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Seward J)ail VOL 8. SEWARD, ALASKA, THURSDAY. _ ^^m—————— GILL'S MAJORITY LARGEST KNOWN Seattle. March 5.—Gill’s majority in the election yesterday is the largest in the history of Seattle. A majority of the charter revisionists are elected, and it is thought that a city manager government will be in favor. PROVISIONS OF LEASING BILL Washington, March 5. — The coal leasing bill as reported to the house bv the committee, provides for three cents per ton royalty, also for twenty tive cents per acre monthly rental fori the tir>t year, fifty cop's monthly rent- j al from the second to the fifth year and j eleven dollars annually thereafter. WHEAT GROWERS REGISTER A KICK Washington, March 5.—Kepresenta- ; tives of the Northwestern Wheat Growers’association appeared before the house committee today and charged that the Minneapolis Chamber of Commerce maintains a w neat monop- • ]y. An investigation will he ordered. Press Han in Limbo. London, March 3.—Andrew Poorley, the Tokio agent for Reuter’s press service, has been arrested in connec tion with a naval scandal. Poorley’s wife, brooding over the disgrace, at tempted to take her own life. Parlia ment discussed the case in secret and none of the particulars have as yet been given out. Child flurderer is Sentenced. Nantes, France, March 5. — Marcel Redureau, fifteen years of age, who murdered seven children with an axe, has been given the maximum sentence of twenty years. Riot in Court. New York, March 5. — Angered be cause the hearing of their case was postponed, depositors of the defunct Siegel private bank started a riot in court and the police had to be called to suppress the disturbance. COME TO ME fOR VOIR' * New Spring Suit LATEST STYLES AND FABRICS PRICES THE LOWEST FIT GUARANTEED Henning, The Tailor ANOTHER MURDER CHARRED TO VILLA Nogales, March 5.—Gustave Bauch, < an American railroad man whom \ ilia had imprisoned, has disappeared. It is j believed that Bauch has been executed. | Carranza lias appointed a commissi on , to probe into the Bauch-Benton cases, i _._ « - .— PANDEMONIUM IN A CHURCH i __ i ' i I New York, March 5.—A mob of un- j employed invaded a Catholic church ! in this city today. The police were called when the invaders locked the doors. Pandemonium reigned in the church and many worshippers fainted and others screamed. The doors were ■ finally opened from the inside and the : police rushed in and arrested the in vaders. Houston Praises Bill. Washington, March 5.—Representa tive Houston, in submitting the Alaska I Railway bill to tlie house, as it came ! from conference committee, said that! it would rank high among the achieve-j in cuts of President Wilson. Mundy is Banqueted. Seattle, March 5.—Seventy plates were laid at a banquet given in honor ol Mr. Mundy, recently found not guilty of fraud in the location of coal claims in Alaska. The banquet was given at the Ranier Club. Conservatives Are Preparing. London, March 5.--Believing that the Asquith administration is doomed, tht* conservative are preparing foi the electit n ai <1 are confident of a favorable outcome. % A Recall Threatened. Los Angeles, March 5.—A recall is threatened Judge Willis of this city for sentencing a negro to thirty years imprisonment for stealing a kiss from a | pretty girl. Saloons May Stay Open. New York, March 5.—Mayor Mitch ell has stated that he would not en force the 1 o’clock i losing law. Goethals Gets fledal. New York, March 2.—The Civic Forum of this city has presented Col. Goethals with a gold medal. Typhoid Rages. St. Johns, Quebec, March 5.—Two of the seven thousand population here are down with typhoid fever. Elijah Ayres returned lastnight from a trip to the Skeen-Lechner mine. Al Roberts left this morning with two dog team loads of freight. Joe Wilson, jt\, left this morning with a large load of freight. For Sale—Land scrip which can be used for locating government land in Alaska. Fully guaranteed. For price and particulars address L. W. Hubbell & Son, Springfield, Missouri. J Wanted—Bids for whipsawing 4000 feet of lumber for the Skeen-Lechner mine. For particulars inquire at office of S. O. Morford. $ MUSHER IS LOST NEAR KATALLA I - I United States Marshal F. R. Brenne-! man, of the Third division, has re-: ceived word‘from James Wardell, the | deputy marshal at Katalla, that Marry j Bickford, an Australian miner and| prospector, is believed to have per ished on the beach between Yakataga Beach and Katalla while en route to the latter city to take the boat to the states. Bickford had been warned by the old-timers that to undertake the trip alone at this time of the year was dan gerous, as the rivers were dangerous to ford; but disregarding advice he started on his journey and has never been seen or heard from since, al though several men have reached Ka-1 talla since that time. Be had only supphes for ten days and had consider able money on his person when he left the camp, but no suspicions of foul play are entertained by the federal authori ties.— Valdez Prospector. Fox Farms On Lynn Canal. E. P. Walker, deputy game warden, who returned on the Mariposa from Haynes and Skagway, says that the fox farms in the Chilkat valley and at Dvea are prospering. T. D. Lahey, who has the best farm on Lynn canal, situated in the Chilkat valley, is mak particularly good progress. There are 23 tine foxes on it, and they are seemingly contented and making themselves at home. There are eight foxes on the farm of E. H. Richter, at Dyea, according to Mr. Walker, and the farm promises well.—Juneau Em pire. A ladies’ dog team race was pulled off in Iditarod on the 14th of January in which six ladies took part. The course was from Flat io Iditarod, and was won by Mrs. Swanson, driving seven dogs. The other ladies all drove live dogs. — Mrs. J. J. Finnegan expects to leave on the returning Admiral Sampson for Cordova, from which place she will take the train for McCarty, thence over the trail to the Susbanna, where she will join her husband. The ladies of the Bridge Whist cluh will be entertained by their husbands and beaus tonight at the residence ot William Sauers. The steamer Admiral Sampson sailed west from Valdez at 4 oclock this morning. The steamer Alameda sailed west from Skagway at 4 o’clock this morn ing. _ It is reported that the betting in Seattle is two to one in favor of Sew ard for the ocean terminal of the gov ernment built railway. And people are suffering from the cold in the states. Snow shoes and snow shoe filling at J. L. Graef’s. t Pabsts blue ribbon beer at The Branch. * . Bring your job minting to the Gate way. We can do it right. Don’t let yourself be forced to eat what you don’t like, when you can order what you like at the Commerce Cafe MINERS BELIEVED TO HAVE STARVED The launch Brignton. the Port Wells mail boat, reached Valdez last night, bringing the story of the possible starvation of two prospectors and min ers who are known to be at the head of Long bay, and who must be out of sup plies bp this time. The two men, Ben Howell and Ar thur DeRoche, went to the head of the bay in November, taking a small outfit and expecting to secure supplies at intervals and they arranged with Cap tain Stamey to have him leave their mail at a point on Glacier island, where they would come for it every trip, but since December 15 they have not called at the box for the mail, ol which more than 100 pounds have ac cumilated. The Brighton made a determined ef fort to reach the men and bucked the ice for two miles until finally the sharp ice cut through the bow of the Brigh ton, causing the watev to llow unto the ship and forcing Captain Stamey to place everything of weight in the stern of his boat to lift the bow clear The tender was loaded with water and the bow lifted clear of the leak, when tem porary repairs were made, after which the effort at rescue was abandoned. Friends of the two men are anxious to know of their fate and hope to ar range for another attempt to reach the men. Because of the poor ice, strong enough to prevent small boats from going into the bay but too weak to allow for men walking over it to the camp at the head of the bay, the use of a boat is necessary.—Valdez Prospec tor. __ Bill Sauers and Fred Laubner this morning made a (ifty-dollar wager on government railway construction work. Sauers backed his judgement with fifty that the first construction work would be done out from Resurrection bay and Seward. Meet me at the Branch For reliable information write Can non, Pioneer hotel, Knik, Alaska, t Snow glasses of all kinds for sale at J. L. Graef’s X Finch’s Golden Wedding rye at the Branch. HAVE YOU SEEN IT ? Martin's Blue Serge The softest, silkiest blue serge ever made up into a suit. When you say Mar tin’s you say the last word in blue serge. IMPORTED EROM ENGLAND It can not be duplicated. In a class by itself. Come in and see it today. Have your measure taken. The Price Is $45.00 Made to your measure. Made to lit you. Guaranteed to please you. THE MINERS’ STORE TRANK J. COTTER ROYAL AGENT