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~ ~ N„ _ SEWARD. THE GATEWAY TO ALASKA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 21. 1910.___ _ _Ten Cent, the Copy
NEW DOCK TO BE BUILT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND
WORK ON ILK.WILL QUICKLY BEGIN NEAR SEWARD
FINE NEW BRIDGE WILL BE BUILT
OVER RESURRECTION RIVER
Docks that will cost anyhow fifty
thousand dollars, a fine new bridge,
that will also cost thousands of dol
lars, over Resurrection river, the re
grading of the Alaska Northern ami
the cutting of many thousands of ties
that will keep alt the sourdoughs go
ing for a long time are some parts of
the work that w ill be carried out here
at Seward within the next few months
and which will be begun just as soon
as the conditions permit.
The docks will be such that they
can accommodate all the business of
Seward and the railroad work, Mr.
Weir says, and the bridge over Resur
rection will be a new type and one
perfectly adapted to the nature of the
stream it will cross.
“We will get our share of the em
ergency appropriation,” said the en
gineer in charge this morning.
Mr. Weir has not yet received of
fieial notification of the fact thai the
money is available but it is to be
taken for granted that the instruc
tions regarding the great work to be
done here were not issued until the
money had become a certainty.
Creosote piling will be brought
from outside for the dock and Mr.
Weir now has in his office a specimen
of the piling which has been used here
hitherto. This pile had been stand
ing only ten months but it is eaten
away until it looks like a sponge.
The grade changes will be started
on just as soon as the ground is in a
condition to permit it. The plans for
the docks are now being formulated
and the work will be done this season.
The ties must also be ready for this
summer and we are at last on the eve
of the big thing.
Mr. Weir also says that steps will
be taken immediately tn open the
line to 34 and keep it open.
PROF. PARKER
ACCUSES FORD
MAN WELL KNOWN HERE IS IN
VENTOR AND NOW COMES
FOR RESEARCH.
SEATTLE, Feb. 10.—Professor
Herschell Parker, who is about to
make the tenth trip to Alaska, has
recently p refected a submarine
searchlight and a new type of sub
marine. He has brought the serious
charge against Henry Ford that he
gave his submarine plans to the fam
ous manufacturer to help him in mak
ing a miniature model ami that Ford
attempted to take credit for the in-1
vention. Parker says he will lay the
matter before Secretary Daniels of
the navy ami that the newspapers
have already exposed the scheme of
the man who has got his name all
over the world by his peace mission.
Parker now says he is on his way
to Seward and will proceed a hundred
miles into the interior in behalf of
eastern capitalists to engage in scien
tific research. “Easterners are now
looking for dredging properties”, says
Parker, “and I believe that lots of
them will be found close to thi mils
of the government rai’road.”
PRIMARIES WILL BE HELD
HERE IN ABOUT MONTH
George Phelps, secretary of the
Seward Democratic Club, has received
instructions to call the primaries here
some time between March S and April
15.
NO SHOW TOMORROW'
No show will be given at the Em
press Theatre tomorrow* evening as
the hall will be given over to the Elks
for the big dance.
NEW GOVT. MEN COME
E. R. Tarwater and Charles W.
Donnelly arrived on the Farragut to
take positions with the engineering
commission. Mr. Tarwater began
work this morning as assistant to
Paymaster Cramer and Mr. Donnelly
will fill a similar position at Anchor
age. They are both from Denver
where they were engaged with the U.
S. Reclamation service.
MRS. SLOAN’S BROTHER DIES
Mrs. Sloan, wife of Dr. J. M. Sloan,
received a telegram on yesterday’s
boat telling of the death of her broth
er, Lee IxJVitit, at Council, near Nome.
Mr. Loutit was one of the oldtimers
of the place.
Sulzer of Sulzer
Mav be Candidate
J
That Senator Charles Sulzer of Sul-,
zer, in the First divison may be the
nominee of the Democrats for elec
tion as delegate to congress this year
there is now good reason to believe.
It has been rumored that prominent
Democrats are figuring on giving Sul
zer the nomination and of securing
the position of attorney general of the
territory for George Grigsby, of
Nome, who was regarded as a likely
candidate. Sulzer is very strong in
the Firts division and carried it by a
large vote in the election for the up
per house of the legislature.
GREAT DANCE OF THE
ELKS HERE TOMORROW
Great Order Will Entertain City Peo
ple and All Will be There
With Bella.
Tomorrow evening the Elks of
Seward will entertain the people of
the city at what will be most likely
one of the most enjoyable of all
dances. The members of the fine
order have sent invitations almost to
everyone and everyone is sure to show j
appreciation of the courtesy by show
ing themselvea.
TEAMSTERS GET THE
SCALE FROM CONTRACTOR
The letting of the contracts for the
hauling of the R. R. supplies to Mata
nuska, has resulted in the giving of
striking teamsters the wages they
asked for, J. W. Balzimer, “the Rus- j
sian kid,” says. Cooks on the rail
road are asking seventy-five dollars
for twenty men and ninety for cook
ing for thirty men.
FARRAGUT ARRIVES
The Admiral Farragut arrived yes
terday forenoon with the following
passengers from the outside for Sew
ard: Gus Seiffert, E. R. Tarwater,
C. W. Donnelly, Mrs. A. C. Mathews,
Ira Isaacs, S. W. Wing, E. L. van
Gilser, G. Avingan, A. Shyman, W. C.
Baird and Gus Gilles.
NOTHING FROM ALAMEDA
Nothing had been heard from the
Alameda at 1:15 this afternoon and
Mr. McDonald had secured no infor
mation from the Farragut about his
company’s ship.
COUNCIL MEETS TONIGHT
The regular meeting of the city
council will be held this evening.
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NO PAPER FOR
TOMORROW, MAYBE
As tomorrow' is a national holiday
the Gateway will not be issued unless
something important comes on the
Alameda.
NEWS NOTES
Several traveling men arrived on
yesterday’s boat. Among them the
names of Gus Gilles and A. Shyman
are remembered.
Captain A. Grosvold, of Sand Point,
arrived on the Dora and will leave on
the Alameda for the outside. His
visit to the States is a business one.
F. H. Bailey and George Richard
son, both very popular members of the
railroad staff, leave on the Alameda
for the outside. They will probably
return again but Mr. Richardson may
not come to this place as he belongs
to tho interior force.
Gus Seiffert, the mining man, ar
rived yesterday on the Farragut and
will be here until May. It is said that
he has interested vast financial inter
ests in Alaska mining properties.
The Admiral Watson left Seattle
on the 18th according to the Seattle
P. I. |
Mrs. Stokes, mother of Mrs Anton
Eide, went out on tha Farragut.
The Bank of Seward received a
cable yesterday from the Territorial
Bank Board calling for a statement
of business on February 17th.
Dr. J. S. Coble has gone to Anchor
age to practise his profession.
Bill Devine will leave on the Ala
meda for a visit outside of about
thirty days. He is going out on min
ing business.
Mrs. Selma Scott will leave Seat
tle for Seward about the last day of
this month and will make :icr home
here. She is now spending a little
vacation in San Francisco.
Bennett T. James will leave for
Seward about the beginning of the
month. He will probably go over the
trail to Iditarod.
On Saturday night several teams
came in together. There were about
seventy dogs traveling down Fourth
avenue in a lino. Three or four teams
left for Anchorage this morning.
Martin Lanning, Tom Finnegan,
Arthur Specker and Harry Ellsworth
were the drivers. George Vinger, a
popular traveling man, was one of
the passengers.
Mrs. Joe Smith, wife of a promin
ent Iditarod merchant, arrived on the
Farragut and will go to her home city
with the team of Captain Norton.
Dave Strandberg, the Iditarod min
ing man, arrived on the Farragut.
He will take in a small mill to open a
quartz property there.
WENT OUT
The following w^ent out on the Far
ragut: G. Scott, J. M. Wood, Polley
Gottstein, C. B. Welte, R. J. Hunter,
Mrs. Alice Stoke®, J. L. Galen, Flor
ence Gray, H. H. Waller and 8 second
class for Valdez and Latouche.
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A DOG TAKES A BITE
OF UNCLE JOE IRVINE
Uncle Joe Irvine got knocked down
by a dog team yesterday near the
dock and while he was prostrate one
of the dogs in the team bit him
severely in the face. He got two
bites on the right side of the face and
| is now patched up. “I never saw a
thing done so quick in my life/’ is
Joe’s comment. Dr. Sam McDonald
says Mr. Irvine will not have his
looks spoiled permanently.
GENERAL LAKE HAS
HARD PROBLEM IN
MESOPOTAMIA.
GEHERBl. SIR PERCY LAKE j
(General Sir Percy Lake, the new com
mander of the Brttlah forces In Meso
potamia In succession to General Nixon,
fell heir to a troublesome problem. His
forces were outnumbered by their Turk
ish foes, and a considerable portion of
them under General 'townshend whs be
sieged at Kut el Amara. General Lake
has been chief of the general staff of
the artny In India and has seen active
service in Afghanistan and the Sudan.)
MURDER WAS
FIENDISH ONE
(From Yesterday's Extra)
(Special to the Gateway.)
NUSHAGAK, Jan. 21.—Alexander
E. McLean, Territorial schoolteacher
at this place, murdered his wife in a
barbarous manner at their home hero
yesterday morning. The testimony of
McLean’s children and the condition
of the dead woman’s body show that
her death was one of slow' torture and
fiendish cruelty, lasting throughout
Wednesday night and a part of
Thursday morning until death came
to her relief.
Trouble arose in the McLean home
early Wednesday evening when Mrs.
McLean was preparing to attend a
wedding. McLean, who is high-temp
ered and vindictive in disposition,
suddenly hurled the lighted lamp at
the woman. The lamp was smashed
when it struck her spraying oil over
her which instantly burst into flames.
Fearing that the house would be set
on fire McLean threw' a blanket over
her and smothered out the fire after
her dress had partly burned off. Then
knocking the woman down he kneel
ed upon her hips and with her face
downward, he grasped her by the
hair and churned her face and breast
upon the floor until he was tired.
Then calling their little son, Hector,
he ordered him to bring him bis
tobacco and w'hila sealed ot. the
woman’s neck and shoulders he cool
ly rolled a cigarette and smoked it.
That done he again began churning
the woman’s breast and head against
the floor.
While doing this a messenger was
sent to the McLean home from the
hall w'here the wedding was being
celebrated to get song books in the
custody of Mcl-ean. In answer t.> the
repeated knocking McLean finally
came to the door and getting the
books handed them to the messenger
and then renew’ed his assault upon his
wife who was lying insensible on the
floor.
The McLeans have four children,
three of whom—two boys and a little
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FAIRBANKS MEN
ARE ACQUITTED
O’CONNOR AND MILLER FREED
BY GRAND JURY OF MUR
DERING MRS. ROWE.
FAIRBANKS, Feb. 16.—William
O’Connor and Julius Miller have been
freed of the charge of murdering
Mrs. Rowe last July. The grand jury
found that the evidence of the chief
witness against the two men was not
corroborated and it decided that the j
uncorroborated testimony of one man
was not sufficient on which to hold
men on such a serious charge. Miller
has been held on another charge but
O’Connor is at liberty and the mur
der of two women in this division last
spring and 6ummer will most likely
pass into history without the punish
ment of anyone.
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<*♦❖*><♦❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ 0
❖ ANOTHER WEEK *
❖ WITHOUT BOAT ❖
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The Admiral Watson was scheduled j
to leave Seattle on the 19th and the 1
Northwestern was scheduled to leave
on the 20th, and these will be the first j
to arrive after the Alameda. This
will keep us until early next week!
without a boat.
BRITISH GOVERNMENT
WOULD CUT OUT AUTOING
LONDON, Feb. 18.—The British
government has made a statement
urging the owners of automobiles to
cease using their cars for pleasure.
It declares that such a course would
mean a great saving of supplies and
workmen.
INDICTED FOR SHIPPING
RUBBER TO THE GERMANS
NEW Y'ORK, Feb. 18.—A German
man and a Swiss woman have been
indicted on the charge of shipping
rubber to Germany. The rubber was
discovered in the personal baggage of
the pair.
RANCH CARETAKER
MURDERED IN MEXICO
PETER KEEH
(Among the cases of Americans murdered
in Mexico, leading to the demand for
American Intervention. Is that of Peter
Keen, caretaker of the Phoebe Hearst
ranch In Mexico, who was shot dead by
Mexicans recently In front of his real
dence, located on the ranch.]
G. F. CRAMER MARRIED
Mr. G. Fenton Cramer and Miss
Florence Evans were married recently
in the east and are now on their
honeymoon at Atlantic City^ Mr.
Cramer is a nephew of the popular
paymaster of the Engineering Com
mission and occupies a similar posi
tion with the Commission in the in
terior. He visited Seward last fall
and he and his bride will come to Al
aska this summer.
Woman Arrested
As Lazy Husband
Lived as a Man for Twenty Yeors
and Married in Seattle
in 1914.
SEATTLE, %Feb. 18.—One of the
most extraordinary cases of its kind
in all history occurred here yesterday
when Robert Gaffney was arrested
under the 'azy husbanu act anu found
after arrest not to be a man at all but
a woman. The police havo learned
.from her since the arrest that she has
masqueraded as a man for twenty
years and was married as a man in j
1914.
SENATOR CHARGES A
SCANDAL IN IT. S. ARMY
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.—Senator
Robinson of Arkansas has introduced *
a resolution condemning the aviation j
service of the United States army.
He also made scandal charges against
the infantry branch.
LODGE WARNS GERMANY
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.—Senator ;
liOdge declared today in the senate
that German submarine activitiss j
against Merchant ships must be stop
j ped and the senate seems to agree
with him.
HOUSTON WILL GET JOB
VACATED BY GARRISON
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18.—The
general belief here is that Secretary
Houston of the department of agri
culture will succeed Garrison as sec- j
retary of war.
Bowling Contest
Tonight, Northern
Recent bowling events have created
a rivalry" among local bowlers, and
the first contest will be fought out
tonight at the Northern. The two
teams are to be called respectively
The Big Leaguers and The White
Hopes. The line up will be as fol
lows:
Big Leaguers: Geo. Kosmos, Andy
Anderson, Sidney Anderson, Gerhart
Johnson ami Heine Haasch.
White Hopes: Geo. Mitchell, Otto
Moses, Bryce Howard, Joe Anderson
and Walter Roftus.
A case of beer will be the prize to
the winning team. Phenomenal
scores are accordingly expected.
The contest will give Seward a
chance to show what kind of a selec
tion was made against Anchorage.
FEI) 630 HOT CAKES
FOR THE DOG TEAMS
Martin Lanning says that when all
the teams were on their way to Sew
ard a few days ago sixty-three dogs
arrived at one time at Mile 63 road
house, which is some coincidence. To
feed the brutes the roadhouse people
cooked ten hot cakes for each of them
so that 630 cakes were turned out
pronto, and in doing this it was pos
sible to cook only five cakes at a
time.
SCHOONER SUNK
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 8.—The
steamer Harvard which plies in Fan
Francisco harbor rammed and sank
the schooner Excelsior yesterday. All
the crew were saved. »
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WOMAN SHOOTS BAPTIST
MINISTER FOR SLANDER
SHERMAN, Texas, Feb. 8.—Rev.
H. M. Cagle was shot, probably fatal
ly, last night by Mrs. Annie Faust,
the wife of a farmer, because, the wo-1
man says, he slandered her. A by- j
stander received a flesh wound also j
from a bullet from the woman’s gun.
SAY GERMANS
GET READY
LONDON EXPECTS GREAT AT
TACK ON ENGLAND WITH
SEA AND AIR FLEETS.
LONDON, Feb. 12.—It is now fully
believed that Germany is preparing
tor a mighty baltie for the posse cion
of the French ports and also for a
tremendous attack with battleships
and airships on Engiand direct. Re
ports from the Hague are that im
mense bodies of troops are being
shifted westward since the Belgian
borders were closed and that no Ger
man officer can secure a leave of ab
sence while all who had been on leave
have been ordered back to their regi
ments.
From the Hague also comes the in
formation that the activities at Kiel
are extreme and the public is convinc
ed that the German war fleet is about
to make a dash out accompanied by
Zeppelins and flocks of Taubcs. The
information that the big battle hips
have been equipped with seventeen
inch guns has been virtually confirm
ed. In addition to this fact comes
the news that the Zeppelins have
been equipped to shoot torpedoes
from the air whose striking would
have a similarly disastrous effect to
the striking of a torpedo from a sub
| marine. England says she is prepar
ed to meet whatever comes in this
line but if it happens it will make
every other sea engagement in the
world’s history look puny if what is
heard is a real statement of the fact.
Where W ill that
New Dock Stand?
Part of the plans which are being
formulated for the building of the
docks by the Engineering Commis
sion are in relation to the location of
the docks. The officials of the Com
mission decline to give out any in
formation concerning this part of the
subject and all attempts to throw any
light on the matter are unavailing.
It was stated in this paper before that
rumors were afloat about certain new
locations but there is nothing known
positively.
SAYS ANCHORAGE TROUBLE
IS NOT A REAL STRIKE
Man Who Arrived Yesterday Morn
in Declares It to be a Mere
Misunderstanding.
The strike on the railroad at An
chorage, according to Pete Neilsen, is
not a real strike at all but just a mis
understanding. Mr. Neilsen arrived
from that town early yesterday morn
ing and declares that the “railroad is
growing like mushrooms/' meaning
that it is being built fast in spite of
the difference of opinion. Mr. Neil
sen is also high in his praise of Sup
erintendent O’Reilly.
NOTICE
All Elks are requested to attend
meeting at A. B. Hall tonight at 8
o’clock. Business of importance.
WANTED.
TEN EXPERIENCED
TEAMSTERS wanted by the *
Alaskan Engineering Com
mission for work freighting
in supplies in Matanuska
Valley; pays seventy five
dollars -&75- per month and
board. For further inform
ation apply Room No. 7,
Alaskan Engineering Com
mission, City,