Sewar > Weekly Gateway
~Z~7- SEWABD. ALASKA, SATURDAY, JULY 7. 1006
VOL. 11. M>. 1<- ________
RUSSIAN TROOPS IN
FAR EAST REVOLT
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Garrison of Vladivostok Rise in Mutiny, Suc
cessfully Resist Troops Sent Against
Them and Part of City Is Burned.
Imperial Government Informed That Army in Manchuria Is Near
Rebellion-Soldiers and Sailors at Sevastopol, Odessa
and Samara Defy Authority and Demand
Dethronement of Czar.
By Cable to The Daily Gateway.
Tokio, July b Vladivostok is burn
ing and the whole garrison of the
fort re— is in revolt. IjOV.u tioops
were rushed to the scene a- soon as
the mutiny started and furious tight in.’
ha- he on in protrre— « v. r since Sun
day. The harbov defenses were cap*
tured by the rebel-and when adetaeh
uient of Go-sucks was sent to retake
grape which tore theii ranks apart,
threw h*' into -order and t
polled them to retire.
All the "vernment buildings in the
hear: of tin c y an in a-lies ami the
Juntos are spreading and now threat
the el ‘ tV * ty. ‘ r 'K " :i,-e
new-. - - e;. ' !y e nsotvw
Troops in l gly .Mood
iVterSlmrg. .1 11 Information
was I'- L*i v* < t,'.my that» thh trooj.
on unit _iy and outbreaks are reported
from many place-. I he government <s
unable to lay its hand- on troop
known to be loyal and trustworthy o
send to tii* far east to ivpre-s the dis
order.
Rebels Hold Samara
Two regiment- of the important ;
fortress ot Samara are in rebellion and i
command the situation there. The
soldier- held a political meeting and
formulated demands for army reforms
and the establi-hment of a republic.
The officers promised to grant the re
forms if the soldiers would return to
the ranks and obey orders but the men
refused.
Soldiers and -uilor- at Sevastopol
and Odessa have united in open revolt.
Thev declare that when the general
industrial strike ordered, which is
now planned, they will demand the de
thronement of the czar and the estab
lishment of a republic.
Reports ot disorder are coming in
from all parts of the empire and the I
revolutionaries no longer attempt to j
disguise their plans.
Unable to Form Ministry
St. Petersburg, July 2 The czar is
unable to find a successor to Goremy
kin. All members of the Constitu
tional Democratic party refuse to serve
in any cabinet composed of men of
mixed views.
Public men are not anxious to be
members of the ministry at this time
as they fear a general outbreak for
which they would be held responsible.
No Help to Jews
St. Petersburg. July 2 - Novoe
Vremva, discussing the resolution of
sympathy with the Jewish victims ot
the Biaiystok mas-acre pa.-sed by the
American congress, says that the reso
lution will not do the Jews any service.
The paper also attacks the 1 nited
| States and says its universities are as
lacking in capable men for faculties as
t'hina. It says further that the legis
lation to keep out immigrants suffer
ing from eye and scalp diseases is]
aimed at European Jews.
Riots Among Troops
S'. lVtersbui .. July 1 It is reported |
’h..’ . riots riots have broken out in ,
the army at Askahad. Two soldiers ol j
tho t' • tilleurs there were arrested for,
' ru alleged offense and their com-J
rades demanded their release u a j
document which also contained
;> -? a • ■ nu-nt of grievances. Ibis in-J
e .ah i a demand for the removal ot the
c e»- - of the troops there and the ap-j
.it of nov. officers front the
t tnks. Much disorder followed and
. fa ’ a' mutiny Is i> ared.
The czar’s troops around the palace
'I'-.,trkoe-Seio revolted today he- j
v -, i! an of dm* r< fusing them news- i
i I-. The e/.ar hoped by that means
•u pr.-veut the revolutionary spirit
,som -or. ailing among the soldiers hut
; otlieers of the regiments report that
th m ttinous dis|>osition of the men is
>ueh that their lives will be in danger
if the order is not rescinded.
Government officials today found
doeut; • nts and a seal showing that a !
revolutionary league exists for the j
purpose of spreading discontent in the
ranks of the army. The minister of
war has ordered a thorough investiga
tion. The headquarters of the league!
are at Vilna and martial law will be
| declared there until the investigation
i is ended. _
Peasants Seize Estates
St. Petersburg, July .*> -The estates
of Prince Obolensky and live other
large land owners have been seized by
revolutionary peasants. It is reported
that the peasants of the province of
Saratoff are driving off the rural
guards from the great estates there
and appropriating the lands to their
own use.
In the province of Veronesh
guards of government buildings were
i killed yesterday and several buildings
burned. Bloody conflicts between the*
police and revolutionaries are reported
from several districts of that province
arid troops have been rushed to the
scene to restore order.
Douma Offers Peace
St. Petersburg, July 5—The consti
tutional democrats of the house agree
not to disturb the council of the em
pire by any move for its abolition if
the council will accept all legislation
enacted by the douma.
Overwhelming evidence has been
offered to parliament that the massacre
at Bialystok was premeditated and in
stigated by the police because Jews
had assassinated the chief of police.
The douma will take steps to punish
■ the police.
SELDOVIA ELECTS DELEGATE
Republicans Name H. VV. Nagley as
Representative to Juneau.
Seldovia, June 29—Correspondence
of the Gateway—Seldovia Republicans
elected a delegate to tbe Republican
territorial convention notwithstanding
the fact that the territorial committee
in its wisdom ignored the existence of
this town. H. W. Nagley was unani
mously named as delegate.
Fifteen Republicans were present.
Capt. P. D. Blodgett presided over the
primary and H. W. Nagley w’as secre
tary. Local Republicans were much
offended because Seldovia was not in
cluded in the apportionment and de
cided to hold a primary and name a
delegate in order to let the territorial
committee know that the town is in
the Third judicial division of Alaska.
STEAMER TOLEDO IN PORT
Brings 165 Tons of Coal from nine
at Port Graham
Steamer Toledo reached port Wednes
day afternoon with 165 tons of coal
from the Port Graham mine near Sel
dovia for the Kenai Lumber & Fuel
Company. She is under command
of Capt. Blodgett this trip, Capt. Shaw
having gone back to the steamer Ty
onic. The Toledo willl not sail for
Seldovia before tomorrow as she is
making slight repairs to her engine.
Capt. Blodgett states that work in
the Port Graham mine is going on ac
tively under the management of I. A.
Herbert of Seldovia, with about
twenty men employed. The property
will have a regular output all summer.
It belongs to William Wharf of Sel
dovia. The coal brought on the To
ledo is of excellent quality.
JAPANESE RULE
KOREAN CAPITAL
Mikado’s Police Surround Palace
of tmperor and Hold Him
Prisoner.
By Cable to Tbe Dally Gateway
Seoul. Korea, July 5 -Japanese po-1
licemen surround the palace of the
Korean emperor, who is practically
held a prisoner and it is stated that he
will never be allowed to go abroad
again, This statement was given out
after an interview with Marquis Ito,
who is in charge of Japanese interests
here.
The emperor protested to Ito against
Japanese interference in Korean affairs
and asserted that Japan establishes a
protectorate over the country he will
commit suicide and that all the mem
bers of his family and the nobility will
follow his example.
ROJESTVENSKY
PLEADS GUILTY
Russian Commander in Sea of
Japan Fight Admits Court
Martial Charges.
Dy Cable to The Dally Gateway.
S;. I Vter-burg. July Admiral
liojest Vensky pleaded guilty before
the court martial which tried him
upon tie charge of cowardly surrender
in the battle of the Sea of Japan.
Sailor- of the I tussian licet testified
that tin* admiral with the ollicers of
id- staff left the tlagship and boarded
the destroyer Bedore with the inten
tion of raising the white flag, leaving
the men to their fate.
Rojestvenskv Takes All Blame
Cronstadt, July 5 Admiral Rojest
I vensky, in pleading guilty to the
! charge of unnecessary surrender in
: the battle of the Sea of Japan, takes
all blame upon himself and asks that
the severest punishment be meted out
to him. He does this in order to save
the members of his staff, who surren
dered when the admiral was wounded.
The members of tlie admiral’s staff
have pleaded not guilty and will en
deavor to escape sentence of death.
The testimony will occupy several
days. _
HYDRAULIC OUTFITS
TAKEN UP THE YENTNA
Seldovia. June 2t» Correspondence
of the Gateway Two hydraulic outfits
will soon be in operation in the Yent
na district. The steamer Caswell on
her last trip up landed at the mouth of
Lake creek a large hydraulic mining
plant and a water power sawmill plant
| for the King River Mining Company,
which will operate there under the
management of H. Anderson on prop
erty staked by him.
M. K. Davis of the Rainbow Mining
Company at Hope is moving on the
Caswell this week a 25-ton drill and
hydraulic plant on ground which was
I staked last year on Kahiltna creek.
GET MULES OUT OF TUNNEL
Animals Used to Draw Cars in Big
Bore Stabled There.
The mules which helped to bore tun
nel 3, on mile 53, of the railroad and
were interned there for a short time
after the boring was complete, have
been released from their underground i
stable. They were used to draw the
cars while boring was in progress, and
for a short time afterward were kept
there because they could not bo taken
out. The path to the tunnel was
operated on this week at the place
where it was impassable to animals
lacking a prehensile clutch and the
mules were led out. Two of them will
be used in tunnel 7.
The path to the tunnel last winter
was very steep and slippery and men
had to hold a. rope fastened to posts
when they traversed it. To get the
mules down the animals were thrown
and their feet tied together and then
they were slid down like dead weights,
strong ropes being snubbed around
posts to hold them.
An ordinary brick will absorb six
teen ounces of water. Thus the walls
of an ordinary brick built cottage
would hold about six and one-half tons
of water.
EXTENDS TIME
TO BUILD ROAD
Congress Passes Alaska Central
Bill Giving Six Years After
Maps Are Filed.
By Cable to The Daily Gateway.
Washington, I). CM June 30—The
house passed the Alaska Central bill
yesterday afternoon, extending the
time of its completion to six years
from t he time of tiling maps of definite
location, which must he within three
years after the passage of the act. It
also exempts the railroad from taxa
tion during construction and live years
thereafter, provided that the entire
period of exemption shall not exceed
ten years.
The bill further grants to the rail
road company the right to purchase
1(>0 acres of government land at the
usual rate for terminal facilities at
each division terminus along its line.
The hill was passed by the senate
several weeks ago and now goes to the
president for his.signature.
Signs Alaska Central Bill
Washington. I). July 2 The
president signed the Alaska Central
bill extending the time for completion |
and exempting tin road from taxation
for a limited period.
iNLET FREIGHT I
TRAFFIC GROWS
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| Mosquito l icet Has Carried More
Than 2000 Tons so Far
This Season.
Freight traffic on look inlet this
season has exceeded all precedent.
( apt. Blodgett, now in Seward with
the steamer Toledo, says that the
three boats of the mosquito fleet on
the Inlet have carried more than 2000
tons from Seldovia to the upper ports
sine ■ navigation opened early in April.
’Phis included the supplies for the
Alaska Commercial Company’s stores.
Palmer and Ilerningat Knik, Tyoonok,
Susitna Station, and other supply
points. Several hundred tons were
taken up for the Crow Creek Mining
Company, S. \V. Wible and James
Girdwood for their hydraulic opera
tions on Turnagain Arm.
Capt. Blodgett believes that the en
trance of the railroad to the region
along the arms of the Inlet and the
Susitna valley will greatly increase
the steamer traffic on the Inlet and
that the number of vessels engaged
will soon be doubled and trebled.
That the railroad will reach some
points now accessible only by boat he
concedes, but the influx of populat ion
which will follow the building of the
railroad will enormously increase
the freight traffic to the interior and
much of it can be handled more cheap
ly and advantageously by the Inlet
and river boats than by the railroad.
Hereafter freight can be transferred
ar Seldovia much more easily than in
the past, because of the erection of
Harbert’s wharf. This is nearly com
plete and small steamers can land be
side it now. It will be 3000 feet long
from the shore and will have a T at
the outer end where ocean steamers
can dock. It has a warehouse 200 feet
long and Capt. Blodgett says it is a
first class dock in every respect.
Heretofore freight from ocean steamers
has been lightered to the beach.
An interesting feature of this dock
is that the piles have been driven by
Siwash power. About fifteen natives
pull up the hammer by means of a
long rope. They do not bring results
quite as fast as a steam pile driver but
the hammer drops with the same force
and precision.
JUDGE GUNNISON TO OPEN
COURT AT VALDEZ AUG. 6
Judge Gunnison of the First judicial
district of Alaska will opeu a jury
term of the Third district court at
Valdez August 6. A message to Depu
ty Marshal Wybrant at Seward last
Monday announced the fact. This is
to enable Judge Wickersham to catch
up with the docket at Fairbanks.
Bertha Sails Westward
Steamer Bertha arrived yesterday
from Seattle with a small passenger
list and about 150 tons of freight. She
sailee for Seldovia at about 6 p. m.
RAILROAD WORK
TO RE EXPANDED
Seattle Papers Give Details of
Plans Made by Alaska
Central Directors.
LARGE AMOUNT OE BONDS SOLD
President frost States That Con
struction Will Be Pushed on
Extensive Scale.
Details of the plans of the Alaska
Central as formulated in the meeting
of the board of directors in Seattle two
weeks ago are contained in the Seattle
papers, giving particulars in addition
to the main facts cabled to the Gate
way at tiie time. The Post-Intelli
gencer states on the authority of
President Frost that negotiations were
practically complete at tho time of
the meeting for the sale of $5,000,000
in bonds to a syndicate of London and
Holland capitalists. Two days later
the P.-I. stated that the amount would
probably be made $N,o00J.h)O.
A- stated in the cable news a supple
mental contract was made by the rail
road company with tlu* Tanana Con
struction Company by which tin1 latter
agrees to have the lint- completed to
the Chickaloon coal fields by January
1. 1 D0*s. The P.-I. adds:
••Mr. Frost left last night for Chicago.
Lie is planning to return in August on a
trip to Seward and Central Alaska. He
stated before Laving that hi- inten
tions are to push the Alaska Central
through to the l'anana river as rapidly
a> possible and practicable.'
TO BECOME OPERATING LINE
Alaska Central Will Hereafter Charge
for Transportation.
The Alaska Central Kail way Com
pany will hereafter be conducted as an
operating line and will have regular
tariff rates for passenger and freight
transportation. The rates will he
about the same as those of the White
Pass tS: Yukon.
Men working for the company will
be passed out and will be charged a
nominal fare of S3 returning, but all
others must purchase tickets and pre
pay freight at Seward or at the end of
the track.
In Seward, employes’ transportation
will bp issued by Treasurer F. H.
Stewart at the general office. All
other transportation will be issued by
the general manager's office. Tickets
will be issued and freight will be
billed out and received at storehouse
“C.” At the end of the line transpor
tation must be obtained at store 49.
NUNIVAK PASSES SELDOVIA
Steamer Bound for Kuskokwim With
miners Reports Progress
Seldovia, June 29—Correspondence
of Gateway—Steamer Nunivak, Capt.
Frank Wirth, en route from Seattle to
the Kuskokwim river with a crowd of
prospectors and their outlits, arrived
in Seldovia at 2 a. m. June 26. After
coaling and taking water she proceed
ed on to the westward. Capt. Wirth
reports that the steamer had a pleas
ant trip up, aside from several un
avoidable delays in securing fuel. The
Nunivak will go up the Kuskokwim
river as far as possible, as her passen
gers expect to explore that region for
placers and other possible mines.
KNOWS ABOUT ALASKA
Congressman Reynolds Tells the
House of the Territory.
Congressman John M. Reynolds,
formerly assistant secretary of the in
terior, in a speech on Alaska recently
made in the house gave a few pointers
to the down east members about the
great northwest territory. After
describing the vast natural resources
of Alaska Mr. Reynolds said:
“Thus far we have represented
Alaska on her material side, with her
wealth in gold, silver, coal and copper;
in her forests of profitable timber; in
the returns from her fur-bearing ani
mals of sea and woods, and from her
fisheries of salmon and whale, cod and
halibut; and with her fertile valleys
adapted to homes for millions of free
men. But Alaska is more. She is the
home of as energetic, courageous,
honorable and liberty-loving a band of
pioneers as ever became the pillars of
the state.” _
The average life of a ship is twenty
1 six years.
RAILROAD ASKS
FOR MANY MEN
Order Filed in Seattle by Alaska
Central for 150 on Each
Outside Boat.
WORK PROGRESSING RAPIDLY
Tunnels Will Be Completed by Sep
tember and Track laid Through
Them Soon After.
Every steamer sailing from Seattle
for Seward hereafter will bring .-s
many railroad laborers as can l**
picked up there. Instructions hav<
been given to the Alaska Centra1
agents on the Sound to send 150 ima
if possible on each of the steamers o
the Northwestern Steamship Cor
pany, which from .July 1 is to s*-n<
four outside steamers a month to tin
port. The Oregon, due here tomor
row, has nearly 1(H) men for the rail
road.
Work on the tunnels, trestles ano
I grading trom the end of th<* track '■>
I 'laeei valley i- proceeding rapidly
| A little track laying has Ven don
this week and the rails will he pushe
slowly ahead until they are !a:d •
to tin* south portal of tunnel No. i. <"
mile 40. early in August. The lut.ia
will Ik bored by September ! and •
i track will !m* laid through ' a e
: days later. It is expected that
(trestles of the loop will be complct
! very soon after the lirst tunnel. -o the
| track can then be laid by tin- ::rst
i i )ctober tiirough the tunnel-.
lleyond tunnel No. T. which i
the end ot mile 54. gracing t hroip.-k
the open valley to Turnugain Arm
largely done and it is expected ti :
track can be laid to the h< ad of ti -
Arm by the time navigation do
November 1.
QUARTERLY POSTAL BUSINESS
Transactions for Three Months Don
ble the Total of a Year Ago.
Postal business at the Seward po-u
office in the quarter ending June
was about double in all branches that
of the same quarter in 1905. Stamp
cancellations aggregated $474.83, a>
again>t $240.59 t he second quarter of
1905. Stamp sales more than doubled,
the figures being $334 and $977.Ul
respectively. Registered letters r<
ceived increased from 233 to 593. and
registered letters sent out increas
from .300 to 579.
The following tables of figures pre
pared by the postmistress, Miss Cor
don, show the business of the Seward
office by months during the quarter
just closed.
Incoming registers:
April. 1"7
May. 225
June. 191
593
Outgoing registers:
April.. .. 1**4
May. 225
June. 190
579
Cancellation:
April.$ 177 43
May. 169 15
June. 128 25
474 83
Money order business:
Domestic orders.$24,122 49
Fees.
International orders. 3,459 73
Fees. 18 80
Paid and repaid. 5,943 99
SANTA CLARA GOES SOUTH
Brings 75 Passengers and 90 Tons of
Cargo to Seward
Steamer Santa Clara reached Seward
from Seattle Sunday evening- at
7:30, seven and one-half days out of
that port, and sailed at midnight for
Seldovia, where she had a small cargo
to discharge. She returned Tuesday
and sailed for Seattle.
Better luck than usual was experi
enced with the railroad laborers. The
Santa Clara started from Seattle with
61 and lost only six at way ports. She
also managed to pick up three at Val
dez, reducing the net loss to three.
The total number of newspapers
published in the world is about 40,000.
Fully 17,000 of these are published in
the United States.
A chow, or Chinese edible dog, costs
$75.