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SATURDAY. MAY 25. 1W7
SOME FEDERAL IDEALISM
Cable tolls in Alaska offer cumula
tive testimony to the beneficent charac
ter of the ideal paternalism in whose
glow the territory i> now basking, par
ticularly press rates. Canada permits
the transmission of news to newspapers
at half a cent a word over the Canad
ian land telegraph lines. Press rates
to Alaska vary according to distance
but average at least .'5 cents a word,
with a discount when tin* same mes
<vge goes to several papers.
Low pre-s rates to northern news
paper* are not a gratuity to the paper
but an advantage to the people. The
newspapers cannot afford to pay large
sunt* for telegraph news and the num
ber of words taken i* limited by the
rate. If the rates were cut in half the
readers of Alaska papers would get
twice as much news.
A curious obfuscation of judgment
»[- arranging press rate* is found in
the fact that minimum press rates
radiate from Seattle alone. Whether
this is a l*ounty to Seattle or the pro
duct of a brainstorm i* uncertain but
the fact remains that a press message
t-.in be sent from almost any station in
Alaska to Seattle and hack to almost
any other Alaska station forle*smoney
than it can be sent direct from one
Alaska station to another. A reduc
tion in co*t is effected by repeating
n message several times unnecessarily
and incidentally losing a good deal of
time in it* final delivery.
It is true that the Alaska cable and
telegraph are military lines, as the
people are patronizingly informed, and
that the privilege of using the wires
for private business is a favor dispensed
bv the government, and the frequent
reiteration of this fact and parading of
its profit show how grudgingly the
government grants concessions to
Alaska. How different in the Philip
pine- and t'uba.
Two business letters -eat by the
Gateway to Seattle in the past few
weeks have failed of delivery, and
several other instances are complained
of by St ward residents. It is well
known that the Seattle post office is
overworked because of the inability
or refusal of the department at Wash
ington to recognize the fact that the
business of that office is growing with j
phenomenal rapidity, but there is no;
excu-e for the loss of first-class mail.
If the clerks are overburdened no com- j
plaint -hould be made if they side
track paper mail indefinitely but there'
are enough of them to handle letter j
mail promptly.
Judge Gunnison ha> cut otT the1
official head of A. V. R. Snyder, edi
tor of the W ran gel Sentinel and United
States commissioner at that town, be
cause he criticised Gov. Hoggatt.
Certainly. Us fellow- have got to;
-land together,
Walter Wellman is of the opiniofi1
that there is nothing but water at the
north pole. Some men will be una
ble to understand why anybody should
want t" discover a place tike that.
Ketchikan Miner.
The Hewett company is playing the
Thaw-White-Tragedy in Southeastern j
Alaska and adjacent region of Yukon !
territory. That name sounds as if the
“histrionic artists” were cutting out '
-labs of dramatic art with an ax.
The Alaska Monthly magazine of
Juneau came out a little late for
April but with a new style dress. As
usual it carries handsome cuts and a
variety of interesting Alaska stories
and news.
Rampart people thought they saw a
huge volume of black smoke rising to
heaven one day last month and guessed
that it was from a polar volcano.
Rampart whisky must be getting
fierce _
The fishermen in the Ketchikan dis
trict have struck and the Miner says a
professional agitator is responsible.
Meanwhile the fish crop is spoiling
and the fishermen are not making a
cent.
Evidently the editor of the Juneau
Dispatch does not read the general
telegraph news printed in his own
paper as in others or else having read
it he immediately forgets.
A Seattle Post-Intelligencer market
head mentions that “Butter streng
thened.” After it got strong enough
to travel it was probably shipped to
Alaska.
MORE TRAVEL AT 2 CENTS
(From the Minneapolis Tribune.)
The hopeful thorv of The Tribune
that the 2-cent passenger rate
would pay for' itself in earning of in
creased business seems to he justified
i by the experience in Nebraksa. That
was the first state in this neighl*or
hood to get tho 2-cent fare into ac
tive operation.
The act there was the occasion of
some despondency on the part of pub
lic men as well as railroad officials,
It was forced on the legislature hy the
motive power of public opinion and
signed under protest hy a governor
who sincerely believed it bad public
’policy. The I’nion Pacific, which
owns a controlling interest in the rail
! road politics of Nebraska, threatened
all kind of retribution and predicted
I all kinds of disaster.
Five weeks experience has sur
prised railroad men and politicians
alike with a notable increase of travel
! between the cities and the smaller
towns. The reduction of one-third in
I the cost of transportation has stim
i ulated travel like an excursion rate.
People from all parts of the state are
coming to Omaha to shop and go to
j the theaters.
It is like a perpetual excursion with
: no temporary attraction to divert buy
! ers from the regular shops, and with
| abundant leisure on the part of ex
cursionists to spend their money in
permanent places of barter and enter
tainment. This has gone so far that
country merchants throughout the
state are said to l*o complaining bit
terly.
SHINNY ON YOUR OWN SIDE
The Skagwav Alaskan affirms that
"Skagwav is located in the midst of
the greatest mineral region in the
north. We are virtually surrounded
by quartz and placer fields which bear
gold, silver, copper, lead and other
minerals. This city is *.ht- hub of this
district and the connection between
tidewater and land transportation. It
offers an ideal location for smelters
and the headquarters for mining com
panies.”
That’s the way to boost. Of course
well informed people know that Skag
way is second among Alaska mining
towns in the value of its resources,
Seward being tirst, but the man who
won’t shinny on his own side ought to
get out of the game.
Did Seattle stop to think that the
; elimination of free lunches in saloons
will drive out a noticeable percentage
of its population? Of course it is not
t he most ornamental element but a hobo
counts one in the census the same as a
gentleman and in an election he often
counts several.
There is no law to prevent the float
ing of a toy boom for Secretary
Cortelyou. but the ozone in the air
would bust it west of the Alleghanies.
It is stated that several Carnegie
hero medals have been found in pawn
shops, which proves that they are not
without value.
Juneau Likes Wickersham
Judge Wickersham appears to have ,
grasped the situation and is winning
the favorable comment of attorneys (
and litigants by his prompt action in
disposing of important litigation which
i> retarding the growth of this section,
an tht- past twenty days he has accom
plished wonders by his tireless efforts
to clear business. It is hard to con
ceive why a few people in Fairbanks
could stir up such a mountain out of
>mall ammunition in the tight against j
his contirtnation. It looks as if Teddy
knew right from wrong when he car
ried the Wickersham banner into the
face of the enemy and planted it on
the hill of re-appointinent. We are
glad that Southeastern Alaska, with
few exceptions, stood solidly behind
Wickersham. He is certainly making
good in this section. Juneau Dispatch.
WEEKLY WEATHER RECORD
Weathei record for the week ending
May 25:
Temperature.
Max. Min.
Sunday 66 40 Clear
Monday 62 44 Part cloudy
Tuesday 60 40 Clear
Wednesday HI 38 Clear
Thursday 62 40 Part cloudy
Friday 52 46 Rain
Saturday 49 44 Rain
SEWARD STEAMERS
Portland; sailed for Seldovia and
Kodiak 22nd.
Jeanie; sailed from Seattle 16th.
Santa Clara: sailed from Seattle
j 24th.
Bertha: sails from Seattle 25th.
Yucatan; sailed for Seattle 20th.
Saratoga; sailed for Seattle 25th.
Dora; sailed for Unalaska 21st.
John Findlayson, aged 92, is going
in to Cassiar this summer to work his
mining claims there, reports the
Wrangell Sentinel.
A hot spring has been discovered
near Whitehorse on the J ahkini
river. It has a temperature of 120
degrees.
MRS. M’KINLEY
IS NEAR DEATH
Physicians Tell Relatives She
Cannot Survive Over Com
ing Sunday.
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Canton, Ohio, May 2 V 2 |>. tn. Mrs.
McKinley took a turn for the worse
this afternoon and is sinking fast. The
physicians say she may expire at any
minute.
Cannot Live Over Sunday
Canton, Ohio, May 2>* Mrs McKin
ley’s heart action is weaker this morn
ing and physicians have told her rel
atives that she cannot live through
Sunday.
Suffers Stroke of Paralysis
Canton, Ohio, May 2.5 Mrs. Ida
Saxton McKinley, widow of the late
President McKinley, suffered a stroke
of paralysis tins morning and contin
ues unconscious. It is believed that
she cannot survive. Or. Rixey has
been summoned by telegraph from
Washington. He was President Mc
Kinley’s physician.
Mrs. Hckinley May Recover
Canton, Ohio, May 24—Mrs. McKin
ley’s condition is improved today and
she may recover.
SEATTLE BARS
FREE LUNCHES
Made Misdemeanor by Ordinance
to Offer Spread in Saloons
Without Price.
By Cable to Tbe Dally Gateway.
Seattle. May 25—Mayor Moore to
day signed the new city ordinance
passed by the council abolishing free
lunches in saloons, by making it a
misdemeanor to furnish them.
Capt. O’Brien Goes Fishing
Capt. John A. O’Brien of the Yuca
tan was the guest of honor in a fishing
party at Bear Lake yesterday. It was
a very exciting day for the mariner.
He failed to catch any trout with a
hook but he caught one in his hands
that flopped on the bank when a shoal
of them tilled up the water in one
place like sardines in a box. ('apt.
O’Brien was right there with the big
mitt and he grabbed that fish before it
had time toturn overand run for cover.
After that the captain thought trout
fishing "as fine sj>ort until he came
home on the handcar, which came
down hill so fast he had heart trouble.
He said it was his first handcar ride
ami he preferred a storm at sea.
To Get Peninsula Views
1*. S. Hunt, a Valdez photographer,
is making the round trip from Valdez
to Nushagak on the steamer Dora to
photograph all the properties and
port-, visited by the Northwestern
Steamship Company. He will also
secure views of places of interest along
the coast for use and exhibition at the
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition at
Seattle._
Portland Sails Westward
Steamer Portland reached Seward
Wednesday evening at S o’clock and
sailed at l»» for Seldovia and Kodiak.
She brought a small freight cargo and
a few passengers.
Dr. Harrison Locates in Glrdwood
Dr. I. H. Harrison sailed on the
Portland for the inlet to go to Gird
wood, where he will practice his pro
fession. __
C. E. Stevenson and J. W. Steven
son came back to Seward on the Port
land. They made a good strike near
Falls creek last year, which they
bonded, and will continue mining ex
plorations on Kenai peninsula this
season. _______
A new high record for foreign im
migration was made May 2 at Castle
Garden when 20,729 persons landed.
The Miners’ and Merchants’ bank of
Nome recently declared a semi-annual
dividend of 12 per cent.
Several miners went west on the
steamer Portland to go to the Kusko
kwim country.
Robert Reed was acquitted at Juneau
of the murder of Norman Smith at
Tenakee. _
A man went to the photographer
with his wife and children to have a
picture of the family group taken.
.The artist took the proof to the wife.
“I won’t have those pictures,” the wife
said. “Why, my husband looks like
an ape.” “Madam, I’m not responsible.
You should have thought of that before
I the picture was taken.”
TILTON DIED
THIS AFTERNOON
By Cable to Tbe Dally Gateway.
Paris, Mat 25—Theodore Tilton died
this afternoon.
Complication of Maladies
Paris, May 24 Theodore Tilton is
dying here of heart trouble, aggravat
ed by an acute attack of pneumonia.
Theodore Tilton was for many years
a noted editor and author but achieved
still greater notoriety in 1874 by suing
Henry Ward Beecher for $ 1(K),000
datuager for alleged criminal intimacy
with Mrs. Tilton. The trial jury disa
greed. Prior to that Tilton was editor
of the “Independent” for fifteen years
and is the authorof several hooks. He
has been living in Paris since 1883.
He was born in New Yorn city, Octo
ber 2 1835.
MANY DEAD IN
TRAIN WRECK
Freight Train Cuts Passenger in
Two in Gulch Near City
of Mexico.
By Cable to Tbe Bally Gateway.
Pity of Mexico, May 25 A freight
train cut a fust passenger in two in a
gulch near this city on the Mexican
National this morning, killing or in
juring scores of passengers.
Philip Holiday, recorder of the
Kluane mining district, Yukon, was
lined $150 and costs for selling whiskey
to Indians.
If you want a free sample copy of the
most progressive and up-to-date min
ing journal published send your name
to Mining Topics, (54 Fulton street,
New York. Its news is authentic and
unbiased and the paper is devoted to
the specific and general interests of
mining in every field.
The Bank of Seward
\Ye receive deposits subject tocheck.
\Ve pay interest on time deposits.
\Ye issue money orders good any
place in the world.
\Ye buy gold dust or bullion.
\Ve make collections.
\Ve guarantee a service that is
prompt, accurate and safe.
\Ve grant to our customers every
favor consistent with conservative
banking.
\Ye invite your business.
BANK OF SEWARD.
Of Interest to Alaskans
Seward has two dental parlors that
are equipped with the best and most
modern appliances that can be found
anywhere. The t wo operators are grad
uates in the east, of years experience,
and established reputation, guarantee
ing the very finest in workmanship
and materials. Prices are the same as
for same grade of work by reputable
men anywhere.
f Arctic Brotherhood
1 CAMP SEWARD NO. 21.
Meets every second and fourth Sat
urday evening in Fire Hall.
J. L. HEED, F. E. YOUNGS,
^XrcU^HecoTdtr^^^^TKtt^CMet^^
If you desire, write or ship to
MCMILLAN FUR & W001 CO.
41 Langley St., Victoria, B. C.
G. W. PALMER
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Prospector's Outfits—High
est Prices Paid for Furs...
Knik P. O. Alaska
REMODELED
THE RAINIER-GRAND HOTEL
SEATTLE
Popular Prices-New Managenaent
Central Location-European Plan
Greatest Cafe and Bar Service in the City
Wilson & White Co., Prop. Chas Perry, Mgr
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PACIFIC COAST TRADING CO.
rrsas outfitters
For the next Thirty Days all Suits and Pants will
be sold at cost.
We carry the Celebrated Barington Hall Steel Cut
Coffee. Also the Gold Nugget brand which we
have handled for six years. It is always the same.
Prospectors, ask your friends where to Outfit, and
you will always find the right place.
(PACIFIC COAST TRADING CO.
T. D. CORLEW. MANAGER.
KNIK TRADING COMPANY
O. C. HERNINC. Manager.
—PROSPECTORS’ OUTFITS A SPECIALTY—
\ A new stock will arrive May >
/ first river boat connections. \
Knik, - Alaska
■ General
?...Hope, Alaska...
Headquarters for Prospectors' Outfits for
all Susitna and Kuskokwim points
Discount on orders of $*2."> or over as follows:
Dry Goods, Hardware Ammunition, Crockery, Drugs,
Graniteware, Hats, Shoes, Etc., 20 percent.
Groceries, • • * 15 percent.
No discount on Flour, Sugar, Ham, Bacon, Lard, Butter
and Eggs, but all at a low price.
COLEMAN HOUSE
Electric Lights and Electric Bells in Every Room
Rates from 50c to $2.50 per Day
ABSOLUTELY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Avenue Seward, Alaska
HOTEL McN ILEY
Completely Renovated. New Management. Hot
and Cold Water. Modern, Plastered Rooms.
Electric Lighted. Baths. Reasonable Rates.
HAWKINS & WHITTEMORE, Proprietors
Fourth Avenue, - - * Seward, Alaska
CHAS. A. TECKLENBURG
THE SEATTLE BAR
-ONLY THE BEST
Wines, Liquors and Cigars
Bohemian and Olympia Beer
FURNISHED ROOMS WITH STEAM HEAT
Fourth Ava. and Washington St. Saward, Alaska.
Board of Trade
Fourth Avenue, • * Seward, Alaska
Only the choicest goods dispensed
Club Rooms in connection
Furnished Apartments up stairs
New, Neat and Comfortable. F. V. THOMAS, Prop.
4,1 D C. BROWNELL I k
/mjf THE ONLY EXCLUSIVE
w Hardware Store j[