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The daily Alaskan., 1908-11-19
ST. SAVIOUR

The Rev Thomas Jenkins has been assigned to skagway as his headquar- ters-having charge of Episcopal church work in southeastern Alaska and will, beginning next week, con. duct regular services at St. saviours church. Rev. Mir. Jenkins, with his family, will arrive on the Jefferson from Ketchlkan next Tuesday.
 He has written Mir. F. F. w. Lowle that he will hold services on Thanksgiving day and he calls for volunteers for choir work on that day. Those who wish to so volun' teer will report to MT. Lowle or to Mir. Howard. Either will be glad to hear from them.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-11-19
FOUND DEAD ON
 AN IGE FL0E
fRy United Press.l

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. lS.-The revenue cutter Thetis just down from the north reports the finding of the remains of Fred Maraud on an ice floe in Boring sea. Maraud de- serted from the sloop Karluk, a whaler at Hersehel island, in the late summer. He took with him a supply of provisions but left the ship for his hazardous journey south along the coast alone, His remains when found were mangled and eaten by wild ani' mals. The remains were identified by papers found with them. The body was taken ashore and buried,
The daily Alaskan., 1908-11-19
NEW DAILY
 FOR CHICAGO
tey United Press.)

CHICAGO. Nov l9-A democrat ic daily is soon to be launched in this city. backed by large capital and prominent men of the party. It is to be thoroughly well equipped and newspaper Tie party has felt the need of medium of eXpres. sion in this city since the Chronicle changed from its first allegiance and lined up with the republican party.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-11-19
THOSE TWO
 INJUNCTIONS

Judge John G. Hetd came up on the Dolphin. The injunction cases between the W. p X Y and the Home Power company set for hear ing Monday finds Judge Wmn. rep. resenting the respondents. somewhere below and it is thought likely the matter will be postponed Judge wmn sailed for the sound some weeks ago. It is thought he may have gone over to Victoria and caught the May for the return trip in which case be will be here on Monday. Judge Heia is representing the W. p. & Y.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-11-19
HAZARDOUS TRIP OF YUKON WOMAN

Dawson and she was forced to either
 wait for the stages or take her
 chances with small boat. She
 chose the latter and in company with
 the wife of a member of the Yukon
 Gold company and Capt, Charles Miller she embarked in the frail boat
 with the ice running in the river. It was on Nov. l8, twenty days after, that she arrived ia Dawson, They encountered strong winds that partly filled the boat with water in lake Le Barge where they had a narrow es- cape. Following down the river the ice floes menaced them continually until a jam occurred. They were forced ashore on an island in the river opposite the police station, They were observed ana the ponce tried to communicate with them through a megaphone but with only enough success to get their identity. The fact of Mrs. Georges plight was flashed by wire to Mir George at. Dawson but nothing more nor could his reply be communicated They made the most of their plight until the ice formed and then Captain Miller assisted the women to the. main land. saw that they were com fortabIe and then went on to Daw, son. The women followed as soon as the trail was passable and, as stated. arrived in Dawson with the first stage.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-11-19
hear from then

Wm. Leslie came up on the Hum. boldt from Haines. Mir. Leslie is drawn as a grand juror and wanted to present the necessities of his case as bridge builder to the government before Judge Gunnison. He was ex- cused. from service as the terms of his contract required his personal supervision of the work. He left for Wells by the Hegg.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-11-19
HOME POWER WATER TOMORROW

Der between, such as it is claimed will ensure 1t from freezlng-all save the few feet where 1t crosses under the railroad tracks and where the company Is restrained by injunc- ton from trespasslng.
 According to the stlpulatIons of the agreement between the Home Power company and the city a committee of three, one a member of the city council, one a member of the fire de- partment and one of the Home Power company. is to keep tab on the water reserve, to see that it is not at any time over drawn by private use as to threaten shortage for the needs of the city. At the last meeting of the council Mir. Ashley was named to act for the city and MT. Shea for the fire department. Since then the Home Power company met and named J. D. stInebaugh to act for that company.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-11-19

It will be remembered that Mir, Arnold F. George, formerly editor of the Dawson News and Nugget, but now secretary of the Miners and Merchants association of Dawson went through here late in the fall, Mrs. George fingered a little later to see to things on the California ranch and then followed him
 Mrs. George reached Dawson only a few days ago after one of the most adventurous trips in all the history Of the adventurous north, She was on the Humboldt when that ship met with it's misadyenure and in common with other passengers had a thrilling experience among \ which, however, hers was distinguished. She was in. her stateroom when the ship struck. She needed no warning of the dan. ger but stopped to gather up her ef, fleets before going on deck When she attempted to leave the room she found the door had checked and wouI4 hot open She calI'J for aid but the efforts of the ships men could not force it open. It was found necessary to haul her out through theI window with ropes. She returned with the other passengers to Seattle and in due course arrived here and thence to Whitehorse. But the ad- venture had cost her her berth on the last river steamer sailing for
The daily Alaskan., 1908-11-19
ID WORK
 F1R ALASKA
(Ry United Press.)

SEATTLE. Nov lS.-senatQr Piles starts today for Washington. In an interview in last evenings Star he says he will, among other things, work for the creation of fourth ju. diclal division for Alaska, for terri, torlal government for the big district and for a better revenue cutter ser vice on the north coast.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-11-19

At midnight tonight the water is to be shut off from the city pipes at the present source of supply from the w. p. & Y., in the upper end of town and at the same moment turned on at the supply pipe of the Home Power company in the lower end of town. The contract with the Home Power company for a water supply for the city begins at that hour and with the w. P. & Y. ceases. The Home Power company reports itself in readiness. There will be no cere- mony-no fire works.
 The Home Power company has completed it's big dam and 1t is found to be all that was expected of it. Lake Dewey has spread over wide area as the result of the increased storage. The pipe from the reser. yoir to the city mains has been gn. cased in double box with air cham.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-11-19
THE STAGE

A stage from Dawson arrived at Whitehorse yesterday evening bring ing three passengers: E. A. Murphy, A. J. Dewar and Dr. Grant. The trail is reported to be in fine condition with light snow on the northern end. A north bound stage will leave Whitehorse tomorrow.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-11-19
NEGROES FOR
 PRIESTHOOD
tey United Press.)

CHICAGO, Nov. 19.-A congress of Catholic missionaries in session in this city passed a resolution today favoring the ordination of negroes groes to the priesthood. Negroe to the priesthood,
The daily Alaskan., 1908-11-19

Mir. and Mrs. P. H. Ganty and baby sailed south on the Dolphin this afternoon bound for Santa Rosa for the winter.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-11-19
NO OFFICER
 IN IRONS
tBy United Press.)

PORT TOWNSEND, Nov 19,-The revenue cutter Thetis has arrived here and, being interviewed, as to the report that a lieutenant of the ser vice had been brought down in irons all the officers deny its truth, declar- ing no officer has been in irons,
The daily Alaskan., 1908-11-19

c. M. McGrath, commercial trav- eler, was a passenger on the Dolphin for Juneau.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-11-19

Mir. Marshal shoup arrived up on the Hur=boldt to attend court.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-11-19

Whitehorse tomorrow.
The daily Alaskan., 1908-11-19

for Juneau.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-03-11
DEN MARK,

A new safety brake for wagons was
tested in Copenhagen few days ago.
1t is made in such way it is applied
to the hind wheels as soon as the dri-
yer pulls the reins to check the horses.
A wagon carrying a load of 5000
pounds was easily stopped while going
down steep hill.
Oscar H., one of the steamers of the
Scandinavian-American line, picked
up the crew of the Richard Graves, an
English sailing vessel, on the Grand
Banks. The vessel had been strug-
Cling against northwest storms for 81
days, and a bad leak had kept the men
so busy that they were exhausted.
The men and the records of the Rich
ard Graves were taken on board the
Oscar H., after which the disabled
vessel was set on fire to save other
vessels from colliding with it.
A prominent Danish ship owner pro:
poses that passage be constructed in
opposition to Kaiser Wilhelm's canal
by deepening the Limfjord, the broad
and shallow channel between the Kat
tegat and the North sea, which is now
closed to navigation by sand This
would shorten the route from the
North sea to the northern part of the
Baltic sea about 10 (English) miles,
and the ships also avoid the dangerous
shadows along Skagen, at the north
ern point of Upland. This improve
ment would cost about $5,000,000.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-03-11
news OF minnesota,
Railroad Earnings.

st. Paul-The gross earnings taxes
OF all OF the railroads operating in
Minnesota during 1907 aggregate S.
655,557.84, an increase of $165,676.71
over the gross earnings taxes paid
for 1906. The combined gross earn
1ngs of all the roads in 1907 was $685.
SSS,946, an increase of $4,137 ,O98.14
over 1906, when the gross earnings
were $84,751,S47.S6.
That the increase in the gross earn
ings taxes in 1907 over 1906 was not
SO great as the increase in 1906 over
1905 is accounted for by the fact that
during the last half of 1907 the 2.cent
passenger fare and a reduced schedule
OF merchandise freight rates were in
effect. The financial furry of last fall
also had the effect of reducing some
what the volume of business. The
gain of $165,676.71, under all of the cir
cumstances, Is considered strong in
dication of the prosperous condition of
the state generally.
In the amount of taxes paid, the
Great Northern heads the list with
$918,115.SS, followed by the Northern
Pacific with $577,462.53, the Duluth,
Missabe & Northern with $477,21O.49,
the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
with 1896, 768.20 and the Duluth & Iron
Range with 1921, 908.S1.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-03-11
ScAMDLALA WAN NEWS
PRINCIPAL Events Gathered IN the
Old Scandinavian Countries

Sweden negotiated with Germany
and Russia for the purpose of main.
tanning status quo in the Baltic sea.
Russia wants to fortify the Aland ISL
ands contrary to the stipulations of
the treaty of 1856. The fact that
England was not asked to join the
other powers in guaranteeing status
quo in the Baltic seems to have made
an unfavorable impression in England.
AS an expression of this feeling may
be mentioned that the London Daily
Telegraph intimates that England will
not object to the fortification of the
Aland islands by Russia. The same
paper also suggests that Sweden join
Denmark, Holland and Belgium in an
endeavor to secure treaties of integ-
rity like that secured by Norway a
few weeks ago. The last suggestion
is naturally very humiliating to Swe.
den.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-03-11
Nine New Companies.

St. Paul-Adjt. Gen. F. B. Wood has
selected the towns in which the nine
new companies of the Minnesota ma.
tional guard will be organized, this
number of additional companies being
required to bring the militia up to the
standard of the Dick law and to sc.
cure the largest possible federal aid
for it's maintenance.
The new companies will be located
at St. Peter, Madison, Bemidji, Thief
River Falls, Redwood Falls, Duluth,
Eveleth, St. Paul and Minneapolis.
The st. Peter company, which will
be known as Company K of the Sec.
ond regiment, was mustered into the
service Feb. 28th.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-03-11

A new theater has just been dedi-
Gated in Stockholm.
A convention of prominent sugar
beet growers of southern Sweden re-
solved not to raise any beets next
summer on the conditions offered by
the sugar barons," and it looks as if
the latter must either yield to the de-
mands of the farmers or let their fac
tories stand idle.
Experiments are being made in diff
ferent parts of Sweden to ascertain
whether it will pay to prepare illu-
minating and lubricating oils from the
alum slate which Is found in enor-
nous quantities in many localities.
1t is claimed that the visible alum
slate in the mountains of Sweden rep
resent as much heating power as five
thousand million tons of coal.
There are 13,949 common schools in
Sweden. No less than 2,O99 of this
number are ambulatory. The work in
these schools is conducted by 12,247
female teachers and sos male teach
ers. There are 851,4O7 children be-
tween the ages of and IA years, and
most of them attend the common
schools. The annual expenses exceed
$8,250,O00, trifle more than one-half
OF this amount being paid out as teach
ers' wages.
The Russian government holds that
the dissolution of the union, in 1905,
abolished the treaty of 1855, which
prohibited Russia from building forti
tications on the Aland islands. But
the Swedish government maintains
that said treaty expired in 1905 only
with regard to Norway. Sweden hav-
ing done nothing at all towards an
nulling the treaty of 1855. The posi-.
ton of Sweden seems to be strong
on this point.
The Stockholm Aftonbladet sent a
special correspondent to Lappmar-
ken, and he wrote that the reports of
the distress caused by the failure of
the crops were not exaggerated. He
passed through Lycksele, Sorsele and
Stensele, and found that the suffering
was SeueIdl. Inc ulSITeSS was great
est in Bastutrask, where he found
that nineteen families were actually
starving to death. Throughout all that
part of the country ordinary feed and
even chaff were used as human food.
It is we'll known fact that the king
and the cabinet of Sweden have to
wade through such an enormous
amount of work of minor importance
that there is little time left for a
careful consideration of questions of
national Importance. 1t is proposed
to put an end to this clumsy way Of
running the national government by
the establishment of government.
court" which is to transact a large
part of the legal business of the gov
eminent. A reference to the minutes
of the cabinet meetings for a few
years past shows that no less than
an annual average of S31 questions
referred to and decided by the gov
eminent may be referred to be set
tied by the government court as
soon as this is established.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-03-11
Republican Conventions.

st. Paul-William H. Taft, secretary
of war, was endorsed for the Republi-
can nomination for the presidency, by
the Minnesota Republican State Gen.
trail committee which met here.
The committee named the dates of
the two conventions to select delegates
to the national convention and to
nominate candidates for state Offices.
It also fixed the apportionment Of
delegates. April 16 was fixed as the
date of the convention to select dele
gates to the national convention and
Minneapolis was chosen as the place
of holding. April was set as the
date for holding the county conven-
ton to name delegates to this state
convention.
After considerable debate, July I
was decided upon as the date of the
convention to nominate candidates
for state offices and the county con.
ventions to select delegates to this
convention will be held Thursday,
June 25. st. Paul was selected as the
convention city.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-03-11
FINLAND.

Following the cars challenge to
the Finnish diet on the question of the
military contribution, preparations are
being made for the invasion of Fin
land. The plan of occupation in force
drawn up by Gen. Kuropatkin in 1903
will be followed. The RussO-Finnish
frontier station, Bieloestroff, former
~ occupied by a customs guard, is
now garrisoned with five battalions of
infantry. The first measure will be
the sequestration by Russia of the
Finnish state railways, which will be
operated by Russians. One hundred
and fifty engine drivers, now engaged
on the Moscow-St. Petersburg line,
have received notice that they may be
required to shift to another road.
Their destination is Finland. The in
vasion Of Finland by Russian spies
which preceded the last attempt to
deprive Finland of her liberties is be-
ing repeated. Finnish senators and
members of the diet already complain
that they are being watched and fol-
lowed. The notorious Gen. Zein, the
late Bobrikoff's chief assistant, ar
rived last week in Helsingfors. One
proposal is to declare Finland Rus
sian province, with a purely Russian
administration. A milder proposal is
to annex to Russia the Finnish from
tier province of Vyborg. A worse ru-
NOR is that Gen. Rennenkampf is to
succeed Gerard, the present liberal
Finnish governor. Rennenkampfs
record is that of sanguinary butch
er, and he has been on the terrorist
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-03-11
NEWS NOTES.

Austin-Owen Gahagan's body was
found in the Cedar river.
Minneapolis. - Jules Murry's big
production, cat Yale" will be seen
at the Bijou Opera House, the week
of March 8. Fresh and vibrant, it
swings along through its three acts
with a jollity, and q large, vigorous,
expressive, whole-souled college spirit
that inhabits none but a genuine play
of college life. It is play well
worth seeing, and is one of the notable
bookings Of the Bijou's season.
st. Paul-Gov. Johnson issued a
proclamation Offering a reward Of
$500 for the arrest and conviction of
the murderers of Bernhard Roemer,
who was murdered at his home in the
town of Peppin, Wabasha county, on
Feb. 20.
Minneapolis of shiftless
father, Fred Beck, fifteen years old,
takes out insurance to pay funeral
expenses and commits suicide.
ST. Paul-The Northern Pacific tele.
graph operators will continue to work
at same wage schedule under nine
hour law as at present.
st. Cloud-secretary Wall, of the
state dairy and food department, fig
ures that the dairymen of Minnesota
pay million annually in commissions
to get their product marketed.
Minneapolis ELMER Cressy, four.
teen years old, speared a pickerel
weighing twenty-three pounds. The
catch was made In Whale Tail lake,
near Lake Mmnetonka.
Brainerd-Fred WALLPAPER and Ed
Brooks, residing at Mission, Grow
Wing county, are in Jail here on war.
rants charging forgery in the first dc.
gree.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-03-11
Assessments Must Stand.

Minneapolis-The fact that prop.
erty is generally assessed at one-half
of it's true value in this state is not
sufficient ground for disturbing an
assessment which does not exceed the
fair value of the property, even
though the assessors valuation has
been increased both by the city and
the state board of equalization. A
decision to this effect was handed
down in the supreme court yesterday
in the case of the state against the
Cudahy Packing company. The opin-
ion was written by Justice Jaggard.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-03-11
School Apportionment.

st. Paul-The public schools of the
state will soon receive their shares of
$712,667.20, the amount of the March
state school apportionment. This is
at the rate of $1.90 pupil, the larg-
est apportionment ever made in
March. In making up the enrolment
list only those pupils who attended
school for at least forty days during
the last school year are considered.
The apportionment is made on the
basis of an enrolment of 375,OSS
pupils, the total in March, 1907, being
37S,251, the smaller number this year
being responsible for the higher rate
per pupil. Last March $6O5,O57.73 was
distributed at the rate of $1.6O. The
rate in March, 1906, was $1.70, which
was the highest ever made until this
year for the March apportionment.
The October appointments run con.
siderably higher, that of October, 1907,
having been $3.50.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-03-11
NORWAY,

The government has prepared a bill
which will practically prevent foreign
ers from acquiring controlling inter-
est in Norwegian waterfalls, mines or
forests.
The board of directors of the Bergen
picture gallery declined, by a vote Of
3 to 2, to accept as a gift a portrait
painting Of ex-Prem1er Nicholson,
which was executed by Henrik Lund.
The directors of the Kristiania nation
al gallery afterwards received the
painting with thanks.
A number of members of Sandviken
congregation in Bergen were about to
institute legal proceedings against
Rev. Carl Konow, their assistant pas
tor, because he does not resign though
he is a Unitarian; but upon the advice
of their attorney they changed their
minds, and there will be no lawsuit.
Salt Lake, March Capt. Road
Amundsen, the navigator Of the North
west passage, expects to spend the
next five years in drifting from the
Pacific to the Atlantic through the
polar channel. In an interview today
he said: Il will have strong little
vessel, but little larger than the
Gjoa, in which I made the passage.
1 expect to have most of my old crew
with me. Mine will be . purely scien-
tifiic expedition and search for the
pole will not be its object. The dis
covery of the north pole would be of
absolutely no Importance or use to the
world. am going to study the ocean
currents of the great unexplored waste
north of Barring straits, to measure
the speed and movements of the ice
drift pack, take deep sea soundings
and study meteorological conditions. I
expect that the drift of the ice will
reaching distance of it. From my OBJ
servatfons, made on the former voy-
age, l think it will take about five
years to drift from the Pacific to the
Atlantic"
The steamer Aslak is supposed to
have been wrecked in the North Sea
on her way from England to Norway.
The crew consisted of thirteen men,
most of whom had their homes in
Trondhjem.
The constitutional committee of the
storting has unanimously agreed to
propose to strike out paragraph ten of
the constitution, which provides for
the coronation of the king.
All of the five copies of the treaty
of integrity, one for each of the con-
tracing powers, are preserved in Nor
way.
1t will be great surprise to the
reader to know that Norway will soon
have the greatest iron furnace in the
world. The plant IS located in the
extreme north, at South Varanger, and
there is iron ore enough to keep it
going to the end Of this century as q
starter. Only five (English) miles to
the east is a typical Russian village,
giving the Norwegians a good chance
to come in contact with their power
full neighbors to the northeast.
King Edward is expected to make q
visit to Kristiania in the latter part OF
April.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-03-11

A week ago the opera was complet-
ed, but the girl had meanwhile become
dangerously i'll.
The young lover was seized with
remorse, for he realized that he had
brought on the illness by making his
flancee work so hard.
He rushed to her bedside, and after
tearing the opera into shreds he i'm
plored her forgiveness. He then
opened the window and threw himself
to the street below.
The girl died an hour later.-loo,
don Express.