Sewari Weekly Gateway
VOL. IV. —— SEWAltl), ALASKA. SATl'‘.?l> AY JUNE <L 1!>08. _■SO*
SEATS TAFT
DELEGATION
Committee Favors Alabama’s Rep
resentatives and W ill Look
Into Alaska Cases.
By Cnble to Tbe Dally Gateway
Chicago, June 6—The committee on
contested delegations to the republi
can national convention ha'6 decided
in favor of the Taft delegation from
Alabama, and that delegation will
be seated. The Alaska cases will be
presented to the committee for their
consideration today.
Hoggatt Delegates Will Be Seated
Washington, D. (A, June 1—Shackle
ford and also Shea have had a confer- j
ence with Hitchcock in the interests
of the Hoggatt faction in Alaska's j
political affairs. It is stated that the j
Hoggatt men will undoubtedly be
seated at the national republican con
vention at Chicago.
hoggatt .Men See Taft
Washington, D. June - Shack
elford and Shea had a short interview
with Taft last night. They discussed
Alaska’s political situation and upheld j
the Hoggatt faction. They firmly be
lieve that the Hoggatt Delegation
will he seated at the republican na
tional convention. They have left
the city for l hicago.
WILL STOMP
TERRITORY
Corson and Steel Plan to Make
Political Speeches in Every
Alaska Town.
By Cable t.> Tlia Dally Gateway.
Seatth, June t>-John Corson and
Harry Si eel have their campaign pro
gram mapped out and purpose to make
a vigorous canvassol the entire terri
tory of Alaska in the interests of Cor
son's candidacy for delegate to con
gress. They leave tonight for the
north and in! nd to make stump
speeches in every town in Alaska be
fore the territorial election.
MRS. LEAVITT
TO TAKE STUMP
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Denver. June <> The daughter of
William Jennings Bryan. Mrs. Ruth
Bryan Leavitt, has been named as del
egate at large at the state convention.
In case Bryan receives the democratic
nomination Mrs. Leavitt will take the
stump in Colorado, Wyoming and sev
eral other western states and will cam
paign in her father’s interests.
Belmont Dying
By Cable to The Daily Gateway.
New York, June 5—0. II. I*. Bel
mont. who was recently stricken with
an accute attack of appendicitis, under
went an operation and is now dying.
Observation Balloon
New York—Capt. Thomas S. Bald
win, who is building the new dirigible
balloon for the United States army,
has received an order to construct and
deliver within sixty days two observa
tion balloons for the signal corps of
the army, to cost $5,500 and to be built
from vulcanized rubber material he
recently invented. The new material
will last live times as long as the var
nished silk now in use, the inventor
says, and is much easier and safer to
handle. One of the balloons is to be
of 1,000 cubic meters capacity and the
other of 540 cubic meters.
ALASKA ROAD
WORK PLANNED
Richardson and Orchard Are on
Their Way North to Engage
in Building Trails.
By Cable to Tlie Dally Gateway.
Seattle. June J. Major Richardson
: and Lieutenant Orchard of the Alaska
j Road Commission sailed last night for
! Haines. They will spend $75,000 on
the road from there to Wells. For the
construction of the road through Key
stone canyon near Valdez they will
expend $41,000. From Valdez to
Thompson pass there will he an outlay
of $20,000. On Seward peninsula $20,
; 000 will he used by the road eommis
j sion. and on the trail from Nome to
Kaltag $4,000 will be paid out.
FIRST DISTRICT
PUTS ON LID
Marshal Shoup Sends Word That
All Places Under Ban Must
Close July I.
3v Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Juneau, June 4 Marshal Shoup lias
mailed letters to all the liquor dealers
in the First division of the territory of
Alaska statinjj that the lid must be
put on all dance halls and bawdy
saloons July 1. and kept on. This
closes the First division in the same
manner a> the Second and Third have
been closed.
HOGGATT ON
THE WAY WEST
Washington. IX C., June 1 Cover- j
nor W. C. Hojryatt anil wife left the j
city last niu'ht for Indianapolis. From
there they will ^o to Chicago, but will
not stay there for the national conven
tion. Ho<r<*,att says that the liquor i
bill designed for the purpose of reyu- !
latimjf the liquor trathe in Alaska, and ;
makitvj :t !h.t rate license of $1,000,
will he passed, a Ion”' with other i
measures atYeet in,:*''the territory, next |
winter.
Plea for Forests
James J. Hill, the railroad king,
' sounded a note of warning at the gov
ernor's conference, when in a carefully
prepared address, he declared that if
| immediate steps for the conservation
of the forests of the Pacific coast are
not taken some varieties of timber will
be exhausted within ten or twelve
years.
“The Pacific coast." he said, “has a
, considerable body of merchantable
standing timber, but we are consum
ing yearly three or four times as much
timber as the growth restores, Our
supply of some varieties will be ex
hausted within ten or twelve years.
Without re-foresting the present cen
tury will see the complete wiping out
; of these forests.
“The exhaustion of the coal supply
is not in the definite future. Fifty
years ago the annual per capita pro
duction was a little over a quarter of
a ton, while now it is live tons.”
Regarding the unsettled lands in
the west, the speaker said that prac
tically the whole interior had been
settled within the past fifty years, and
asked what the country will offer next.
“It is no longer possible,” he de
clared, “for us to say that ‘Uncle Sara
has a farm for all of us.’ ”
Mr. Hill closed with a strong plea
for the conservation of the minerals.—
United Press.
THE TENNESSEE
BURSTS PIPE
Cruiser on Trial Speed Trip Meets
With Accident and Loses
Several of Her Men.
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By Cable to Tbe Dally gateway.
San Pedro, Cal., June 6—While the
cruiser Tennessee was. making1 a trial
speed trip and was under heavy pres
sure of steam, one of her steam pipes
exploded and four firemen were instant
ly killed. Two other men were fatally
injured and ten were horribly burned
by the torrent of scalding steam that
escaped from the broken pipe.
CONGRESSMAN
IS INDICTED
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J. F. Lading, a. Representative
From Ohio,Is Held on Charge
of Embezzlement.
jy Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Norwalk, Ohio, .Tune 5—Congress-:
man J. F. Laniny of Ohio, who was]
formerly connected with the Ohio
'['rust Company, which institution
sometime a<fo becamt- defunct, was ac
cused of complicity in connection with
the failure of the Company, and has
been indicted on thp charge of embez
zlement. *
CHAMBERLAIN
IN THE LEAD
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Portland, < >re.. Jmie 2 -The contest
for the United States scnatorship in
this state is being pushed with vigor
between Governor George G’hamber
lain and Mr. Cake. In spite of the
fact that there has 1»* ti considerable
opposition to Governor Chamberlain
he is leading in the ■plose contest by
about 1,’)'m votes.
SENATOR LEADS
THF GOVERNOR
_-f —
By Cable to The Dailv Gateway.
Des Moines, Iowa, June —There is
a lively contest in the republican pri-;
maries for the senatorial nomination.;
The two parties in the contest are
Senator William 13. Allison and Gov
ernor Albert 13. Cummins. Senator
Allison is leading Governor Cummins
in the race for the nomination.
Transfer of Soldiers
There is to be a transfer of soldiers,
and those connected with the signal
corps of the United States army in
Alaska, this summer* It is understood
that the transport sl ip will sail from
San Francisco on Jr’v 1 to bring in
those that are to be stationed in the
territory, and to take out those who
have been here for a period of years.
Chinese Head Tax
The Ottawa government lias sent to
the British Columbia government
$345,000 being half the amount of poll
tax on Chinese entering the province
last year. The poll tax of $500 on
each Chinese immigrating into Can
ada brought the federal treasury last
year no less than $690,000. The total
arrivals of Chinese were 1,380. Under
the terms of the act half the tax goes
to the dominion and half to British
Columbia, where nearly all the celes
tials remain.
BOATS REMAIN
ONLY 12 HOURS
Postoffice Department Cuts Off
Half the Time for Stay of
Vessels in Seward.
Miss Gordon received from Acting
! Second Assistant Postmaster General
i Holliday a telegram stating that “Ves
j sels on the Seattle-Seward route will
i be permitted to leave Seward twelve
i hours after arrival.”
An effort had been made to cut the
time down to six hours, and word was
sent to that effect to Miss Gordon, but
she telegraphed back to headquarters,
after consulting with the business men
of Seward, that there must be a stay
of at least twelve hours.
CORWIN MAKES
NORTHERN CITY
Steamer Bucks Ice Ten Days and
the Captain Thinks Others
Will Be Delayed.
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By Cable to Tub Dally Gateway.
Nome, June 4—Steamer Corwin ar
rived here this afternoon. She en
countered much ice in Bering sea and
for ten days made her way through it
with great difficulty. Owing to the
amount of ice lloating southward Cap
tain West predicts that the later
steamers will not be able to get
through to Nome before the 20th of
the month.
HIS LICENSE
IS SUSPENDED
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Seattle, June 3—(’apt. Schage’s li
cense lias been suspended for a period
of three months. An investigation of
the details of the wrecking of the
Saratoga on a reef of Busby island on
March 20, resulted in the conclusion
that the wreck of the Saratoga was
caused by carelessless.
It Was Garfield’s Bill
By Cable to The Dully Gateway.
Seattle, June 2—The Alaska coal
bill, which was passed by both houses
of congress near the close of the ses
sion, and signed by the president, was
the one drafted by Secretary of the
Interior James. R. Garfield. This was
agreed upon after a conference of va
rious public land committees.
Youngs For Corson
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Seattle, June 2—Frank Youngs of
Seward is busy with politics at the
present time. He is booming John
Corson for congressional delegate from
Alaska, and preparing to handle his
campaign.
Claims Being Paid
By Cable to Tbe Dally tfateway.
Seattle, Juno 5—The claims against
the estate of George Edward Adams,
who was once cashier of the local
government assay office and who was
convicted of embezzlement, are now
being paid.
Home Rule for Yukon
Dawson—After a constant struggle
of many years the people of this ter
ritory are about to be granted home
rule. A News special from Ottawa
states that the government has intro
duced a bill in parliament which pro
vides for a wholly elective legislature
of ten members, beginning a year
lienee. The passage of the bill is con
ceded.
FLOODS STOP
ALL TRAFFIC
Streets Linder Water and Rail
road Washed Out Cause
Suspension of Business.
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8y Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Helena, Mont. .Juno f> -The exces
sive Hoods of t he past few days have
caused the greatest railroad tie-up in
the history of this section of the coun
try. The streets are deeply flooded
and the railroad tracks in all direc
tions are washed out. Six or seven
lives have already been reported lost.
Service Paralyzed
Butte, Mont., June 4—Heavy down
fall of water has caused the streams to
become so swollen that the railroad
tracks are under water and the train
service is paralyzed. At least two
lives are known to be lost.
Helena Is Isolated
Missoula, Mont., .June b—Helena is
entirely cut oil' from the outside world.
Everywhere the trains are stalled
throughout the state. The heavy fall
of snow the latt*er part of May and the
rains have lioodetl the country to such
an extent that all railroad traflic is at
a standstill.
LUGGERS LOST
IN TYPHOON
Many Vessels Wrecked and Fish
ermen Perish off the West
Coast of Australia.
Bv Cable to The Daily Gateway.
Victoria, B. C., June 4—A steamer
arriving at this port brings the news
that a typhoon swept the west coast
i of Australia, and that a fleet of forty
luggers engaged in pearl fishing along
the coast were destroyed by the vio
lent hurricane, and that hundreds of
lives were lost.
ARKANSAS MAN
DIES SUDDENLY
By Cr.Lio to The Dally Gateway.
Washington, D. CM June 2—James
K. Jones, former United States sena
tor from Arkansas, died yesterday
from a sudden attack of heart disease.
The deceased was sixty-nine years
old.
General Dies
Sy Cable to The Daily Gateway.
London, June 2—Sir Rovers Duller,
a celebrated general in the late Boer
war in South Africa, died yesterday.
Stampede for Gold
Dawson—Log Cabin creek, in the
Fortymile district, is the scene of the
latest discovery and stampede. In the
last mail from the lower river thirty
or more applications for claims staked
on Log Cabin were received in Dawson.
The creek is described as a tributary
of Fortymile river on the left limit,
fifteen miles above the Yukon.
No details of the strike have been
received here, and the applications
have come here in such shape that the
recorder will have to obtain more in
formation regarding the creek before
issuing the grants.
An arrival from the Fortymile coun
try brings word that Mark Watson
made the discovery, and that the creek
flow’s into the Forlymile half a mile
above the “kink.” The pay was said
to run 10 to 15 cents to the pan, and
I the coarsest color 7 cents.
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