The Alaska citizen., 1914-03-02
OF INTEREST
 ID ALASKANS

The Celgbrati n took the form of fire works. bonfires. paraIes. and speech making. and was most enthusiastic throughout.
 Mayor Rtchie and Judge Brown predict hat he coming of a rail road will result in a wonderful de- velopment in the Northland, com mencinE just as son as the bill is signed by the President.
 A new commercial organization has been formed in this city for the pur-
 ose of alvancinE the claims of Val dez for the coast terminal of one If the prop sed lines.
 FAPLUK STILL MISSING.
 DAWSON. Feb 2l-Adylees were received here today from Fort Mae Pherson. near the mouth Of the Mac kerZie river, to the effect that Ex- a'orer Ei1hi3lmar Stefansson arriv- ed there on the third of this month with the m ~unted police party from Herschel island which was headed Ay Cap ain Phillips The explorer is waiting at the Tost to learn the fate Of his vessels
 In letter received from the police at Fort MacPherson. Major Noodle commander of the Dawson 1iYisi n of the Royal Northwest Mounted police, is advised that Stef 1nsson has not seen his flagship, the converted Whaier Karluk. or heard from her direct since he went ashore from her last September to 20 oH caribou hunt. The ma lives report that thev saw the yes sel in Oct Der in he vicinity of Richards island. steaming eastward but there is no confirmation of the ~umor, and little credence is given Q the story of the natives.
 t is reported that Cap.afn An aersons division of Ste'ansson's ev- nefition. comprising the vessels Al ska and Mary Sachs, is safely en- eamped at Col2inson point east of Herschel island here the boats are wintering As the vessels are well protected, there is no danger of their Aeins carried out by the ice
 MMRs. sTROPP's BODY FOUND.
 VALDEZ, Feb. 24-With several erews of volunteers working night and day, the body f Mrs. Lizzie ftroAp was found in the snowslide at feystone canyon this afternoon. The 3ody was badly crushed by the tons of ice and snow an1 the features were almost ua1ec gaizable. The dr of the unfortunate woman was trough. to Valdez this afternoon md will be buried within few lays.
 Immediately after the slide. and for several days, i was thought that the woman under the tons Of tce and snow was Mrs. Berglund wife of the man who was taken put alive, but who died the same sa" after an Cpera.ion.
 The unfortunate woman whose re mains were found today is said to have walked four miles to see the
 ide which tcok her life. She ap, 1arertly thought she was in a safe position and far enough way fir n the slide to protect herself. The tons of ice tha, came down the mountain-side made one of the larg est snow slides ever recorded in the
 anyOn, and as 1t came without warn g, the woman was completely tran ped.
 Since the rescue work began the volunteer rescuers. working under Lieutenant Dougherty, have suffere5
 really from severe winds and OK reme cold, but kept heroically at heir task until they succeeded in
 nding the remains.
 CELEBRATION POSTPONED.
 SEATTLE, Feb. 24-The celehra- ton of the passage of the Alaska "ai'road bill, which was t3 have been held here next Saturday, has been postponed until Saturday. March [, in order 10 give the committees in charge of the affair more time in which to make the necessary ar 
 COMMITTEE AT WORK.
 WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.-After many delays, the conference com mi,tee appointed by the two branches of congress to prepare the Alaske railroad bill for final passage, took 1p the consideration of the meas ure lac this afternoon, and so satls- fac ory was the pr gress made that it is confidently believed that an agreement will be reached tomorrow and the measure reported back for final passage before the end of the present week.
 The senate managers are ready to accept all of the house amendments with the single exception of the man 1atory pr-vision regarding standard gauge spurs. The senators announce that they will not fight for the bond issue, but there is the probability hat they will insist upon striking out the word "standard' where it is applied to branches of the proposed ~ailroad. No difficulty is expected however, in reaching an agreement on this point.
 The opinion is generally expressed among congressman that the thous- and miles of railroad provided fer in the Alaska railroad bill will be only starter Some of the lawmakers are so confident f results as to be- 'ieye that 10000 miles of railroad will be constructed Def re the govern ment will have completed it's work of development.
 EDITOR UNDER ARREST.
 NOME, Feb. 25-Hugh O'Neill editor of the Nome Democrat, a weekly political organ printed in this city, was arrested today on the charge of criminally libeling Or vile D. Cochran, a pr minent at torney and former mayor of Nome. Editor O'Neil is lawyer by pro fession.
 FISH COMMISSION COMING.
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