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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-09
Stage Height. Change wea'hr.

River Forecast.
The river will remain nearly sta,
tionary for the next "a hours.
Local Observations.
March arTher Wind Weather
8 I pm. 2sss 81 Sc PtCldy
8 Z am 1885 40 Sc Clear
Mean temperature March s. 4s.
Highest temerature, 5s.
Lowest temperature, 81.
Lowest temperature last night, 10.
FRED 2. GosEW1scH,
Observer,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-09
Important Conference.

NEW YORK, March 9.--An import
ant conference was held at the Plaza
hotel today between Senor Jose Lin
antour and J. P. Morgan, Jr., but no
statement was given out. The stock
market opened steady today. Mexi-
can securities showed no decline.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-09
Three Cruisers Ready

NEW YORK, March 9.-Ihe cruis-
ers Tennessee. Carolina and Montana
took on 5000 rifles and 10000 rounds
OF ammunition today and now only
await the officers and men on fur
Tough before sailing for the Mexican
coast.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-09
State Guards prepare,

< DENVER, Colo. March 81. The
Colorado national guards are prepar-
ing 10 join the regulars along the
border
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-09
Another Rumor.

NEW ORLEANS. La, March 9.-It
was reported in New Orleans late
last night that President Diaz of
mexico died shortly after o'clock
1t has been impossible to secure
any affirmation OF, denial Of the report.
IT is officially known here that at $50
o'clock last night the Mexican govern
ment put all absolute embargo on all
news from Mexico. AT that hour the
Mexican government suddenly stop
PED the wire running from Laredo,
exas. to the City of Mexico, and no.
uhea the agent that nothing more
could be handled that night.
The cable to the City of Mexico
went out of business at the same hour,
and all attempts to secure news from
the Mexican capital have failed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-09
Is There an Understanding?

Those who hold this view think it
sumcient to ask what would happen
II one great power in Europe should
suddenly mass a quarter of its entire
military force within striking distance
OF another unless perfect under
standing existed in advance as to the
movement, There would be war
Ter night these people say. Upon
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-09
Move Toward Border.

WASHINGTON, March 9.-From all
directions trains are carrying soldiers,
norses, field guns and ammunition
toward the places of rendezvous on
tne Mexican frontier. Official Wash
ington still insists, for publication.
that the sole purpose of this sudden
military decentralization is field man
euvers under service conditions. In
private little attempt is made to con-
ceal the relation of the "maneuyers"
10 conditions actual and potential
over the Mexican border line
The conundrum is the real attitude
OF the Mexican government toward
tnis unprecedented display of war re-
sources at its doors 1t is the general
oeilef that the Diaz government was
not In the least taken by surprise in
the matter. Cordially of the rela-
lions between the Taft and the Diaz
administrations has not been dimin-
lshed SO far as is known here and it
Is taken for granted that the mobol-
lzation of troops within few steps OF
the Mexican soil never would have
Deem effected without suitable inter
change between the two governments
TO preclude the possibility of misun.
standing.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-09
rorts sre Abandoned.

NEW YORK, March 9.-Millions OF
dollars worth of big guns in the forts
along the coast have been abandoned
by the coast artillery which, acting as
infantry, is on its way to the Mexican
border.
This is the first time in the history
of the country that the forts have
been abandoned, showing the gravity
of the situation
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-09
Indians TO Be Used.

DENVER, March 9.-That the ac
tivities of the Mexican revolutionists
in the northern part of the country
is only blind to cover the real NOV
ments is stated here today. The SYM
pathizers here state that the plan is
to gather together great band OF
Indians and move toward Mexico City.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1911-03-09

I,EAvENWoRTH, March 9.-The
last of the 1900 troops from here fol-
Texas, got under way today.
KANSAS CITY, March 9.-Three
train loads of soldiers from Fort
Smelling, Mimi, headed for Mexico
passed through here today.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1911-08-23
Son Seioenreidfein, 9eutidlanS.

SD eebraude rSunt's 2igbtnina
Dir uno balte es fir Elm ausee5eid.
netes Mittel fir &beumatismaS
Neuralgia uno dbnlide 2eioen; mt
Iergniigen elnpfeble id es INNER.
Sran5 @ruber,
Seioenreihitein 9eutidlono
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1911-08-23
Sir $500 mad 9entidlanb.

9eutid : amertfaniihe 3eitungen
meroen I'M alien @aterIano nit gro.
Bem Sntereiie geIeien, ipeil iie lid
fret ausipreben uno bdufig bon brit
ben mebr Neuigfeiten uno Nafrid)-
ten brineen, aIs Die oeutiden 9ei-
tangen ielbit. Die u6reie PreI'e fir
Seras" lit oriiben iiberan, mobin fie
geianot miro, Elm iebr germ geiebenel
@ait uno fam iid riibmen, Mnei-
fennung ulro @iiroigung gu fitoen.
mie aus 5ablreiden 8riefen an ans,
iouie a1l D~ieienisen peIhe Dos
9latt at lire 8erpanoten ihider,
%berborgebt. 8er oaber ieinen 8e.-
manoten uno Sreunoen cine Srel,6e
erpeiien, ibnen elm piafommenes
@eihenf modem min, Ser beIteue fir
iie Die uSreie Breiie fir geros".
Das Sntereiie fir Eeras, pie ibers
bnupt fir ben Staat uno Die Sc.
een6, mo Die Berpanoten mobnen,
lit in 9eutihIono iebr Iebbaft uno
es lit unmogIfd, in Bribatbriefen
cine 10 griinolihe 4iiffldrung uns
8eibreibling oes frembea 2onoes
su geben, pie oies Ole ,5reie BrelieT
aIpodentlih tut. Sir ben gerilt-
gen Breis bon $500 berienoen mir
portofrei infer reihboItiges $50.
denblatt auf elm Sabr ON irgenh
cine M0relie i'm Muslan0e.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1911-08-23
9Gnte.
TO the PUBLIC.

The weekly issue of tn"
PREssE FJER TEXAS has POI
sitively the largest circulation
Of all German papers published
in the State of Texas. 1t is
mailed to $50 post-ofices. and
has an extended circulation in
Mexico in the Indian Territory.
and in Oklahoma
1t clrculates from Galveston
to Denison. from Marshall to FL
Paso and of course mainly III
the thickly populated central
and southwestern parts OF the
state. as also in Mexico.
Two tiavenng men and out
very active local agents are con
tiruously adding new sub
scribers to the lists
In consideration of these facts
the "FREIE PREssE FUER TEXAS
claims to be the lest adver'
Using medium in the State Of
Texas, when 1t is the object to
reach the German reading pc
~pulatIon.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1911-08-23
SamOrrbuteen ourd, Maffamgen Az
SauSe furiert.

@aen Qeioenoen, bic mir lire NbreIe
6~uienbeu. iperoe i6 oeutli6 erfldrea,
ipie man S~dmorrboioen gu Sauie burd
Guffoueen beiIt. gS lit einerlei, OBJ bic
Sdmorrboiben ioseuannte bIinoe, bIu>
ten6e. iudeube ober berousaebrdnate
iiub; i6 tperoe ettpas bon bieiem Rite
tel t%uIteufrei ienoen, iotpie aud, i'm sdIz
lie es geipiinift nirb, 8eferen8er. ails
Sbrer unmittelbnren llmeebuug. 5mne!s
Re 2inoerung uno buuernoe SeiIana
lit iider. Gdidt teiu @eIb, mad)t nher
Nn6eren Ritteilung bon siefem Nners
bieten. Sareibt beute nod an ssran
W. Gnmmers. BoI q. SO. Retre Adtae
Sub. ghreiben Ste in bieier @prdas.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1911-08-23
BeA's Specialization.


Wab=S daufelitable $3.50.
9rntiebnetS danfelitlbl 1925.
Gf5immer Stnbl $1.0O.
Gksimmer-M mssiebtiidb 6 Gmf $500.
nSioe 8Daro", @pIoen DAT $4,000.
Ggtra sroker 8lastiir-S dramf SIS.
&pdOfem mnb STANCES, aeft pSer ae-
gebrandt. Breiie mGfig.
Gisidranf, %sebrandjt, $3.50.
Gisidramf, fat nen, inert $18, $40.
aleioerid)ranf nit boppelter Spie.
geltiir $4,000.
Grtra GROCER $35 Gisidranf $500.
3luei Is Suk annd : Counters, jc-
Der $500.
Counter stool" nit eiiernem 5uhs,
ieber $3.50.
Counter StOol", "a 3pa, SOC.
0ebramdlte a8or Goud" $3.50,
0ebrand)tes Sofa $3.50.
0gabg @alfers" gum Mmsleibem,
aranfen Stible gum Mmsleiben.
Sir 2osirbGmfer baben mir cine
@enge se6raudter Matraten, bic
berfamft uer6en miiflen.
Beck Furniture Co.,
212 Oft : Commerce ctr.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1911-08-23
TIteseu ,lnb Mosfito's

baben iest TIRE grnte = ibr @ei9dft
bliibt uno iie iino gliidlid. gs tit
ie6oh nbfolut nidt ein5uieben,
narlim Sbr ibnen erloubt. an gud)
bernm gu iaugen, oa Sbr bies bod
iebr unbequem finoet. Die Mnmen.
oung BON Elm flein renig Sunt's
2igbtnine Oil nuf erponierten Stel.
len bdIt tie al ODER linoert unpersiie-
lih ben Sdmer5, menn Tie Gud ge.
itohen baben. Geibt elm nenig cir
uno Sbr peroet i~iberseugt fem.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1911-08-23
gie6 i. Warft.

Gan antonio, %. aug. 1911. +
Gdien $500 Biz 1926 per 100 Bfp
@ube $2.10 Bis 1886.
BnIen $2.75 Biz $500.
adIber $3.50 Big $500.
GMtueine $3.50 Biz 1926.
Ghnfe $500 Biz $3.50.
8iesen 1925 Biz $3.50.
ct. 2ouis. 20. 4ra. 1911. - Mino>
pieb. 4sEnssgieb, $500 Bis 1925.
Gdfpeine $500 Big $500.
GGnte. I
Gdtpere bonn G1Indter. ...13h gts.
aeinte bonn GdIadter. ....11h gts.
Sd1ipere 9eial5ene.. ...S "
Telle.
HusoroS 3iegen, per Rfb.. Up gts
beihdoiet. 10 gt8
@olf ino Suhs.. s. ....20 Cts
MiI6e aaben.. =. 30 gts
@iIbi1ireine, Helm. ......12k gts
GpoHums. :. a. :. =. 80 eta
MiIbfhipeire. arok. i. ). :. ..25 Cts
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1911-08-23

Baun,iuole.

Gan amtDnis. ser.. %. ans. - Or
6inarb Tvs Cts; @ooo Mibblins 81
gts.; Qop WibbIing 9% gts.; Wioo<
ling 10 11/16 gts.. @oob @ibb>
ling II 9/16 Gents.
0alDeitpn, Ter., %. Mug. = Sr6,e
narb 1917 gts.; 2oip @iobIing 11K.
cts; Wi6bIiug 1915 gts.; @ooo WioS@
ling 1915 gts.; @ibblins Eoir
~ 9/16 Gents.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1911-08-23
BON aOnaamtinupel, sirfei

sd eebrotide SIR n9unts2iebt-
ming Oil" leit l1ngerer 3eit uno
balte es fir oos bette Mittel, oas idl
ie fir aotarrb, @unoen uno grano.
tpunoen gebrauhte. gs balf mir
auh bei Hbeumatisinlls nlib Heural-
gle. Sd empfeble es b~eionoers al-
len an Hbeumntisrnus, Neurofgie
uno oereIei6en Qeioenben.
Yu5nnt 8. Ou5ut
$40. 20 Earafiilar, 4onftantinopel,
Siirfpi
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1911-08-23
2oBt Die Marrullopn Der So

2aBt Die 8arl1uugen Der go.
titr ni6t unbeabtet. @enn giler
appetit uno @tem i6ledt uno Ole
8llnae belegt it, folgt aroufbeit,
fnds Sbr nidts int, nm oas Gpiten,
in gliten 3ultatto 81 bringen.
gridIp @fb gitters lit oos
Wittel, bas Sbr braudt. gr reinigi
oas gdn5e GbItem.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1911-08-23
Srritiert nidt.

SD babe g~efunnen, ooB Sinl-
mons 2iper 9urifier oas miloeite
uno ON Qngenebmiten pirfenoe, gu
eIei6 ober aud iiderite SeiGmitte!
fiir 8%eritopfung, untatige 2eber mlo
ale abnIihen 2eiben 1T, oas i'd lie
gebrauAt babe. Gs irritiert nidi
uno fdmer8t nidt. adtnngspoll
g. g. georp, Sadion, Senn."
Sur in gleHfdadteln. Breis 25e.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1911-08-23


Gan antonio, %. aue. 1911. =
6ibner.. $500 u. 1925 per 9bo
gier. friid.. ..22 II. 90 gts. per 9ee
Butter. +. LII gts. per Bfo
Beioen.. ......$1.00 per 8uihel
&orH.. :. SO gts. per Bu5de1
Golfer. SO gts. per Bufhel
4onig, per Yfunb.. ..9A Y5o
$nlg, per Rfunb.. - gts
Gentle.
aartoffeIn. California, 1886 uni
$2.75.
8tpiebeln, seras germuoas, $500
un6 $1.25.
Eon1nten, Eeros. Is unb 9Oc..
Soil $3.50.
Gllrien, Segas. 75c u. soc fir cir
1/3 Bu1beI.
gobnsn, einbeimfde. 75e mn
$500.
@riiner gfeffer, 4oc per 4 8ass
fetsgrote.
Ora 25c per 1/3 guideI.
gnntnIorpes, $1.75 'uno $500 pc,
Bog bon / gufdeI.
Gqnnl1, 10 u. loo per Drbenb.
SelIerie, 65c uuo 75e per 9ubenb.
RnobIniiG, &c mno 10c per Yfnnb.
Giibfmtoffeln, $2.f5 nno 1925 pc,
100 Bfan6.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1911-08-23
Roohes~ !Sijhner.Q1ulp ar

vJ1UuWes 9ilDnetsSnllP, SI0s
be, oHeo Bugs, u8Iue Bug,
Won5en Wotten uno ale lire gicr
olsgerottet nit $. 8. Sci alien
9roguiiten. @rt Der @nnenoung &c.
3eigt BON ben Sobrifanten Soeder
& Saa, San Qntonio, Seras. Sci,
be Telephone. 8erionot s. 8. 9.
mad irgeno elmer Citation.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1911-08-23

y. 0urSmanm, APO @oliao Stra-
&c, beioe Telephone, lit Der ein5ige
Biano : Gabrifnnt, Der bette Stim-
mer uno Mepnrierer. Sest tit Die
8eit, Die Bianos tDabreno beg Sont-
ulers 5u reporieren.
Douglas Island news., 1911-03-08
The N0rthIand The Latest News, from Reliable Sources, Concerning the Great
 North. Condensed.
Information for Everybody.

The Haines Press reports the road to Porcupine in very bad shape for freight ing.
 Alaska spent a million dollars for coal in 1910, and S1OO,OOO of that was duty.
 Lieut.. West, of the U. s. army, sta. tioned at Ft. Davis, froze to death last month.
 The first fire in Chitina destroyed the cabin occupied by Postmaster Cliff Johnson.
 Congress adjourned on the 4th inst, but will reconvene in extra session on April 4th.
 John Frame's Truth (Cordova) will be merged into the Daily Star, to be furnished for 83.5O year.
 On the theory that things go better backwards, Nome has an annual earn. ival which it calls "Aksala." P. W. Heinrich, a passenger on the steamer Alameda from Cordova, was found dead in his stateroom.
 Delegate Wickersham has extended an invitation to President Taft to visit Alaska during the coming summer. A refrigerator plant has been in- stalled in the steamer Northland, which sailed North from Puget sound on March 1st.
 Raphael Sebelen, 82 years of age, serving a six-months' term in the Val. dez jail for making hooch, was par doned by the president.
 Notwithstanding the reduction of the passenger fare on the White Pass & Yukon railway, the rate will still be a little over twelve cents mile.
 A fire in the post buildings at Fort Seward last Tuesday did four or five thousand dollars worth of damage be- fore it was stopped by the soldier boys.
 A missionary who frequently travels over the road from Cordova to Chitina has been voted Jonah and many pat. rons of the road refuse to travel on the same train.
 Packets of Yukon gold and registered letters to the amount of s38,oOO mysteri- ously disappeared from the mail on the last trip of the Princess Beatrice from the North.
 A Klondike miner has come back with currency amounting to S15O,JOO in his cork leg. He had to be put on the alert lest somebody should pull it, Cleveland Leader.
 Falcon Joslin, in letter to Repre- sentative Hamilton, of Michigan, chair man of the house committee on terri tories, says Wickersham is working against, instead of for, the best inter- ests of Alaska.
Douglas Island news., 1911-03-08

If there were in the north of Maine, owned by the federal government, coal measures capable of supplying New England and the Atlantic coast for thousands of years, and congress re- fused to allow an ounce of that coal to be used, the situation would be exactly the same as now prevails with refer- ence to Alaska coal and Alaska and the Pacific coast t.-EX.
 The most interesting farm of the Copper river region is that of James Fishe, on the Gakona, about fifteen miles north of Copper Center. Here, several sorts of vegetables and grain are grown on a commercial scale. The ranch is close to the government wagon road to Fairbanks and the products find a ready sale at good prices to the roadhouses along the trail and to trav- elers. Oats are in especially good de- mand and the prices they bring alone make the farm profitable investment. -EX.
 The Copper River & Northwestern railway has been under construction all through the winter, and on Monday, Feb. 6, had extended beyond the Gil- hena river, the bridge at that point be- ing completed. The entire line will be completed on or about March b to Kennecott, 200 miles from the seaport of Cordova. At Kennecott is located the famous Bonanza mine, which has been steadily worked for some time past, and enough ore running from 60 to "A per cent copper has been sacked to make up good cargo, which will be shipped immediately on the completion of the railroad, to CordoVa, where it will be loaded into one of the vessels of Alaska Steamship Go. and sent sdirect to the Tacoma shelter. It will be fol- lowed by regular cargo every week, and while Alaska has had but small output of copper in the past the future will make it one of the prominent fac- tors in the copper producing statesand rritories.-Mining Science.
 Within a short time it is expected that the supreme court of the United States will hand down decision in the long fought case of the Humboldt $. $. Co.,, which asked the interstate com merce commission to compel the White Pass & Yukon R. R. to give it the same rates as allowed it's competitors. The matter, of alleged discriminatory rates, was first heard by the commerce com- mission, sitting at Seattle, in October, 1909. The commission finally refused to take action on the ground that it had no jurisdiction over the common car riers of Alaska. Unable to take an ap. peal from this ruling, the Humboldt s. s. Go. sought a mandamus in the su- preme court of the District of Columbia to compel the commission to assume such jurisdiction. The court held that it had power to grant a mandamus against the commission in proper case but that the case at bar was not one calling for the exercise of that power. Following this the Humboldt s. s. Go. carried the case to the United States supreme court and if redress is not ob" tained there, it is stated that other means will be taken to secure relief from what is alleged to be unjust dis criminatory competition on the part of rival companies.-Railway and Marine News,
Douglas Island news., 1911-03-08

A stampede has taken place within the last two days to Meadow guIch, a tributary of Sulphur creek at 21 below. The creek is staked from top to bottom. Twenty claims cover the stream. Gay Tor Skinner staked discovery claim 1000 feet from the Sulphur base line some time ago, and got eight cents to the pan on bedrock and in one place got 45 cents. Sediment covers the bedrock. Gaylor is drifting and trying to get into deeper ground.-Dawson News.
 The first dining car ever operated in Alaska made its initial run on Wash Washington's birthday. The car was built from an old coach at the Cordova shops of the Copper River & Northwest ern railway, and is managed by man and his wife and two assistants. Ala carte meals are served at all hours of the day, the car being attached to the regular trains operating over the rail- rood between Cordova and the interior of Alaska.
 Fairbanks, Jan. 3O.-Bert Hansen, deputy United States marshal, who left Fairbanks couple of months ago for the Chandlar country to recover the body of J. D. Clark, supposed to have been murdered, has arrived in Circle City with his grewsome charge, and will now bring the body to this city for an autopsy. As there is DO competent physician at Circle City the deputy would have to come on to Fair banks at any rate. Because of the condition of the remains the only chance of tell ing if Clark was shot will be the possi- bility that some of the bones are mark ed by bullet.
 A new seal of Alaska, executed after an improved design drawn under the direction of Governor Clark, has been delivered to the ex-of1cio secretary of Alaska, and henceforth will appear on all papers and documents requiring the impression of such seal. The ob- feet in changing the design of the seal was to provide one which should be more fully emblematic of the present. day ideas of Alaska, the old design lay ing altogether too much stress on such matters as icebergs, ice and snow, northern lights and che sealing indus try. In fact, the old seal gives about the same false impression of the terri tory that was held by the majority even by the senators and members of con gress at the time of the purchase from Russia in 1867.-Juneau Dispatch.
 The Valdez Prospector says: The snowfall for this winter up to date, ac- cording to the records by Sergeant Daniel Milan, of Fort Liscum, has been IA inches. This is, with two eX- captions, the lightest for ten years in which the records have been kept. During the winter of 1904-5 the snow- fall to February l was but 68.7 inches, with a total for the entire winter of but l85.75 inches. The next lowest winter was that of 19O6-7, when on February l the fall had been but 1925 with total for the winter of 1925 inches. The average for the ten years has been 374.3 inches. The winter of greatest snow fall during the past ten years was that of 19O2-3, when it amounted to 669.15. The greatest snowfall for any one month was in February 1903, when it amounted to 171.25 inches,
Douglas Island news., 1911-03-08

aA%@&@ @&&&&&&&&&&
 The Seward Gateway publishes a list of seven stamp mills tQ, be installed this summer on Kenai peninsula, aud four in the Willow Creek district-a total of A stamps.
 A man was fined S75 and costs by the commissioner at Chitina for carrying six-s hooter, and the Leader remarks: "No man need carry gun in Alaska. Shooting irons are not needed beTe."
 Speaking of the reciprocity bills now pending in the parliament of Canada and the United States congress, the Whitehorse Star exclaims: "Let us have free trade now. The question of free whisky can be taken up taken up later"
 A special Royal Northwest mounted police expedition is ready to leave Daw. son in search for a police expedition already forty days overdue from Fort MacPherson and Herschel island with police advices and mail from, whalers, trappers and traders.
 With liabiliti es of over S1030O0, and assets of 5000, the Knight Island Con- solidated Mining Company has filed petition in bankruptcy. Nearly all the creditors are Chicago firms. The Hub bard. Elliott Company holds bill of S74,OOO against the former company.
 J. D. Meenach, formerly owner of the Ellamar copper mine, and Captain Nels Peterson, who made a fortune out of Nome placers, are among the prominent mining men who will visit Kenai penin- sula during the season. They are 'in- terested in the Keuai-Star gold quartz property near Hope.
 One of the worst storms experienced in Cordova and along the Copper river valley ended February l9, after three days of unceasing rain, and of wind reaching a velocity at times of eighty miles. For two hundred miles inland the rain fell in torrents, making weath CT conditions seldom if ever experi- enced at this season of the year.
 The prospect of the reciprocity agree ment passing congress seems to inn prove every day. President Taft is showing that when there is a necessity he can wield the big stick with less noise than his predecessor in office. There will be no difficulty in passing the measure through the Dominion house, for the sentiment is oVerwhelm- ing in it's favor.
 Local merchants have been caused much annoyance by the recent ship wrecks, says the Seward Gateway. A of one firm was lost on the Portland. A duplicate order was on the Northwestern when she struck the rocks. It was transferred to the Olym- pia, which is now on reef near Ella mar. A triplicate order is delayed by the Victoria's mishap.
 Manager Tom Patterson, of the Ju- neau cable office, is expecting orders transferring him to the Seattle office of the army cable, until his retirement from service early next spring. MT. Patterson has been so long at the Ju- neav office that his leaving will seem like tearing down a business block on Front street. Next spring he retires, after 30 years service, with a substan- tial pension.-Dispatch,
Douglas Island news., 1911-03-08

A man was fined 875 and costs by the commissioner at Chitina for carrying a six shooter, and the Leader remarks: "No man need carry gun in Alaska. Shooting irons are not needed beTe."
Douglas Island news., 1911-03-08

Speaking of the reciprocity bills now pending in the parliament of Canada and the United States congress, the Whitehorse Star eXclaims: "Let us have free trade now. The question of free whisky can be taken up taken up later"