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VOI i SEWARD, ALASKA, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 20, 1005_yc>- {)l
Resolutions Committee Recommends Many Measures and Rejects
Twice as Many Delegate fight Likely to be Settled by
Choice of Three and Swineford Already Named
by Southeastern Alaska.
By Ca'jle to The Daily Gateway.
Seattle. Nov. 20 ITitil the commit
itr on resolutions i- ready to report
the Alaska convention can do little
real work, and the delegates nearlv all
went to Tacoma Saturday afternoon
and spent Sunday there. The resolut
ions committee will hr in*: in a report
at noon.
More than 10* recommendations were
presented to the committee for indorse
ment but fully two-tbirds were rejected
because the committee regarded them
as be in it in private or corporate inter- j
t‘-t. The committee refused to admit i
any lobby i.-ts to it- sessions.
A fev* Things Wanted
Antony the favorable recommenda
tion- already agreed upon by the com
mittee for presentation to the conven
tion are the following*, two metttorial>
declaring in favor of territorial govern
ment for Alaska: one asking for more
lighthouses for the Alaskan coast: an
indorsement of Gen. Greek s reconi
mendation for the extension of Alaska
cable and land telegraph lines: the
hearing of all Alaska appeals from the
district courts of the territory in Seat
tle instead of San Francisco, the cir
cuit court of appeals to sit in Seattle
for that purpose: a chan ye in the
mining law requiring claim holders to
to pay an annual tax of *2> on each
claim instead of the pre-ent require
ment of *h>0 development work, the
fund raised from the tax to he devoted
tv> the construction of road- in the ter
ritorv: a memorial to t’onyre-- ask
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iny for an appropriation of $1,000,(100
for the construction of Alaska roads:
a recommendation that all milcaye
taxes he taken off railroads in the
territory in order to eneouraye rail
road buildiny there*, and a resolution
declaring that all future Alaska con
vention.'- should he held on Ala-kit soil.
Tight on Territorial Government
The recommendation of the com*
mittee that Congress be memorialized
to create a territorial government, for
the district will provoke a bitter fight,
but it seems certain that it will carry.
The minority will argue that a local
government will add to taxation, but
the other side will insist that a few
taxes are not a factor in the case.
The delegate tight between Richard
Ryan of Nome and Carl M. Johnson of
Fairbanks will probably be settled by
the nomination of three delegates, the
t bird to come from Southeastern A laska.
Gov. Swineford i> the only one spoken
of for the third place but he is opposed
by some of the representatives from
his own section. Still as no one else
wants the post he is likely to be the
man.
May Start Proxy How Again
Hughes of Fairbanks announced to
day that if the project to elect three
delegates does not prevail he will re
new the tight to have the proxies from
the Tanana now in thehandsof Manley,
who intends to cast them for Ryan,
given to the chairman of the delegat ion
to be cast for Johnson, as the majority
desire.
The convention reassembled at 11
o'clock this morning. In opening
Chairman Swineford made a statement
that it was not true that he said at the
Tacoma banquet Saturday night that
the people of Alaska are dissatisfied
with the treatment businessmen of the
territory have received at the hands of
Seattle business houses and would here
after favor Tacoma. He was so quoted
by the Tacoma papers.
The latest talk indicates that the
convention will name three delegates
to Congress as the Ryan-Johnson tight
cannot be amicably settled any othere
way. A caucus of Southeastern Alaska
delegates has just nominated Gov.
Swineford as the delegate from that
sect ion.
Go to Falls Creek Mines
A party of mining men U ft this
morning for Falls creek to investigate
the Skeen-Leehner and other quartz
properties in that vicinity. Among >
them, were Thomas Allen, H. A. j
Ingalls and W. N. Armstrong. Mr.
Allen is a son-in-law of Charles l>. j
Lane, than whom no one stands higher
in the mining world, and who lias ex
tensive mining interests in California,
Alaska, Arizona and Mexico. Thej
party will be gone several days.
C. 11. Clegg Gets Back Safely
Assistant District Attorney Clegg,
w ho gave out on the Johnson creek
trail Friday, came in with the rescue
party Saturday evening on the train.
He was never in any danger but being
about half sick gave out as a result of
the difficult wading through three feet I
of snow on the ridge. He was without
food but kept up a good lire while he
wait for the arrival of friends and pro
visions.
Judge Hildreth returned on the Ore
gon from a trip to Valdez.
William Clayson Goes South
William (layson sailed on the Ore
gon. He will visit the Sound and will
spend some time at Skagway, looking
after that end ol his clothing business.
He has a large store there, as well as
in Seward.
W. J. Stone', the well-known archi
tect and builder, superintendent of
construction of the railroad office build
ing, went out on the Oregon to make a
vi>it to his old home in Massachusetts.
He goes on business and to see his
mother in Boston, and his daughter,
who is a student at Wellesley college.
He will be absent about two months.
Dr. Applewhite, who has been one
of Dr. Burns' assistants on the railroad
hospital force for seven months, went
out on the Oregon to spend the winter
at his old home in Portland, Oregon*
He will return in the spring*
J. G Cavanaugh, a well-known con
ductor of t he Alaska Central, returned
on the Oregon from a vacation spent
on the outside*
ALTER PLAN fOR
PANAMA CANAL
Government Engineers Recom
mend Change of Proposed
Route, Cutting off Colon.
IJy Cable *o The Daily Gateway.
Washington, I). C., Nov. -0—Revised
plans for the Panama canal adopted l>v
t he engineers cut Colon otT t he line.
The new project is to make Limon
bav a great harbor, with the city at
San Cristobal. On the Pacific side the
canal is proposed to have its outlet
between Sona and Ancon.
The new plan will be recommeeded
as more practicable than any of the
old ones and as entailing less cost of
construction. It is also claimed to give
a better harbor and a far more health
ful site for a city than can he found at
t 'olon.
Believes Whaling fleet is Lost
3y Cable to Tiie Daily Gateway.
Seattle, Nov. 20 (’apt. Cuttle, for
merly of the United States revenue
cutter Hear, believes the Arctic wind
ing fleet is lost. He says the ships
were caught in the ice floes ;>00 miles
east of the McKenzie river and could
not possibly escape being crushed in
the ice. He atlirms that it is impossi
ble for a relief expedition to reach
them.
THUNDER AND LIGHTNING
All Kinds of Weather Took a Whack
at Seward Today
Thunder and lightning formed a
rare feature of the bunch of weather
which lias been banded out to Seward
today. This is almost a phenomenon
on the southern coast of Alaska. Snow,
rain, hail, sleet and the rest of the
mixture surprised nobody. The com
bination couldn't be worse if the town
bad a government weat her bureau.
The barometer has been sticking at
2D.5 all day, which means change. As
the weather has changed several hun
dred times in the past f^w hours the
barometer is considered to be pretty
wise.
The snow last night looked as if it
meant business for a little while, but
soon changed to rain to the disappoint
ment of many persons who were tired
of the latter article.
Among the arrivals on the Oregon
was II. G. Humphreys of New York,
an expert accountant who comes here
to assist George Wilkinson in auditing
the books of the Alaska Central Hall
way Company. Mr. Wilkinson has
business elsewhere which makes it
necessary for him to conclude his task
in Seward at an early date.
The Oregon nearly tipped the dock
over with her tail shaft when she went
out this morning.
SEWARD STEAMERS
Bertha; sailed from Seattle 13th: due
in Seward 23th.
Santa Ana: sailed from Seattle 16th:
due in Seward, 26th.
Santa Clara in drydock: sails from
Seattle, December 1st.
Portland, sailed from Seward, 6th.
Excelsior; sailed from Seward Pith.
Oregon: sailed from Seward 20th.
DAILY WEATHER REPORT
Temperature at 7 a. m. . ..38.
Temperature at 2 p. m.. 41.
Day cloudy with rain and sleet.
High wind in afternoon.
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TRY 10 BLEED
OGDEN ARMOUR
Two Men Arrested on Charge of
Attempting to get $40,000
by Blackmail,
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Chicago, Nov. 20— William McSwain
and his brother-in law. William Cole,
were arrested here today upon the
charge of attempting to blackmail .),
Ogden Armour out of $40,000 by
threatening to reveal secrets of the
beef trust which might be used in con
nection with the criminal charges
pending. McSwain was formerly a
stenographer for Armour, and had
taken certain important letters from
the files in the beef magnate's private
office.
The men were encouraged in their
negotiations until a bargain was agreed
upou and sufficient incriminating evi
dence obtained against them, when a
warrant was sworn out.
OREGON SAILS SOUTHWARD
Takes Out Much Smaller Passenger
list Than She Brought in
Steamship Oregon sailed this morn
ing for Seattle by the outside passage.
She carried quite a large number of
passengers hut not nearly so many as
>he brought in. Her visit resulted in
a distinct addition to the population of
Seward and vicinity. About thirty
tirst-dass passengers came in on the
vessel, nearlv all with the intention of
staying permanently. The list of men
who came, to work on the railroad
tallied up 1(H) names. Very few got
lost at Valdez this trip.
The Oregon had considerable rough
weather on the way up hut made good
time nevertheless until she was hung
up at FI lama r by t he lack of wharfage
facilities. She also lost considerable
time at Fort Liscum, where freight has
to he discharged on lighters.
The big boat attracted unusual in
terest while she lay at the dock, as Hie
is so much larger than the other boats
on this run. Her addition to the fleet
is a big addition to its freight-carrying
capacity. She will sail from Seattle
again about December 1.
The Oregon's first-class passenger
list for Seward was as follows: from
Seattle: H. G. Humphrey, J. G. Cava
naugh, C. J. Simpson, George Park,
Mrs. A. G. Murray, \\\ R* Brelnn, W.
DeLong, Mrs. Ida Pettingill, W. A.
Wyatt, Mrs. W. A. Wyatt, Mrs. F.
Bartlett, Thos, Allen, IT. A. Ingalls,
Carl Ingalls, G. T. Taylor, W . N. Arm
strong, Harry Baxter, G. A. Brown.
From Valdez; Mrs. B. Dully, R. Duffy,
Charles Sennett, H. H. Hildreth, P. C.
Wood, Miss. Nv Walters, Anton Fide,
G. Dodge, Otto Weismantle, James
Williams.
Comes to the Gateway
Walter A. Wyatt, recently editor
and manager of the Ketchikan Mining
Journal, came to Seward on the Oregon
to become business manager ol the
Gateway. Mr. Wyatt lias been a
Pacific Coast newspaper man since lie
came back as a Philippine veteran
from the archipelago in 1801).
Wanted
A good natured big man to accept a
position in an extra size pair ol pants.
Apply at 10:JO a. m.—Clayson s
Furniture, Stoves, Hardware, Queens*
ware, Paints, Oil and Glass at Rich
ards’. ___ *
A new stock of Lowney's "candies
just arrived at Seward News Co.
OUTSiDE KEEPS
EVE ON SEWAfiB
Coast Cities Well Posted and II,
A. Ingalls Predicts Big Rush
Here This Winter.
Seward has found a place on the
maps in use in Pacilic coast cities. It
was not so a few months ago when the
Seattle newspapers were shipping tie
cargoes of the Alaska (Vntral to Val
dez. Men have been coming here thi>
full from other parts of Alaska and
from the states who announced that
they had just learned that Seward was
in existence and all agree that Seward
is rapidly becoming the most talked of
Alaska town. If. A. Ingalls, the Nome
mining man who was here two months
ago and bonded Falls creek quartz
property and who returned on th»*
Oregon Saturday, said this morning:
“ I expect a big rush to Seward this
winter from all parts of the Coast. I
was in San Francisco a few days while
I was outside and they were talking
Seward down there. It is the same
way all along the Coast.'*
Mr. Ingalls is a reticent person, who
! talks very little about his own business
and not much more concerning matters
I of general interest. His simple state
ment that he is looking for a rush
means that the opinion is based upon
1 tangible informat ion.
The Oregon brought up several
young men who had never been here
hut who came because of what they
] had recently heard concerning oppor
tunities here. Other parts of Alaska
draw their immigrants in the spring
hut Seward is beginning to get them
the vear around.
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L. F. Shaw, formerly of the Nome
Nugget, who is interested with Mr.
i Ingalls, has said repeatedly since lie
came here a month ago that all Sew
i ard needs is advertising and the town
will draw from all of Alaska because
of its milder climate and the fact that
it is an open port every day of every
vear.
Coles “Hot Blast** the best and most
economical heater on eartfi at Rich
ards* . *
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All Alaskans iroinir to Seattle on bus
iness or oilier purposes are cordially
invited to have their mail addressed to
themselves in care of the Industrial
Bureau of the Alaska Central Railway
Company. Lumber Exchange Building,
Seattle. Wash.,and to make iheir head
quarters at the Bureau while in that
city*
* ALASKA CENTRAL RAILWAY CO.
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