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MAN BURIED BENEATH
AVALANCHE DF SNOW
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At six o'clock Wednesday evening a great avalanche ol snow
came down the Lowell creek canyon above the intake of the Sew
ar dLight and Power Company where was situated a cabin occu
pied by John Rector, better known as "Deadwood Dick", a miner
from Dakota and Colorado. The cabin and attendant were buried
beneath fifty feet of snow.
The electric light went out and an attempt to communicate
with the man in the cabin by'phone having failed, investigation
was started and word brought to town of the catastrophe.
Nearly the entire force of men of the town equipped with shovesl
and lanterns made their way over the difficult trail in the face of
imminent danger from impending snowslides to the scene of the
disaster At midnight the men having failed to discover even the
cabin, and warned by the rushing of snow down the mountains,
came back to town. .111
Thursday morning the search was continued and a large
number of men worked all day in an endeavor to find the mis
sing man. The roof and some parts of the cabin were found 150
feet" below where the cabin stood ground to kindling wood, but no
trace of the man. At the present time a tunnel is being driven in
the snow along the line of the water pipe, starting at the loot of
the slide 200 feet from the site of the cabin and it is thought that
by Sundav evening some results will bo obtained.
$250,000 FOR
ALASKA ROADS
House Committee Agrees to That
Amount for This Tear In
stead of Sum Proposed.
Washington. D. C. —The house com
mittee on appropriations voted to al
low Alaska *2'>0.000 for road const ruc
tion the coming year instead of *100.
000 for two years. a-< proposed. It is
believed that this item will go through,
in which case a similar appropriation,
and possibly a larger one. will proba
ble go through for the next 'ear.
ALASKA GETS
NEW CUTTER
Biii Passed the Senate Making
Appropriation for New Boat
To Do Sen ice on Coast.
Washington A bill has passed the
senate authorizing an appropriation of
for ;i new r',w.m’ cutter for
the service on the Pacific coast and
Alaska.
It is put”H sed to make t i e no" lKj.it
more in line for offensive and defen
sive work iuu: any of the present cut
ters. _
Aiail Arrives From Knik
Alfred Lowell arrived with the mail
last Tuesday from Knik. Gird wood*
Susitna Station and Tyonik. He left
here on the first day of the month and
reached the Station in six and one
halfdays, beating all previous records.
On. the trip he abandoned three sleds,
proceeding with his pack on his back
over the most difficult parts of the
route. The mail was light and lie
was only seventeen and one half days
making the trip.
The senate has passed the urgent de
ficiency bill, carrying an appropriation
of over $24,000,000. The large defi
ciency appropriation for the navy
brought out considerable discussion
of the subject of executive depart
ments making expenditures not pro
vided for in an appropriation.
$700,000 VOTED
FOR THE FAIR
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Senators Piles and Ankeny Wage
Winning Fight for Seattle
A-Y-P Fxposition.
Washington—The senate passed the
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition biil,
carrying appropriations aggregating
*700,000. This money is to be expend
ed for buildings and exhibits repre
senting Alaska, Hawaii and the Philip
pines, as well as other displays of the j
government.
The bill was introduced by Senator;
S. H. Piles. Both he and Senator;
Levi Ankeny, who worked indefatiga
blv for the success of the measure, re
ceived congratulations for the notable
victorv that they won in behalf of the
1000 fair.
Senator Carter, of Montana, and
! Depew of New Y ork, both endorsed
’the hill heartily and urged its itn
uiediat" passage.
Rose.ie Not Out
It has been reported that John Ro-;
sene, former president of the N. AY. S. j
S. Co., i> no longer identified with!
the various Northwestern companies. !
Such is nor the case, however, as John *
Rosene i> today as potent a factor in
the growth and development of that J
organization as lie ever was, altho lie ^
i> no longer the executive head of the
steamship due. The facts, as reported
by those who are in a position to know,
are that the Northwestern S. S. Com-:
pany proposes to establish a line of(
vessels to Siberia and another line loj
compete with the i’acilic Coast S. S. !
Company on the southern California
and Mexico run. The Siberian line
will operate in conjugation with cer
tain other enterprises to he carried on i
under the direction of John Rosene in :
the interests of the Northwestern com- •
pany in that far distant land. Altho
many have tried and failed, John Ro
sene has been the only man able to
secure a Siberian concession from the
Russian government.- Cordova Alas
kan.
A party of men returning from the
states consisting of Messrs. Jacobs,
Morris, Larson, Ivast and the Carlsten
Brothers, reached Seward on the
Northwestern last evening. They will
remain here a few clays and then go
out to their mining claims in the
i Yentna district.
FIRE DESTROYS
Place Formerly Kept by J. E. Kenny
on Lack Creek Consumed
and Contents Lost.
Special to The Daily Gateway.
Susitna Station, Feb. 10—The Lake
Creek road house,located on the \ ent
na river at the mouth of Lake creek
was destroyed by lire last week. None
of the stores or furnishings were saved
and the loss to the proprietors is
heavy.#. The origin of the tiro hits not
been learned here.
The house was a new, story and a
half log structure built by J. E. Kenny
a year ago and run by him till last fall.
Since then Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Lurches
have been conducting it.
Mr. and Mrs. Lurches are contem
plating moving either to this place or
Knik for the balance of the winter.
UNIONS MUST
PAY DAMAGES
The Supreme Court Decides That
Labor Bodies Are Liable for
Business Attacks.
Washington, D. C —The supreme
court has handed dowa a decision to
the effect that a labor union or gener
al organization is lial e for damages
resulting from a sy tematic boycott
carried on by the unit n.
This decision is reg -’ ded by the un
ions as the hardest blow at their
methods yet delivered by a court and
it follows close behind other hostile
decisions. Last month the supreme
court decided that the employers’
liability act passed by the last con
gress was unconstitutional, and also
found that the law forbidding corpo
rations to blacklist employes was in
valid.
APPOINTMENTS
IN ABEYANCE
Will Investigate Fitness of Candi
dates for Postmastership at
Valdez and Skagway.
Washington, D. C.—Because of the;
objections of Delegate Cale the presi-1
dent has withdrawn the nominations'
of Henry W. Miller to be postmaster
at Valdez and M. S. Whittier to be
postmaster at. Skagway. Cale tells
the president tnat J. D. Jefferson and
A. S. Ivindell, who were first nomi
nated, an* the choice of their respect
ive towns. Gov. Hoggatt tells the
president that both are unfit for the
positions. An investigation has been
ordered into the merits of all the
condidates.
Old Tavern (ione
London—The Ship Tuven, one of the
most famous of London’s riverside inns,
located in Greenwich, has closed its
doors after an existence extending
back to the days of the great English
statesman, William Pitt who denounced
the war against the American colonies
and after whom was named Fort Pitt,
from which the city of Pittsburg takes
its name. It was at the Ship Tavern
that Pitt instituted the famous minis
terial white bait dinners during his
time of sixteen years a member of the
ministry.
In the days when Greenwich was a
fashionable riverside resort the Ship
Tavern became known all over the
world.
FOUND DEAD ON
YENTNA TRAIL
Charles F. Miller Caught in Storm
Is Unable to Reach Camp
and Perishes With Cold.
Special to The Daily Gateway.
Susitna Station, Feb. 10—Charles F.
Miller, a prospector from the Kahiltna,
was found dead on the trail about eight
miles above here on the Yentna river
today and brought to the Station by C.
Hamtnerschmitz. It is thought that |
Miller was caught in the heavy snow
storm of yesterday afternoon and not
having snow shoes was unable to make
his way and worried about in the deep
snow trying to get back to his camp,
about two miles up river, and having
become exhausted, sank down in the
snow and perished.
A committee of miners was appoint
ed to take charge of the body and give
it fitting burial.
Mr. Miller was a native of Lubeck,
Germany, where bis mother still re
sides. Notice of the death was sent to
his mother and also to an uncle who
lives in Chicago.
BRYAN A RUNNER
HARD TO BEAT
Republicans Should Put Up Can
didate to Carry New York
and Hughes Is the Man.
New York—That Mr. Bryan will be
the democratic candidate for the pres
idency this year, if he chooses to bo,
may now be set down as among the
political certainties, says The Nation.
And those republican managers are
living in a fool’s paradise who think
it will be a holiday task to beat him.
He has a vast and idolizing personal
following. Its vote can be transferred
to no other. As a campaigner, lie has
j inexhaustable political energy. And
| on what willing ears his appeals would
fall in present circumstances!
The seriousness of the crisis should
force the republican leaders to cast
about for their very best man to pit
against Bryan. And here is where even
the most rudimentary sense of political
strategy leads men to think of Gov.
Hughes. New York, as Bryan’s man
agers admit, is absolutely indispensa
ble to democratic success. Bryan can
not win without New York. The re
publicans might, but they would think
it a fearful risk to plan a campaign
leaving out this state. And the Bryan
campaign is to he directed mainly at
! New York’s electoral vote. It is ele
mentary wisdom, the simplest pru
. dence, for the republicans to nominate
a man who would be from 50,000 to
100.000 votes stronger in New York
than any other candidate. Nor is this
merely a question of local pride. The
same qualities which have given Mr.
Hughes commanding strength in his
own state lit him to impress the na
tion. As against the Bryan-IIearst
agitation, Hughes would stand for that
calm and ordered progress, and even
handed justice, which must ever be
the country’s main bulwark against
j t he demagogue and the uprooter.
Will Extend Their Business
Louis Strauss came up on the North
western and will go west on the Dora.
Mr. Strauss represents the Alaska
Commercial Company of San Francisco
and will visit the various stations to
the westward to see what is needed
there. He states also that his compa
ny will establish a store on the Susit
na river at the mouth of the Yentna
as soon as navigation opens this spring.
He says that hereafter there will be
no shortage of supplies in the interior
country as they will carry an abun
dance of everything required by the
miners and prospectors.
LOOKS GOOD FOR
YENTNA DISTRICT
Trail Is Excellent and Miners Are
Rushing Supplies in for the
Summer’s Work.
Special to The Daily Gateway.
Susitna Station, Feb. 10 The trail
between Susitna Station and the Ka
hiltna and the Cache creek regions is
in line condition for travel this win
ter. Many miners and prospectors
are availing themselves of the good
trails and are sledding supplies into
their mines and claimes getting ready
for next summer’s work. Plans are
being made for operating much more
extensively on many of the claims this
year than has been done any season
heretofore, making the outlook for the
Yentna and Susitna districts very
good. _
MANILA BAY
BEING FORTIFIED
Work on Fortifications Is Rushed
Night and Day and Mines
Planted In the Harbor.
San Francisco—In pursuance to or
ders from Washington work on the
fortifications in tlie Philippines is be
ing rushed and men are laboring night
and day on Corregidor island at the
entrance to Manila bay, and Grand is
land at Olongapo.
Already the mines received on the
transport Warren,which sailed from
this port last November, are being
i planted in the harbor at Manila,
while powerful searchlights have been
placed at all points that skirt the Pa
J cific.
This information reached San Fran
cisco upon the arrival of the naval
I collier Justin, which has been station
ed with the Meet of warships at Cavite.
The Justin carriedh” guns from ( avite
to Corregidor island, and these art
j rapidly being mounted.
SEIZE ANOTHER
JAPANESE SHIP
Chinese Cruisers Capture Staisu
111a Landing Contraband in
Aid of Revolutionists.
Honkong.— Chinese cruisers seized
the Japanese steamer Satsuma as the
vessel was landing rifles and ammuni
tion on the coast of China to aid
Chinese revolutionists. This is tin'
second seizure of a Japanese steamoi
with contraband of war for the revolu
tionists.
Indications multiply that agents of
the Japanese government are indus
triously fomenting and abetting revo
lutionists in China.
Herd of 100,000 Caribou Moving
Dawson—The greatest herd of cari
bou ever reported in the Yukon is now
moving southward across tho head of
Sixty-Mile river, 100 miles west of
Dawson. The herd has been crossing
there for nearly 100 days. It is esti
mated that 100,000 caribou have cross
ed already. No end to the mammoth
procession is in sight. There may be
250,000, or several times that number,
in the great moving herd.
Government explorers in the Hudson
bay barren lands, including Joseph B.
Torrell geologist, reported from 1,000.
000 to 2,000,000 seen there during a
space of ten days only a few year ago.
The herd is coming from the head of
the Tanana valley.