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VOL. I SEWARD, ALASKA, MON DAY EVENING, NOVEMHER 27, 100.) NO. 07
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SUBPORT JAN. I
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I Collector Hobart Designates Dep
uty Pitman of White Pass
To Have Charge.
It appears to have been settled that
Seward will be a subport on or about
January l, and whenever the big thing
t;* ;es place steamers can come and go
in and out of this port without asking j
permission of some landing which lias
less business in a year than Seward j
has in a month or two.
The consummation has come about
sooner than was hoped. When Col
v lector Hobart of the customs district
of Alaska was here last month he |
promised that he would arrange the j
matter with the secretary of tHe
treasury by spring. Some influence or
other has managed to spring the event
tffrward a few moons, Late Seattle
papers casually mentioned that the or
der creating a subport at Seward ;
would take effect January L and that j
K. Finch Pitman, now deputy at j
Whjte Pass, would be placed in
cmT e. I
Tlie Seattle papers seem to have
guessed right, for now comes the j
Skagway Alaskan and affirms posi
tively that Mr. Pitman has received
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formal notification of his appointment
by Collector Hobart, and that he ha>
beee ordered to Juneau to familiarize
himself with the duties of a deputy
collector at a sub-port.
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STEAMER BERTHA ARRIVES
Sails Westward and Expects to Re
turn by Wednesday Night.
Steamer Bertha, Capt. Knudsen,
reached port shortly after midnight
Sunday morning with a small number
of passengers and a cargo of general
4fteiohandise. She sailed for the west
ward at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, and
if she has good luck will be back in
Seward by Wednesday evening. She
goes to Port Dick, Seldovia. Homer |
and Kodiak, and will return directly
from the latter port.
The Bertha met rough weather all
th^ way from Sitka to Prince William |
Sound, and head winds impeded her
progress. This accounts for her delav
in getting through to Valdez. She
was twenty-seven hours on the way
from Valdez to Seward, but she had a
lot of freight to discharge at Latouche.
The Bertha's passenger list was as
follows: H. H. Hicks and Mrs Hicks
Mrs. I). Gray, James Nicholson. Mrs.
Nicholson, Louis Nicholson, W. H.
Whittlesey, R. S. Bates, H. ( . Mur
pbj, W. S. Pay; and twelve sterage.
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Root to Visit South America
By Cable to The Daily Gateway.
diington, D. C. Nov. 27—Secre
t*W\ Root of the state department will
mtou depart for South America to per
feet commercial relations between
Brazil and the United States. He will
also attend the congress of South
American republics, with the purpose
of strengthening friendly relations
with them. 1
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RUSSIAN SAILORS
DEFY ADMIRALTY
Mutiny at Sebastopol Uncontroll
able and Soldiers Join With
Navy Rebels.
By Cable to The Daily Gateway.
Sebastopol, Nov. 27 The sailor
mutineers now number 4000, embracing
nearly all the men on the warships in
the harbor here. They have control
of the ships and maintain perfect dis
cipline, defying interference from offi
cials of the admiralty.
Many soldiers have left the barracks
and joined the mutinous sailors. They
have constructed barricades along the
harbor front, near where the vessels
are at anchor.
The crew of the Kniaz Potemkine.
who mutinied early in the summer,
have signified their intention of join
ing the mutineers here, The Kniaz
Potemkine is at Odessa, and it is ex
pected that her men may overpower
her officers and bring her here at any
time.
St. Petersburg, Nov. 25 Advices re
ceived at army headquarters state that
the 500,000 soldiers of the Russian
armies in Siberia and Manchuria may ;
revolt any time, They are said to he
preparing to join the mutineers at
Sebastopol, with a view of declaring a
dictatorship. So far there has been no
conflict anywhere, Out the revolt ap
pears to he under tlie direction of call
able men, who have the troops under
perfect control, prepared to fulfill their
purposes.
The rumor that Count Witte intends
to resign cannot he confirmed.
Names More Fair Directors
By Cable to Tue Daily Gateway.
Seattle. Nov. 27—Godfrey Chealan
der today annouced the following ad
ditional directors for the Alaska-\ u
kon fair: A. P. Swineford and .1. R.
Heckman of Ketchikan; it. Ryan of
Koyukuk: Capt. Harrigan of Caribou:
F. II. Brasket. L. A. Cieeka. A. L.
Featherstone, A. S. Cross, and W. P.
Grant of Atlin: C. B. Harradenof Kan
tishna: Thomas Noyes of Candle: Er
nest Miller of Point Barrow.
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Gets New Cable Apparatus
By Cable to Tlie Daily Gateway.
Washington, D. C. Nov. 27—A con
tract was signed by tlu war depart
ment today fora new cable apparatus
for the cableship Burnside which will
enable the crew to pick up a cable ly
ing in water a mile and a half deep.
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SEWARD STEAMERS
Santa Ana: sailed from Valdez 4 a.
m. today.
Dora; due in Seward tomorrow.
Bertha: sailed westward L’tiih: due
returning 2Dth.
Santa Clara in drydock: sails from
Seattle, December 1st.
Portland: in Seattle.
Excelsior; in Seattle.
Oregon; sailed from Seward 20th:
from Ellamar, 24tli.
ADAMS PILFERED
WITHOUT FAVOR
Assay Cashier Tapped Pokes of
Federal Officials and Had Been
Stealing Three Years.
By Cable to Tbe Dally Gateway.
Seattle, Nov. 27—Investigation shows
that George F. Adams, the thieving
cashier of the lT. S. assay office in this
city, stole from gold deposits belonging
to Director of the Mint Roberts, As
sistant Secretary of the Treasury Tay
lor, and to Former Comptroller of the
Currency Dawes, the same as from
other deposits coming from the Nome
district at the same time.
Director Leach of the San Francisco
mint arrived here yesterday. He at
once relieved Superintendent Fred
erick A. Wing, who lias had charge
of the assay office since it was estab
lished July 15, lHlKS, and has Wing un
der investigation. There is no proof
that Wing was connected with the
thefts and he has not yet been removed.
The government has seized all of
Adams’ property.
Washington, D. C.. Nov. 27 George
K. Roberts, director of the l\ S. mint,
will start for Seattle toda\ to investi
gate the fraud in the assavoffice there.
Proof already obtained makes it cer
tain that Adams has been stealing
dust for at least three years.
Secretary Hitchcock to Quit
By Cable to The Daily Gateway.
Washington, D. C., Nov. 'll—Secre
tary Hitchcock ol t he interior depart
ment will retire from the cabinet July
1. Ex-Congressman Vespasian War
ner, of Bloomington, Illinois, will
probably be his successor,
TO HOED fISK INQUEST
Commissioner Hildreth Goes to
Seldovia to Obtain Finding
C. S. Commissioner Hildreth went
to Seldovia on the Bertha to hold an
inquest on the remains of Joseph Fisk,
who was murdered by John M. Murrav
or Moreira, at Halibut bay last spring.
Fisk's skeleton was found early in Oct
ober near the cabin which had been
occupied by the two men.
tt is claimed bv men who knew Mur
ray in this region that they have seen
him in Seattle this summer. This
statement has been made by several
who have been on the ontside. Police
officers all over the coast have been
notified to look out for the murderer.
fitz and O'Brien Sign Up
San Francisco, Nov. 11—Bob Fitz
simmons and Philadelphia Jack O'Brien
signed articles today for their fight
which was agreed upon some time ago,
fixing December 15 as the date and
Mechanics* pavilion in this city as the
place. It will be a twenty round con
test.
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The Alaska Ruby Mining & ADevel
opment Company has incorporated in
Chicago with capital fixed at $1,000x000,
to develop ruby and garnet ledges
near Wrangell.
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JURY CONVICTS
Kansas 'Legislator Found Guilty
a Second Time of Taking
Fees for Influence.
By Cable to Tbe Daily Gateway.
St. Louis, Mo., Nov. 27—U. S. Sena
tor J. Ralph Burton of Kansas was
found guilty Saturday night by a
jury in the district court of tin*
charge of accepting a fee to use his in
fluence as senator before the post ofiice
departments. The verdict was guilty
on each of the six counts.
Burton was convicted on the same
charge nearly two years ago, but tl.<
judgment of conviction was reversed 1*'
by the supreme court and the indict
ment quashed for a defect. A new i
dictment was then returned by the
federal grand jury.
Burton was elected senator from
Kansas in 1901. He had long been a
prominent politician of the Suntlow* i
state.
OREGON GOT SLOW START
Did Not Leave Ellamar Until I-'ri
day Evening for the South
Steamship Oregon was in Ella '.a
last. Friday afternoon when the Berth
came through, hut was expecting to
leave that evening. She had tinner
back twice because of snow-storms, ru
wishing to venture in them through
the narrow channels along the isl iu >
of Prince William Sound.
After getting outside, the Orcgor
could go to Seattle in four days or a
little more, with good .weather,
would land her there about Tuesday
night or Wednesday morning, hut sin
j would then have to go to Tacoma t«.
discharge her ore cargo, taken on a>
Ellamar, and could hardly retu n t.
Seattle before Thursday evening. Shi
is booked to sail again from Seattle fur
Seward December 2, but it will mv
i doubtedly be several days later l fur
site gets away.
Go Out to See the Railroad ,
Under the escort of General Mana
ger J ’oland. .a party went out
morning to see the railroad, '•'lug
will probably go beyond the end of Me
track, in which case they will not <
turn until tomorrow. In the )>: : •
were C. N. Purington and Mrs Put ing
[ton, Martin Welch and Mrs Wei m
Mrs. Burns,, and H. S. Willis.
beautiful Snow Reaches Town
Beqiftiful snow began to fall at
this afternoon, the second start it ha*
made in town this year. The . firs;
i.snow was the evening of November 1 '•
when two inches fell, but it disap
peared before morning. The barome
ter points at 30*1,. which sigrT'es
change. It rained hard all day until
.it changed to snow. The mercury in
dicated 35 at 7 o’clock this morning,
moved up to 37, and then pinch* o
back to 35 at 2 o'clock.
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A copy of Gov. Brady's Thanksgiving
proclamation was received by the
Gateway yesterday.
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