HEARST GAINS
IN RECOUNT
Geo. B. McClellan May Yet See
His Opponent Declared Mayor
of Greater New York.
By Cftbl* to Tb» Dally Oateway.
New York, May 29—Toe recount of
the votes to determine the contest for
the mayoralty of New York between
William K. Hearst and (ieorjie B.
McClellan is now bein'? made, and
Hearst is gaining by the recount.
Mayor McClellan has already complet
ed the greater part of the term of of
fice to which Hearst claims he would
have been declared elected if there
had been a fair count of the votes.
Invite Roosevelt to Alaska
Ottaw a. Ont., Harry Lamlant, pres
ident of the Dawson Board of Trade, is
on his way to Ottawa and Washington,
D. C., to present to Earle Gray, Sir
Wilfrid Laurier and President Roose
velt unique invitations to visit the
Klondike at the close of the Alaska
Yukon-Pacitic exposition to be held m
Seattle next year. i
Each invitation is engraved on
Moose skin decorated with gold nug
gets valued at $100. The Idea is the
Arctic Brotherhood’s.
Japs’ National Beverage
Honolulu—Consternat ion exists
among the Japanese laborers of Hawaii
over the putting into force of the Fed
eral Pure Food Law with relation to
the importation of “Sake,” the Japan
ese national beverage. 1 lie discovery
that all of the product imported to the
Territory i> preserved with salicylic
acid, is responsible for the edict
against it by the government inspec
tors.
An Old Timer
Joe Irving, one of the best known of
the Alaskan pioneers, is in the city at
the Northern hotel. Mr. Irving resid
ed in Alaska continuously for thirty
three years, making his first trip out
of the North last year, when he winter
ed in Seattle.
Forty years ago Mr. Irving joined
the rush to the Cariboo country in
British Columbia and after spending
five years in that region wont to Alas
ka, where he has been a follower of
mining excitements. Notwithstanding
his long stay away from civilization he
will not admit any particular wonder
at the things of the modern city.—P-I.
Pastor Smoked In Church
Atlantic City At the opening of the
“Men's church" the pastor, Rev. Syd
ney Goodman, smoked in the pulpit as
he delivered hi> sermon. Through
the edifice, which is a three-story
brick building, handsomely finished in
side. a haze of sruoke tilled the air, as
the congregat ion of men smoked
pipes and cigars.
The pastor said he was delighted
with the number of men who attended
the first meeting, and that at the next
service he did not believe his new
church would hold the members of his
congregation.
Just to (iet a Home
“There are too many women in this
country who look upon their husbands
simply a^ providers of their necessities.
They married their husbands just to
get them to take care of them A
woman who has one single degree of
selfishness in lo r affection when >he
marries is a millstone about her hus
bands neck, rather than an inspiration
to his life. The wife who doesn't love
her husband doesn't love her children;
and the wife who does love her hus
band also loves her children, and she
has children in order, that she may
love them and thus show her husband
her trim affection for him.—Rev. M. A.
Matthews.
At Hull House
Jane Addams is said to have a larger
constituency than any college president
in the world. Nine thousand men,
women and children go to Hull House
to attend ciubs and classes, to learn
how to cook, to sew, to make hats, to
dance, to paint, to model in clay, to
drink a social cup of tea, to witness
and take part in dramatics, to study
literature, philosophy and political
economy.
Meet me at the Branch. *
LIVES LOST
IN THE FLOODS
Overflow of Trinity River in Texas
' Causes Death and Renders
Many Homeless.
By Cable Co Tbe Dally Gateway.
Fort Worth, Texas, May 25-Trinity
river which, flowing through Dallas
county, Texas, has a course of <HX)
miles, has been greatly swollen by the
recent rains. It has broken over its
banks and Hooded the country for
many miles. A score of people have
lost their lives and 5,(XX) are rendered
homeless by the action of the waters.
It is the greatest rise of water that
has ever been known in Trinity river.
HEAVY LOSSES
FROM FLOODS
Hv c*> b*e to The Daily Gateway.
Dallas, Texas, May 26—Details of the
damage from the flood caused by the
overflow of Trinity river are slowly
being gathered. It is now thought by
those who have made a conservative
estimate that the loss of property will
reach at least $1,000,000, and that
there are 4,000 people homeless.
Oklahoma floods continue unabated.
Many bridges are out and deaths num
ber about twenty throughout the
district.
Philippine Women May Vote
Manila—Assemblyman Sotto has in
troduced a bill to give to women the
right to vote in the Philippines but
not to hold office. The bill has caus
ed considerable discussion. It is be
lieved it will pass.
The measure provides that a woman
to vote, must be 23 years old, and that
a married woman must have the con
sent of her husband in writing before 1
she will be allowed to cast a ballot.
A woman who is under the care of her
parents must have the parents’ con
sent, also in writing.—The Sun.
Rich Oklahoma Indians
There has been $500,000 paid into
the Indian agency at Muskogee duriug
the first three months of this year as
royalty on oil taken from the wells oi’
Indian allottees. At this rate there
will l>e $2,000,000 for the year, or twice
as much as there was last year. The
royalty represents about one-tenth of
1 the oil sold, or a total of $20,000,000
; worth for the year. This includes
I only leases on lands of Indians and does
! not take into account land that has
been deeded, which would probably in
crease the totals 25 per cent.—Table*
' quah Arrow.
Costly Fire Caused by Eagle.
The first grass fire of the year, and
extending over 500 acres of land.owned
by Truxtun Beale, occurred recently
south of this city. The fire was start
ed, it is said,by the burning up of a
large eagle which lighted on one of the
. big Edison power line wires and was
electrocuted. The eagle in alighting
touched two wires with his wings and
a short-circuit was formed.
Two men witnessed the burning
mass drop to the ground, starting the
fire, and later investigation disclosed
the charred remains of the bird. The
fire burned a swath four miles long
and two miles wide.—San Francisco
! Chronicle.
Late Christmas Presents
Last week the first mail of the sea
son to go down the Yukon was dis
j patched from Seattle. This means
that the Christmas presents, New
Year's remembrances, newspapers and
magazines which have been received
at the Seattle office addressed to the
Yukon camps since the closing of navi
gation last fall will start on the final
stage of their journey.
Within a week from the time the
mail left Seattle it should be at White
Horse, ready to be put on the boat
which will carry the welcome missives
down the great river to those who
j have been waiting for them for months.
By the first of June many a miner and
other resident of the far North will be
opening his Christmas presents and
reading his first newspaper from the
states since last fall.—P. I.
CHICAGO GETS
HEAVY SHOCK
Windy City Experiences Electrical
Storm Resulting in Deaths
and Much Damage.
By Cable to Tbe Dally Gateway.
Chicago. May 21)—The severest elec
trical storm experienced here in the
past eleven years broke over the city
last night. Much damage was done to
property and several deaths were
caused. Advices from Topeka state
the storm prevailing in Kansas and
also Missouri was something terriffic.
Strikes Rocks
By Cable to Tue Dally Gateway.
St. Petersburg, May 29—The Rus
sian battleship, Peter the Great, while
cruising yesterday in the Gulf of Fin
land, struck the rocks and her bow
was pierced by the contact.
Ten Millions Predicted
Dawson—George Hutchinson, of the
First National Hank of Fairbanks, who
has arrived over the trail from hair
banks to attend the Dick Hall trial,
brings word that the Tanana is pre
paring for an active season over the
entire camp and tributary country,
covering a Held with a radius of 100
miles or more from Fairbanks. He
says:
“With fairly good labor conditions,
the Tanana should have an output this
season approximating $10,000,000 .The
gold is distributed on many creeks and
claims, aud the output will be well
circulated.
“The creeks which will yield the
bulk of the gold this season are Cleary.
Dome, Vault and Gold Stream.
Two Prospectors Lost
Victoria—A dispatch from Clayoquot
says Harvey and Horace Waters, who
five weeks ago set out from Victoria on
a prospecting trip up the Tahasas
river, have been lost. Indians of
Nootka report that for the last month
the boat owned by the Waters broth
ers has been lying deserted at the
mouth of the Tahasas river, it is
loaded with a full cargo of supplies, a
tent and other equipment which the
men had brought with them to last,
during their prospecting trip. Hut
the brothers are nownere to be found
and are believed to have wandered
through the thickly wooded country
and been lost.
The Cautious Reporter
“Young man,” said the editor to the
new reporter, “you lack caution.
You must learn never to state a thing
as a fact until it has been proved a
fact. You are apt to get us into libel
suits. Do not say, ‘the cashier stole
the funds’ say. ‘the cashier, who is al
leged to have stolen the fund>.
That’s all.—Oh, get something about
that First Ward social tonight.”
The next day, half way down the so
cial column, the editor saw the follow
ing cautious paragraph:
‘It is rumored that a card party
was given last evening to a number
I of reputed ladies of the First Ward.
Mrs. Smith, gossip says, was the hos
tess, and the festivities are reported
to have continued untill 11:30 in the
evening. The alleged hostess is be
lieved to be the wife of John Smith,
the so-called ‘high-priced grocer.’ ’’—
Success.
Weather Observations
Mr. W. A. McNeiley received on the
steamer Portland his new thermome
ter for taking the maximum tempera
ture. He had the misfortune some
weeks ago to break the thermometer
which he had, and was compelled to
send to the station at Sitka to have
another one sent to him. Mr. Mc
Neiley keeps the official record for the
government of the weather and tem
perature and rainfall at Seward.
Dawson, Y. T.—The river broke in
front of Dawson the 7th inst. and clear
ed the next day. Steamers the full
length of the Yukon are preparing for
one of the busiest seasons in history.
The influx to Fairbanks is expected to
furnish the chief traffic.
We have founded an 'nstitution in
which the people can deposit their
money with a feeling of the utmost
confidence and safety.
* Bank of Seward.
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I GENERAL OUTFITTERS
0 ATrU/AV To the will0W Creek QUARTZ district,
and all points in the SUSITNA Valley.
GAS BOAT Connections
Pack Horses for Hire
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MINERS SUPPLIES AND HARDWARE
Twentieth Century Heating Stoves
Reynolds’ Patented Hot Blast Draft, Air Tight Stoves.
Ji r^D ACC SEWARDm
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- A checking-account with
r business and professional
^ man, but to the miner as well. More people would keep *
such accounts if they knew just how to go about it. We
gladly assist those who need help in getting started.
THE BANK OF SEWARD
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Coleman House
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Absolutely First-class. Geo. Sexton, Manager
Electric Lights and electric Bells in every Boom
Bates, ])er day, - - from 50 rents to $2.50
Fourth Avenue, Seward, Alaska
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Seward Water and
Power Company
JOHN A. NELSON, Manager.
OFFICE—Bank of Seward Building, Seward, Alaska.
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ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANY
CARRYING l. S. MAIL AND EXPRESS
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Seattle-Valdez-Seward Route-Direct Service
r a n ati Sails from Seattle May 21: returnin
otl . r Li Li L/sails from Seward June 1.
Str PENNSYLVANIA r *om Seward June 8.
Str. SANTA CLARA rom Seward June 16. I
* Connects with S. S. Dora
Alaska Peninsula Route
Cfr t»nnDC” Sails from Seward 15th of each month for Unalaska, and way ports
oil • Returninii due in Seward 5th of following1 month.
sailings subject to change without notice
JOHN H. BUNCH, F. & P. A., Pier One, Seattle
VIA |NS!DE PASSAGE
To Seattle and Juneau
Stmrs Portland and Bertha
Sailings from Seward 8th and 23rd of each month.
Sailings from Seattle 10th and 25tn of each month.
Sailing Dates Subject to Change Without Notice
For Further Information Apply to
ALASKA COAST CO. --- BROWN S HAWKINS
94 Yesler Way, Seattle. «, Agents-S e»ard, Alaska