;[ Nl, SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14. 1905,_
KILLS S1!S PARTNER
With tile nark of a t ide IkiII on tin*
back of the vertebrae the skeleton of
.lim Fisk was found a few days ago at
Halibut hay. In the cabin occupied by
himself anti John Murray, his prospect
ing partner, wa re round a bloody knife i
and razor anti other indications of a i
sun nine struggle. Murray is missing
but in the cabin was found a package of
;, tt,u*s written hy him but not mailed,
u . ,w, t, \r iutiica'1* tlial lie was stark
mad.
Hot 11 men were well known on the
inlet when they had worked for
vend years. Tiny left Seldovia last
February w ith a large outfit to go to
Halibut hay to work mining property
There. Neither has since been seen
;,)i\c. Fisk's skeleton, destitute of
;!esh. was found hy natives a few days
a .n. William Wharf of Seldovia went
*.> ilie scene with flu* natives who
v.nd Fisk's remains ami identified
lum by the clothing and hy letters
numb in the cabin. I he letters came
to Judge Hildreth on the Portland.
In the letters u ritten by Murray he
suites that he and Fish had agreed to
.he. To Joseph S. Lewis of Victoria
K. < .. he wrote. “Hive my best re-j
e n\;- to w fe son a daughter l am J
;tl*>u* to .ii in a ‘ew secconds." Then
follows a ! ••g rambling statement;
wider i' plainly the product of au un-1
i i ged mitui. It is socialistic in tone,
c: :cal ot religion and kingcraft, show
ing that the writer had brooded over
topics of that nature.
The letter which wa> most homicidal
in tone was probably the la>t written.
,is it was not enclosed in an envelope,
i t read as follows ;
••Halibut < ove Alaska
•‘Dear Hrcther by a strange mystery
I happen to be stokes in my past life
and my pa»-t net- Jim Fisk we haveallso
Intnd out the nut*|H*se of life why there
is Mich a strife in this world between
ac ' am! individuals we alUo know
u ho is and what is vm» so "* have
agreed' that my partner llske should
me today at •' o clock and he is to
o< killed after me by some agency, all
tn;s is for wt*ontrs comitted in our
past lives and alUo for the sake of
humanity me and tisk represent the
men in all its countries cruel strifes
avail't no < nly tit.-a but women we
ii:ivi agreed to wine out all the scores
of out of m r past lives in a sane and
iri. rally way s > that in doinjf this we
ft roiv«- om another as well as we for
11. A. hi-.ills. a mininir man well
known at Nunn-, where he has been
associated for several u*ars with the
< ; :<!■!••> 1). Lane interests, has taken
a i»o:»! on the Kails crook ijuart/. irolil
|>-oj»ert \ of Skene and Leehner which
• . o o..o..r- ■’ las; .1 u’\. Mr. Ingalls
v-.•:i; u|> tr ial Seattle a few d.tvs a^ro
t-» look at the claims, and after an ex
amination took a lmnd. The terms are
so far a s.-eret.
Acquainta w-s of Mr. Ingalls in Sew
ard sty that he represents < *. I). Lane
in the trail* let i<.n. This Mr. Ingalls
■ tenie**. say it g that he is acting for
' • t seif. 'Plat Mr Ingalls can get Mr.
Lane in with him. and probably will if
be ib-eidi-s from further investigation
:iiat tie property is of great value, is
assumed i>\ Sewarl men who know the
relations between tie* two. While
here Mr. Ingalls has !> traced much
curiosity regarding the mining re
- mrces adjacent to Seward, but he e.\
piahr-d m'Kiestiy to an inquirer:
! am only a prospector, not a capi
ta: A . \\ hi e I am here I will be glad
to ; i.y mining properties, as I
came up t , inform myself regarding
i ne i.MiuK.-s around Seward, and 1
iluV*• iiieja-s below whom 1 wish to ri
per: t< .
Mr. lugaij, j* going to Seattle on the
Excelsior and he failed to say that lie
woiiiit not report to t . 1> Lane.
Tiie_;es. s*i!,vn'. of the city of Nome
is yljti»VjOi'J.
urive all our enemies we allso ask to be
forgiven and forgive to be forgiven
•‘kinly regards to all mankind and to
all its earthly creatures I know that
iiiv mother is dead she has been here
for some time my mother represents
womankind for all the cruelties suf
fered from men”
While the possibility of murder is a
feature of the ease, and .ludjfe Wicker
sham last nijfht instructed Assistant
I’nited States Attorney (iejfjr and ( oin
missioner Hildreth to make a search
ing investijration. it is thought more
probable that Murray, while insane,
killed Fisk and then made away with
himself either by drowninjror by jfoinjf
far into the interior and shootinjf him
self.
The blood-stained knife and razor
and marks of blood on the cabin furni
ture are proof of a struggle there.
Fisk's body was found a few steps
away. It is thought probable that
Murray assaulted him in the cabin
with a knife: that Fisk escaped and
ran and Murray then shot him in the
back.
Fisk is known to have had $700 when
he left Seldovia. Murray also had
money but none was found in the cabin
or in Fisk's clathiiuf. Hut for the
crazy letters left by Murray circum
stances would point to murder and
robbery. These letters are addressed
to men and women in various coast
cities, inciudinjr one to the Portuguese
“c«>st counselor ”, San Leandro, t'ali
fornia.
Murray’s real name was John M.
Moreira. He signed this to some of the
letters he wrote, and among his other
papers is a certificate of naturalization
which he took out in Oakland, t ulifor
nia. January 28. IhOo, a few days before
lie came north. All his letters are
dated the second month of l5K>f), but
that is evidently a mistaKe a> in two
of them he speaks of having arrived at
Halibut bay "the 21th of last month,"
which would be January. But he was
naturalized in California four days
l iter than that and was in Seldovia in
February. The letters wen* doubtless
\n ritten in March.
Murray and Fisk had worked to
gether two or three years at different
places around the Inlet. Last year
they worked for James o. Hazard at
Hope. They were industrious men and
s.-aed money. Murder and suicide by
an insane man seems to be the only
theory that tits th» case.
BUILDING NEW RESERVOIR
Seward Will Soon Have Extensive
Water System
Within a few days Seward " ill have
as complete a water system as any city,
iiivat or small. The mains will ex
tend alomi every street which is built
up and water will be drawn from the
new reservoir on Lowell creek, which
is now under construction. This water
is of tin* purest quality, -tlowiny from
mountain snows.
The total length of the mains is a
little more than '■‘,<><10 feet. The pipe
iine from tie reservoir is 14<Ht feet to
the townsite. All this has been laid
in about six weeks, including the diy
yiny of the trenches. The purpose of
the water company is to supply every
part of t he town and extensions will he
made as fast as houses yo up alony
streets not now occupied.
The no \ reservoir will he 24x.HO feet
and II to ■! deep, and will have a capa
city of tio.uoo yallons. The water will
not he taken from the creek, as the
seenaye from the mountain is sufficient
to supply a city of 10,odd population,
and as the water comes direct from the
sources in the upper hills there is no
possibility of pollution as in case of a
surfaci stream.
Comes to Seward to Locate
Dr. C. If. Cibbons. recently of Ham
part, came in on the Excelsior to lo
cate in Seward for the practice of his
pfo: ess ion. Dr. (riblxins has been in
Itampart two years. Prior to that lie
was in SI;a*rway and Juneau three
y< :»rs. and was fora time surgeon at
the Treadwell mine. He is ;t native
» t Massachusetts but lived more than
twenty years in California before com
me i«» Alaska in 1900.
WOULD EXTEND
ALASKA CABLE
Gen. Williams of the Department of
the Columbia Proposes Line
to Dutch Harbor.
By Cable to the Dally Gateway
Washing'! on, 1). <’.. Oct. 10—Gen. J
Constant Williams, commanding; the
i department of the Columbia, in his an
1 nual report recommends that the gov
ernment cable in Alaska be extended
from Seward, on Resurrection bay, to
Dutch Harbor, on account of the iui
1 portance of the hitter port in peace
i and war as a coaling; station and the
gfatewav to Bering; sea.
Gen. Williams also urtfes that the
i feasibility of a wireless teleg;raph sys
tem between Dutch Harbor and St.
Michael be considered, and that speci
al provisions for the comfort of the
signal corps men in Alaska be made.
He commends their services very higfh
| iy and says that the government ouj;ht
to do all in its power to mitigate the
I natural hardships of their work,
j The report endorses the recommen
! dations already made by Gen. timely
! for extensions of the Alaska cable and
telegraph service, and recommends
i that the cableship Burnside In* station
| ed permanently in North I'ticilic waters
J to take care of the Alaska cables.
Other recommendations affectihg;
Alaska are made in the report of Tien.
Williams, lie favors the abandon
ment of Fort Davis, near Nome and j
the transfer of the garrison to Fort !
William H. Seward, near Skacfway. |
He also urgres that extra pay for speci
! al services in Alaska be not forbidden.
STRIKERS TIGHT
WITH COSSACKS
By Cable to the Daily Gateway
Moscow. Oct. ST As the result of re
peated contlicts between riot ing strikers
| ami the police a reign of terror exists
I here amino public groups are permit
I ted. The rioting begun yesterday
morning when a long column of Social
lists paraded the streets carrying red
1 dags, and banners bearing inscriptions
j derogatory to members of the royal
family.
The poliee undertook to break up
the parade and while they were en
gaged in the effort a shot from the
Socialistic ranks wounded a police
lieutenant. The poliee then fired a
volley into the ranks of the paraders.
wounding many of them and some by
standers. as the scene was in the heart
of the city and great crowds lined the
streets. After tiring t lie i>olice charged
the Socialist line hut were driven hack.
The battle raged for an hour, the police
i making no headway until troops were
sent to their aid. The Socialists were
then dispersed and 200 of their number
where taken prisoners. At the police
station the prisoners were force l to I
run a gauntlet between two lines of)
officers and many of them were clubbed :
to death.
In the street battle fifty policemen
were killed and many wounded. The
low-, of the Socialists are unknown as
many of the injured and some of the
corpses were carried away, hut tlit* j
number is known to he very large.
MCNEILEY HOTEL SOLD
T. W. Hawkins and E. L. Whitte
more become Owners
The Hotel McNeiley was sold Tues
day T. W. Hawkins and H. L. Whit
temore and the new owners took
'possession at night. S. I’. Hart will
continue as manager. The sah* in
cluded ground, building and furniture,
but Mr. McNeile\ will finish the addi
tion in the rear which he is now
, building.
The McNeiley is the oldest hotel in ■
Seward. It was one of the first build-1
ii.gs to be erected when the town was
started two years ago. It has been a
very popular house and its business
has grown with the town until an ex
tension became necessary. This was
begun two weeks ago and will be
finished and ready for occupancy by the :
cud of the present month.
FORTY MILES Of ;
RAILS ll\l SIGHL
0
Sunday Will sec Track Laid that far
with Another Three of Grade
Nearly Done.
Track will he laid on tin* Alaska
Central to the end of mile 40 by Sun
day night. Beyond that small patches
of grading remain to be completed in
three places in the next three miles.
These will be finished within ten days
and track laid to the 43rd milepost by
j October-o. There the rails will end
I for perhaps a month because of heavy
rock work on mile 44.
Before the end of November, it is
expected, track will bo laid and in op
eration to t he first tunnel, on mile 1!>.
This is the tunnel which the railroad
company is boring. It will not he
readi for the rails until spring, hut the
completion of the track past the 4Mth
milepost will he of great advantage in
the transportation of supplies.
From the first tunnel to the end of
the Welch contract at mile in.'). on the
north side of Turnagain Arm camps
will be scattered all winter. Along
the route of the railroad wagon roads
will be made which will render it pos
sible to transport supplies to all these
camps without great difficulty or ex
pense.
Well & Harris have sixty-hve men
at work on the tirst of tlie five tunnels
which that firm will drive on mile
and they want several hundred. The
big compressor which recently arrived
will he taken up as soon as the snow
makes it jHjssihle to skid a heavy loud.
Work is offered to practically an un
limited number of men l*y the railroad
company and contractors, and an agent
was sent to Seattle on a late boat to
-**«11*“ as many laborers as possible.
Welch Co. have standing advertise
ments for men in several Alaska pap
ers. Rich tV Harris are also advertis
ing for men.
If. A. Ingalls, the Nome mining man
who has taken a bond on Kails creek
quart/, claims, was negotiating this
morning with Mr. Cameron, engineer
of construction, to bring rock men
from Nome to take contracts on the j
railroad grade. If Mr. Ingalls becomes!
satisfied that better contracts can be !
made with the Alaska Central than at
Nome he will advise a lot of rock men
and tie men to conn* here.
BEGIN ELECTRIC BUILDING
Butler Brothers Will Soon Have
New Plant Installed
Work 1ms begun on the building in
which Butler brothers will bouse their
electric light and power plant. The
structure Jti.xoO feet and Is located at
the corner of Seventh avenue and Jef
ferson street, close to the place where
Lowell creek runs under the railroad
track. Besides the main building in
which the machinery will be placed
another building adjoining will be
erected for the boiler room.
Part of the machinery arrived on the
Portland and the remainder, with the
pipe, is expected on the Bertha about
October Jd. The building will be lin*
ished in a short time and as soon as
the machinery can he installed and the
pipe line laid the new plant will he
ready for business. The Butler
Brothers will then consolidate wit I) the
Seward Lighting Company and in ad
dition to the lighting business the con
solidated plant will supply electrical
power. The lirst use of the latter will
he to run the new cylinder press of the
(lateway.
LEASES BUSINESS LOTS
H. A. Ingalls gets E. G. Richards’
and Dr. Daggett’s
H. A. Ingalls, the mining expert who
represents <'. D. Lane in Seward, this
week leased K. Richards’ present
store for an unknown print* L]>al who
will eomo here and install a stock of
general merchandise as soon W4 Mr.
Richards vacates to go into his new
building.
Mr. Ingalls also made a lease for
several Vvears of I)r. Daggett's lot on
the west xide of Fourth avenue, north
of Brownell's store, and twelve feet of
Mr. Brownell’s lot adjoining. Jt is
not known for whom or for what pur
pose Mr. Ingalls made these leases.
LOCAL BUILDING
BOOM CONTINUES
Construction Active in oil Parts of
Town and Upon all Classes
of Houses.
Muildiny has made remarkable |»r >
yress in the past two weeks, since tie
Piriyo brought nearly feet «»f
lumber to local yards. \V. It. Jatni*
son said today that lie had sold near
all his consignment. and lie will yo
Seattle in a few weeks to purchase
schooner load. Heavy inroads ha\
also been made on the biycaryo which
came to the Yakutat Lumber Compan;
\V. M. Sauers received a eonsiynm.-n:
on the Portland which is yoiny fast.
< 'oustruction which hud been deluxe.,
for weeks or months because of tie
lumber famine has been pushed steadi h
and numerous new huildinys have be.
started which would have yone up In
the summer had the material been :it
tainablc. Contractors expect to do
considerable Imildiny till throuyh tie
winter a> plans have been drawn for *
la rye number ol houses w hieh have in t
\et been started.
Work will hejjin today upon :i scho<>
house on Second avenue which Frank
L. liallaine will huild to house ti<
school this winter. The excavation -
finished for the episcopal church
and the structure will he rushed
completion. Anions buildings un<l< r
way are the additions to the MeNeih y
hotel and F. Thomas and K. I..
Whittemore's buildings. K. <Hie •
arils' new store, t he i osidences of .1. H,
Cameron. M. 1*. Holland and Ruffenc
Hale and many smaller structures.
The demand for houses was shown
by quick renting of the three colt a:?* *•
which Frank L. Uallaine has just com
pleted at the west end of Adams M m* .
All-were taken before the roofs wen
on. Mr. Uallaine thinks he could rent
a dozen more just as quickly.
The inside linishin<r of the railroad
block is jjoinji on briskly. The pap* r
hangers are at work and the huildiu-j
will In- ready for occupancy in a few
weeks. The old huild in*? will be used
for the hospi'al by Dr. Durns when the
offices are moved.
BVEIOPES FINE
COPPER EEDQE
At Port Dick, on the southern «mi*
of Kenai peninsula, lies one of tie
richest copper deposits in Ala.sk; .
although the Held is not so cxtensid
as those around Prince William Sou in .
The mine which .lames O. Iluzard
now working lias a ledge which carries
ore that as'axs Hi per cent copper. I>
also shows very often us high as $1.» if
| gold and silver.
Although Mr. liu/.ard does not be
i lieve that the Port Dick mines will
ever produce as much copper as tla>s.
at La touche and Kllamar. in which la
is also interested, he considers his prop
erty there a goo! enough tfiing to fo -
low up. Ife acquired it last spring tun
has been prosecuting tie1 work steadil
ever since. Seven men are engaged in
driving tunnels on three levels. Tie
lowest tunnel i-« in Jilo feet.
This copper property was discovered
several years ago and wa> worked for
a time In the Alaska Commercial ( on -
pany without tangible results. Tie
work done by M \ Iht/ard this sumine.
has opened up a ledge seven feet wid
with a [»ay streak three feet wide. Mr.
iluxard is now in Seward, and thi
morning said of the Port Dick mine:
i "While I do not expect the Port Diet;
property ever to cut a big figure in tin
copper world it looks to tic like a good
thing. The pay streak is richer thut
at Latouche or Kllatuar and it carries
; more gold and silver. I think it wil
prove a valuable mine. It is easily ac
cessible. lying aland a. mile from tide
water, at the inland side of a low beach.
"The Latouche and Kllatuar copper
belt 1 tLink is one of the greatest in
the world. The area undoubtedly ex
tends from Latouche island under flu
sea to the other side of Prince Willian
Sound. We are working ore that runs
! from 4 to lo per cent copper. This is
not a high percentage but tlie deposit -
i seem almost unlimited."