Seward Weekly Gateway
tr,„ ,,, Vi, .... SEWARD. ALASKA. SATURDAY. JANirAUY 12,1907. _
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WICKERSHAM IS
OFF THE BENCH
President Decides to Abandon
Fijfht for Him and Appoint
Harry Ballinger.
LATTER FROM PORT TOWNSEND
Roosevelt Gives Lp on Hoyt’s Report
That Opinion Is Divided in
Tanana District.
By Cable to Tbe Dally Gateway.
Washington, 1>. t\. Jan. 12 The
president announced today that In* " i,!
not reappoint Judge \N iekershaiu. in ;
a few days he will send in the name of
Harry Ballinger of Port Townsend,
Washington, as the successor of \\ ick
ershan in the Third district of Alaska.
The decision is bused upon the report
made by District Attorney Hoyt of
Nome. No charges against Wickei
dham's integrity " ere proven hut
Hoyt stated that the division of senti
ment regarding \\ ickersham’s reten
tion tended to destroy his usefulness.
The president realizes also that the
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TIDAL WAVE IN
TROPIC ISLANDS;
Dutch West Indies Inundated and
Thousands of Inhabitants
Lose Their Lives.
By Cable to TUs Dally Gateway.
The Hague, Jati. 12 A tidal wave,
in the Dutch West Indies yesterday |
destroyed thousands of lives. It was j
first rejHirted to be in the Danish is
lands hut later new-, places t he scene j
of the disturbance in the Dutch pi s
sessious. Repeated eaithijuake shocks
followed the tidal wave, adding to the
disaster, ami several extinct volcanos,
erupted.
The whole population of the sirick-l
en region are fugitives and are leav
ing the islamis wherever they can
get boats. Several German and Dutch
warships stationed in the West Indies
have been ordered to the seen* to offer
relief.
DISTRICT ATTORNEY HOYT
GETS PLACE IN OKLAHOMA
By Cable no The Dally Gateway.
Washington, l). t ■Pin. 11 I ‘resi
dent Roosevelt thi> morning appointed ;
District Attorney Henry M. Hoyt of
Nome a special attorney to prosecute
land frauds in Oklahoma and Indian:
territory. This removes him from the i
race as a candidate for an Alaska
judgeship, for which he was an
aspirant.
TO REVOKE LICENSES
OF GOULD RAILROADS
By Cable to The Daily Gateway.
Jefferson City, Mo., Jan. to Attor-j
ncy-tieneral Hadley tiled a suit today
to revoke the licenses of the Missouri
Pacific Railway Company and all its
subsidiary lines in this state upon the
ground that the merger of the numer
ous lines under oue management had |
as its object the elimination of compe-,
tit ion in Missouri.
SCHOOL OPENS FEBRUARY 4
Board Taking Census and Making
Arrangements for Deparnments
The school board has decided to open
the spring term February 4. At tirst
only om* department may be conducted,
which w ill be in charge of Mrs. Mc
Manus. A large number of families
are outside for the winter and the
number of children is likely to be
small at tirst. Later a primary de
partment will Ik* organized, which will
be in charge of Mrs. Tillott.
Completes School Census
Rev. L. H. Pedersen completed the
school census this week and reports
that be found sixty-seven children of
school age in Seward. The school age
is between 6 and 20 years.
Brussels has a clock that the wind
winds.
PUTS WASKEY
ON COMMITTEE
Speaker Cannon Gives Him Place
W here He Can Aid Terri
torial Bills.
DELEGATE TALKS TO MEMBERS
Says tie Is Particularly Anxious to
Promote Passage of Self-Gov
ernment Measure.
By Cable io Tlie Dally Gateway.
Washington. I>. (’...Ian. IO Speaker
Cannon appointed Delegate Waskey of
Alaska a member of the house com*
mittec on territories yesterday. I'his
committee has charge of all proposed
Alaska legislation except the judiciary
bill, to which there i> no opposition,
and by becoming a member Waskey
jvill have the right to take part in all
discussions of the committee.
Waskey attended the meeting of the
committee this morning and was given
an opportunity to express his views.
He said he was anxious to promote tin*
passage of the .loin's hill for territorial
government in Alaska.
WASKEY SOUR
ON CONGRESS
Alaska Delegate rinds It Very
L:\clusi\e and Only favored
Ones Have Chance.
Oy Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Washington. 0. C„ Jan. 7 -Frank
Wask- y. the short term delegate to
congress from Alaska, is much disap
pointed at his failure to obtain sub
stantial recognition in tlie bouse. He
has not been placed upon any commit
tee and it seems improbable that he
will be able to get through any legis
lation at this session.
The Alaska delegate says he has
found congress too exclusive. Only
favored members can obtain recogni
tion and he can get no promise from
Speaker Cannon to give him assistance
in any matter lie is trying to promote
for his territory.
SANTA CLARA
SAILS AGAIN
Bertha Also on Way North and
Both Vessels Bringing
Large Cargoes.
By Cable tc The Dally Gateway.
Seattle, Jan. 12 Steamer Santa
Clara -.ailed for Seward last night at 8
o'clock with 100,000 feet of bridge
timber for the ^Alaska Central and a
genet al cargo. A majority "of her pas
>enget*s are for Fairbanks. She lias
>( veral horses for the interior also, as
well as a great deal of merchandise.
Steamer Cortland arrived yesterday
afternoon from Seward and way ports
on the inside passage.
Steamer Bertha saPed yesterday
evening for Seward and ways ports on
the inside passage with a full cargo of
general merchandise and forty passen
gers, mostly for the interior.
Bowhead Seamen Sue
San Francisco Suit was begun in
the United States district court by
several seamen to recover $47,.'U>4
damages from the whaler Bowhead
and John A. Cook, her master, for
personal injuries, for cruel treatment
and deprivation of proper foot! and
medicine. This is the third suit filed
in this court against the Bowhead and
the damages asked aggregate $125,000.
The cities of the northwest insist
that the coal shortage is a bunko game
on the part of the railroads which own
the mines.
All the Southeastern Alaska papers
are railing against the steamboat mail
service.
TO LEGISLATE
ON COAL LANDS
House Committee Drafts Three
Bills to Deal With Newly
raised Problem.
CONGRIiSS ASKED TO CHOOSE
One Proposes Leasing, Second With
drawal of Alternate Sections and
Third Creates Reserves.
By Cable to Tbo Dally Gateway.
Washington, 1). Jan. • 1 ho
house committee on public lands will
report ibis afternoon three hills de
signed to prevent a monopoly of coal
lands in any of the states or terri
tories, including Alaska, in the con
trol of great aggregations of capital.
The house will be asked to choose one
of the three bills and pass it at this
session.
The first hill provides for the perma
nent withdrawal of the coal lands on
the public domain from entry and sale
under existing land laws and the leas
ing of such lands to actual operators
upon royalty to the government,
reserving to the government the right
to place a maximum limit upon the
price of coal. The second bill pro
vides for the withdrawal of alternate
sections of coal land from salt' with the
same purpose of preventing a monopoly
through the acquisition of enormous
areas of coal deposits by one owner
ship. The third bill provides for
placing all coal lands in government
reserves, similar to forest reserves.
JEANIE RAMS
THE SARATOGA
Bumps Big Steamer at Valdez
Dock and knocks Whole
in Her Side.
By Cnble to The Dally Gateway.
Valdez, .Ian. 7 — Steamer Jeanie
rammed tho Saratoga as she was ap
proaching the dock where the Sara
toga was lying Saturday evening,
striking the big steamer amidships
with her bowsprit, which carved its
way through the Saratoga’s side to a
point below the saloon deck.
The damage is estimated at $5000 and
the hole is a bad one, hut after exam
ination it was decided that the Sara
toga could safely proceed to Seattle.
She made temporary repairs and pulled
out yesterday evening intending to go
by the inside passage for greater
safety.
The captain of the Jeanie was asleep
and Pilot Holstrom, formerly captain
of tlie Toledo, was on the bridge. The !
Saratoga had no stern lights and the j
pilot claims he could not see her unt il j
he was too close to stop. The Jeanie’s |
bowsprit was slightly damaged.
■Mail Route from Afognak
A letter from Alvah Karnes, chief
clerk of the railway mail service for
Southern Alaska, informs the Gateway
that a mail route lias been established
from Afognak. on Afognak island, to
Kodiak, the mail to be carried once a
year. Charles Pyomun gets the con
tract. and the service will begin Janu
ary 15. Afognak is on Afognak island,
north of Kadiak island.
Find $8 Pans in Chandlar
The Fairbanks Times states on the
authority of a private- letter from i
Chandlar to a Cleary creek miner that
$S pans have been found in the Chand
lar river district. This is on Big
creek, the best so far discovered. The
new district has 300 men and White
Eye has been selected as tho townsite
on the Yukon. The formation of the
district is said to be similar to the
Klondike and very different from the
Koyukuk.
Under the new Yukon mining code a
prospector cannot use a power-of
attorney for the one who is grubstak
ing him unless he is given an outfit for
at least three months prospecting.
When a man stakes a claim alone he
does not have to find gold on it before
locating.
ALASKA GRAINS
THRIVE V ELL
Department of Agriculture H akes
Favorable Report on
Experiments.
ASKS LARGER APPROPRIATION
Describes fncouraqinq Results at
Kenai, Fairbanks, Copper
River and Rampart.
By Cablo t.> The Daily Gatoway.
Washington. D. C.. Jan 10 The ag
ricultural department reports that ex
periments have shown that the soil and
climate of Alaska are well adapted to
the cultivation of grains and grasses.
Kxcellent results have been attained
at Fairbanks. Hardy fruit trees,
shrubs and vegetables have grown well
at the Copper river station, but the
maturity of gtains there lias been
hindered by early frosts and lack of
rain. Kant part has made slow pro
gress because the station has no resi
dent superintendent, but has display
ed good results in raising hardy vege
tables.
The Kenai station has devoted it->
efforts largely to raising live stock and
provender. Kxcellent grasses are
grown there anil the stock have thriv
ed remarkably.
The department asks for a larger ap
propriation and promises if it is given
to extend the work of the experiment
stations.
RECORD BROKEN !
BY SARATOGA:
Steamer Makes Run to Seattle
in Three Days and Thir
teen Hours.
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By Cable tc The Dally Gateway.
Seattle, Jan. 11 Steamer Saratoga
arrived in port last night from Valdez
in three days and thirteen hours, break
ing all records, although she had a
tifteen-foot hole in her port side where
she was struck by the steamer Jeanie
while lying at the Valdez dock. It
was patched up so as to prevent leak
ing.
The Saratoga is not seriously damag
ed but will require some repairs before
she can sail again with safety.
Portland Sails Outside the 15th
The steamer Portland is scheduled
to sail from Seattle January 15 by the
outside route and will come only as far
as Seward. This is to enable her to
get back in time to take her regular
run February 10. She is so far be
hind on her present trip that the
Bertha is to take the through mail run
this month. The Jeanie al>o sailed by
the outside on this trip, which accounts
for her making Valdez in seven days
from Seattle.
Fuel High at Valdez
The Valdez News says that the coal
famine is seriously affecting tho elec
tric light company and the plant is be
ing run at a big loss every night. It
is now costing $t>0 per night for fuel
alone. The price of wood has been
raised to $8 per cord and is difficult to
get at that.
Crawls Mile With One Leg Useless
While traveling from Sancha to
Thirty-live mile station in the Tanana,
on the way to Fairbanks, J. F. McLain
fell and sprained or paralyzed his right
leg so that it was useless. He crawled a
mile on his hands and knees to a de
serted cabin, where he stayed until
next day, when he was found by Doner
and Herb, telegraph operators at
Salcha, who took him to Fairbanks.
His hands and knees were frozen while
he was crawling to find shelter.
D. M. Johnson found a paystroak on
number 4 below Discovery on Solomon
in the Nome district in which the
gravel averaged $140 to the cubic
yard. He is digging a three-mile
ditch to work the property.
The three banks at Fairbanks are
carrying deposits amounting to
$3,500,000.
PROPOSES AID
TO RAILROADS
Senator Penrose Introduces Bill
to Guaranty Interest on
Alaska Lines.
MUST riRST SPEND $500,000 j
Lovering Offers Measure to Extend
Time for Completion of Coun
cil and Solomon.
Oy Cablo to Tlie Daily Gateway.
Washington, Jan. 10 Senator!
I'enrose introduced a hill in the senate j
yesterday afternoon providing for a •
government guaranty of the interest on j
the bonds of all railroads in Alaska j
which have already expended $">00,000 J
or more in construction.
Representative Lovering introduced
a bill in the house extending the lime ;
for the completion of the Council and J
Solomon railroad on Seward peninsula, j
which has made good progress in
building and has about twelve miles in
operation.
KATALLA TO BE
SEA TERMINUS
Guggenheims’ Chief Engineer
Says Railroad Will Start
From That Vicinity.
By Cable to Tbo Dally Gateway.
Seattle, Jun. 11 Henry Deyo, chief
engineer of the rail road which llie
(luggenheiins will build in Alaska,
arrived here today from the east. He
declined to discuss the railroad pro
ject further than to say that the line
will touch tide water at or near!
Katalla and will follow the base of the
mountains.
'Phis statement is taken here as no
tice that all other bases have been
eliminated from consideration and that j
the question has settled down to that;
of selecting the most available point
for a harbor in the vicinity of Katalla.
It is understood that M. K. Rogers
reported positively in favor of Katalla
as the sea terminus of the line on
on account of its proximity to the
Kayak coal Helds and the easy route it i
offers to the interior.
ONE ROAD UP j
COPPER RIVER
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Guggenheim Syndicate Still Un
decided Between Katalla
and Cordova.
By Cable to The Dally Gateway
Seattle, Jan. 7 -Latest developments
seem to make it certain that either
the Copper River railroad from Cor
dova or the Copper River & North
western from Katalla will be aban
baaed, but that M. J. Heney, the
contractor for the Cordova road, will
be the contractor for the one that is
| built, whether from Cordova or
: Katalla,
The reports circulated recently that
the backers of the two companies had
come together in a tentative consoli
dation is now confirmed. It is not yet
decided whether the terminus will be
Katalla or Cordova. M. K. Rogers,
the engineer who made surveys last
summer for the Katalla route, strong
ly favors Katalla, and the Guggen
heims, the principal backers of the
road, are said to favor it also. Mr.
Heney declares that Cordova will be
the terminus. Much will depend on
the estimated cost of a breakwater at
Katalla. Mr. Heney owns a half in
terest in the Cordova townsite.
Dora Returns from Westward
Steamer Dora returned from the
Unalaska run Sunday evening at
7:30 ar.d sailed for Valdez at 10 p. m.
She had a small number of passengers
and reported an uneventful voyage.
She was gone twenty-three days.
ALASKA OUTPUT
IS $21,250,000
Territory Takes Second Place As
Gold Producer and Now
Close to Colorado.
CALIFORNIA THIRD IN RANK
Director of United States Mint
Issues Preliminary tstimate of
Nation’s Yield in 1906.
By Cable to Tbe Dally Gateway.
Washington, 1>. Jan II The pre
liminary estimate <»f tin* director of
the I’nited States mint plant s tlie gold
production of Alaska in l!XM» at
$21,2*71,000. Later estimates may in
crease this slightly.
Colorado continues in first place
among the states and territories as a
gold producer, with an output of
$22.711.000 in 1000, a decrease of sev
eral millions from the preceding year.
Alaska is now in second place, passing
California.
MAY EXTEND
ALASKA WIRES
Amendment to Army Appropria
tion Bill Proposes Addi
tions to System.
By Cabio to Tbo Dsnly Gateway.
Washington, I). C., Jan. II At.
amendment to the army appropriation
hill will bo pushed devoting to exten
sions of the Alaska cable and telegraph
system the entire commercial receipts
of the lines in 1000. The amount i
$UM),000,
The additions proposed are another
land wire from Valdez to Fairbanks and
a line to Circle City on the Yukon and
to points on Forty-Mile river. Sup
porters of the amendment are confident
that it will go through.
HOUSE VOTES $250,000
FOR ROADS IN ALASKA
By Cable to Tbe Dally Gateway,
Washington, L). C„ Jan. 11—The
house voted yesterday afternoon to
appropriate $250,000 for the construc
tion of roads and trails in Alaska, the
money to be expended by the Alaska
road commission.
WOMEN AND PREACHERS
HELP LYNCH MURDERER
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Charles City, la., Jan. 10—James
Cullen, :i wealthy contractor, murdered
his wife and step-son yesterday, and
last night he was taken from jail by a
mob, which included ministers and
women, and hanged from a bridge it.
the center of the city.
MINING LAW FOR ALASKA
Bill Introduced Requiring Record ot
Annual Labor Proof.
Washington-Senator Burrows ha-,
introduced a hill providing that the
labor or improvements required by law
to be performed on u mining claim in
Alaska each year shall he sworn tc
before the proper authority, and that
if such affidavit is not made within
thirty days after the expiration of the
year the mining claim shall ho con
sidered as lapsed and title to the same
forfeited, and the claim open for loca
tion the same as though it had never
been located by anyone.
The affidavit must state the nature
of the work done and the bill specific
ally provides that the labor and im
provements may consist of surveying
the claim. Penalties are provided for
false swearing and the hill states that
its provisions shall apply to Alaska
only. _
New Paystreak on Nome Beach
It is reported that rich pay has been
struck by Jack Leedy, who is operat
ing a Keystone drill 1000 feet south of
the Bessie, on an entirely distinct pay
streak, which makes the fifth beach
streak of exceedingly rich pay. The
ground is owned by the Anvil Hydrau
lic and Dredging Co.