didj
not make, payment and is now in thej
federal jail.
Cordova, February 6
M. Finkelstein, one of our leading
merchants, returned today from a
trip to Seattle, where, he saw his
daughter. Miss Minnie, married. Mr
Finkelstein is town treasurer and ha
says he is going to try to make him
self think that this is a humming
burg by receiving a few thousand
dollars in taxes next week.
Our former townsman T. B. Tansy
is an arrival from Kennecott, where
he has been employed as assayer for
two years past. At the recent elec
tion Mr. Tansy was elected a mem-!
ber of the Territorial Legislature, to
serve in the House. After spending
a few days among friends in Cordova
and attending to some business mat
ters here Mr. Tansy will leave for
Juneau, to be early on the scene, as
the Legislature convenes on March 1.
After an absence of nearly three
months Vincent J. Dwyer, the big
merchant and operator at Strelna,
returned on the steamer Alameda
this morning. While outside he had
the good fortune to possess himself j
of an attractive bride, who accom-j
panied him north and will make her|
home, at Strelna. After the marriage1
at Bellingham the newly weds spent
a month in California. They are now j
quartered at the Windsor Hotel and j
will leave on Monday’s train for
Strelna, where Mr. Dwyer will again
become active.
The steamer King and "Wing is
now in port and is discharging 28
ton of halibut, which was caught off
Cape St. Elias. This shipment of fish
* will go out to Seattle on the return
trip of the steamer Alameda.
Judge Fred M. Brown is a pas
senger on the steamer Alameda re
turning to Valdez after an absence
of two months or more. He sailed
north from Seattle on January 24,
but stopped at Juneau at the re
quest of Judge Jennings to try a
case instituted by the government to
reclaim what is known as the Golden
Belt addition to Juneau. In his deci
sion rendered Wednesday evening
Judge denied the right of the gov
4ernment to cancel patent on the
ground that the land had been
secured as a mining claim through
fraud. There is a probability that
the case may be appealed.
Bishop Peter T. Rowe, head of the
Episcopal churches and missions in
Alaska, is a passenger on the steam
er Alameda. He will go through to
Valdez and return on Monday. It is
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then his intention to take the train
Thursday for Chitina and to go from
there to the interior, to be gone for
3eveial months. The Bishop sailed
north from Seattle on January 24
and has made stops at Ketchikan,
Wrangell, Juneau and other ports.
After his departure he received a
wire to the effect that his son had
been burned by an oil explosion at
Colby, Wash., where he was staying
with some friends. The boy was
taken to a Seattle hospital where
his burns were cared for and he is
rapidly recovering.
W. T. Soule and wife and N. P.
Sias were arrivals this morning and
are at the Windsor hotel. They
recently came through from Boston
and are enroute to Valdez Creek.
Mr. Soule is the superintendent of
transportation of the Valdez Creek
Placer Mines, and brought up the
company’s supplies on the Alarffeda
for the coming season. This freight
will go out on the train Monday
morning to Chitina, where the com
pany’s teams are waiting to make the
long haul to the property on Valdez
Creek. Mr. Sias, who will also go
to the interior or. Monday with Mr.
and Mrs. Soule, is a brother of the
president of the company, Geo. W
Sias, who is expected to come from
Boston later in the year.
This company has already ex
pended over $100,000 in develop- ■
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ment and equipment on the property
and will now send in a Keystone, drill i
and an 'Ingersoll-Rand air com-:
pressor and drilling outfit. The air,
compressor will have a capacity of j
310 cubic feet per minute, and will I
operate an Ingersoll-Rand jack!
hammer and 3 other drills, and will;
be driven by a 58-horsepower Pelton!
water wheel which goes with the out
fit. This rock drill outfit, will be'
nvalrable in disposing of the bould-i
?rs, considerably increasing therebvi
the efficiency of the, hydraulic!
equipment.
Mr. Soule says that it is expected:
to start hydraulicing in May and to!
continue at least four months. The:
reason’s clean-up, which is expected:
to be. nearly $200,000, will then ue;
made and hydraulicing again started.1
The steamer Alameda arrived in
nort this morning about 9:3{1 o’clock,:
having sailed from Seattle on Mon-!
day night. She has since been dis-'
charging 350 tons of freight and is1
due. to leave for Valdez towards:
evening. She had a number of pas
sengers for Prince William Sound
ports as follows:
For Cordova—W. T. Soule and
wife, Mrs. B. Ewing. J. C. Wicker
sham, F. Ridenour. Dr. W. W. Coun
cil, B. F. Cordell, M. Finkelstein,
S. O. Breedman, M. F. Snow, W. R.
Pratt, V. J..Dwye.r and wife, Joe
Matthews, E. A. Allen and wife, M.
Ij. Stickney, N. P. Sias, N. S. Smart,
R. C. Richardson, J. Dark, Henry
Roden, B. F. Thompson, Miss J.
Williams and 12 second class.
For Valdez—A. Jakmer, S. D.
Porter, Miss Ashworth, Bishop Rowe,
Judge F. M. Brown, C. J. Atkinson, I
C. W. DeHoff.
For Latouche—-J. G. Floyd.
For Se.ward—M. Reilly, R. F.
Fletcher, C. M. Thorndyke, A. Carl
son and wife, W. Sullivan, A. M. Mc
Henry, E. B. Ellenbaugh and familv,
G. P. Reilly, F. G. Ennis and wife,
M. C. Davis, W. E. Root, J. E. Riley,!
H. Welch, W. Highland, J. Carter,
T. F. Gillies, I. Robertson, H. Molen,
Miss Molen, Miss M. Cobb.
Former Teiritorial Senator Henry
Roden was a passenger on the Ala-j
meda. After leaving the Iditarod,!
Attorney Roden spent some little:
time, in Juneau and is now looking!
over Southwestern Alaska with a
view to locating in one of the rail
road towns.
Dr. W. W. Council was a return
ing passenger on the steamer Ala
meda. The Dr. had been in Seattle
with his family for the past six
weeks and returns in good health
and spirits after a pleasant vacation.
Oscar Breedman returned from the
outside today and will leave on the
train Monday for McCarthy. He
brings back about 40 tons of supplies
and will freight most of it into the
6hisana country.
Cordova, February 8
Rev. James McBride held services
yesterday afternoon at the Empress
Theater and had a good sized audi
ence. He talked on the causes
largely responsible for the condi
tions that have always retarded the
advancement of the town. He at
tributed it mainly to the. lack of
interest upon the part of the men
and women who should be progres
sive and interested in all mat con
cerns the material and moral wel
fare of the community. The oppo
site element he declares is always
active. Next Sunday Rev. McBride
will talk on the remedy.
The steamer Watson, which sailed
north from Seattle on Friday morn
ing last should be at Juneau today,
and is due to reach Cordova on
Wednesday. Following that the
next beat to reach here will be the
Mariposa early Monday morning.
Word from Seattle is to the ef
fect that the steamer Mariposa was
somewhat delayed in reaching there
and that as a consequence her sail
ing has been delayed from the 8th
o (he night of the 9th.
The train for the interior went
out this morning with a large*num
ber of passengers and considerable
freight. The men and freight for
the Valdez Creek Mines Company j
were taken to Chitina, where the|
trail will be hit. Oscar Bre.edman:
took his 40 ton of Chisana supplies^
to McCarthy, from which point hej
will freight it to the placer camp of
the interior. A number of laboring i
men went to McCarthy and Kenne-,
sett, expecting to ge,t work. There,
were 13 cars attached to the train, j
Jos. Simpson, a member of the'
big firm of Simpson Bros., Fair |
banks, was an arrival on the train:
yesto.rday. He will go outside on
the steamer Alameda tonight for:
two or three months. He came over!
the trail to Chitina in less than a
week
condition.
Cordova, February 9
Chief of Police Wain, assisted by j
Deputy Marshal Brightwell made j
several arrests as a result of a
coi^le of petty larceny acts. Al- j
plionso Jarber has been trying to!
sell a Mackinaw coat about town for !
a dollar or two, offering it as low as j
75 cents. H. Barker, a Filipino, j
complained that the garment be
longed to him, so Jarber was placed !
under arrest last night and this i
afternoon he had a trial before the
United States commissioner. He
was found guilty and was sentenced
to two months in jail and costs.
Last night one case of eggs, 5 j
pounds of ham and 5 pounds of j
butter, all with a value of $15, were!
taken from the storehouse of O’Neill '<
& Slater, on Second Avenue. Some
of the goods A ere traced to a cabin
occupied by William Kinsel, George
J. Ryan and Thos. Sullivan. The
men were arrested and given a trial
this afternoon before the, U. S.
commissioner. The evidence showed
that Kinsel had offered some of the
goods for sale to a man occupying
a cabin on the 13-acre tract. He.
was accompanied by Ryan and to
gether they spent some of the,
money secured from the sale. These
tw'o were found guilty of larceny.
Kinsel was sentenced to 7 months
in jail and costs. Ryan received i
months and costs. Sullivan had per
sonally made purchases at the
O’Neill & Slater store and could not
be connected with the stolen goods.
He was found not guilty.
Bishop Peter T. Rowe, accom
panied by Re.v. E. H. Maloney, of
Valdez, arrived on the Alameda las 1
night. The Bishop will continue on
his journey to the interior on the
train leaving here Thursday morn
ing. But before leaving he. will give
a talk at the Red Dragon tomorrow
night. Of course the Bishop needs
no introduction to the people of this
section or any other part of Alaska.
For 20 years he has mushed all ove.r
the frontier and oldtimers here have
met him at different points and on
all kinds of trails. Cordova will
give the Bishop a warm welcome.'
Everybody is cordially invite.d. Thij
service begins at 8 o’clock. The
Rev. E. H. Maloney, of Valdez, will!
call the service. The Bishop will j (
deliver the address.
Rev. Maloney will go as far as1
Tanana Crossing. He will then re
turn to Cordova and Valdez.
The steamer Alameda arrived
I'rom the. westward about 9 o’clock
last night and remained here unti
2 this morning, taking on a cargo o
Bonanza copper ore. The following
'"ere outgong passengers from Cor
dova:
For Seattle—Thos. M. Brascher,
Charles Shufland, Ben Simson, Miss'
Georgie. Raymond, H. C. Clar'.<, j
Frank Hill, H. R. Stevens, Mrs. J. j
D. Gibbs, W. Dannilar, Marshal
Baldwin, Orin Baldwin, A. W. Cush
man.
For .Juneau—Dr. V. A. Sclimitz.
Attorney R. E. Capers returned .
last night from a professional trip
to Valdez, tie states that Judge
Brown was not yet decided as to
whether or not he would call a term)
of court at Cordova this spring. He
was not satisfied that the business
would justify it, but was inclined to
defer to the opinion of the District
Attorney’s office. A term of court
will convene at Valdez on Monday
next and it may be that all the busi
ness for this section will be heard
at that term.
There, was comparatively little
snow out the line today, and not
enough to interfere in any way with
the running of trains. The train
from Chitina reached town about 3i
o’clock this afternoon, biinging a!
few passengers from the interior. i
Calvin Hazelet, who has been em-j
ployed at the mines at LaTouche 1
was an outgoing passenger on the
Alameda. He. will have his eyes
treated at Seattle.
Among the passengers on the
steamer Alameda last night was our |
former townsman E. L. Whittemore, j.
3f Seward. He is going to Seattle,'
in a short business trip.i
Nothing has been heard from the •
steamer Watson, which sailed north ,
’rom Seattle on Friday morning last. <
■She is due to reach Cordova Wednes- ,
iay night or Thursday morning.
The Seward Gateway states that !
the first man to come over the trail <
from Nome to Iditarod and on to j
Seward, since the establishment of I
the mail trail between Iditarod and ]
Vome is Dan Crowley. He is an
member of the grocery firm of Crow- ]
ley & Porter of Nome, and Iditarod, i
ind arrived from the Seward Penin-j]
su'.a capital after a trip of 41 days. 1 ■
He made the. trip from Iditarod in i
17 days. In some places. Mr. i
Crowley says, the trail has hardly',
any snow and travelling is very dif-i
ficult. The new arrival along with
being a most successful business
man is also one of the athletes of
the Second division. He played 'n ,
the baseball and basket ball teams,
for several years.
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Judge Tucl er o’ Nome has ren- j
dere.d a decision, involving the ter- j
tutorial lien law, that is of interest
to both employers and employes, j
The case was that of Nordstrom et
al versus Sivertson et al, the case;
being injunction proceedings and,
founded upon the lien law of Judge j
Wickershcm. Gold dust was seized j
by the marshal to satisfy debts of j
pthers than the laborers incurred by|
the Sivertson and Johnson dredge:
the plaintiffs had a lien against the
property under the Wickersham act [
and sought an injunction against the!
marshal disposing of the gold. The ;
aourt dissolved the injunction, and j
practically decided that under this,
lien law the workers have no claim j
against the gold in the boxes. He j
decided that the lien is restricted to j
gold bearing gravel in the form of,
a dump. j
Edward (Nugget) Johnson has.
struck gold on a tundra lake claim j
near Montroville, half way between
\Tome and Little Creek. Johnson j
'•><ss b'y't working under a lease j
i’he strike was made about New;
Vear’s Day but he kept it a secret:
for two weeks.
Johnson drifted under the frozen
ake and uncove.red a paystreak four
feet deep which goes 40 cents tot
:lie pan. j i
Johnson says he has $100,000 now!
Rocked out ready for sluicing in thei
spring. His discovery was the sen-j
sation of the hour at Nome.. A j
stampede followed and all adjoining
ground was located.
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 9. — This j
ifternoon the ship bill was agai:>!
tossed on the sea of debate. The. Re- J
jublican filibuster is now cn in f j’1 1
Hast. The President has thrown out j
in intimation that he would call an j
sxtra session of Congress if the bill
ivere talked to death.
JEFFERSON CITY, Fe.b. 9.—The
iig meat trust packers of the coun-j
try have been^ousted from continu-|
ng business in the state of Missouri. J
\rmour, Swift, Morris and other big'
lackers were the issue. The supreme
;ourt this afternoon issued an order
leclaring that these packers were
violating the state anti-trust laws.
rhe.y were given the option of giv
ng up their business in the state,
ir remaining and paying a fine of
f25,000 each and changing their
methods of doing business. The
lattle was hard fought and the re
mit is regarded as a victory for the
le.ople.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.—This
morning Attorney General Thomas
IVatt Gregory startled official Wash
ington by making an annonniemen'.
mat is to say the. least, an innova
tion. He states that he does not pro
pose in the future to permit federal
judges to continue to suspend indefi
litely either the. imposition or exe
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cufion of the sentence of a convicted
criminal. Judges have been exer
cising great latitude in this respect
tnd the attorney general is of the
^Pinion that the cause of justice is
suffering thereby.
SEATTLE, Feb. 9.—The. steanicr j
Vlariposa will sail north tonight. Her
passengers for Cordova include the!
olio wing: J. German, D. G. McCar- i
hy, A. J. Burke, Haver Ditty and j
vife, John Monohan, W. F. Ten eye k, |
AT. C. Duff and 4 second class. For j
/aldez there are four cabin and two
lecond-class passe.ngerg and for
5eward six cabin and four seccnd
ilass.
PITTSBURG, Feb. 9.—President
fames Farrei, of the United States
Steel Corporation, is very much
dated over the recent reports of the j
tovernment showing an increased
palance of foreign trade, in our favor.!
de predicts that if it continues at
he same ratio for the year, and he
pelieves that it will, the balance of
rade in our favor will exce.ed half a
pillion dollars. And this he predicts
vill assure an era of great prosperity
hroughout the United States.
NEW YORK. Feb. 9.—In a dis-!
iussion this afternoon among various
inanciers it was generally admitted'
hat the greatest activity in ship-1
puilding known for many years Is!
low under way. This is given as]
mothe.r reason why prosperity is
'enerally predicted.
NEW YORK, Fe.b. 9.—Norman
[Iruce Ream, who had the distinc- j
ion of being one of the 25 richest
lien in the United States, died at his
lome in this city this afternoon. He
was 70 years of age and was born
in Somerset county, Pennsylvania,
where he received a common and,
lormal school education. He had
large holdings in realty, street rail- j
ways and railroads.
SEATTLE, Feb. 9.—A. L. Wal
;ers, a pioneer resident of the town,
md former superintendent of streets,!
lied at his home early this morning,
lie had oniy been ill for a few days.*
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ROME, Feb. 9.—A remarkable
case has just come, to light, demon
strating man's endurance. Michael
Cairoli was this morning extracted
from the ruins at Palermo. He l ad
been imprisoned tor 25 days and
during that time he had been en
tirely without foul. The only water
he had to drink was the seepage
that he was able to gather up (n
his hands. The man was so weak
ened that at first it was thought
that he could not live but after he
had bee,n given nourishment re
peatedly during the day he began
to regain strength and vitality.
ALBANY, X. Y., Feb. 9.—Sines
Attorney General Woodbury wired
William Travers Jerome of Xe r
York, that his services in the Harry
Thaw case would no longer he
needed efforts have been made to
induce the state official to change
his mind. But he has not weakened
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
IN THE PROBATE COURT, CHIT
INA PRECINCT, THIRD JUDI
CIAL DIVISION, TERRITORY OF
ALASKA.
In the Matter of the Estate of Ale't
endra Crichton, Deceased, Notice
to Creditors.
Notice is hereby given by the
undersigned administrator of the
Estate of Alexendra Crichton, de
ceased, to the creditors of, and all
persons having claims against, the
said deceased, to exhibit with the
necessary vouchers. within sic
months after the first publication of
this notice, to the "said adminis
trator. at his residence in Chitina,
Alaska, Chitina Precinct, Territory
of Alaska, the same being the placo
for the transaction of the business
of said estate.
HENRY M. CHAMBERLAIN.
Administrator.
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