BRIDGE DROPS
IOO TO DEATH
Span of Cantilever Building at
Quebec falls With Workmen
Into River.
DEFECTIVE HOIST RESPONSIBLE
Structure Planned To Cost $10.
000,000 and had Been Seven
Years Inder Construction.
By CabU to Thu Duly Gateway.
Quebec, Aug. 30 Through a tie* J
feetive hoisting apparatus a long span
of the new cantilever bridge under
construction across the l-i" t* nii
five miles below this city, dropped
into the river late yestertlay afternoon,
carrying loo men down to death.
The bridge was to have been the
lai-e'! >n the world. It wa> coiu
u,, : ced >even years ago and was plan
ner to cost fUUHHP**'. The entire
% work «' 11 be demolished and criminal
Continued on page .>
ALTON ROAD TO
GET IMMUNITY
Understood Attorney - General
Holds Company Clear of
Prosecution.
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
W.i»hiniT?on. IM'.. A'It
practically cvnc^tletl today that Attor-j
ney-itenrral Honapnrte ha-dccidei; that
the < hica_ > v\ Alton railroad; company
the action ■ ’•* *»t?kvr> ' !>
formation concert tint* to*.* li.i ■: -
of rehat-- to the S’rtndm'd; "d
Company. ioe full e* i‘- u ’> *•*
at ttiney-ifcneral "id be - ;,*n out
Mtoii Case To He Dismissed
t! f u:.
I ’■
the ft
ROCKEFELLER GETS $83
FOR FEES AND MILEAGE
Hart! \' i rk To <«et It
S'
Hi, ■, tv • •' - ' n- ’
\vl\t l.t was *‘T 1 * *:<• >nl>
poem.
RUNYAN SAYS WOMAN
SQUEALED TO POLICE
New York. Aug. 3 < h* - r Uur
vart. the <U faulting tell* ' of th** W ; 1
Trti't jf omi • v who • k .1 * ?
w:,{, . f t! • bank’s funds, says
j 1;l Carter pUtnr.ml the ‘heft ami
after ho had put tin money in her
ki*' pin >he septet ee ’*> th** s
t.d ■ i, ,hwas hiding is lmr ‘>nr*
nn vs. S:>.- was arrest* <1 *e.:ny.
Chester Runyan on l rial
JC \ York. Aug* is < Hester f’tin
v;v . the t-ayii.g t*•T‘■ r of the
AY -or Trust l'*>•■■pany. who walked
out with d»i.oo*t of the bank’s
mm in a s it teas-*, is on trial for the
tliet lie says that he. can prove that
a woman name*.; .aura Carter let'
most of the money hidden away.
Tin past winter lias seen great ac
tivity at the Cmalik silver mines,
thirty miles from the head of Golovin
bay, Seward peninsuiu. Machinery
has been erected, cars built, anil ar
rangements completed for extracting
the ore rapidly and economically.
Shipments \i ill begin in the summer
of l!*OX
TRY TO FORCE
ARRITRATION
Business Men Plan to Briii£ Tel-1
egraph Companies And Op
erators Together.
Bv Cable to The Dally Gateway.
New York. Aug. 31 Arrangements
art* being made by influent ial business j
men ft) force the striking telegraphers j
and the companies to submit their [
controversy to arbitration.
Scores of messages have been sent to
President Roosevelt in the past few
da vs urging him to intervene in ihe
strike. The strikers profess great
confidence that they will win ultimate
ly. _
Operators Publish Paper
New York. Aug. —The striking)
telegraph operators are issuing a daily
paper. President Small has arrived
and says there will be no arbitration
of the matter. The strikers insist on
the entire recognition of their de- j
tnand>.
Canadians to Stick to Their Keys
Montreal, Aug. 2»*- As a result of a
conference hot ween ot'icial- of the
Canadian I’acitic, operating the tele-1
(Continued on page 3)
PUTS FINES ON 1
SEAL POACHERS
Ten Japanese Assessed Total of
$2700 and Companies
Will Pay.
The ten Japanese jHXiehers convicted
at Valdez were given varying tine- by
Judco Wiekersham. and the compa
tips owning the schooner-; will pay the
• • The convicted membei s of the
I -, .v ;h«* Katya were titled Cloo
,-aeh. The -A convicted sailors of, the
Nito were lined each, either be*
o;inso their company was hit harder
than the her or because the evidence
. r -.' tin in was weaker. The cap*
■ . ( ; :>;■ N,» was lined n00. I hat
mao t• >toi "f t-i'*H) against hi- eotn
A -saj was received from Ja* n
■ * • ti ■ >’ neat an ieft \ a'.dt • - a ' t g
t! h companies wou > pa\ the
v l >n AV< !ttu l'I Hit* Op ! MS
s!! v ’ Is d • alt t() get ip *
h !■ it th*1 money w. 1 j >al y
i Vtt.o tlii' week and ‘ho
Ti ■ o' tl * Jvaiya except the
■ ■ r, wore 'or* aig; f to
l l P
c - tie ,c:i • in was not
n i iptv- thought it 'Useless to try to
t* .pc iif schooner. As the Cap
et tie Nito was convicted a ibel
ii e. -t ids schooner. The
n w 1- sent to Seattle to be de
SAVES STARVING
GOLD SEEKERS
$ 7 Cal l® to The Dally Gatoway.
Pai Francisco. Aug. JO Andrew
f. ty rm ck and J. 11. Wilson 'if Seatt le
. : n«■;■.* today on the schooner;
.loan Miller, which rescued them from.
Fi a,;'.k isku.d. Alaska, where they;
ha h* • n s' :in<;<• <’ for several months.1
Tii-y want thereto prospect for gold!
aa 1 ran out of supplies. No boats
catne near enough for them to hail one 1
and they were nearly starved when
taken otT by the John Miller.
The men were grubstaked last win
ter by le- First National hunk of Seat
tle ai were on the island constantly;
since they arrived thereuntil taken
o if.
bind 700 Pound Copper Nugget
Gelineau and Lathrop found a 700
pound native copper nugget recently
in the ledge on their Roaring creek
property near the Gray mines on Ivot
sina. They were sinking on their
property and found (lie nugget imbed
ded in the ledge. They will endeavor
to sled the big specimen out this fall
for exhibit at the Seattle fair.—Valdez
Prospecter.
BUYS KODIAK
COPPER MINE
Mrs. Frank Kimball Arranges To
Take Over Recent Discovery
at Ozinky.
PAYS $5000 FOR ONE-FOURTH
Secures $35,000 Bond for Remain
der and Plans to Begin Develop
ment at Early Date.
Mrs. Frank Kimball of Seattle has
bought a one-fourth interest in the
copper property on Kodiak island, near
Uzinkv, recently located by Janies
I'leghorn and others, for $5000, and
lias taken a bond for $.‘15,000 on the re
maining three-fourths. She bought
Leghorn’s interest and bonded the
rest. A cash payment of $000 was
made to hind the bargain until Mrs.
Kimball can go to Seattle and get the
balance of tin* money. She went
through on the steamer Fort land.
It is the intention of Mrs. Kimball
to dewlop the property without delay.
She is wealthy and can enlist the aid
>f wealthy men if she chooses to do so.
She went to Kodiak island a month
igo on a summer tour and became in
terested in the mine while there.
LAST CURTAIN
TOR MANSFIELD
Famous Actor Passes Away Sud
denly From Complication
Of Disorders.
t > Tlie Dally Gateway.
New *rl<. An if. do I’iehard Mans- I
idii tli*'il this tnnrnin^ at <i:dt). 11 is '
: atli was a ‘ju rat shock to his friends j
is t had In i n reported that his condi-1
hon was itnorov mif. Hr took ;i turn
for tie worse throe da\s u;fo. The
lireetjeaus- ofhisdrath was an a Heel ion
ui the li\rr hut he stifle red a 1 so from j
v-vri, e« ui. o! irat u uis. He leaves a
wifi* and daughter.
Mansfield l.eft $<>00,000
New London. * "t.. Any. dl liichard
Mauslir o left an estate valued at
ii.I in. 01 Ml. The ’met al will hr held ;
\ii hii ,. ami wtli In'simple. Interment
will i>-- n;a- r in the cr ui-tery dirrctiy
PEARY DEFERS
DASH FOR POLE
Crew of Roosevelt Returns toj
New York and Trip (iocs
Over a \ear.
Qy Cable to The Sully Gateway,
New York. Aujj. ill—The crew oi
Lii'iit. IN ary’s steamer Koosevelt camel
back here today and wilf return to their]
homes. This confirms earlier reports!
that i'eary has derided to delay bis!
fourth dash to the pole until next j
year
TAFT WOULD IMPRISON
BIG VIOLATORS OF LAW
Denver, Aug. .‘>0—Secretary Taft in
a s; cecii here last night advocated the
imprisonment for short terms of mag
nates who grant and receive railroad
rebates, or in other ways defy the laws
regulating corporations. Me asserts;
that this method would prove more ef
fective than heavy lines. The secre
tary left for Yellowstone park this
morning.
Mrs. Taft does West
St. Paul, Aug. 30 — Mrs. Taft left
this city last night to join Secretary
Taft at Yellowstone park.
Dora Sails Westward
Steamer Dora sailed on her west
ward trip Monday noon, loaded to her
guards with passengers and freight.
FIND BODY OF
RICH CALCITE
Ellsworth and Mettle Locate Ex
tensive Deposit of Lime
Near Mile 17.
SAMPLES ASSAY 56 PER CENT
Discovery Supplies Missinq flement
Required To Smell Local
Copper Ores.
Extensive deposits of calcite carry
ing fiti percent lime were located this
week by Harry Ellsworth and Harney
Kettle near mile IT of the Alaska Cen
turl. The Reynolds-Alaska Develop
ment Company has a half interest in
the claims, which were located espe
cially to supply the proposed Reynolds
smelter at Latouche with lime for
fluxing.
Several chunks of the mineral were
brought in by the locators which are
rich enough in lime to show their com
position at a glance. One is a piece of
moss impregnated with calcium sili
cates until it became fossilized.
Lime has been the' only element
lacking to make a perfect flux in smelt
ing the copper ores of Kenai peninsula
and 1 Vince William sound. The ores
are nearly all sulphides, requiring only
a small admixture of coke and lime for
their reduction. High grade coking
coal exists in large quantities in the
Matanusku field and the discovery of
lime near Seward completes the com
bination.
BOMB EXPLODES
IN POST OFFICE
Device Consigned to Secretary
Cortelyou Goes Off In
Philadelphia.
By Cable to The Daiiv Gateway.
Philadelphia, Atijf. An internal i
machine consigned through the mail to
Secretary Cortelyou of the treasury
department partly exploded in a >ul>!
p, otlice In re today when a clerk,
struck the package with tlu* marking j
stamp. The clerk was severely burned, i
The bomb was constructed aiul j
wrapped to explode when opened and
bad the secretary received it and j
opened it himself he would have been I
Mown to pieces. No clue h.s been
found to the perpetrators.
MAKE ATTACK
CN ROOSEVELT
Resolution Criticising* President
Excites Hot Debate In Bar
Association.
By Cablo to Tho Bally Gateway.
Portland, Me., Aug. 21) -In the con
vention of the American bar associa
tion today a resolution criticising
I’resinent Roosevelt for alleged med
dling with fedeal law by unwarranted
interference with its execution was
turned down after a sharp debate.
Several speakers reviewed the presi
dent's action in certain cases with
much severity.
COD FISHING STATION
AT BRISTOL BAY
Preparations for the establishment
of a new cod fishing station in Bristol
bay Alaska are being made by King
and Wing of Seattle. The station will
be used to pack the catch of the
schooners and retain it thereuntil it
can be sent down to Seattle. This
station will enable the schooners to
fish throughout the .winter according
to General Manager King. Formerly
the cod fishing schooners have made
only one trip to the northern banks.
Leaving the states about May or June
the little boats return about the mid
dle of August with their loads. Owing
to the lateness of the season they are
then put into some other trade.
LAUNCH BURNS
MAN DROWNS
Sound Boat Hammond Destroyed
and Engineer Cater Loses
His Life.
—
The launch Hammond was burned
and its engineer, (>. V. Cater, was!
drowned not far from Naked island in j
Prince William sound last Friday
evening, (’apt. Terry and six passen-,
gers were saved.
The fire started when the launch |
was two miles ofT Naked island. The i
engine became disabled and while the j
boatmen were trying to fix it the gaso
line on the floor became ignited by a I
lantern. The flames spread rapidly |
and it was seen that they could not be
subdued, ('apt. Terry and one passen
ger put ofT in a small boat which'
would carry but two and made their
way to Lilligreen island. The other
men threw a line over the bow and
put on life preservers and stayed with
t he wreck. Cater in some way re
ceived a violent blow on the head
which must have stunned him, and to
that cause doubtless his death was
due. The other men picked up his
body after be was drowned.
Conflictiny stories were in circula
tion as to bow the men were saved |
and Seward men on tin- Yucatan on )
comparison of notes found they had ,
different information. The most au-j
thentic story seems to be that Capt. |
Terry trot a dory on Lilliyren island
and went back and picked up the men.
Another story is that the Hammond |
drifted to the island. < >ne man named !
Lund, who was a powerful swimmer,
swam ashore a lony distance.
'Plie Hammond was on her way to j
Valdez on her last trip under the I
management of Harry Moore. C’a- j
ter would have left her at the end of I
the vovaye. His wife and children'
had just come up from the states to j
live with him and he had been prom- j
ised a position in Valdez.
The launch took fire north of j
ICniyht island. In a few hours site j
would have been safely in port.
_
BIG STEAMER
SINKS AT DOCK
Acapulco Goes Down in Ten Min
utes But All People on
Board Are >a\ed.
By Cncle to Tlio Daily Gateway.
San Franisco. Auu-. -7 The Pacific
mail steamer Acapulco sank yesterday
afternoon beside the dock from which
she was about to >:ii 1 for Panama.
The passengers and crew came "il
safely although many had narrow es
capes because of the sudden lurch of
the vessel when she bewail to sink.
The ports were all open and the
steamer went down in ten minutes. It
will take several weeks to raise her.
WARM TIME IN
I. G. SESSION
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
New York, Aug. 29 A hot session
of the directors of the Illinois Central
railroad was held this morning and as
the outcome of a personal altercation I
Stuyvesant Fish, the deposed presi
dent of tho company, struck his succes
sor, J. T. liaruhan, in the face. The
t wo wore immediately separated by |
other directors.
.
Laying Track Again
Tracklaying was resumed this week
on mile 51, where it stopped on the
hither end of the first trestle on tho
loop, which has just been completed.
Rails will be laid as rapidly as pos
sible to tho second tunnel, near the
end of mile 52, and meanwhile bridge
building operations will be transferred
to the Howe truss which will span Pla
cer river at the entrance to tunnel 2.
This will be 120 feet long. A 90-foot
truss will go in between tunnels 2 and
3 and then the track can be carried
down to the long trestle near the end
of mile 54, which leads from the foot
hills down to the flat.
YENTNA WILL
YIELD $100,000
Creeks of Upper Susitna likely
Also to Produce the Same
Amount.
VALDEZ REPORTED AS BONANZA
Poor Man’s and Nugget the Best
Of Kahiltna Region But Others
Will Show Something.
The tfold output of tin- Yentna dis
trict this year is estimated at $100,000
bv several well-informed men who
have recently come from there. These
estimates were made independently
and ajfree closely. The yield of the
district in 1000 was about $oO,omi.
No returns are in from the fsusitna
creeks except Valdez creek, which
last year produced $30,000. Recent
reports from there state that the creek
will at least double or treble that
that amount this year, and that sev
eral other creeks in the vicin ’y are
showing up well. A letter iviviwd
in Valdez recently from a miner on
Valdez creek asserts that the upper
Susitna district will produce $ loo.non.
The estimates for the Yentr.a creeks
generally give amounts not far from
the following figures:
Nugget—Herndon, Jacobs and Mor
ris are working about ten men. includ
ing themselves. The creek will pro
duce at least $2o,000. The product is
sometimes as high as $100 a man per
day.
Poor Man’s—Carlson Rrothers ami
others, about ten men. will take ou
from $30,000 to $1",oini and nos-ibly
more. The output often runs as high
as $100 a day per man.
Falls Kberhardt and Anderson,
Gedigan and Hammersmith, and thers
will get about $10. non.
Thunder Dave Wallace's m< n w 1
take out $.’)Ono or more. A man named
Davis, working alone, was getting an
ounce a bay up to the end of da!;.
Cache -Will probably \ietd I’nout
$o(iii0. Nothing very good was * u r.• d
up there, but Wilson. Jones an ; * ol
lin.s. DicK Ricliardson. Harpi: i • th
ers, Peterson and Cronnm. h.iv. •- • r
getting small returns.
Peters creek will yield a
amount. Freeze and Stiii" i ai.1'
others are working there. . • ottn i
Ctveks of the upper Kahil'r.i ■' !*»•• -
(luce very little. N«»t much w i->:. >
from l.ake eteek un!e» Se . !-tiers
sirike product > lug. Sev* ra. - n ■1
making uag* s on the SUw«• t.* : 1
iributarit > and a few thousai no lar>
will come from there.
SANTA BARBARA
FOB THIS BON
Alaska Coast Company Charters
Big Freighter for Northern
Business.
By Cable to TUo Daily Gateway.
Seattle, Aug. 27 I'he Aki>un t oa*"
Company today chartered the steam
er Santa Barbara to make the run from
Seattle to Seward, Valdez and I Vinci
William sound during the coining
winter. The Santa Barbara is a !>ig
freighter and will make a specialty of
carrying shipments for tin* lleynolds
Alaska Development Company.
YUKON VALLEYS REPORTED
RICH IN COAL DEPOSITS
Seattle, Aug. .’>0 The valley* tribu
tary to the Yukon river are rich in
coal deposits of remarkably high qual
ity, report \V. W. Atwood and If. M.
Eakin of the .United States geological
survey, who have just arrived from
Alaska en route to the east. They
spent the summer in explorations ot
the Yukon region.
Ellamar Hine Sold.
Harry Elliott is authority for the
statement that tho Ellamar mine is
sold. He states that the Venture Co.
of London was the purchaser, and that
the deal is all closed.—Valdez Pros
pector. _
Another big copper strike near Cor
dova is reported.