YOL. I SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY EYENLMi, OCTOBER 18, !{)();>_^
CROWD HOOTS
AT McClIRDV
Mutual Life President Admits on
Witness Stand that Company
Paid for Press favors.
By Cable to the Gateway
New York, Oct. 18 -President Me
Curdv of the Mutual Life Insurance
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Company was hooted by the crowd in
attendance upon the hearing before
the insurance investigating committee
this morning, and a threat to clear the
room of spectators was necessary to
stop the demonstration.
The testimony given by President
McCurdy admitted that press agents
had been employed by the Mutual
company to send out favorable reports
of its business.
Twin Sullivan Wins from Burns
By Cable to the Gateway
Los Angeles, Oct. 18—Twin Sullivan
was given the decision over Tommy
Burns at the end of the twentieth
round last night. Sullivan had the
better of the tight most of the way and
came out of the encounter without a
mark of consequence while Burns
showed the effects of body punishment.
Sullivan was the favorite in the betting,
10 to 9.
Pitcher Schmidt Loses llis Job
By Cable to the Gateway
San Francisco, Oct. 18—After losing
a game to the Seattle team today, Pit
cher Schmidt, until recently the fav
orite pitcher of the Oakland team, was
given his release by the club manager.
Schmidt has been doing very bad work
lately.
Cuban Liberals May Not Vote
By Cable to the Cateway
Habana. Oct. 17—The leaders of the
liberal party in every province have
decided upon a manifesto advising
members of the party to remain away
from the polls on election day. If this
advice is followed by the voters the
Moderate party will carry the election
without opposition.
Ten Carnegie Medals Awarded
By Cable to the Gateway
Pittsburg, Ort. 17—The Carnegie
hero fund commission today made
awards of ten medals. One went to
the widow of a coal miner who rescued
his brother-in-law from a mine in
Sherrodsville, Ohio, and in doing so
lost his own life. A majority of the
medals go to persons who saved others
from drowning.
Irving to Lie Beside Garrick
By Cable to the Gateway
London, Oct. 18—A spot beside the
trrave of David Garrick, in the poets’
corner of Westminster Abbey, has been
selected for the tomb of Henry Irving.
SENDS CRUISER
AGAINSE CASERO
France Proposes to Intimidate the
President of Venezula into
Paying His Bills.
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By Cable to the Gateway
Paris, Oct. 18 The cruiser De Saix
will be dispatched to the West Indies
and stationed in the French possessions
there to be ready to deal with Presi
dent Castro if the French demands j
against Venezuela are not settled.
Venezuela is in default upon the pay
ments promised at the time of the
settlement of foreign claims against
the republic three years ago, when the
United States interfered to prevent
European powers from attempting to
enforce theii* demands by naval de
monstrations.
Chcalander Says Fair is a Go
By Cable to the Gateway
Seattle, Oct. 18 Godfrey (’healander.
promoter of an Alaska exposition in
Seattle in 1907, returned from Alaska
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today, where he had been to enlist aid
for the project. He visited all the
Lvnn canal towns and the Tanana dis
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triet. He says he found the people
everywhere in favor of tin' project pro
vided Seattle would do its share toward
the expense.
To Fire Bad Ones Bodily
By Cable to the Gateway
Washington, 1). C., Oct. IS -Presi
dent Roosevelt has directed that the
civil service rules be amended to per
mit a cabinet officer to discharge
summarily a clerk clearly shown to
have been guilty of misconduct.
New Reservoir Connected
By Cable to the Gateway
Water from the new Lowell creek
reservoir was turned into the city
' mains late yesterday afternoon, and
Seward's water supply will henceforth
come from that source.
BRING LAUNCH TO SEWARD
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Local Men buy Lake Craft and
will Use Her in the Bay
The launch Fannie, which was used
as a tug on the Trail lakes by the
Alaska Central all summer until the
railroad was beyond the lakes, has
been purchased from J. H. Smith by
Rooney & O'Donnell and will be
operated on Resurrection bay by the
new owners. They have had her en
tirely overhauled and refitted and have
changed her registry to Seward.
The launch will hereafter be known
as the Flossie. She will be used in
the bay for light freighting and the
new owners will also make her an ex
cursion boat, running special excur
sions on the bay twice a week.
Subscribers to the Daily Gateway who
( fail to receive the paper will please notify
t he office at once. Phone Main 22.
WOULD EXTEND
ALASKA WIRES
Cable Official’s Recommendation
May Result in Expenditure
of $150,000.
By Cable to the Gtewaay
Washington, I). C., Oct. 18—If the
recommendation of Maj. Glassford,
chief of the Alaska cable service, con- |
tained in the annual report of Gen.
Williams, commanding the department
of the Columbia, is adopted, the gov
ernment will spend about $150,000 next
yeas on extensions of the Alaska cable
and land wires. This is estimated to
be the probable gross proceeds of the
Alaska lines and the recommendation
is that the entire amount be expended
in extensions.
An effort will be made to have the
next Congress pass a resolution at an
early date authorizing that disposition
of the earnings of the Alaska lines.
Al Kauffman to Tackle O’Brien
By Cable to the Gateway
San Francisco, Oct. 18—Al Kauffman,
the promising heavy weight amateur
of this city, will have a tryout in the
professional ring with Philadelphia
Jack O’Brien, October 27. The men
will fight at catch weights and if
Kauffman is successful he will meet
any man in the world for the heavy
weight championship, barring Jeffries,
assuming that the latter adheres fo
his relinquishment of the champion
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I HAS FARMING RESOURCES
Report on Experiment Stations
Speaks Well of Alaska
From Prof. C. C. Georgeson, in charge
of the government agricultural experi
ment stations, the Gateway has received
a copy of the annual report of the
office of experiment stations of the de
partment of agriculture for UH)4. i he
report describes the experiments at all
stations in the United States and con
i siderable space is given to Alaska.
| Prof. Georgeson makes a report, and
| C. V. Piper describes an itinerary for
i the purpose of investigating the Alaska
stations.
Both officials report favorably on the
results of experiments in the territory.
Prof. Piper devotes several pages to a
description of the natural grasses on
Kenai peninsula and Kadiak island,
showing the advantages of this region
as a stock-raising country.
Pref. Piper mentions that coal out
croppings show along much of the coast
of Kenai peninsula and says for that
reason much of it cannot be home
steaded.
A new species of the crook class,
known as the “black sand robber” is
operating at Nome.
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INLET REGION
RICH IN GOLD
Phil Hickey says all Creeks Flowing
into Arms Carry Wealth of
Yellow Metal.
“The Cook Inlet region is one of the
richest gold fields 1 ever saw," said
Phil Hickey, the mining expert who
represents the J. 1). Farrell syndicate,
last night. “The mining man can find
any kind of gold property he wants.
The hills seem to he full of quartz; the
creek beds and banks contain as good
hydraulic ledges as can be found any
where: and the delta at the mouths of
the creeks along the Inlet beaches
are full of gold that can be picked up
with dredgers."
Mr. Hickey is an experienced mining
man, who has been all over the Pacific
coast in pursuit of his business. The
syndicate which he represents owns
fine copper property at Latouche and
elsewhere on Prince William Sound.
Mr. Hickey has spent most of the sum
mer in this part of Alaska, and since
August has been engaged chiefly in
looking around the Inlet. In that time
he has taken a bond on extensive
property on lower Glasier creek and
has located sixteen new claims.
Repeated tests of the gravel in the
ground which Mr. Hickey has bonded
and located on Glacier creek showed
colors every time and everywhere.
The smallest quantity which he ob
tained from a pan was 10 cents, and
the amount was frequently several
times that. A great deal of coarse
gold was found.
Mr. Hickey left several men on the
property to do development work this
winter. Next year machinery will be
installed and the ground worked on an
extensive scale. Mr. Hickey does not
consider that any further experiments
are needed to demonstrate the value of
the ground.
The Inlet region has been overlooked,
in Mr. Hickey’s opinion, because the
ground is mostly of a nature that re
quires machinery to work it. Some
placers have been found which miners
have worked for several years by
panning, with considerable profit, but
to obtain results on a large scale it
will be necessary to work the creek
deposits by the hydraulic method, and
the sand dunes along tide water by
dredging.
The Crow creek Placer Mining Com
pany has what Mr. Hickey considers
one of the most remarkable hydraulic
properties he ever saw. At the present
time the face of the ledge is 200 feet
wide and 140 feet high. This forma
tion apparently continues to the head
of the creek because the Girdwood
property above it is similar in extent
and the richness of its dejtosits.
Temperature at 2 p. m. today—15.