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WATER SYSTEM
MOW COMPEEEE
New Reservoir finished and Will be
Connected Tomorrow With
all City Mains.
Water will be turned from the new
reservoir into the city mains tomorrow.
The reservoir was completed yesterday
and is now full of water, but the pipe
is cut above the townsite line to turn
the water into the creek until connec
tion is made with all the city mains.
When the water is turned into the
mains from the new reservoir tomorrow
Seward will have as good a water sup
ply as any place on earth, and suffi
cient for a city of 10,000 inhabitants.
The reservoir lies under the foot of a
steep mountain and is tilled from a
subterranean stream whose flow is of
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the purest quality. The water runs
into the reservoir without exposure to
the open air and is therefore absol
utely free from the possibility of pollu
tion, as the reservoir is roofed over.
A> the reservoir is wholly under j
ground and the water is constantly j
tiowing through it tin* danger of freez
ing is absolutely precluded. This was
a difficulty which was met only in the
coldest weather in getting water sup
ply from the old reservoir, but it oc
curred often enough to prove an annoy- j
a nee.
The mains will remain connected
with the old reservoir for a little while
hut will he disconnected before [he
freezing time arrives and the old res
et'voir will be abandoned.
The water system of Seward now em
braces a little more than 8,000 feet of
mains, besides the line from the new
reservoir to the townsite limit, which
is 900 feet long. It includes Third
avenue to Madison street, taking in
every residence on that street. It also
runs to Lowell creek on Second avenue
and to First on Adams street. The
last link will be completed hv this
evening.
Breaks Almost Even on the fair
By Cable to the Gateway
Portland. Ore.. Oct. Hi -The state of
Washington will probably get back
nearly all of its $7’>,00rt appropriation
for the exhibit at the Portland exposit
ion through the sale of its property!
and part of the exhibit.
Steamer Excelsior Sails
Steamer Excelsior sailed for Seattle
last Saturday evening at 7: 0 after a
stav of three hours in Seward. Among
her passengers were H. A. Ingalls, the
mining man who has taken a bond of
Falls creek quartz property, and Chris
Hanson, who with three other men re
cently loca’ed thirty-two claims at the
mouth of the Knik river, which they
expect to work next year with a
dredger.
TAfT OPPOSES
TARIM REPEAL
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War Secretary Says Present Philip
pine Duties are Needed
for Revenue.
By Cable to the Gateway
Washington. 1). Oct. l«-Secre
! t.Urv Taft will recommend that the
I removal of tlu* tariff against Philip
pine products coming into the 1 nited
States he postponed for four years. He
says that the present revenue of tin*
i province is not sufficient to meet ex
1 penses.
At the present time tin* revenue
; from the tariff on Philippine products
is devoted to the support of govern
ment in the islands. The secretary
savs also that the islands are not pre-i
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pared for free trade and that it would
not be a present advantage to them.
This announcement from Secretary
Taft has created some surprise in the
capital because it was understood that
he was in favor of tlie immediate i
abolition of the tariff between the
I’nited States and the archipelago.
Umatilla Meets Heavy Storm
By Cable to the Gateway
Seattle. Wash.. Oct. IB-Steamer
Uni it ilia which arrive l vest jin! i.v from
San Francisco met a storm which toss
ed her like a chip. Seas broke over
her deck, carrying away a rail and J
1.000 pounds of lish.
To Boost Polar Expedition
By Cable to the Cateway
Seattle, Oct. IB Dr. Vcricle will j
arrive from Dawson next week. Hi*
expects to gather a squad of Alaska ,
inushers to join him in an expedition |
in search of the North Hole. He plans
to start from Hersehel island.
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Nansen to be American Minister
By Cable to the Gateway
Ceristiana, Norway, <>ct. IB—Dr. ,
Fritdjof Nansen, the Arctic explorer, |
will he appointed minister to the Unit
ed States from Norway.
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Seventeen Want to be Citizens
Seventeen foreign-born residents of |
Seward applied for first papers while
1 Clerk Crandall of the United States
court at Valdez was here last week,
and are now on the road to citizenship.
It is expected that the steamer Nep
tune will he floated today at extreme
high tide from the beach at the mouth
fo Twenty-mile river, where she
i gronnded ten days ago.
Randall H. Kemp went to Valdez on
the Excelsior to get men to work for
Rich & Harris on the railroad tunnels.
Phil Hickey, the well-known mining
man, is in town for a few days.
RUSSIAN POLICE
CHARGE PARADE
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Students and Workingmen March
With Red flags in Honor of
Prince Troubetsky.
By Cable to the Gateway
St. Petersburg, Oct. IK -An attempt
this morning to remove the body of
Prince Troubetsky to Moscow for in
terment brought forth a vast popular
demonstration. Great numbers of stu
dents and workingmen paraded the
streets carrying red flags. They were
charged and dispersed by mounted
police.
Popular discontent here is in a fer
ment and an outbreak is expected at
anv time. It is thought probable that
arrival of the body of the late liberal
leader in Moscow will be the occasion
of trouble there, and the most stringent
precautions have been ordered.
Gov. Hogg Takes no Chances
By C Able to the Gatewey
Fort Worth, Texas. Oct. 1H F.x-Gov
.lames S. Hojrjj is very ill of dropsy.
Physicians told him today that ho
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could not live unless he is tapped. Gov.
Ho'-»- said: “Let me die then. There
will be no operation.**
Bryan Hobnobs with Japanese
By Cable to the Gateway
Tokyo, Oct- 1(>—William J. Bryan
arrived here today. He will dine with
Marquis Ito and leaders of the nobility
next Wednesday.
BRINGING MEN FROM NOME
Steamer Corwin Scheduled to
Sail by Way of Seward
Steamer Corwin was scheduled to
sail yesterday from Nome by way of
Seward fot* Seattle. She is expected
to bring a large number of men to
work here during the winter. Last
year she made a similar trip, leaving
some men here, and as Seward is so
much better known than last year it
is thought that nearly all the men who
wish to remain in Alaska will get oft
at Seward.
The Corwin is due at Dutch Harbor
October IB. She will stop at Sand
Point and Karluk, and is slated to
reach Seward October 28. The last
Nome boats, however, usually delay
their departure and it is probable that
the Corwin will not reach this port
before November 1.
Inquiries have been made here re
centlv in behalf of Nome men concern
ing the opportunities for winter work
and it is believed that a lot of quartz
miners may come down to work in the
railroad tunnels, as the job is in their
line.
Temperature at 4 p. m. today—49.
MINDANAO CHIEF
STARTS REVOLT
Datto Ali Orders Slaughter of all
Friendly Natives and Troops
are Sent Against Him.
By Cable to the Gateway
Manila. P. I.. Oct. Hi Datto Ali,
head of a hand of natives on Mindanao
island, has issued a proclamation rail
ing upon his followers to kill till nati ves
friendlv to the United States. Mans
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have already been massacred.
The entire province is terror-stricken
! and American troops have been dis
1 patched to the island and are believed
| to be now gavin# Ali battle in the
i mountains.
COOK TEACHES POLITENESS
Camp Chef hits Man with Cleaver
for Wearing Hat at Table
Because one of the men in a tie camp
up the line refused to take off 11is hat
yesterday while dining in the palatiaI
banquet hall the chef jogged him
<>vntlv with a meat cleaver, cutting a
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deep gasii. Then to show that the
deadly weapon had been wielded merely
as a lesson in politeness and that no
ill-will existed the cook bound up tin*
bleeding wound of the offending
hoarder.
Both men came to town later in the
dav. the victim of the cleaver threaten
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ing to obtain legal redress and the
instructor in table manners to get in
his explanation as early as posMble.
To a gentleman of the same profession
beside a local bar he was heard telling
the story bet ween deep and frequent
potations. He said it was like this:
The men were all eating with their
hats on and were admonished by the
cook, who seems to think he was in
vested with the authority of an Kngli. h
butler, to bare their heads. All did so
but two. The cook repeated his sug
gestion and to give his monitory atti
tude a minatory aspect nourished the
cleaver. One man took off his lid
but the other obstinately kept his in
place. The cook advanced and made a
pass with the cleaver and the man
with the hat on threw up bis arm in
the belief that he was thereby saving
his head. The arm struck the cleaver
so hard that the edge went through
cloth and liesh nearly to the bone.
The cook added in his account to his
friend:
“ I tie up his arm and offer him •'Mihi
if he will not make complaint about
me. He say no, he vill haf me arrested
and so I comes down to see aboud it."
“I’d ’ave killed him if I’d been you."
said the other. “I cut a fellows ear off
once for sassing me in a camp."
Then the tie camp dilettante sighed
and dragged another schooner over the
bar. He has not yet been arrested.
The victim carries his arm in a sling.