NO. M»
VOL. I _
CONGRESSMAN
FOUND GIIIETY
Third Trial of Representative Wil
liamson and Associates Results
in Conviction
By Cable to the Gateway
Portland. Ore., Sept. 28-“Guilty”
was the verdict returned last night by
the jury which tried Congressman
Williamson, Dr. D. Van Gessner, his
pat tner, in the live stock business,
and Marion B. Biggs, an attorney
of Prineville, upon the charge of sub
ornation of perjury in inducing men
making fraudulent locations of govern
ment lands to utter false affidavits con
cerning their intention. 'The jury was
out six hours.
This is the third trial of the three
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men in the United States district court j
bore upon the charge of which they
have been convicted. Both previous
trials resulted in jury disagreements.
Williamson is serving his second term
as a Congressman from Oregon.
Russia Asks for French Money
By Cable to the Gateway
Paris’ Sept. 58—Russia has applied
to French bankers for a loan of
$150,000,000.
STEAMER DIRIGO ARRIVES
Brings 515 tons of Freight for Sew
ard Business Houses
Steamer Dirigo, Capt. Davis, arrived
in port this afternoon at 3:45, less than
seven da vs out from Seattle. She left
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that port the evening of Sept. 21 and
came by the inside passage, making no
stops however, except at Ketchikan.
From Cross Sound she came straight
to Seward.
The Dirigo brings 515 tons of freight
to Seward, including 145,000 feet of
lumber for the Yakutat Lumber Com
pany and 73,000 for W. R. Jamieson.
The remainder of her cargo is gen
eral merchandise, nearly every busi
ness house in Seward having a consign
ment aboard.
The Dirigo belongs to the Alaska
Steamship Company and her regular
run is to Skagway. She was chartered
for this trip by the Alaska Commercial
Company because of the immense
quantities of freight which was await
ing shipment from Seattle to Seward.
She has some freight for Seldovia and
Unga. She brought two passengers
for Kodiak._
Sawmill Runs Night Shift
The railroad sawmill is now running
day and night to supply timber re
quired in railroad construction. Capt.
Sheftler and his launch are kept busy j
towing logs to the mill from the camp j
across the bay.
Subscribers to the Daily Gateway who
fall to receive the paper will please notify
the office at once. Phone Main 22.
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TYPHOON SINKS
GUNBOAT LEYTE
Warship Captured from Spain goes
Down at Manila with Numerous
Small Craft
By Cable to the Cateway
Washington. IX < Sept. 28 In the |
typhoon at Manila the l . S. gunboat
Le\te was sunk. She was one of the
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old style war vessels captured lrom
Spain at the battle of Manila. She
was out of commission.
Reports from Manila state that the*
loss of life is even greater than at first
supposed. Besides the gunboat ment
ioned numerous private craft, especiu lly
small boats, were sunk or wrecked by
being cast upon the shore.
Man and Wife Killed by Robbers
By Cable to the Gatewey
Gallup, N. M., Sept. 29 Intense ex
citement prevails here over tin* mid
night murder of Andrew Gassino, a
wealthy coal mine owner by robers.
His wife was fatally wounded but was
alive when found.
Dead Police Chief had no Chance
By Cable to the Cateway
Washington, I). G.. sept. 28 The
state department has been advised that
testimony taken at the autopsy over
the body of the chief of police of Gien
fuesros, Guba, who was killed in a pol
itical disturbance there a few days ajfo,
reveals the fact that lie was shot be
fore he had a chance to defend himself.
Dougherty and Mis Dog Arrive
Dan Dougherty and his dog are in
Seward. Dan and his dog achieved
more than local fame in San Francisco
a few years ago by their constant com
panionship. Dan is a prospector and
had picked up a good thing. When he
went to San Francisco to celebrate he
took the dog everywhere with him.
He was known to pay $o for a seat in
the hack for his canine partner. He
had a room for him at the hotel, for
which he paid a fancy figure, and the
pair dined together at restaurants. As
news was dull about that time the
Frisco papers gave Dan and his dog a
vast amount of free advertising. !
Dr. Boyle Calls at Seward
Dr. J. J. Boyle, postmaster of Valdez, I
proprietor of the Owl drug store and
news stand there, and interested in the
Owl drug store and news stand of
Seward, spent an hour in Seward
Tuesday night. He came over on the
Santa Ana and returned on the Bertha.
It is reported that Dr. Boyle will go to
Seattle on the Santa Ana to meet and
marry a Valdez girl there.
The name of the United States im
migration inspector temporarily at
Skagway is Kazis Krauczunas.
PACKERS MUSI
STAND TRIAL |
Indicted Magnates Turned down on
Plea of Abatement to Con
spiracy Charge
By Cable to the Gateway
Chicago, Sept. 28- Judge Humphrey
in tlie U. S. district court today over
ruled the plea in abatement filed by
tlic indicted packers, who are charged
with conspiracy to control prices of j
meat. This Ls a victory for the gov
ernment and the packers will not be
compelled to stand trial.
Indicted members of the house o>‘
Schwarzchild and Sulsberger have
promised the government officials who |
are conducting the prosecution that
they will testify to the facts relied up
on to secure conviction. They claim
that others have already tried to make !
scrapegoats of them and say they pro
pose to get even.
QUEEN FEATURES OF FIGHT
Claim Made that Jeffries Would
Have Helped Britt to Win
The sporting editor oi the* Seal tie
Times makes a prima facie case of
crookedness against Jim Jeffries and ^
the Britts in connection with the re-1
cent light which may not he well-!
founded, but the facts which he men
tions are undisputed and have a suspi
cious look.
It is pointed out that the Britts in- j
sisted on having Jeffries referee the;
fierht and would scarcely consent toj
anvone else. In tact they would not
until they learned that Nolan refused
to allow Nelson to enter the ring until
another referee was chosen. They
could not endure to see the big fat
purse vanish, and even preferred to |
take the chance of Jimmy getting
licked.
The betting was about even until it '
was announced that Jeffries was to;
referee. Then the odds went to 10 to .
7 with Britt on the long end. The |
morning of the tight, when it was un
derstood that Jeffries was sure to ref-j
eree, the odds were L0 to 0. Consider
ing the records of the two men the j
odds should have been the other way. j
The suspicious ones say that simply
means that with Jeffries as referee the
thing was fixed. The mighty heavy
weight could keep Nelson off the
favorite son or disable him if necessary.
The tinhorn gamblers were betting
on a sure thing with Jeffries in the
game. When Graney was substituted
he called all bets off to save the tin-1
horn gamblers aforesaid. Sporting j
authorities say he had no power to do j
this before the light. The whole thing
looks queer.
Temperature at 2 p. m. today —tS.
COL. PINKSTON
DIES SUDDENLY
Taken III on Steamer while Traveling
to Seattle and Passes Away
in Hospital
By Cable to the Gateway
Seattle, Wash., Sept. 28 Col. Wil
liam M. Pinkston of Seward, Alaska,
died in a hospital here last night, of
intestinal trouble. He reached Sehttle
Mondav night on the Excelsior from
Seward, and was taken at once to tin*
hospital, having become ill on the
vo v age.
Col. Pinkston was in usual health
when he left Seward on the Excelsior
the evening of September 14. He told
his friends that he expected to return
to Seward in thirty days. He was ac
companied by his son, W. M. Pinkston
Jr.
Col. Pinkston was chief clerk of the
commissary department of the Alaska
Central. For many years prior to that
he had been in the set vice of the
Cnited States government and em
ployed with American railroad interests
in China and "the Philippines.
Everything in America is Big
A voung ladv now living in Seward
was in Australia when the Iroquois
theater burned in Chicago two years
ago, with a loss of TOO lives. She tells
that when an English neighbor heard
*tlie news he exclaimed in awe struck
tone:
“Dear me! Everything in America
seems to he on such a large scale!”
INVENTS ORE 44 INDICATOR.’
Nome Man Claims Device Shows
Presence of Mineral.
A Nome man named Q/iksta l lus
invented a mineral “indicator" for the
use of prospectors. It is supposed to
locate mineral as a willow wand in the
hands of a water witch is alleged to
locate subterranean veins of water.
The “indicator" is described by the
Nome Nugget as a simpie looking piece
of wood, about six inches long and two
inches thick. Two holes bored
through the block of wood, longitudi
nally, contain the “magnetic fluid," or
whatever it is that is claimed to indi
cate tiie presence of gold in the ground.
These holes are sealed with sealing
war. A piece of ordinary wire, looped
forms a handle, and when this is held
between the index lingers, “if there is
gold in the ground the block turns, the
number of revolutions indicating the
depth to bedrock.*’
Sitka will have a salmon hatchery if
the recommendation of H. \I. Kutchin
is acted upon favorably by the govern
ment.