VOL. I
Socialists Claim That Military Plotted Massacre at funeral Demon
stration Over Riot Victims —Jew-Baiters Commit
Horrible Atrocities at Odessa Political
Prisoners Released.
Uy Cable to the Gateway
St. Petersburg. Nov. <» l* ear of
wholes;tU* slaughter by tin* militaiy
a uhorities induced the Socialist Demo
crat* today to call otT the monster
parade anil demountration which they
I .j; :i ranged to make at the funerals
o, ihe victims of recent riots. I hey
cla tn they had information that the
government intended to s gnalize the
occasion by the greatest massacre in
history.
i'he funerals are being held privately
a: d thousands keep watch for interfer
ence by the police. No demonstra
tions of any kmd mark tlit* interments.
i he revohu ion is; > say they now ex
pert a period of nuiet, hut announce
that they intend to renew the tight for
enlarged liberty whenever the govern
ment dn>ws that it does not intend to
grant popular demands. The revolu
tionary leaders predict open battle
with the troops whenever the conflict
L> re-opened. 1 hey are still busily
organizing and arming in every city of
t he empire.
Prison Doors Open Hide
All over Russia prison doors opened
at d o'clock this morning for the release
of political prisoners under the terms
of the in cent amnesty. C rowds of near
relatives were wail Ing around every
PORTLAND DUE TOMORROW
Steamer Readied Fort Liseum
this Afternoon at 1 o’clock
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Steamer Port land reached Fort
Liseum this afternoon at 1 o'clock. She
was expected to proceed to Valdez an
hour or two later and to leave that port
* >:ne tirm this evening. This would
bring her to Seward by noon or a little
afterward tomorrow.
The most important part of the Port
land's Seward consignment is 1«k) rail
road laborers, who will give an impet
r.N to the work on the Alaska t entral.
They will make a total of more than
g hi who have been >t»nt up in the last
month through the efforts of Frank
Kelly, who was sent to the Sound by
the company early in October to re-1
nlenish the stock of lal>oi\ which the
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construction olliclals arc anxious to
keep up to the highest possible number
all winter.
The Portland will also bring several
hundred tons of merchandise, including
lumber for the Vakutut Lumber Com
pany and coal for the Seward Fuel Com
pany. The coal is from Nanaimo.
Ten days mail will also come on the
Portland, that of October 19 to -8
inclusive. The next gap will not be so
long, as the Kxcelsior is only four days
behind the Portland.
Temperature at 3 p. m. today - 4*.
prison t > greet their loved ones when
they came out, and the seem s every
where were pathetic in the extreme
when hundreds of families were re
united.
Among tite prisoners released wort'
many who had been confined for years,
land who had grown gray and bent with
| years of solitude. Most of them came
forth quietly hut some shouted vindic
, live utterances when they were outside.
Cries ot “Down with autocracy!** and
similar denunciations were often heard.
Horrible Torture of Jews
Odessa. Nov. h—Horrible atrocities
| mark the riots in the Jewish quarter
of the city, which continue almost
without restraint. Tongues ol living
victims have been torn out by the roots
and nails driven into tie* heads of both
men and women. Living persons of
both sexes have been placed in spiked
barrels and rolled about until they died
of the torture.
It is impossible to form an estimate
of the number of deaths in these mass
acres. The anti-Jewish rage seems to
know no bounds, and the Jew-baiters
are more vindictive than the revolut
ionists who are contending against the
government. Cossacks have partici
; paled actively in the slaughter and
! pillage of the Jews and their houses.
MOVES INTO NEW STORE
E. C. Richards Begins Transfer of
Stock to Larger Quarters
K. C. Richards began moving into
bis new -tore this morning, although
the building is not quite tinished. It
is one of the largest store buildings in
town, being 90 feet deep, and is hand
somely iini>hed inside. Mr. Richards*
family will live upstairs, and will have
room to spare.
In the new building Mr. Richards
will carry a large stock of hardware
and furniture. In Ids present quarters
he has been too much cramped to keep
as largo a stock as he wished, lie has
ordered big consignments of both fur
niture and hardware, which will
arrive from Seattle during the month,
and these will till up tin* store.
Mr. Richards will also add to the
circulating library and keep it strictly
up to date.
Dr. Burns out Again
Dr. Arthur K. Burns is out again
after a month's confinement in his
hou>e with sciatic rheumatism.
A new steam shovel and traction
dredge lias just been installed on Big
Minook in the Bampart district.
George James of Nome says there
is gold enough in the tundra of that
j camp to pay off the national debt.
BETTING POINTS
to McClellan
New York Election Gamblers Expect
Him to Win anil Lay Odds
of I hree to One,
By Cable to the Gateway
New York, Nov. —Retting odds are
three It) one in favor of the re-election
of Mayor McClellan in Greater New
York tomorrow, over Williams M. Iv
ins, the Republican nominee. Ivins
will receive some anti-Tammany Dem
ocratic support hut politicians cannot
lhaire more than a possibility ot his
election.
(’ongtvs>man William R. ilearst.
I owner of the New \ orK Journal, is
running as the nominee of tin* Muni
cipal Ownership party, and it is be
i lie veil that he will receive a large
, vote, which will lx* drawn mainly from
'the Democrats. He is an enemy of
Mayor McClellan and is running for
the purpose of defeating the latter,
i The Republican city committee
claims that Ivins will he elected. The\
figure his plurality over McClellan at
47,000 and over Hearst at only 11,000.
Hearst claims he will he ducted.
On the other hand betting odds
slightiv favor the re-election of W il
Ham Travers Jerome as district attor
ney. He is running as an independent
candidate, with the indorsement of the
Republicans. Tammam refused him
tlie Democratic nomination. It is gen
erally conceded that Jerome will re
ceive a larger vote than any other
candidate on am ticket.
Little interest is taken in tin* olT-year
state elections. It is regarded as a
foregone conclusion that little diminu
tion in Republican strength will he
shown. Although a bitter light has
( been made upon him the re-election of
I Gov. Herrick is conceded in Ohio over
John M. Hattison, the Democratic nom
inee.
W. L. Douglass, the Democratic
governor of Massachusetts, who carried
the state last year in the face of a big
majority for President Roosevelt, is
not a candidate this year, and Gurtis
Guild Jr., the Republican nominee,
j will undoubtedly he elected.
Philadelphia. Nov.fi ft is charged
j that the police are preparing to inter
fere with the casting of votes for the
citv reform ticket tomorrow. The
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sheriff has issued a warning to the po
lice, directing them not to enter the
polling places except to vote, or when
I called there to preserve the peace.
Talks Valdez KaiSroad
! By Cable to the Gateway
Seattle, Nov. (: John Rosene re
turned from the east yesterday and an
nounced that he had made arrange
ments to finance the railroad which he
has projected from \ aide/ into the
Copper river country. He denies that
ho has joined forces with Col. Swanitz.
He says his company will begin build
| ing in the spring.
i The Sitka Cablegram produces a
i man named RomanotV who claims he
! has discovered platinum in the Chicha
gotr gold diggings.
The czar is still in the deck but be is
j only a nine-spot now,
ALASKA OOSSSf
NUS SEATTLE
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Convention Delegates Nearly All
There and Busy With Schemes
to Run Things.
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By Cable to tlie Cateway
Seattle. Nov. l> All preliminaries
are arranged for the Alaska legislative (
convention, which will open here
November 15. Nearly all the delegates
are in th.e city and are busily engaged
in discussing the projects which are.
likely to come up, and in forming com
binations to further schemes.
It seems likely that the convention;
will nominate a candidate for delegate
to congress. Judge Wickersham seems
to he in the lead for the place. He
will be supported by the didegales j
from his district and on a showdown, it
is believed, he will receive the support
of the Nome and Seward peninsula
delegates. Judge W ickersham is not
in the city and it is not known whether j
he will accept.
The governorship issue is the most i
dillicult one which the convention is
likely to face. It is practically con-I
ceded that the convention will ask tin*!
removal of (iovernor Brady. On this;
there is little division of sentiment
apparent, but a big light will be pre
cipitated when the convention seeks to |
suggest a successor.
Nome will favor C ol. W. T. Perkins,
for governor and lie seems likely to be
| supported by nearly all the rest of the
territory except the southeast, which J
is urging VolneyT. Hoggatt of Juneau.
! The southeastern delegates say they
, have no personal axes to grind and
will accept anything which seems to j
he for the best interests of the whole |
I territory. Still it is feared that the j
j gubernatorial matter may precipitate
a row, especially’ as Brady has some
friends in the convention.
A warm fight may arise over legisla
tive recommendations also. k. K.
Dunn, leader of the Nome delegation,
says that the time is not yet ripe fora
! territorial form of government and it
i is expected that the entire Seward
! peninsula crowd will take that posi-1
tion. Dunn argues that what Alaska
needs is a revision of the mining laws.
He proposes that annual assessments he
abolished and that a direct tax sub
stituted, to be fixed by some equitable
rule. He proposes also that the entire
revenue from the mines be devoted to .
! the building of roads in Alaska.
Chamber to Meet Tonight
The regular monthly meeting of the
chamber of commerce will he held tiiis
evening in Moore s hall. Several sub
jects of importance will come for dis
posit ion.
The meeting of members of the
i Arctic Brotherhood which was to have
1 been held yesterday afternoon was
postponed because it was learned that
a.majority of the local members of the
order were out of town. About twenty
reside in or near Seward and a lodge
| will be organized very soon.
Water to tic Shut Off
Water will be shut off this evening
I in all the city mains from 8 o’clock un
j til 10 in order to make . new cormec
t ions.
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Receivers of P. P. & N. Co. Gel
Nearly as Much as Men Who
furnished $9,000,000.
By Cable to the Gateway
Seattle, Nov. <1 Stockholm ts ane
bondholders of the d,•lunct 1 *:»c*i!'»•
Packing and Navigation < ompanx will
receive $250,0(M) out of $!i.o m),00i) in
vested by thorn in tie corporation.
The receivers who have had, char/e of
it> affairs for about three years will re
ceive $204,000 ror their servlet •>. unib r
an order made last Saturday in tie*
United States circuit court.
The corporation undertook at one
time to control the fish packing busi
ness of the North Pacific coast and did
a lar/e business. \\ hen it linallv went
into the hands of the reci iv rs the oi>
covery was made that tie* lands which
it bad i land led bad been lar/ely dissi
pated. Nevertheless the receivers
kept it in business for several years
under the pretext of conservin'/ tl
remaining assets. Last winter >eve*::
sales of its cannery properties were
made which yielded alt ,/>•!Iier only a
few hundred thousand dollars. Nearly
half of this /oes to the receivers.
William (‘laysonL wife and iittlehoy
will arrive on the Portland, from Ska.
wa\' and will remain here with him.
CIRCULATING LIBRARY
At Richards' Store
The elegant collection of books in
thi> up-to-date library should appeal
to every intelligent person in Seward.
At the low price of oO cents per
month you can read the latest and be*.:
books published.
MEN WANTED
By P. Welch & Company, contract
ors on the Alaska Central at Turn
again Arm. Station men. rock men.
ax men and laborers. Steady work
all through winter and next summer.
Top wages paid. -T
AUCTION SALK:-Of household
furniture in Carstens bui! ting at l
o’clock p. in. Wednesday. (’arpet*. cur
tains, mahogany dining set. comhina
Lion bookcase and writing desk: ami
numerous other articles.
For the best and cheapes recreation
in Seward, subscribe to Kiel-atils up
to-date library. Only oOc per month
to read as many books as you wish
New books arrive on every boat.
The Seward Fuel Company has a
full line of Franklin coal which arrived
' on Steamer Bertha. It will have
tons line house coal on the Portland.
Don’t overlook the Troy Laundry
for up-to-date and first class work,
ladies’ and gents’ work a specia
LOST-A lady’s plain gold watch,
bearing engraved initials, X. M. K.
I tew ard if left at 1 tichard’s sore.
FOB RKNT-Two elegantly fur*
nishcd rooms; also o.lite rooms. Apply
(Jarstens building.
A new stock of Lowney’s eandie*
just arrived at Seward News Co.