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Douglas Island news., 1907-12-25

The United States Army Transport Thomas at San Francisco from Manila has made some new wireless records. During her trip the Thomas kept up continuous system of wireless mes sages. One dispatched en route from Honolulu was picked up and checked at Sitka, Alaska, a distance of about 5000 miles. The apparatus on the Thomas was in charge of Sergeant Moseley of the signal corps. The Farallones were communicated with at distance of 1850 miles, and North Head at distance of ], ,450 miles. The operator at the latter place sent word that on the morning of November 18th the signals from the Thomas were clear to him, and on that date the transport was over 1000 miles distant.
Douglas Island news., 1907-12-25
Simple and Inexpensive

The Presidents prescription to con- gress for the relief of Alaska is one that can easily and readily be con- pounded A simple and inexpensive form of ocal government for Alas ka is formula which calls for no other ingredients than those which have been made use of in long list of cases gone before. They may be varied to some extent in order t. rect the Presidents suggestion to fullest extent, but it is not possible gthat the congress can depart very widely from the long established formula in the establishment of new territories and not lose sight of the fundamental prj' ciple of self-government the apr
 tion of which to Alaska he
 meuds.
 The Sulzor bill, reintro'
 delegate Gale, can be so amended as l. fully meet the Presidents idea of sim- plicity in that, other than providing local legislature, it is free from any thing of a complicating nature, and can be so guarded in it's provisions as to make the organization at which It aims even more inexpensive both to the government and the people of th territory than the present organlZa' o' The only misgiving the Miner has had in this latter regard has been fear that the organic act might not be sufficiently restrictive in the matter or county organizations and thus leave wide open the door to large and wholly unnecessary expenditures.
 In this latter regard the Miner can see no actual necessity for any county organizations, at most of any more than the territory may have Judlclai divisions. Hawaii was rganized as territory without county organizations, ard there is no good reason why the plan should not be adopted in the case of Alaska. That done all fear or 1 burdensome expense to the people will be wholly obviated, while their every requirement. in the way of local self government will be adequately pro- vided for. A territorial legislature of not more than nine members of the council and fifteen or eighteen in the house will be sufficient to commence with and may be apportioned to the several judicial divisions, by the gov ernor first, and by the legislature itself, afterwards.
 Congress should find no trouble in providing Alaska with a simple and inexpensive form of selfgovernment, if indeed. it is inclined to heed the Presidents endatiUn.-Ketchi- kan Daily Miner.
Douglas Island news., 1907-12-25

During the past season the St. Michael Trading Company's garden attracted no little comment from tourists, but it will not be wondered at when one bears in mind the size and quality of the vegetables. One cab bage was photographed against back ground of eigbt-inch rustic boards, the extended leaves spanning nine boards six feet. The head was sound, and weighed about thirty pounds. This will be interesting reading for your friends ill the east who think Alaska is an ''lce boX."-Wrangell Sentinel.
Douglas Island news., 1907-12-25
One of the Most Beautiful Things in
 the World.

Is choice piece of cut gisf and nothing pleases th -~ fsn more than the possession ss .e" choice pieces, have by far he largest stock of cut glass that ever came to the country, in fact more than all the other dealers put together. It must be got rid of for 1 haven't the room to keep it and to hurry it off l have re. duced the price on the whole lot and it is going rapidly. Better come and get your share before it is too late. You will find it at Valentines, Juneau.
 When man gets into trouble the outcome depends a great deal on his income.
Douglas Island news., 1907-12-25
Watch Wisdom.

If you don't keep your appointments it will not be the fault of the watch you buy of Valentine. He has them of all kinds and at all prices from $500 up into the hundreds and are all fully warranted. He has them in bushel lots or otherwise.
Douglas Island news., 1907-12-25
JUNEAU FERRY AND NAVIGATION co.
 FERRY TIME CARD
 Douglas Island Time.


 LEAVE JUNEAU For Douglas and TreRdwell:
 S:O0 0. ID. 500 D. m. 9:S0 a. m. 4:SO D. m. 1I:OO a. m. 100 D. ID. 100 D. m. 500 pm.
 LEAVE DOUGLAS g1 Treadwell: For Juneau: SIN @. ID. S:SO a. nj. S:45 am 10:05 a. n. u:15 a. rn. 12:O5 q. m. 1:l5 pm. 1:45 p. ID. S:l5 D. m. S:SO D. m. &:45 pm. 5:S5 p. m. 7:1Sp.m. 7:SO p. m. s:15 p.m. s:S0 D. m.
 LEAVE TREADwELL For Douglas and Juneau:
 s:25 a. m. 8:25 p. m. i0:O0 a. m. 5:SO D. m. 12:Oo a. n. 7:25 p. rn. 1:A0 p.m. 9:25 D. m. ON WEDNESDAY AND SATURDAY. Boat leaves Juneau for Douglas and Tread
 well at 12 midnSEht.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-16
NEARLY SIX HUNDRED
RESTAURANTS IN CITY
San Francisco Rehabilitated
as Far as It's Grills
Are Concerned

Always remarkable for the number
and variety Of its restaurants, San
Francisco has been completely rehabilt-
tated as far as it's grill accommodations
are concerned. In a report Issued yes
terday by w. v. Stafford. State Labor
Commissioner, it is pointed out that
599 public eating houses. exclusive of
hotels and boarding-houses. are now in
operation I'm the city. In these estab-
lishments 1883 persons find employment
and seating room is afforded for Ss.463
patrons. Far more than this number,
however, are regular patrons of restau-
rants, for several establishments feed
an average Of twice their seating ca
pacity three times daily.
There are at present lfty-one Japan
ese and ten Chinese restaurants in San
Francisco. In the Caucasian restau-
rants the time of labor averages ten
hours. In the Japanese cafes it aver
ages twelve hours and in some cases
extends 20 fifteen.
THE general sanitation and cleanh-
ness of the restaurants of San, Fran
cisco as a whole says the report.
compare favorably with conditions be-
fore the fire."
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-16
WOMAN TRICED UP FOR
HOURS BY BRUTAL THUG
Binds Her Hands and Feet
and Imprisons Her in
= Clothes Closet

with amazing boldness a brutal
thief. or more properly a fend, after
beating and tricing UP woman, the
sole occupant Of a house at 1894 San
chez street, on Thursday afternoon,
ransacked the building. secured s12 and
q suit Of clothes and escaped The at
tack was reported 10 the police yes
terday morning and Immediately a
vigorous search for the offender was
begun. The woman, Mrs. Mildred
Cozeau, the young wife Of John Cozeau,
an employe in the treasury department
of the Southern Pacific Company in
this city is still suffering severely as
a result Of the hour and half she
spent while bound hand and foot and
triced I'D to a hook in a clothes closet
Mrs Cozeau yesterday described her
terrible experience TO Detectives Burke
and Smith She related how, while
she was hanging out clothes on the
back porch about I o'clock, stranger
entered the rear gate and inquired for
old rags. bottles and sacks; how he had
persisted in drawing closer to her, and
finally. when she had told him she
would call her husband, how he had
sworn at her and seized her by the
throat.
After rnufaing her screams with his
hand, the robber bound her mana ano
foot. kicked her in the ribs, thrust heI
into q clothes closet and then tied her
hands 10 a hook in the wall several
inches higher than her head In this
position she was found three hours
later by her brother-in-law, E H Co.
zeau. street car conductor on the
Casfro-street line, and when released
bv him she fell in swoon on the
door. Her husband was Immediately
summoned by telephone, and, after
learning the extent Of his wife's IN
turies and seeing that she was prop-
eriv cared for. he set out in search OF
man who would answer the descrip-
ton given by his wife.
A good description Of the robber was
furnished both by Mrs. Cozeau and by
Jeremiah McSweeney, who keeps
grocery on the corner near the Sozeal
boroe and which place the man visited
Immediately before attacking tne
woman.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-16

amounting to $4,000, to be distributed
among the winners.
Subscribers to The Call will have the
privilege Of selecting the winners of
these prizes by preparing their sub
scriptions for any length of time that
may be convenient, each paid sub
scription counting for a certain number
of votes that may be cast in favor of
any contestant whom the subscriber
may desire to assist in getting a share
of the money. The contestant receiv-
ing the highest number of such votes
during any contest period will receive
the largest purse; the one receiving the
second highest number of votes the
next largest purse, and so on until the
number of prizes allotted for that pc
riod is exhausted. The same rule Will
apply TO the final distribution of the
larger prizes given for the highest ag-
gregate scores
VOTING POWER OF SUBSCRIPTIONs
The following table shows the sub
scription rates of The Call and the
voting power of subscriptions for any
period paid for:
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-16

ne You Carry a Knifef
We carry all kinds Stoirzs' Aeo9
EtIIuaore street, above Sutten
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-16
ACTIVE WORK To BEGIN
ON BER|NG SEA ROAD
Son of Promoter of Vast
Enterprise Pays Visit
to San Francisco

Rene de Lobel, a French mining en-
gineer, has been in San Francisco the
last few days partly for his health
and partly TO promote the project of
Siberian-Alaskan railway, for which
his father, Count de Lobel, has re-
ceived commission from the Russian
Government. De Lobel completed his
business in the city yesterday and left
for Los Angeles, where he will make
brief stay before departing for Paris.
AS explained yesterday by De Lobel
at the Hotel Savoy, the proposed rail-
road will connect with the Trans
Siberian line at Irkutsk. The main
line will extend north of Lake Baikal
to East Cape, in Siberia. At this point
it will run through tunnels to be con-
structed under Bering Strait to Cape
Prince of Wales Island, thence through
Alaska and a portion of Canada to
Port Simpson, where it will connect
with the Grand Trunk, making an all
rail route from any of the principal
cities of the Dominion or the United
States to Paris.
The concession obtained from the
Russian Government includes a right
of way across Siberia. with a stretch
of land five miles wide on either side
of the track. The sale of these lands,
it is figured, will bring in a sufficient
revenue to carry the project to COM
pletion.
The most interesting feature of the
plan is the proposed tube under Ber-
ing Sea. AS outlined yesterday by
De Lobel, three tunnels will be con-
structed- The first will run from East
Cape in Siberia to Little Diemede
Island the second to Big Diomede
Island and the third to Cape Prince
Of Wales. None of these tunnels will
be more than eleven miles long, and
the total distance across the channel
will not exceed twenty -eight miles
According to the terms of the con-
cession, work must be begun not later
than May l of this year. A force of
surveyors, under Captain Healy, left
San Francisco for Alaska in Decem-
Der of last year and has begun pre-
liminary operations on the Alaska side
Active work is about to begin in ST.
IBERIA.
The American branch of the com
pany was recently incorporated in New
Jersey. The engineering work has
been placed under the control of p
Waddell of Chicago. American meth
ods," said De Lobel yesterday, will
prevail throughout the enterprise"
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-16
Little Swiss Girl Sets Her Eye on
the Leading Money Prize
Heavy Voting Ex-
pected in Con-
test Today

Friday. as usual, was the quietest
DAY Of the week in the gold prize con
test-not that the contestants do not
work as hard on that day as any other,
but most OF them hold the votes they
secure on Friday to help swell their
total for Saturday so as to make a
good showing IN The Sunday Call. Last
Saturdays voting was the heaviest of
the period, and indications are that
there viii again be very heavy voting
today. All votes should be in by
p. m. in order to be included in the
count for the day. Contestants will
lease take notice and govern them
? selves accordingly.
Miss Rose Breschini. the little ItaI-
ian-Swiss girl OF Blanco. Monterey
County, was the heroine Of yesterdays
doings in the contest. She registered
a gain OF 2L200 and moved up from
ninth TO sixth place. Emile Iversen,
Tillie Hartz and Ethel Potter went
= down one degree each on account of
Miss BreschinTs advance Miss Potter
gained $500 and has almost caught up
with Miss Hartz
Miss Hayward added another 5000 to
her score and is leaving the San Jose
newsboy far in her wake. Jack" will
have to look out now or Miss Breschini
viii have him humping the bumps next.
Emerson received a windfalI Of $500
votes from Suisun yesterday.
Miss Lois B. Pftzer gained $500. and
another boost like that will place her
ahead OF the Christ Church Athletic
Club. which still occupies eleventh
place.
Mrs. Rosa E. Tracy. by a gain of 500
captured sixteenth place from Messrs
TObin and Winchester of the Preside.
Mrs Theresa Coleman Of Point Rich
uond moved up two numbers to nine
teenth place at the expense of Mrs
Mary c. Deasy and Hattie NJ Hoppock
Miss Anna Skinner. by gain of 1850
moved UP ahead Of Joseph Fassler and
Magda Steinkamp and is now No. 81
The figures tell the rest Of the story
CONDITIONS OF THE CONTEST
The contest is divided into three pc
RODS constituted as follows First
November 19 TO January 13. eight
weeks; second, January 1s to March g.
seven weeks; third, March to April IA
six weeks.
There are twenty-five prizes TO be
competed for during each contest pc
riod. consisting Of twenty-five purses
- Of gold coin. ranging in amount from
SO up to $500, and making a total OF
$1,000 from each period.
There are also twenty-five special
p purses Of grand sweepstalxe prizes for
the twenty-five contestants making the
best scores during the entire contest
. the largest of these purses being $1,000
and the smallest $40. and amounting TO
$4,000 in the aggregate.
The anal distribution Of the prizes
viii be made on April IS. the first an
niversary of the San Francisco fire
The tWenf y-five purses for each Of
the three contest periods and the
twenty-five special sweepstake prizes
make a grand total of 100 prizes,
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-16

The movement of the Grass Valley
Clerks Association for a shorter work
day is gaining headway. Many mer-
chants in that city are willing to close
earlier If it can be made universal.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-16

The Building Trades Council of
Monterey County at its last meeting
installed the following officers: Pres
ident, f. Wymer; first vice president, H.
r. Hall; second vice president c. p
Carmody; financial secretary and busi-
ness agent, c. L. Utter; treasurer, ].
n Ashby.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-16

Cooks and Walters Union of Vallejo
is making a determined fight against
the non-union restaurants and hotels
of that city. At the last meeting OF
the Vallejo Trades and Labor Council
the plan of the cooks and walters was
laid before that body and the executive
committee was instructed to give all
the aid possible to unionize the restau-
rants and hotels of that city.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-16
SERVICES AT ST. FRANCIS
Set of Stations of the Cross to Be-
Blessed

rororrow afternoon at 3 o'clock a
80 set of Stations Of the Cross will
be blessed in St. Francis Church Val
ieio street. by Very Rev. Maximilian'
q r N. st. Boniface Church.
This is the first set OF stauons
n..e-.,as..1l,, erected in the north end,
\ Sasst ~ the burned district, since
n FIRE. It is expected that a large
ooncourse Of worshipers viii be pres
ent at the ceremony
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-16
pRAGERs PURCHASE sTock

The entire stock of womens wearing
apparel of the Ideal Cloak and Suit
Company. formerly located at 1856 Mis-
sion street, has been purchased by the
firm of Prayers at Market and Jones
streets and shortly will be put on sale
The purchase was made from the trus-
tees of the Mission company. The stock
secured for the Market-street house is
large and makes a considerable addi-
ton to the selection of suits and cloaks
already carried by the buyers.
of suits for damages brought by per-
sons hurt.
Police Captain Mooney, Foreman Oil
yer and Assistant District Attorney He
ney had an informal conference on the
tenderIoin problem.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-16
II Gnfnr to Eurone

eacrre reservation early. Call or write
~ Cunard Steamship Co. (Limitedl, 4;
Powell St. corner Ellis. San FRANCISCO
Oldest safest line crossing Atlantlc.
The San Francisco call., 1907-02-16

5000 Western grocers return dissat-
isfied customers money for coffee and
tea-Schil1ing Best
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-08-16
SITUATION IS UNCHANGED
Native Section Of Casa Blanca Re
sembles City Of the Dead.

Tangier, Aug. 10.-A wireless dis
patch from Casa Blanca received dur
ing the night reported the situation
there as practically the same. Cen
eral Drude, commander of the French
expeditionary forces, still maintains
his camp outside the city. The cruis-
er Du Chayala has gone to Mogador.
The French consular agent at Alcazas
and the French residents of that
place have fed to Ell Araish.
Passengers of a Spanish steamer
which has just arrived here say that
the native quarter of Casa Blanca re-
sembles city of the dead. The build
ings which have not been burned have
gaping holes in their walls made by
the shells of the warships.
The French wounded have been TAX
en- on board the gunboat Cassini,
which is on her way to Tangier.
A steamer loaded with provisions
and troops has sailed from here for
Casa Blanca. The French cruiser
Jeanne dare remains here to reassure
the Europeans.
In obedience to orders from Paris
the French warships arriving here
continue to salute the Moorish flag in
order to show that France it not at
war with Morocco
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-08-16
IRON ORE SHIPMENTS.
Now Greater Than Before Strike or
the RANGES.

Now Greater Than Before Strike on
the Ranges.
Mines tapped by the Great North
ern on the Mesaba range in Mime
sofa are now mining moro ore than
they were before the strike The
Great Northern is also carrying more
ore to the docks than it did before the
miners went out
In the twenty-four hours ending at
midnight Wednesday night the Great
Northern shipped from the Kelly Lake
yards near Hibbing 81 trainloads Of
70 steel cars each, whereas before the
strike the average daily shipments of
ore was rs trains of 60 cars each
The Duluth, Missabe and Northern
On Wednesday shipped 80 trains of 4S
cars each and all the mines in the
Hibbing district tapped by this road
are now working with the exception
Of the Winnifred, a shaft mine be.
longing to the United States Steel cor
poration. About IS per cent Of the
customary amount Of ore Is now being
sent down from both the Mesaba and
Vermillion ranges.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-08-16
ENDS LONG LITIGATION.
Trustees Of Hastings and Dakota
Land Grant Secure Titles.

State Auditor Iverson Of Mime
sofa has turned over to the trustees
Of the old Hastings and Dakota rail-
road deeds representing 20,904.47
acres and thus closes another chapter
in the litigation which has involved
this grant during the past twelve
years. The lands will now get on the
tax rolls and the state will be the
gamer. ~ P.
The deeds have been turned over to
Owen Morris Of st. Paul, land COM
missioner for the trustees. and now
many titles heretofore in controversy
will be cleaned UP. Another deed for
q small amount Of land remains to be
given and then the whole thing will
be past history. e.:
The deeds covering tho grant, to
gether with tho number Of acres in.
volved, are located In the following
counties: Swift. 11.l19.3s: Stevens
b,191.1o; Big Stone, 2.oe1.44; Chippe
wa, 1,seS.so; Kandiyohi, 240; Yellow
Medicine, 100; Lac qui Parle, 1857;
Mcleod, 401.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-08-16
DUE TO FAMILY TROUBLES
Prominent Resident Of St. Paul Ends
His Life.

Ross Clarke, aged flfty-three, prom.
inent in business and political cir.
cles at st. Paul, committed suicide by
taking carbolic acid at his summer
home at White Bear lake. Mr.. Clarke
apparently had been dead for couple
of days when the body was found, his
wife and son having left for Fond du
Lac, Wis.,, Friday following a family
quarrel and Mr.. Clarke was alone in
the cottage when he swallowed the
fatal dose. Mrs. Clarke was known by
friends of the family to have been
extremely jealous of her husband and
to have accused him of misconduct.
The accusations were without founda'
ton, friends of the dead man say, but
the fact that his wife distrusted him
and that his son had turned against
him preyed heavily on Clarke's mind
and this is believed to be the sole rea-
son for his self-destruction.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1907-08-16
QUITS GREAT NORTHERN.
Vice President McGuigan Has Dis.
agreement With Hill.

F. H. Michigan, first vice president
Of the Great Northern Railroad com.
pany, has resigned. His resig.
nation nominally will not take effect
until Sept. 1, but Mr. McGuigan ad-
nlits that his connection with the
railroad in an active official capacity
already has ceased. Disagreement
with James j. Hill are responsible fol
Mr.. McGuigan's sudden resignation.
Mr.. Michigan came to st. Paul in
April to become vice president of the
Great Northern and almost from the
start. an undercurrent of antagonisn
was manifest between him and Mr.
Hill. Gradually the feeling became
more and more personal until finally
Mr.. McGuigan decided to resign
Mr.. McGuigan was formerly fourth
vice president of the Grand Trunl
railroad, which position he held TO
eleven years, with headquarters a
Montreal