The Chitina leader., 1914-11-03
IF GENERAL INFORMATION.

 yesterday was W. P. Hemenway, a mining engineer of Washington, D. C., who is enroute to Copper Center to examine and report on group of claims which a syndicate of east i ern capitalists contemplate purchas- ing. Among members of the syndi- cate are Senator Johnson of Maine and Senator West of Georgia. Cordova, November
 A large number of young men and women celebrated Halloween on Saturday night at the Red Dragon. Dancing and games were followed by refreshments, after which many pranks were played upon the mer- chants about town.
 l Two steamers from the westward are due about Wednesday night or 1 Thursday morning. They are the Alameda and Admiral Evans. The Admiral Watson is due in Seattle tomorrow and is scheduled to sail north on the 5th.
 Attorney Capers and mother have taken the Finkelstein home for the winter MT. and Mrs. Sapiro are temporarily staying with MT. and Mrs. Howell Lewis.
 NAPLES, Nov. 2.-Vesuvius is again in eruption and there is great excitement in consequence. The in habitants from the surrounding towns are fleeing by the thousands. 1 NEW YORK, Nov. 2.-The orig ! inal state coach which conveyed George Washington through the streets of old New York on his way to be inaugurated President of the where now stands the sub-treasury at Broad and Wall streets, was again drawn through New York thoroughfares in the historical divi- sion of the tercentenary pageant on last Saturday evening. New York 1 City was the capital of the 13 states and the coach which carried the first ] President on his inaugural tour is one of the nations choicest relics and has been carefully preserved in a museum for more than century. Postmaster General A. s. Burleson entered the first pony post which carried the mails between New York and Boston during the seventeenth century, in the tercentenary pageant. 1 The original saddle and mail bags I of the pony post were also carried. i followed by the first collection and 1 delivery wagon, which in turn were l followed by the most modern auto mobile trucks for collecting and de- livering mail and parcel post. Among passengers on ,the train for the interior this morning were iC. J. Miller who will hit the trail 1 for Katalla and return in about two weeks; Paul Meyer, of Mccarthy, who recently returned from New York after being denied the privi- lege of joining the German reserves, and o. E. Radabaugh, who is re- turning to Chitina after weeks vacation" in Cordova.
 An old fashioned Halloween parry i for the young people was held at the Presbyterian manse Saturday evening. The place was appropriately decorated and games and refresh ments were greatly enjoyed by those [ n attendance.
 1 Women of the Presbyterian church will serve a silver tea Wednesday afternoon from 2 to , at the home Of Mrs Waln in the Reception, for
 men as we'll as for women.
 Cordova, November i The steamer Admiral Evans ar rived from the westward at Seward
 this morning and is due to reach Cordoya tomorrow morning. She will not be in port long before sail ing south.
 1 The steamer Alameda, sailing for the south at S:30 this morning, had 20 passengers from Cordova as fol- lows: A. B. Culver, A. G. Allsop,
 A. H. Davenport and wife, Alex.
 Burns, A. Burgen and Mrs. E. Mitchell for Seattle; Geo. Youell and wife, and NJ. J. May for Juneau and l12 second class. There was also a large list from Valdez and points to the westward. The Alameda arrived here about 2 o'clock this morning and took on a cargo of copper ore. Although the Admiral Watson is due to sail north from Seattle on the 5th, it is reported that instead she will go on the dry dock and have repairs made to her boilers.
 Wm. Canavan received a wire this afternoon from Dad Ingram in which he wished to express his thanks for the highly complimentary number of