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NEWS or rnr WORLD lor past week By Cable to The Dally Gateway. Hurdercd and Robbed In Home Kansas City, Mo., IVe. 31 Thomas Flaonagnn. cue of the wealthiest pio neers of this city, was murdered yes terday in his home, his head being crushed with a hatchet. Robbery was undoubtedly the motive. The police found $-000 in the house hut believe that mueh more than that was taken. Creat Northern Counsel Dead St. Paul. Dee. 31 Judge th I*. Young, chief counsel of James J. Hill and the Hill railroads, died suddenly yesterday of heart disease. tien Hiram Scofield Dies Seattle, Dee.31 Hen. HiramScotield, a veteran of the civil war, died last midnight at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Charles I’atterson, in this city, lie was here on a visit. Steamer Jeanie Sails Seattle. Ike. 31 Steamer Jeanie aaih (i for Seward by the inside pas sage .'-at u: evening. The I'ttJBsyl* vuma is scheduled to -a I Wednesday •lonuti. To Limit Hours of NN ork Seatt le. Dee. 31 The women's clubs of Seattle will present a bill to the coin mg legislature asking the enact meat of a law limiting the len.. it *>» a ritty for lemalo labor to« ght hours. Lx senator Caffcry Dead New Orlean-. Dee. 31 Lx-Senator Done i>* a ' a tTery of Louisiana is d< a>i. He won a high reputation in the Con federate army lor courage, and was an influential ligure in the United States »enale. He lost his seat in 1!H>1 be cause he was t; gviUl democrat in 1' ’*■ ami Indled the nomination of Bryan. Hard to keep Clerks Washington, D. C.. Dee. 31 In order to stop the alarming increase of resig nations in the post ottiee department Assistant Postmaster-Genera! Hitch cock recommends the passage of a bill advancing tin* salaries of all clerks in the department. A. J. Cassatt Burled Philadelphia, Jan. 1. A. J. t a'satt, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, was buried yesterday. No cable news of the demise of so noted a man a- Mr. Cassatt w as sent to the Gateway, hut it is probably a fair presumption that he was supposed to be dead when the folks in Philadel phia buried him. John D. Lets go $3,000,000 Chicago, Jan. I--John D. Rockefel ler gave another $3,000,000 to the university of Chicago today. Thieves Break from Tacoma Jail Tacoma, Jan. l—K. E. Chadwick and John Douglass, noted jewelry thieves, broke out of jail last night and no trace of them has been found. Liability Law Unconstitutional Louisville, Ky.. Jan. l-Judge Evans in the United States district court de cided yesterday that the employe's liability act is unconstitutional. Drops Dead While Making Arrest Everett, Wash., Jan. 1—Patrolman Charles E. Ray dropped dead in the street this morning while struggling with a prisoner w ho was resisting ar rest. Kay had heart disease. Winchester Loses Case Denver. Jan. 1 The action of Josiah Winchester to recover $200,000 alleged damages for loss in Cripple Creek min ing properties, was dismissed yes ter-, day for lack of proof. Accounts for Tight Money Washington, I). C., Jan. 1 -Secre tary Shaw of the treasury department says that the present money stringency is due to the extraordinary prosperity of the country which has made an un expected drain upon the circulating medium. The secretary expresses the belief that there is no setious danger of a financial panic but he advises people to be conservative iu everything but thankfulness. Melody Choir Found Seattle. Jan. 1 Melody Choir, the wealthy and eccentric pioneer, who had been missing several days, turned up safe last night. Fateh up Moroccan Row Madrid, Jan. I The compact drawn jp at the Algeciras conference ar ranging the Moroccan differs rices be tween France and Germany, was sign ed Unlay. Unjoins Capt. Barnette Seattle, Jan. 1 F.. T. Barnette of Fairbanks was restrained by an order ssued by Judge Griffin of the superior jourt of King county yesterday from lUposing of any of his property while -he action is pending which was i -ought against him by J. H. Causten or an alleged grubstake interest in Barnette's Tatiana property. Chester Thompson 111 Tacoma. Jan. 1 -Chester Thompson s ill. It is thought that be has erysipelas. Fringhurst Becomes Fire Chief Seattle, Jan. 2 Mayor Moore ap pointed Marry Bringhurst chief of the tire department to succeed Ralph Cook, resigned. Guggenheim Gets Senatorship Denver, Jan. I Simon (iuggenhein i is assured of the republican nom ination for Fnited States senator by the republican legislative caucus and his 1 election seems certain although there ‘ is an undercurrent of opposition. Judge Match Dead Port Angeles, Jan. 2 Judge George t . Hatch of this city, judge of the sup erior court ot Clallam county, died yesterday a> the result of injuries re ceived by tripping on a rope in his barn and falling heavily. He was one of the pioneer lawyers of the state. Shakes Hands with 8500 Persons Washington. D. C., Jan. 2 I he White House N«*w Year’s reception was attended by '-'n> > persons. Presi dent Roosevelt shook hands with every one. All the cabinet officers were :e••sent at the reception, which was ait. . e.i b all the senators and con giess.nen in the city ami the entire diplomat e c u ps and many other nota b es. olticia and otherwise. ilclnnes May Have Resigned O • wa, Panada. Jan. _ It is re poMeii I iv that (lov. Mclnuos of Yu k >n territory has resigned. The re put :n unconfirmed. W alls Fall and Kill One San Francisco, Jan. 'J The walls of the California cannerv fell thi-. taornhig, jarred down bv a na^si; z train, and one employe was killed, one seriously injured and an other slightly hurt. Wants Better Coast Defense Washington, 1). C\, Jan. - Secre tary Taft addressed a letter to con gress today urging legislation at the short s. -.'.ion providing more men for c >ast ilefensc. He says the L nited States is not prepared for war and that | a foreign enemy could wreck its coast | cities. Find Cecil Brittain Again San Francisco, Jan. 3—The police have information that a tribe of bad gipsh-s camped near Berkeley know something of the whereabouts of Cecil Brittain, the 5-year old boy who disap peared mysteriously from Walla Wal la six month ago and was believed to have been kidnaped. Several of the gipsies were arrested but deny any knowledge of the boy. It is claimed that these gipsies were around Walla Walla about the time the boy disap peared. To Sail Early for Bering Sea Seattle, Jan. 3 The fishing schooner Harold Bleekum will sail for Bering sea February 15. This will be the earliest start ever made by a fishing vessel for that region. Will Enforce Pure Food Law Washington, D. 0., Jan. 3—Secre tary Wilson of the department of ag riculture says the new pure food law which ha> just gone into effect will bo enforced stricklv. He intends to ar rest first the heaviest violators of the law. Proposes to Tax Railroads Olympia. Wash., Jan. 3 —The state tax commission will present a bill to the legislature this month providing for the taxation of all railroads, in cluding private ones. There is evidently something wrong with this message. Kail roads are now taxed in Washington on their tracks and rolling stock. Probably the pro posed bill provides for taxing their earning. Culberson Defends Roosevelt Washington, I). C.. 4 Senator Cul bersonof Texas speaking for the South in the senate yesterday afternoon dn fended the president's dismissal of the negro troops of the Twenty-fifth in fantry. He said the president was! right on tin* merits of the ease and that he undoubtedly had constitutional |H)wer to dischaage the soldiers as he did. Culberson argued that the race problem is the most important before the Coded States today. Heavy Snow in Washington North Yakima, Wash., Jan. 4 Snow is two feet deep all through the Yaki ma valley and has fallen to tremendous depth over the Cascades. All North ern Pacific trains are stalled. F-oot of Snow in One Night Spokane, Jan. 4 A foot of snow fell here last night and the fall was heavy all through this region. The ther mometer is ;>0 above zero this morning hut going down. The coal shortage still prevails and many families are unable to obtain coal. Wood is also scarce and reaching prohibitive prices. To Prohibit Child Labor Washington, D. C., Jan. 4—Senator Piles introduced a bill today to pro hibit the employment of children as laborers except under certain conditions in the District of Columbia. Piles also introduced a bill providing an additional appraiser in the customs service of the Puget sound district, dale Drives Ship Ashore Astoria, Ore., Jan. 4 -lti a gale blow ing ninety miles an hour yesterday the ship Halewood dragged her anchor and went ashore on the sands at the mouth of the Columbia river. Pilled drips In (lymnaslum Seattle, Jan. 4 When the members of the Chicago high school football team were about to go aboard the train to return home last night the manager of the Washington state uni versity team appeared at the depot and informed the Chicago manager that a 1 large quantity of clothing and small equipment was missing from the uni versity gymnasium. The Chicago! manager ordered his men to open their I grips and when this was done about $100 wort11 of articles were found in them 'Pile Chicago high school team has been making a playing tour of the Pacific coast and while here the men were the guests of tin* Seattle high school and the state university. Do Not Want Naval Show Huston, Jan. f» The directors of the i Jamestown exposition today decided to j offer a protest to the government j against making the exposition a naval! and military spectacle. It is said that the government plans inthat particular exceed the expectations of the exposi tion promoters and that this feature is likely to overshadow all others. The directors believe this will he harnmil. It has been the purpose of the man agement to make the exposition an in dustrial exhibit, particularly of the resources of the South, and the pos sibility that the military and naval dis play may become the leading feature of interest is distasteful to the direct ors. Steamer Pennsylvania Sails Seattle, Jan. .V Steamer Pennsyl vania sailed hit«* yesterday afternoon for Seward by way of Nanaimo, where she will take on a coal cargo. She lias tifty passengers, of whom forty are for the Tatiana. More Steamers for Alaska Seattle, Jan. *> - The Ketchikan Steamship Company let a contract to Morans today to build a 150-foot steam er for the Southeastern Alaska run. The Northwestern Steamship Com pany has let a contract for the con tract for the eonstrueeton of the steam ship Seward for the Nome run. Turns Down an Ankenv Man Washington, D. C., Jan. 3— Postmas ter-General Cortelyou reports to the president that Martin Cameron, re commended by Senator Ankeny to be receiver of the land office at North Yakima, Washington, has a bad re cord. Fie says the records show that when Cameron was postmaster at Kl lensburg he padded his official accounts. The president therefore refuses to ap point Cameron. Commissionership for Stewart Washington, D. C., Jan. 5—The president today offered to Philip Stewart of Colorado Springs the posi tion of commissioner of the general land office, to succeed W. A. Richards of Wyoming, who will retire March 4. Carnegie Makes a Donation Washington, I). C., Jan. 5—Andrew Carnegie today offered the govern ment $750,000 to erect a building for the bureau of American republics. URGES JUDICIAL DIVISION Mr. W'askey Writes That He Is Push ing Bill for Fourth District. Delegate Waskej writes to the Gate way that he expects the bill tor the division of the Third judicial district of Alaska and the creation of the coast end of it into a fourth district to pass at the present session of congress. In his letter he says: •‘In today’s mail 1 received several hundred copies of the resolutions adopted by the bar association of Sew ard and endorsed by the Seward chamber of commerce setting forth the judicial and administrative needs of Southern Alaska and asking for the creation of a Fourth judicial division in Alaska. It is with pleasure that l will shortly introduce a bill creating such a division, and I have every rea son to believe that it will pass both houses this session. “1 am familiar with the country of the Kenai peninsula and the Mata nuska valley, having prospected and mined on many of the creeks reaching from the head of the Kenai river to the creeks flowing into the Turnagain and Knik Arms, during ’98 and ’99. Seward has my oest wishes for a pros-j perous and successful future. ‘*1 am doing what I can to secure the i building of a wagon road to connect I Hope and Sunrise with the Alaska Central. I would be pleased to re ceive from vou any expression of the needs of your part of Alaska and will be glad to do what 1 can to remedy them.” Chichagof island gold still looks good to Sitka. I DR. C. L. HALE' DENTIST Over Bank of Seward SEWAIU) • * - ALASKA = | CECIL H. CLEGG ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Fourth Avenue, - Seward, Aka. j L. V. RAY ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Ray Bid, Washington St. | E. E. RITCHIE ATTORNEY - AT - LAW Ray Building, -:- Seward, Alaska OFFICE SUPPLIES Cash Books, Ledgers, Journals, Stationery. And all up-to-date Books and Desk Supplies. Our prices are the lowest. Our goods the very best. DRUG CO. WES ALLEN. MOK. I Seward, Alaska. | £amp 49 Roadhouse Prospectors and other travelers will find this a comfortable place to stay. Half mile from railroad terminus, on trail to Turnagain Arm ami the interior. 1NFORMATION HUKEAU. Seward Water & Power Company , JOHN. A. NELSON. Manager Oflice—1Third and Washington streets RGTIG BR0THERH00 SEWARD CAMP NO. 21 Meets every Saturday even at8:30 o’clock in Brotherhood Rooms in Commerce Bid. j. L. Heed, J. J. McManus, Arctic Recorder. Arctic Chief, j Make this year happy and prosper ous by dealing with Owl Drug Co. * Try Gold Nugget Coffee at the EJaci tic Coast Trading Co. (. opvri^ht i <;o6 tu' i I art Si-halVncr O’ Maix The best Xmas gifts for ! gentlemen are articles of wearing apparel. Smoking Jackets, \ Fancy Vests, Ties, Shoes, I Shirts, Sweaters, Etc., Etc. There is no better or more economical present. THE CLOTHIER The Washington Trust Co, Corner First Avenue and Madison street, Seattle, Wash. Invites Business by Mail or Express. Pays Interest on all Accounts PAID CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $525,000 Northwestern Steamship Company CARRYING l. S. MAIL AND EXPRESS Seattle - Seward Route-Outside Passage C-f~r PFNNJ^YI VAMTA Sails from Seattle .Ian. I: returning LI . i I-.It iv v I L V iAIN 1 sails fr,)m Sewar.I .Jan. 13 Str. SANTA CLARA "n"r“l,"! ”•"* Qf t- CAR A TOT A Sails from Seattle Jun. Id: returning .sails CTLI . 1 vy\jr>* from seward Jan. *5. Str “DORA” Sails from Seward 8th of each month for Unalaska. Dutch Harbor, oki* and way ports. Returning leaves Seward about Mill of each month For transportation, berth reservations, freight rates etc. 17 T C'T'IT FC call on Agent. Seward. Alaska. 1 1LLO d. F. TROWBRIDGE. Gen-l Mgr. E. G. McMICKEN, G. P. and T. Act. SEATTLE. WASH. GENERAL OFFICES. 702 FIRST AVE., SEATTLE. ^ALASKA COAST CO. \\ Carrying l. S. Mail -Alaska-Pacific Express VIA INSIDE PASSAGE To Seattle and Juneau Stmrs Portland and Bertha Sailings from Seward 8th and 23rd of each month. Sailings from Seattle 10th and 25th of each month. Sailing Oates Subject to Change Without Notice Tor further Information Apply to ALASKA COAST CO. — BROWN & HAWKINS 94 Yesler, Seattle. Agents- -Si ward. COLEMAN HOUSE Electric Lights and Electric Bells in Every Room Rates from 50c to $2.50 per Day ABSOLUTELY FIRST CLASS Fourth Avenue Seward, Alaska TINNING PLUMBING HARDWARE Guns, Ammunition, Mechanics’ Tools, Cutlery. Miner’s Conveying Hose and Tents STOVES AND RANGES GRANITE AND TINWARE ^ Q Fourth Ave„ Seward, Alaska • . Tn* Prompt attention given mail orders