Will PROCEED
WITHOUT AID
Mai. Ballaine Says Alaska Cen
tral Will Push Construction
of Railroad
By Cable to The Daily Gateway.
Seattle. Match lb John K. Uallaine
returned from the oast Saturtla.v ami
stated that the Alaska tVntral "ill
push construction wit hoot 'government
aid. No change In its plans wilt he
made in-cause of the shelving of the
l/overtn" hill, and a larger number of
Otup. uv this inuuer th tr over before,
u* :«ed :b'.. Th- tm-n v. ho
By C.v ;« U. The Daily Galeway.
\W ■ h I> f\. March - '
Alaska tic - . a i*il- was v;i' u» a
**>am>dt- »• of i in («<> iimi'is yvstoruay
aflt t'SMH'ii. ; ic • • iiii:u • * ■ i >
•»f Maine am Lloyd *>■ Missouri tv •
named ' he -■* COt: eri »*rs.
Theel.ie. i—.;.- i> whether the N 1
son hill, p" i by -he senate, or the
< ashman bin. i>a —ed by tin* hou-e,
shah become a law . It - a struirjfle
ini th* '*-■ >■ • nr X s' ami t ashman to
cr*s..t. The only difference he-j
: wt • a the t w'a'WHs 's that the Nelson
Pill provid* ail; ; distt ct td^e- -hull
,tde of incorp T.it« e. own- and th
t dish man bill confers this potv r t port
r. S. con ntssioners. It ;> belieted
that the coaler*me-* comm ttee tvi'i
jijitve upon t compromise to he know a
as • h* N* Lon-i u-brorn hi .
Delegate Bill Limits Vote
Vfa-* uleL■_ it- h;\ - l*y Both
lum-.-s u ill cut .many ok A!usk$n> out
«ti tin- j<i ivil» ge ol voting at the first
••kvtio . ,i> ■ *vi■ - : t * i*i> t
th*- territ*my om* y- e >atin-.; >; »'.\
preceding the ehvitot:. An effort
cetjuir* ’ *' a* W was
John Motilinu Of Kairlwie\- s tm t
ionee s a probaWU* caudidat > foe del
with Jolih Koscno. ' i -Oir prosee «nit
around « upper » -tth % am not ii t« nipt
to tap the Vukon valley.
Cluni Wants to tie Delegate
Washington. D.V.. M'aivh li‘ John
I*. Clum. |» 1 :i>t r of Fail*! ank>. ex
presses dis ppointtuent at his fa dure
lo b«‘ appointed governor of Alaska,
hut comes on in an interview in which
he states that he will he a candidate
tor delegate to congress if the Alaska
delegate hill become'' a law. He gives
a list of reason* why he thinks he
should Ik* eleeteii. among th> rn h- ing
tlie growing importance of the Tananu
region, and hjs wide acquaintance
throughout the territory. obtained
while acting as postal inspector.
New Steamers for Alaska Trade
Seattle papers give details of the
purehas* of three big steamers for
the Alaska trade by the Northwestern
Steamship t urn pane, the chief facts of
which were cabled to tin* Gateway ten
days ago. Kaeh has a speed of 1 f
knots. The Orizaba will arrive in Se
attle May 20 and goon the Nome run.
The Saratoga >s scheduled »o reach the
Sound city July 1 and the Yucatan a
little later. These two will he placed
on the Seward run. The Yucatan has
a tonnage of 3o2-*>. the Orizaba 34!Hi and
the Saratoga 3<hhi. They were bought
from the New York «\ Cuban Mail
Steamship Company.
I»r. Stone Passes Through Town
Dr. S. I. Stone of Kodiak, was a pas
senger on the Kara lion, returning from
a trip to Valdez.
HEAVY TRAVEL
TO THE NORTH
Seattle l ining Ip With Vlaska
Bound Men and Rush Will
Beat all Records.
By Cable to Tbc Daily Gateway.
Seattle. March 20 Seattle is tilling
up wiih people who are headed for the
north, many of them newcomers.
Nome and Fairbanks will receive the
heaviest travel durimr the' summer
season. but > !;>•'• localities will have a
larjfe immigration, particularly Sew
ard am .1 m rior country hack ol it.
The. demanu !'oi* < —ejs by steamship
owners • - v e< - II records, a- tin"
:<t ‘retold 11 :> nspnrtal ion al
ia id\ \e< • sis the capacity of the boats
now in comm --ion on live northern
i rtv.iu IMc up in Seattle
m. \ ; ,■ ■ . >■ ' !
Alaska trat. - unprecedented ami
v. elm u • ith bujiine-s. Bo I I'rei.’lu
a. p:;-sooyer <p lament- on the
pi-'sen* -teattiefs are wholly inadetpiatt
to *!■»*• t the rush. Vltm .■it'll the t h'e
-on. i•; ion and I. ' k . d 1 ail sat!
within the next week tor Seward ami
Valdez they will Ik* unable to carry
the In urht already offered, and more
is piling n * cm ry day.
Tile sit ;mt iou i- st »;i • thin., of a sur
prise lo the steamship men a- I hey had
expected a slackenin': et tralile after i
tin I'anaim rush was over, hut that has
matte no difference. From appearance
T i p' - t‘< Seward ami other coast
tow n- have -imply held hack toirivethe
'Tatuum tin rijfht oi way. lo meet
tie a*a\\peeled burden «•! tralile the
trat.-'.*■■■nation rorapiinie- are hunting
• eV'-ry v. her*- for addif iomvl vessels.
Santa Ana Saiis
—svarlo. March -! Steamer- Santa
A: a .'tiled la>t my lit lor Seward
h\ w.ai oi itie inside pa*saye. She j
cart if a a full ireiyh? caryo. seventy*
iuhorets tor the Alaska t enli-al. lift,'
for tlu Oopper river railroad ami lift v
tide m en for < >tca. besides a la eye
10.a it - tirst-ebss j»s:s*.enyet‘s.
PHIS THE LID
UPON SEATTLE
nj Ca* e to Tho Daily Gateway.
Seattle. March 2<‘ Mayor Moore \\a*i
inducted into offici yesterdav and at
one- announced that the lid "ill he
k>•;• ie or s.-;itt!e duritry ids in*
k- ,ih ;-y of the Office for tin next two :
\ :,•••«. Slot machines arc ordered out
nt a': * foor.-' am* ci -cores and dice ]
sh ■ k’; s forh"1'• .
’Pin mayor *!: t,« I fiat lie believe* ;
'ft s 1 ut <*i Scat if is ayavnst the
t|n a tuu;•, o r\ and that in any case
i , w. ; hat tin law ayaiust all
is • * ■> yamhliuy is enforced, lie!
also ptoiuised to reyuiate uptovv n hoti-ls
widch practical f.v ran a* disorder*
\ iiou*.t >. 'Pile tnayor's stitml i> taken
:w ie : • oi": a general moral reform
TO kl NBOAT H)NENTNA
Hawes and Brook Bring Oil Launch
to Reach (iold District
Kobept Hawes and < >. Brook came
i|. on the Kara Hon anti went on to Sel
; dnvia witit a launch which they expect
; to run up the Yentna river this sum
mer. probably Irotu Tvoonok. I lot It
art old Alaskans anti experienced river
boatmen. They have brought the
little launch as an experiment and if
tin business proves protltable will send
back to Seattle in the summer for an
other one as large as can be used on
the river.
“I am a miner as welhis a boatman/*
said Mr. Hawes in Seward. “We
want to get into the gold district our
selves and that i> what we brought the
| launch for chiefly. If we can get hold
| of some good property there we will
need the launch largely for our own
use. We did not want to get a big
boat unless we were sure we could run
it and do some business with it. If
there is a rush to the Yentna we can
get a bigger boat in a little while.
Paul Buckley told us in Seattle that
he thought it doubtful whether a boat
with a draft of more than two and one
half feet would be safe. That is the
si/.e of the U>at we have brought. It is
27 feet lpng and 7 feet 4 inches beam,
with a Hut lKJttom. It has a strong
coal oil engine and can work against a
swift current. It can carry and tow
about seven or eight tons.*'
BUILD TOWN ON i
GLACIER CREEK!
Lively Settlement Springing L'pl
at Mile 75 with Modern
Accessories
«ilacier is heeominy a hot place.!
There is really no ylacicr I hen*, hut
some I tody \\lu> couldn’t think ol any*
[other name put the label of < i lacier i
creek upon the stream around whose
lower course a mushroom town is
yrowiny, and the name hasstuek to it.
This new eivie creation is on the
; nort h side ot’TurnayHin Ann seventy
live r,ih-s I'rom Seward In tin line of
the \laska t ’entral. It is at the !»<•
yiteiiii'.*’ot i hi Weleli contract of thirty
tnih-sii! rock work t>n thr »•;» i 1 road, and
east ol ii lies tv-n miles of similar rad
io*; u 1 licit "ill he tiitlie In t h<' coti-truet -
,i •; i i '-.thr- ! ;• ,tc % lot;.:
t hi* creek ’.alley lies a heavy body of,'
; hue timber and t he railroad coutpanx .
lots two saw mills in operation in tills
t ’rnl»er h. It. mir «>n t ilat ier creek aim •
i!:,■ ot hr. a mil" awa\ «»;t \ iryin creek.
In th - mills and loyyiny camps a
: it r i ii Mail an e 11 * i-»\ - at. ;
These with the men employed in the
treatiiny camps near by are turuisliiuy.
the impetus which litis induced the
hutUliny oi tin- town. Within thirty
da\s. when uaviyation isopen on the
j inlet. hundreds of men will he placed
upon i In- yradr within a lew mill’s ot
tllacierand the town is expected to
hum ail summer.
Already the mir saloon which has
done a thriviny ln»sines> throuyh the
winter, eheeriny the cold and thirsty
wayfarer. ha> three eompetitors in
prospect. liuildinys are under eon
si met ion for t hese t lirifty resorts widen
are always found in the van of civili
zation. and tiic hoys can soon mix the
refreshments passed over the bar of
four thirst parlors. \ restaurant and
| a barber shop are eaeh doiny a yood
business and a bunkhouse will soon be
! in commission. I.oy bouses are yoiny
i up all around and late arrivals from
the scene report 'Ini' the villay* looks:
just like a town.
No townsite has been platted and
probably none will be as there is
nuthiny to support a permanent town
except the mines up (Uaeier creek and
l’row creek, its, tributary. So far a>
I discovered these are hydraulic mines,
j and althouyh of extraordinary value i
th y require a comparatively small
number of men to work them. It is
said that the present town is built.
! partly at least, upon .laities (>ird wood's
! homestead at the mouth of (.! lacier
! creek. It remains to he seen what Mr.
(drdwood will do about it when heyets
* back from N< w York about May to
j sape! intend the summer's work upon
: his hydraulic property on upper Crow
' creek.
TREMOR KILLED
AND HURT GOOD
By CaUe to Tuc Daily Gateway.
Earthquake Jars Formosa
Tokio. March 1'* An earthquake in
the vicinity of Kaka. on tin- island of
Formosa. upturned railroad tracks,
jarred down house* and did other
da run tp to property. Tin* los* ol life
is estimated at *00, hut details are
meager.
London. March 22 Advice* from
Tokio state that the earthquake on the
island of Formosa was far more de
structive than first reported. At least
0000 poisons were killed or injured and
as no accurate count luis been made
the casualties may run much higher.
About 2000 homes were wrecked, most
of them carrying down inmates with
them.
Intermittent shocks are still occur
ring and the people are panic-stricken.
They decline to live in houses and many
who arc able to do so are preparing to
leav«the island.
Preparing for Crow Creek Work
Andrew Nisbet, who will superin
tend hydraulic operations on the Crow
creek placer mines for the San Fran
cisco owners who recently purchased
the property, returned this week with
W. G. Jack from a survey of the
ground. He and Mr. Jack will go to
Crow creek again in a few days. Mr.
Nisbet expects to have forty men at
work in a month, as soon as additional
equipment-comes up. On his return
to the mines next week Mr. Nisbet
will take half a dozen men with him
to go to work. About that number
are already employed. Mr. Nisbet is
greatly pleased with the property
after an inspection of several days.
INSIDE HISTORY OF ALASKA PURCHASE
BY THE UNITED STATES FROM RUSSIA
Written Specially for The Gateway by fRLDtRICK W. SEWARD, Son of William If. Seward, the famous Secretary of Slate Wh<
Negotiated the Transfer of the. vast Territory of the Pacific Northwest
At St. Raid. Minnesota tlu*v still
point out the place where William II.
Seward stood in 1st Ml when hi* made
l he dedarat ion:
"Standing here and looking far otl
info the Northwest 1 see the Russian
as he busily occupies himself in estab
lishing seaports and t owns anil fort Mi
rations 01. tlu*verge Of this continent,
as tin* outposts of St.Vetersi.org: and
I can say, '(loon, and build up your
ouiposts al! along tin* coast. up even to
the Arctic ore.an: they will yet In come
i h - * out posts ot my own country, nnnu
m* s ot i lie ei*. ili/.at ion o' the l idled
Si;•: s 1; t'ui* Northwest !
la die civil war tiiat -ubs' ipn nte.
oc.-i r*-.it the I'nited States government
found that it was laboring under di
advant;" es from the lack o' a.lvauct e.
from the lack of advanced naval out
post- tn lhe West Indies and in the
Nor' h I ’acilic.
Sewaiil. then secretary ot state, very
MH.n after the dose of tin* war began
negot :at ions for - ill* h outposts in both
oii .-.Iions. I Jiscu.'singt he mailer wit ti
the Russian minister at Washington
Mr. Stoeckl, li< • toil ml that the gov
ernment of the czar was not unwilling
to consider tin* quest ion of cession of
part oi i:> territory to the I’nited
States.
Russia would in no ease allow her
Yineriean possessions to pass into the
hands of any Kuropean power. Init the
l’nitoo States always had been and
probably always would he, a Iriend.
Russian America was a remote pro
vince oi the empire. not easily defen
sible. and not likely to he soon deve
loped. t’nder American control it
would develop more rapidly and lie
more easily defended, lo Russia, in
stead of a source of danger, it might
become a safeguard. To the I’nited
States it would give a foothold for.
commercial and naval operations, ac
eessiole from the 1’acilic states. Seward
and UortschakolV were not long in at*-.
. iat an agreement, over a subject,
which, instead of embarrassing with
conflicting interests, presented some
unit ual advantages.
Question of Consideration
Alter the graver question of national
ownership, came the minor one ot
pecuniary consideration. The measure
of the value of land to an individual
owner is the amount of yearly income
it can lie made to yield him. Rut
national domain gives prestige, power
anil safety to tin- state: and is not
easily to Ik* measured by dollars and
cents. Hundreds of millions cannot
purchase these, nor compensate tor
their loss.
It was necessary, however, to lix up
on some definite sum to put in the
treaty not so small as to belittle the!
transaction in the public eye nor so
largo as to deprive it of its real char
acter as an act of friendship on the1
part of Russia toward the I’nited
St at os.
Neither -m!** wasespectaliy tenacious ,
about tlie amount. Pile previous
treaties for the acquisition by the!
I'nited States of territories from Fiance '
i Spain anil Mexico, though tar from re
presenting actual \ahtes. seemed to
form an index for valuation. the.
Russians thought $ 10.000,000 would lie
; a reasonable amount. Seward proposed
.>.■>.000.000. Dividinjf the di(Terence j
made it *7,'i000.000. Then, at Seward's
sujryestion.thehalf million was thrown |
otT. Rut the territory was still sub-1
ject to some privileges and franchises I
of the Russian Fur Company. Seward,
insisted that these should he extin-!
{flushed bv the Russian government '
before the transfer, and proposed to!
add $200,000 to the consideration money |
on that account. This was accepted.
At this valuation of $7,200,000 the bar
gain could be deemed satisfactory even
from the standjxnnt of the individual
tisherraan. miner and wood-cutter: for
the timber, mines, furs and fisheries,
would easily yield the annual interest
I on that sum.
Brings Russian Consent
On Friday evening, March 25, Sew
i ard was playing whist in his parlor
i with some of his family, when the
j Russian minister was announced.
**l have a dispatch. Mr. Seward, from
I my government, by cable. The era*
! peror gives his consent to the cession.
; Tomorrow, if you like, I will come to
! the department, and we can enter upon
I the treaty."
Seward, with a smile of satisfaction
, at the news, pushed away the whist
table, saying:
“Why wait till tomorrow, Mr.
Stoeckel? Let us make the treaty
tonight.’*
"But your department is closed.
You ha ve no clerks, and my secretaries
are scattered about the town."
"Never mind that." responded Sew
ard, "if you can muster your legation
lajjether before midnight, you will find
me awaiting you at the depart,ment.
which will be open and read; for busi
ness."
I ii less t ban ! w i hours a •' rwards,
li:yht was streaming irot of the win
dows of the (!• -narti.ieie of slate, and
apparently i iisine-s was "min:?bn there
as.1! 11i.<i-d,iy. By 1 o'clock *m a nr
day mornin;: the'treaty was engrossed,
s .tied and read;, for t t*ansmis*--.i ir by
by the president to the serial--. Ti. re
was need of this haste, in or ■ r to
have it acted upon before tie e ' f
t ile session, now near at band.
i was at that time the assistant sec
retary of State. Tome was assigned,
as iny stiar<‘of tin* night's work, be
dm; of finding .Mr. Summer, BieeP !.*
mail o! the senate eonuuitte ■ <>n lot
eiifn relations, to inform him of tin
negotiations in progress and t*» rep rest
Ids advocacy of the ir*•;*t\ h; the
senate.
Paints Historic Scene
l.eut/e. l h< artist. subsequently
painted an historical picture repre
sent ing t in* scene ai tin- department.
It gives with fidelity the lighted room,
its furniture, and appointments. Sew
ard, sitting ill his writ iny table. pen
in hand, is listening to the Russian
minister, whose extended hand is
just over tin great globe at the sec
retai'V*s elbow. The gas light stream
ing down on the glohi*. illumin
ates the outline of the Russian
province. The chief clerk Mr.
(hew. is coming in with the
engrossed copy of the treaty for signa
ture. In the background stand Mr.
Hunter and Mr. Rodisco. comparing
the French and Knglish versions,
while Mr. Summer and I are sitting
in conference.
On the following morning, while the
senate was about considering its fav
orite theme of administrative delin-:
quencies. the sergeant-at-arms an
nounced "A message from the presi
dem of the Fnited Slates." idances
were signilicantly exchanged between
senators, with the muttered remark,'
"Another veto!" (Jreat was the sur
prise in the chamber when the seen*-:
tary ejaculated rather than read. “A j
treaty for tin* cession of Russian |
America."
Nor was this surprise lessened when
the chairman of foreign relations, a
leading opponent of the president,
rose to move favorable action. if is
remarks showed easy familiarity with
the subject, and that lie was prepared
to give reasons for the speedy approval
of t lie t reaty by t he senate.
The senate considered the treaty m
executive session. Rumors of ani
mated debate over it reached the
public, hut there was no authentic
report of the proceedings. Finally, on
the 9th of April, announcement was
made that the senate had duly given
"advice anil consent" to its ratification.
Cession Faces Attack
i>111 !he purchase of tin1 new t»-i »*i
tory wa> not consummated without a
storm of raillery in conversation,
and ridicule in tin* press. Russian
America was declared to be a "barren,
worthless. Rod-forsaken region."
whose only products were "icebergs
and polar bears." The ground was
"frozen six feet deep." and the
"streams were glaciers." "Walrussia”
was suggested as a fitting name for if.
if it deserved to have any. Vegetation
was "confined to mosses," and "no use
ful animals could live there." There
miglit be some few "wretched fish."
only fit for "wretched Ksquimaux" to
eat. Rut nothing could be raised or
dug there. Seven millions of good
money was going to be wasted in buy
ing it. Many millions more would have
to be spent in holding and defending
it. for it was "remote, inhospitable
anil inaccessible." It was “Seward’s
folly." It was "Johnson’s polar bear
garden.” It was an "egregious blun
der," a “bad bargain." palmed off on
a “silly administration” by the “shrewd
Russians.” etc., etc.
Most of these jeers and flings were
from those who disliked the president’s
Southern policy, and condemned Sew
ard for remaining in his cabinet. It
was curiously illogical to accuse him
of Southern proclivities," and yet ob
ject to his extending the Union north
ward. Perhaps unwillingness to ad
mit that anything wise or right could
be done by the administration was the
! real reason for tin* wrath visited up<"
the unoffending territory.
Kat ificat ion having been exchanged,
public proclamation of tic treaty v.:i
maile on the 2dth of June. In Augii*
commissioners wen* appointed by Itu*
sia and the Cnited States, to complcu
the formal transfer. Although tie
•i7,‘jnd.doo had not yet l*< approp:-.a
ted by< 'onvi ess, Kiissl t. i> ' ising ent
; confidence in the gooc, laith ot
I’nitcd State*. iifi• *«i he> w ilih
ness to ut.VKe fie deliver; withe
w a! i.. •' ‘* ■ i .1,1 >;j *tl • . •
i’cstchouroj . of :• ■■ Kussi; n tuny.
Major-t e:,. ca. I’O'seuU. <»I t in- ,\l
can army . ■ ■!•<• s i.-cUn■ ;e hi •
lcissiom• i lit ' (>r«H . .>« 1*•• i to S.
» i,i \
, hrii'h; ; ;*i b. ti. . . 1'rii.c* ha; -
’ toff. tiie. ■ e -hiti govern n. met
commission' :•* . a av- •.
which ti..* Kiissi.e, la / was ;iier.
ing 11* i ini >i tn w<-re ran d
Ritas.at; end Alltel rail ti* ops.
nr rican pa;a! , ;» i ho hu' i
tired a joint salute a - the flags ;v« .
excitant.>sd. Tic *t ar> ami strip*
reacited lie- ;on of tiie staff as tic
van of : < "Ipee i >• verbera; -<1
the mountains.
(tive Territory New Name
This ceremony might hr* calico
christening a* well a* a transfer. V
territory had previously been ki >>
a* "Kussian-Aun riea.” During t>
progress of the treaty through t
senate, there • -r. occasional disc -
siotts at ihi* state department and
the cabinet, a* to the name to fie n*
stowed upon it by the I’nited Sta -
Several were suggested a* a ppropr a
amonglhem ••Sitka.” tie- name o:
capital. ••Yukon.” that of it* elm
river: "Aliask or "Alaska.” that o:
great peninsula. "Oonalaska.” :e <
"Aleutia.” derived from its chain .
islands. Seward, with whom the lit.
decision rested, preferred ".Mask:'. .<
being brief, euphonious and suitab
The name was generally accepted wi:
lavor. and began to be used before ••
transfer was made.
opposition to t he purchase was *:;
so strong that it was not until nearly
year later that tin house of rcpresei
tatives consented' to appropriate th
money. On tie* L’7th of July, the ac
making tie appropriation to pay io
Maska was finally passed and approve! .
The chairman of the foreign atTaii
committee in tie house, Ceneral N. I
Banks, being it* elToctlve advocau .
On the following day the secretary <
state madi iii- rciptisition upon tii
treasury for +7.200.000 to he paid t
Mr. Kdwarii Stoeekel. envoy extraoixl
nary and minister plenipotentiary <
His Majesty th* Kmpcror of Kiissi:
pursuant to tin* convention betw. e
tlie I'nited States and ilis Majesty, u
the 20th day of March. 1><>7. and th*
act of Congress approved duly l!7. I
No secret Arrangement
Now. a- to tin story of a secret
: rangement about Alaska, in com
! tion with the visit of the Russian
I to th.- United States in H53. Th.
! story is wholly imaginative lietio
It probably originated with tiiose wl
i had already made up their minds th
j the territory was worthless, and tin t
i fore that there must hare been -on
I occult reason for the purchase.
1863 we had enough to do in iryin.
hold togetiier such territory a- tl
United States already had without ; -
tempting to add any more. The
was no bargain whatever a)tout t
Russian lieet. The Kmperor Ale.vi -
der II and hi-prime minister. Prim
(iortsehakotY, sent over the fleet a
part of the wise and friendly poii
toward the United States which th*.
pursued before, during and after lie
civil war. The diplomatic corres
pondence of that period is full 01 c\ -
deuces of their cordial friendsh :>
toward the Union, if that internatio -
| til good will has seemed lately to sutl> r
and diminution it is destined to revi\<
hereafter. Russia has already followed
our lead in emancipating her slave*,
and in entering n]>on an era of lil*ei- d
and constitutional government. SI •
co-operated with us, years ago, in »
deavoring to establish un internation
telegraph line by way of Behring st ra .
and she will be ready, whenever v
are, to establish railway connect!* u
between Alaska and Siberia.
F. R. Brown, formerly superintendent
of the Apollo copper mine at Unga, ha
organized a corporation to develop
mines on the Alaska peninsula. Prop
erties will be worked at Unalaska.
Unga. Sand Point and other place*.