The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-08
POLITICS In ALASKA.
MANY ASFfRAxTs FOR THE SEW
ERsL FEDERAL POSITIONS.
Been Promised Control Of the
Alaska PntronaRe-Enses Against
Juneau saloon Men Being Pressed
tfgorousfy-A Bakers >ufetde-an
Alaska Pioneer Dead.

AsTsrzn-s so- goyeTu-rrezs- oeicas s-e
rv-E9Eaaz Up FfEcksg "a Ataska- aEz1 t@se
Tzssessasrs Mo arrived yesterday fTszfn
tfss ssorxs1 81. esse TOPEKA have march 20 say
81 sae naerzs OF the cansAg.&-as- ffa-ie
SsaE.As kAss souE@ TroliIacs % mar own -
thsnk OF xoS. ugsss-a ags5eTesI - feE n
A.z4siczss ero1Dis4s aEsd g1le zsew arrLya-s
found pae1gty o. aasEeDews-
BIZ ere STATE o. Wasaluzrzon = OK cf =
- Gar ~ influencing sge Aiz-ssa airport
Tnsxgs Eosz. raaE Is. X me following esA-
forA1a RE N che ALASKA sssarcaItgn- q
December - hAs arg fogEp.as1cgl; Il -
said tagss sire Oregon desesaat.on Esas ben
Tssou1ssssi 60 S7ogstrol u official apTo--z;-
mems for Alaska" Oregon Is noE 80 d.
resl3y n EOtsrn with Alaska az = NaS1-
susz0u. azt Oregon ros.@d up a good ma
tr.ty for Mckinley sf1 Hobart. VII 10
washington giaslu'<. No foaSada-aon for
tine Searcnl8sraLs statement Is actually
ksa0gxs % exst-
Tlnere are a great number % offices 10
~ flied Il Alaska These ara now held aa
follows;
Csovegzaor-James Sfseakley.
Jufted stz,ees gUslge-A- X. DELANEY.
District atuorney-Burton =. Bennett
Aszs.soarsz district ssssogvsey-Alfred J.
Dufy.
District clerk-6ylsar.es D. Rogers.
Dspsxtyr cEerk-W alton D. MeNair.
United States usarstal--I4ou-s l. WZA-
fans.
Court raes-f,rs4serss--sieorge Kosvomets-
1SoG and Edward Armstrong
CoznEnsssz0gszrs-R. &. Rogers. S1sska: V.
II. Meslsn, Juzleaz5. X. ". Jackson. Wran-
ses l.. a. Woodward. UHalaskas AlpEoglso
Edwards, Kadlak.
Ueputy mApsAEa.s--W. II. McNalT, Sitka;
w. II. Haie, Juneau; ". {. Wars Doug
las II. J. Wallace. Wrangs.. ". 7. Man
ming Kadiak; James c. Blaine. Unalaska.
Deputy internal revenue coIlect0r-W. c
Pes.saF.
Educational aseut-SheAdcn Jackson.
ASS ssaIst ageIsl--W afam Hamilton.
slfperAFteEsdeSpt OF schools--N. A. Kelly.
PoBtmlstress at S.tlxa--Airs. A. n Arch
REaslsy-
Customs onlcers-Collector Esent arnin P.
Noore SPECIAL deputy. George Moore:
deputy and Inspector, i. Mgeire H0tstad.
Sttka. depuay coIlector, +. G. HaHTnoad.
Juneau. inspectors AZ Juneau. G. d. Cc.e-
man l.. Blumen5hal: deplTty c0iscctors. l..
y. ketcaum. Wrangel; I. r. Holmes,
Mary Island. W. G. Thomas. Kadiak. ..
". Cation. Coax inlet; :. Il. Aguew. Kar-
lux: Paul kegsttd, UuEa: Z. y. Handy.
JTEsa3assSa: ErR@n Anders, 81. Michae.s. 9.
W, Ross. Circle city; inspectors aiioat, J.
s Slater, +. a. Smash, u. O'Neil; steam
launch scout. Elw.u Hofsiad.
Charles w. Young. who was n delegate
10 the 81. Louis convention j talked OF
for governor a strong opposing candt-
date IS Z. $ Johnson, who was also u
delegate. Johnson denies that ne Is look
Ing for the Office. but It is generally un-
derstood that he Is working for IT. c. s.
Biackett. a lawyer Of Juneau and Purser
W. ID. Curtis, Of the steamer city Of To-
pslsa. are after the coiectorship Of Gus
toms for the district of Alaska. Rlackett
has the support OF the saloon element.
He has been chosen as one Of the counsel
by tho organization OF saloon men. which
viii appeal TO the circuit court from Judge
peianey's decision.
A candidate for the marshalship is
Judge W. \. Kelley. formerly United
States commissioner at Wrangel. There
Is a petition now in circulation in Juneau
memoraiizing congress in the interest of
a representative In that body from the
territory. Numerous signatures have been
obtained.
Passengers the Topeka.
Steamer City of Topeka arrived from
the North yesterday morning ar o'clock.
IN the afternoon she was towed TO Quar-
termastei harbor by the tug Pioneer. She
viii be on the drydock one day 20 be
overhaulel scraped and painted. The To-
pekt had the following list OF passengers
for Seattle; w. L. Austin. Mrs. l.. Levy
Miss Shillore. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas.
George Walker. Scott Lindsey. C. 4. Bet
It's {. V. Morrison. 5, Mills. MIR and Mrs.
W. w. Brown. Miss Resale. Henry
GHeher. Mrs, N. Monroe. Annie Kane. J.
Kettles0n. Edward James Lou Keller. j.
England. q. W. TORY. J. y. Hofstad, J.
J. McGrath. ]. L. Jorgenson, Mrs. H. NJ.
Meilen. ]. <. Wilson, Mrs. NJ. J. Cohn
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Bach ". /. Webster
Rufus Sylvester T.. ~. Wakefield Paul
smith. Mr. and Mrs J. A. Hammond. g
walhnd. y. swanson. J. East, \. II.
Bshrends
The Topeka viii sail for Alaska Janu-
AIRY L..
Alaska Liquor Cases.
Cases against saloonmen I'm juneau are
being pressed vigorously. Seventeen have
heen indicted. OF fifteen who pleaded not
yuuty of selling liquor. fourteen were con
victed and one acquitted. Eight have
pleaded guilty. one was indicted for per-
Jury and IS held under s25oo bonds to
answer.
& juneau suicIdc.
Frederick Feitncr a baker az juneau.
commonly known AS John Schmitt. hang
ed himself pccsmher % In an account ~
TIRE suicide the Alaska Mining Record OF
December ID said. "Fcitner had for more
than q year been IN The employ OF NJ T.
Fremmer. working faithfully and we'll
Nearly two months ago Feifner. vifh the
assistance of his bate employer, estab-
Nsha8 Tor himself 8 snsaR bakery bat
business VAS slow. and his passion for
earning kept him IN poverty 4 not in
scfuai want. He was seen about town on
Saturday evening hut his failure 20 de-
liver bread az Fvemmer's store on Mon
tay morning started an Investigation.
WITH che result that his corpse was found
suspended by a strap from the ceiling 81
hls shop. with enc foot barely touching
the floor the other stG uuon the chair
from which he had stepped into eternity.
The haN-m0ulicl hstyb or bread la the
trough showed that hc bad stopped On hls
work % carry out his purpose while The
care Displayed in tHe few preparations
Indicated hls arm resolution 20 carry IL
through without the passl 5iijty 90 fail
utF A ccrrurrs flry was summoned and
fauaA ver1lrt lu accordance wlth tho
fcts Fea deer2seG was native ~
ar#astett Eh.ce rflIz Germany. where
r.t}f.t.a survive et0 VAS 7bo-f Ell years
rf exc a1f e'-l.htr ~ tfe 1r,l.r ~ O8a
Er'1a0a- Tae mrwai0s were tetcrre1 on
Iterrrre~ cemetery yesterday"
rt.~ Ets~-. ONO ~ tEe oldest Alaskan
p'r1tr-s t..t Teerrntr ~ afts- an ta-
acrF cf f.f--R' mc-ths IL So Aur's Nes-
rit3- jH-raH- TIE was eI years ~ rer lie
Nee urr nf t~F ~GHfrr~ whr t..ref tra
rush 81 rfs F~a-sr r.'e- mines .u s>-s
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