SEWARD (iAIEW/iV!
riBiismn an.ii’y by
gateway oi: hushing co.
KBU'nil ns >><• »'t *' h ■|l 1 r '
tv i, a-»t»e »>»*stu - • at s. waru Alaska, mb
,1. r th<‘ Ait Off " •'» >*nrx*h «>:A
srBSCRirnoM rati s
One Year tt A. 1 - - * 33.0.
Six Months ... $i.3i
Kast. rti ofTHXf M" Vw.*rtli »««’iitn*. «> '»»•?!
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S \ ITKIVAY. JAM AUY 0*°!i
TERRITORIAL COVE!vNIn ENT
t on4r . s ■ ut New 't '*il.
IMS uo rot. . < »H tie Nation.!
I in. s.* oi Id M ‘ tv. s }» Va.i: .
m in :
Kvi-t) to ft
suini't iss;.„ ■ . . a •..!•
of [Kitm i .rfh nt nt n li .t h over
«Mimal n V n .i a..'Ui . ill
mtm* to ine human race f all »• a »t*
>■ . i
mi ni that wi finally -bve sn.l-^mnni
ment to Ai.i'iv...
\V!„. \ k:» his self-government
it undouhli i. \ will have llto
improve . is, ami therein iiloi >• In s
tin- • ate; ,., a of territorial
oriMttixui i -i.
Put emu. ..iveimnvnt is not bad
when ttu :•v»; nil;.-’ power i> »> easy
cas. i ; . i
has h, i* ' ■ tn..nl: iut-'f si ■
dusky t ”;;s.t he h is ms m n
kids :un w .i.
Philipp. • s ..*■ .. u'u on'-., ktue..
el
real i in.•
St i \ sshli vile ’III i : n roll
tinne to tin ve ,ii s| te«* neuieet. L ■*
lui"i »!!'.
A!;sf a war’s st if-jovernu.' nt not * •
rUH*!: li r I h • 1 t.ney t. at > in it
hiViOls-* jts e
s:»"ic e s >.v,t maun ins am. h 'bats'
w i'll ;i
astute '! vi "m- t and <> > lots
a; .) a r v ; • \e i is ivritat iiu; to
men favoi t« . ttor :il e»r ianixathm win
ear not Sir \. it it certainty that it
will i»u* a < !' a.i» t ■■ p* ke s.
The S ♦•!* hill provides thit th<
lejfislativi ass.iubly shad have tin
usual h,'_is'...;i\e pyUel's aeci.f... ’ to
territorial ■ shit tires. Tiie governor
is to 11 iv, t . veto power, i»et his veto
may he o\r-riiii.on hy a two-thiriis
vote • if each lioUse. 1 he legislative
assembly at hi st .s j > consist of seven
senators ami twi n’.' one representa
tives. but the assembly may increase
its ow n numbers.
Some provisions of ti e s zer tel
appear t«> have been ear<*l<•*■* drawn.
For example Seetiou f> pr • ides that
••even free white male inhabitant"
shall be entitled to vote at the first
election This of course i> intended
to exclude untaxed natives but it ap
pear* to offer an irreconcilable conllict
with the fifteenth amendment to the
national constitution, which requires
that the rigiit of citizens of the I'nited
StaUs to vote shall not be denied on
account of race or color. There are
already several colored citizens in
Alaska.
The bill also provides for three judi
‘cial districts and five judges, each of
whom shall reside in the district which
r^y be assigned to him, hut it does not
^sit.M.how the five judges shall he cut up
the three districts. Ail these
^m^racie* will doubtless he correet
the hill i* allowed to pass,
*aa»l,\A«LV likelv a long time before.
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<?.<jfclVES PATRICK A CHANCE
A iC»
Thwf o°.Wrn01’ New York has
,<ni^>^Nsiiy>i>rieve to Albert T. Pat
riA^STie^.^^r convicted of murder
ajjed millionaire, natn
^Igiin^l^-^and sentenced to be
nnjy., week. The re
^v\'^nte»i at the request of
^en who have doubts us to
.*litKrlrt£F,,Jef PutriatolnOd it A claimed
■cast over the
discovered,
it rick induced ;
is favor and
,*o*x body ser
i^ivure, who
Is vjf^vs in 1902.
chiefly
BP . , v w ^‘Crfforvant, I
wh^^IajJl^^v^<rujLc ^ t litvtn’, noi | two i
ip(h£egttijA'ktsSntf ctrai>qs|ltitial
.hrid^ifc^ ^njtjSup^a Ne^AWj-jwry,
^4o.q|ra F^t^n^k ^idy b«$$>oda*tenson
^ v sv -S . . A A
!hie doubt and the murt of appeals
tlin'd no leir il error in flu record ol
he r a1 o )iirt.
N.-ve thele.-.s a large number of mu.
woo do not de'in it necessary .o eon
. ict s 'ineUady of every er.tni' whetboi
tiie i jrid nun is einciied or noi h i ve been
arguing lhai the testimony ol a .eg.*;.
■ rate who coufos.es his own it-pravity
tint who hands out a new brand <<; e. n
. s .ni every t, e lie talks, ought noi
> ‘ anr a man who had previous!.
v* a o d character, even though
; • v . e instant al evidence >s llama
:\ I'hny are trying to lital oi t t In
■ v.i; fae before any IhhIv i» hanged.
i i at* I’atriek ease the ilistriet at
ii'. prat iced the . la i.eni a..»< ... -
v i ' i t»i ov t'i <iing, w hit o «ut, oi • o
... t>..,hii* d l*y law. of gran :n,' imin .
i ni,\ to a -.lit i.ie'sf . si'eun.ltvl ii,
> t.t>r toe nviet a tuau < f belli.,' repu
’ • li.nu. Ti.eif is noth.uir i. axeragt
.. s ,min^ atiorney likes *o ' t il us it
; ,i; a r t.t.wu a man id good s ,c ding. a».t
1 .s* t»f jo. m are willing 1 * do u l>,
u. , tie:, i f perjury if they ramie
t,p s i ii any o tier w ,u. Tin
i luteit'st of a ero- e . ir.g .Ufot'iie,,
s tti v m iory and higher oilier I *
i ins if.
STILL TMZV CO'.'.Z
'i'ro .ft. <'• Santa tiara I * • *t»• t lit
1 _in\ -I vi* i i.fsit > ■ p;;> ci; • • t1
w*".ud ami thirty-owe in ill * stcera;;*
t > .tuii t ' t..i» army t! lab *te« s m
; .10 Alaska tVutrak The Santa <.’!«•.
uic. tin New N ear’s i);:y from St attic.
»; cu men. ami v < m 11 especial!.' •
t,.i»l,t be crjKTli' tt'take ii ore inter
est in betklav jollities than in hasten
it, ' t n.l tarnation to a frontier town
I.. *t» ii,i;« s a way. Some! bine more i iiai
e> in. i'ii interest started six score men
ami \u tiien uu that day tjii n a .me
journey when olnet* boats will so soot:
lidioW .
I: simply means that Seward lias be
et.me a ■ a^nel to men who a re looking
for a sha**e ia tlie cxplodal ion of no"
e. uoti a s. Ii means that every boat
.it o. tins l ini In want "iliite tiiei
i a;.M with pas fillers and. may soon
in le v.:ipp leant > It im. t ..s ,. ey
i.ivl* .vi ii tea', ina' t on t tie w t
titt. Im h r mi,t:t ns. ! i • ent.s *. it...
. lu ll ; i tun Ot Sew.!! d suoukl Im
. ii t it im, iiie next sixty nays, am;
I t d l.t.t t, i.: l.I* pie I Ms st.'OU Ms J«
itne to. !•* ; u-r. .It im*nfts a So t bat
•am; » ;.• • cannot' make a in: - take in
, . t, 11 it >i ti bhiidii a's. w net tier they
i‘t .el* ai: t ’. it i I t n ;t li a b:^ business
MiOi'U or 1 iace upon it a cottage.
I ,;i,.rear • r<,n’.eii as stum as tin
.<■11 tail ion s in.
I. , i, , , Ih swarming to the interior
a a le" i i-l;s and w In n t’u-y come l"
we ti they "i.. want a place to stay
.an an t .•■ stia !. t. om " nieh to p..r
eaa-v supplies. Uuiliiintf cannot pro
i. o i isi ei t.uy lt to keep | are w it h lIn
tieti'M it am. a t :y o. tents may soi l.
Ih* t-XJ i t '.< t to i s it, siot the J i t man
ia ! rt-et i t s ef the <*v\ U.
", !<•• i ,,t iroad aione. by its increased
:■ s-noil 1 o be t u. ;t! yt ti upt.n con
struction. would and enormously to the
in tlu a oi pt point ton. liesiilt ■> to this art
tin iniuuntf discoveries of the past sea
son wh eh have already awakened at
merest winch seems eerta.n to become
a stampede.
A professor of geology and physics is
try ing to make st>vl from the black
s.'iud « the Pacific Const. Some people
s11■ posed that the late cashier of the
S-uit> assay office had solved that
problem without employing any special
scientific lore.
President Harper of Rockefeller's
Chicago university left only n few
dollars, which shows that even though
he did handle millions of tainted money
for educational purposes there was no
kerosene on his hands when he died.
According to the cable dispatches
from the Moroccan conference the
raiment of the Moors speaks louder
than their words, and is the only thing
that makes them noticeable at the
sessions.
Senator Brackett of New York says
George \V. Perkins, J. 1*. Morgan’s
right hand man, is “an unspeakable
ass with a swelled head.” Perkins
also lias a pocket book swelled with
other people’s money.
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer says
a man in that town was lined for sell
ing cigarettes to a “young boy.” If
the sale had been made to an old boy
it is fair to assume nothing would have
been done about it.
New York is trying to prosecute
several persons for presenting an im
moral play. Evidently the old town
has decided to take Shakespeare's ad
vice to “assume a virtue if you have it
not.' ’
If there is plenty of black sand in
the Yentna district, as reported by
prospectors, it ought to be a good
place for a Seattle man to open an
assay office.
Private Secretary Loeb has a new
baby in his family, which ought to
cinch his job with President Teddy.
Nome is still trying to run the terri
tory by way of Washington.
Yin* House of Representatives lias
I n Alaska hills spotted. It re
! iimi s to be seen how many the com
i ii ;tr • mi territories will pocket on the
break.
Yh; new speaker of tli New \ ork
... mhlv is vi r\ yoiin;/ and had server
:oi iv one term, in which he failed to
,iist in., wish himself, hut then he hud a
mighty poiitical dra;/.
Several Kuivpean nations which
'i :h.d rnou/h trouble at home have
ne to Afi i£u to stir up a row. Russia
| js not one ot t hem.
Mayor Dunne went a loir/ way from
. .tut i- roast t. i. • t'iiira/o aldermen.
, looks like ealliie/ a man a liar over
j tie telephone.
Tatumai \ is - ti /' *.p a wail be*
;. ; .cl‘ie;I in of New York
. .,i-> notion to abandon the
! o.ktl:/ "I I i 1 >.
S,em 11 . > anoM- «ihserx ed t 11rist *
is ) si like Americans.
IViot . Gi l*i III GGLI)
Slory Which Eclipses the Tales ol
Colorado hiinsng
!Vr several weeks the Soullieastern
\ i-ka |at| cm have been publisitinp
with lie utur-sf gravity accounts oi
(ksv oery ui a mountain of pure
;d en tiie Stu-kine river. ‘Vhilkoot
was i i j .::i.i\ responsible for
slery. which puls all Colorado
iiiuiui, discoveries in toe .M-eent class,
,i:.ti t In' Sitka ('ahleyram has to answer
Me charge of lirst pulling it in print.
I s'. I'M, elt i Idivn, 11 us is a true tale.
This wonderful gulden mountain is
in British Columbia, twenty miles from
i tributary to ti.e ■ liekine river watch
is known :ts It.ss crock. I In1 Stick In
• lians aunuahy leave \\ runnel on an
xnedition to the interior for the pur-j
. si- uf trading with the natives of j
that region. Toe usual trip was made
lids year. After passing up the river |
it, Diss creek, and thence to the meet
1 • i, ; n::re of tile two I lilies, the visitors
-i.in tie* ettsio.’tiitry traiiers were not ,
ost h.ttul.
Thy pished into tin* wilderness lor
.and ti.e t
; i no- found tw uai i - • s wit it win-in i -icy
.. rteti tot rade. i lut ’ he interim
. ... , s\ e.e ill till mot d let* barter.
! hi \ weta It. >y. a I !tou M at what they
ud not i vine • any desire to yive in
fer.nat ion. ‘ ii • visitors, hovvevi i.
.Veil* pa.lent, bided i.teir time a il till
tllv learned theca .S' of the niyster
nits mm. "urn s of t heir brothers o
. n dish i 'olumhia.
The laiur were pullinjr in every
'i.oiiieni of ti.‘ day carrying jfivai
, :el.l ttles «'i Oil.. W it ll t ll lit IllOst so
■recy. lose u hidim' p aces in tin
ole nor. ii.in.ri;> were encased ii
.ne work which was yoinyr on witn al
, trei.zy w b.cli acd mpailit s tiio teat
; ol beiny lot nit t tit.
For a time Foe visitors could not lino
u.t from wit i.collie treasure was com
ity, but at last the whole secret leaked
! out.
During last summer. sometime, a
j great landslide occurred in one of the
{ an uui.'dii ranges. V» lien the dust han
I -eltled and trees had ceased to fall
i native hunters wandered near the spot.
; attracted hy curiosity. Theircuriosity
! ’urned into amazement and wondet
when they beheld what appeared to he
I a monstrous dejK)>it of the purest ol
! gold. The news sped quickly through
the woods. Others came, and among
them were some who knew the precious
metal. They saw before them wealth
untold, future comfort and indepen
dence, and then someone whispered
“white man." Joy was turned to fear
in a twinkling. Well the Indian knew
lie could not hold the riches he had dis
covered once the white man learned of
it, as he was sure to do.
Council was held, and after a hurried
pow-wow around a camp fire built at
the foot of the mountain of wealth, it
was decided to remove as much as pos
sible of the gold before the white man
came. Some, however, drove stakes
here and there in the forlorn hope that
the discoverer’s rights might be recog
nized.
BANK SALOON TRANSFERRED
Smith & Clark Succeed Wallace fir
Thompson as Proprietors
The Bank saloon was transferred to
Smith & Clark by Wallace & Thomp
son yesterday and was closed for two
days to be refitted. It will be opened
by the new proprietors tomorrow
evening. An option was given on the
place a Meek ago and it has been
knoMn that the deal Mould probably
be consummated.
Of the neM- proprietors Jack Smith
is Mell knoM-n here, having previously
been a part OM-ner of the resort and
also of the Northern. His partner,
Del Clark, is a well knoM n Nome sa
loon man.
Wallace & Thompson Mill probably
establish one or more resorts north of
the Inlet on the trail to the neM- Yent
na diggings. They expect also to put
a line of small boats on the Yentna
river to carry prospectors and their
outfits up to the gold fields. They
already have two saloons on the north
side of Turnagain Arm.
Young King Alfonso of Spain is said
to be a daring athlete.
RUSSIA AGAIN
fACfS REVOLT
Mountaineers of Caucasus in Arms
and Other Outbreaks Are
Reported
3y Cahlo to The Daily Gateway.
St. Petersburg, Jan. Hi Mountain
eers ol t lie < 'aucasus are under arms in
large numbers and yesterday started
an open revolt and seized the govern
ment of Kttlais. Troops are being
rusheil from this eity to quell the in
stirrect ion.
Major (Jeneral Li/.oviki wasassussin
11id yesterday b\ revolutionists at
IVn/.a. At Iliya last night revolution
ists murdered three lieutenants ol
police in the streets aslhoolticers were
itliming Irom a conference at the
Governor’s palace.
At (’herignoff and <'herhigolT ;mt i
Semitic disorders have broken out. j
It is feared I hat mussaeresnnd attempts I
•it retaliation will result in wholesale j
slaughter of I lie Jewish population,
kadlials Predict Bankruptcy
St. I Vtersburg, Jan. l‘» ’I’lie radical I
press predicts immediate bankruptcy |
uf the imperial government. There j
appears to he no prospect of internal
pease in the near future, although the
policy of repression seems to have had
the effect temporarily of quelling dis
orders.
ChcrbigotT. Russia, Jan. lo-Twoj
bombs were hurled at (len. K bogus-j
toir, governor of this province while
tie was returning from the cathedral
after religious services yesterday.
I’he governor was only slightly woun
ded hut his wife received serious in
juries which may prove dangerous.
Uassian Democrats Hold Convention
St. IVtershurg. Jan. 1!> The first l
national political convention in the j
history of Russia was called to order!
here t his morning. The members are |
known as constitutional democrats. |
Th»y will discuss the political future j
>!' t he < mpiie and formulate political!
reforms which they will propose to the j
gov. 1 mnetit.
The first act of tin* convention after I
.t w..s railed to ord r wa- to raise in a j
it d\ a- a token ol respect to the mem- \
iries oi i iie v.etims of the massacre in
, st re : s of t his city January »1\ I!»«>*“>. I
,;i,mvii a- ”11 d Sunday,*' wiicn large j
..umhers of t lie populace were shot
<>w n by troops.
IvceUior l» Replace Santa \na
The Kxcelsior will replace the Santa j
na on lie sa *! :ng of the Nort h west ecu
Steal ship t \ n pauy fit in Seal!le.lanu-1
•try Hi. it is assumed that this change i
;> for the purpose ol allowing the
^.siiia Ana to go .into dry dock for a
,oneral polishing up. The Kxcelsior!
lias just iiine off the drydoek. The;
•'.iinta t 'lara had her turn in November,
when si.e was teplacud on the outside
by the » regon and later took the
place of the Kxeelsior as the steamer
sailing the liist day of each month
from Seattle. This will put all three
of list* Northwestern boats in good
condition for the summer business.
NOT GOOD FOR FARMING
Juneau Trunscrlpt Tells of Obsta
cles in Cold Country
A farmer who settled in tin* Copper
river valley two or three years ago j
has pronounced the land untiliable for
the reason that it cannot he plowed.
Last year he cleared off three or four
acres, ready, as lie thought, for the
plow, but he had gone scarcely twice
across the field when the plow clogged
and would not scour. In vain ho tried
all morning to make it go for he had
put in many days hard work preparing
the ground for the plow. Finally he
gave up in despair and throwing the
plow to one side of the furrow took the
dirt from the mouldboard to have it
analyzed at the “experiment station”
down at Copper Center, imagine his
surprise when he found a V-shaped
nugget weighing a little over 21
ounces, lie then panned the dirt that
had stuck to the plow and got enough
gold to buy three sacks of Hour from
some freighters he met on his way
home to dinner. This bloated agri
culturalist, was so elated over his find
that he never went hack to the field
hut hastened to Seattle to form a
mining company of which he was the
“president.” When he returned the
latter part of July he hastened out to
the field again and found that where
he had fed his horses the grains of oats
that had been spilled on the ground
had grown four feet tall with full large
well-ripened heads. Going to his cabin
he found there another man who had
homesteaded the ground and the gov
ernment will now have to decide
whether or not it is more valuable for
mineral than for agricultural pur
poses.—Juneau Transcript.
Norwegians to Fish for Cod
The Fortuna has been chartered by
the Bloom Codfish company, which
operates a packing house at Quarter
master harbor to make an eight
months trip to Alaskan waters after
codfish. During the vessel’s cruise she
may also visit the Okhotsk sea, where
the finest and largest codfish are said
to be abundant.
THE CC
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A Gontleman’s Rosort and Club Rooms.
FURNISHED ROOMS
We Purchase Gold Dust' at Regular Rales
PETERSON & BROWN, Proprietors
NORTHERN QALOOiS:
E. L. WHITTEMORE, PROPRIETOR
WINES, LIQUORS AND CiOAPS
FOURTH AVE. SEWARD. ALASK/
Fourth avenue, • - - Seward. Aladca
Only the choicest goods dispensed
Club Rooms in connection
Furnished Apartments up stairs
New, Neat and Comfortable. f. V. THOMAS, Prop.
F G HALE President 0. E. DICKERMAN. Vica-Pra*
BANK OF SEWARD
Transacts a General Banking Business
We receive deposits, buy and sell exchange. foreign and dom • tic: buy ifold
dust and bullion: make collections. All business commuted to nr can* will
receive prompt and careful attention . ■ • •
Your Business Is Solicited
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THE SEATTLE BAR
ONLY THE BEST
Wines, Liquors ar.d Cigars
Bohemian and Oiympia Beer
FURNISHED ROOMS WITH STEAM HEAT
; Fourth Avc. and Washington St. Seward. Alaska.
1 WAGNER’S PLACE
FRED WAGNER. Proprietor
| 'WINES, LIQUORS, CIGARS
A £ood time and ri£ht trca'.mcnt for everyone
I I Fourth
The Seward News Co.
Typo Writer Suppplies Magazines Hooks Capers
Cigars Tobaccos Pipes Candy Fruits
Fourth Avenue Seward, Alaska
?
Commerce Cafe elevin“
Open day and night. Private Rooms for Ladies
Banquets and Dinners on short notice a specialty,
THE BANK THEATRE
Smith &. Clark, Proprietors
(Formerly Wallace Thompson)
Entertainments Every Evening
Best of Wines Liquors and Cigars at the Bar
FRANCE BREAKS
WITH VENEZUELA
Paris, Jan. 19—The Franco-Vene
z.uelan breach is widening. The
French charge d’affaires went alxxird a
French cruiser in the harbor of Cara
cas for instructions yesterday and
when he sought to land again he was
refused permission.
This morning the French govern
ment gave the Venezuelan diplomatic
representative at Paris his passport*
and he was conducted to the frontier.
A Sitka paper says the Mills party
have returned from the new strike on
Chichagoff Island with two tons of the
richest rock ever located in Sitka.
A bottle of nuggets picked out of the
free gold quartz was placed on exhibi
tion and considerable excitement re
sults. The work done on the prospects
this fall gives a showing that is ex
ceeding the expectations of the loca
tors and several parties are preparing
to open on a large scale in the early
spring.
The Tanana Miners’ Association at
Fairbanks has passed resolutions
repudiating the delegates appointed
by the Seattle convention.
O. LASCY
1. s. Dtp. MINERAL and LAND
SURVEYOR FOR THE DISTRICT OF ALASKA .
Civil Engineer, and Land and Min
ing Attorney. Address Seldovia,
Alaska, or in care of Mail Agent,*
Steamer Dora.
FRANK H. LASCY
U. S. MINERAL and LAND
Surveyor for the District of Alaska.
and NOTARY PUBLIC
Addres: Seldovia, Cook Inlet, Alaska,
or care Mail Agent, Steamer Dora
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