V,,|.. 1 SEW AIM). A I. ASK A. MONDAY KVKXIXK, SKI*TKM It Kit 11, 1 »«>.-,_N<>- :i 1
Within a few months an Alaska (en
tral immigration bureau will be in
working order, and engaged in the
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task of informing the people of the
whole country through the metro
politan press and the monthly maga
zines of the resources along the pro
posed route of the road. It is intended
to bring several thousand immigrants
into the Susitna valley next summer to
take up lands there and become per
manent settlers. The mining resour
ces of the region will also be fully ex
ploited.
The work of organizing this bureau
and the ta^k of preparing descriptive
matter for publication is in charge of
K. A. Bat well, one of the ablest news
paper writers of the Northwest, who
came up on the Santa Tiara to equip
himself by personal observation for the
work. Mr. Bat well left the stall of j
the Post-Intelligencer to accept his
present |>osition, giving up the post of
dramatic critic and railroad editor of
that great newspaper.
This morning Maj. Ballaine and Mr.
Bat well went out over the railroad to
inspect the progress of construction.
Thev will go on beyond the end of the
track to sec something of the mining
work in the neighborhood of Turnagain
SANTA CLARA IN AND OUT
Makes Quick Trip From Seattle
and Leaves In Twenty Hours
Steamer Santa Clara arrived in port
at 1- o'clock Saturday night from Seat
tle. She left that port Sunday morn
ing, September .1, and made the trip by
the outside passage in less than seven
days, including a long stay at Valdez.
She discharged her cargo and sailed
a^ain for the southward at 8:.'50 last
night.
The Santa Clara brought a general
cargo for local merchants and a quan
tity of railroad supplies. She reports
extremely pleasant weather all the
way up. Her passenger list included
E. A. Batwell, who comes to write up
the country for the Alaska Central im
migration bureau: Richard Butler of
Butler Brothers, who are putting in
the Lowell creek power plant: Mrs. St.
Clair, wife of Harry St. Clair, foreman
of the railroad sawmill; Miss Willson
and Floyd Hyde.
On her return trip the Santa Clara
took seventeen first class passengers
from Seward and twenty-three second
class. Among the cabin passengers
was J. L. Graeff, the hardware mer
chant, and Mrs. J. M. Cummings and
her son, Granite \\ ard.
Deputy U. S. Marshal Wybrant re
turned Saturday nij^ht from Sunrise,
where he held a judicial sale of per
sonal property.
Temperature at 2 p. m. today 54.
Arm, and to give Mr. Bat\nell the ad
vantage of personal impre>sions of tlu*
region.
The articles prepared by Mr. Bat well
will be published widely in newspapers,
and magazines. They will describe with
fidelity the actual resources which will
be tributary to the Alaska Central, j
Headers will lx* told that the railroad j
will traverse a country as rich in min-!
oral deposits as any in the world, and ;
abundant proof of tin* fact will be given, j
They will also be told that in tin* Su
sitna valley is found a soil as fertile as |
the Dakotas can boast, with a climate j
much less rigorous.
Having undertaken tlu* stupendous
task of building a railroad from tide j
water to the Yukon tin* owners of the
Alaska Central realize that to obtain
returns for their investment immigrat
ion must keep pace with construction.
For that purpose the new bureau is or
ganized, to tell the world what not
many people stop to think, that Sew
ard is on the same parallel of latitude
as St. Petersburg with l,o00,00t) popu
lation, and has a far milder climate:
that the whole interior of Alaska is
quite as habitable as Scandinavia and
Northern Russia: that its soil is as fer
tile and its mineral resources incom
parably greater.
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EXCELSIOR REACHES PORT
Cargo Mostly for Seldovia and
will Sail This Evening
Steamer Excelsior, ( ant. Jordan, ar
rived in port this afternoon at 2 o’clock
from Seattle. Her cargo was mainly
for Se’dovia, for which port she will
sail late this afternoon. She brought
about twenty-five tons of merchandise
for Seward.
The Excelsior left Seattle at mid
night September 1, more than twenty
four hours earlier than the Santa
Clara. Coming by the inside passage
she was a day and a half later arriv
ing here. As a matter of course she
brings no news not alreadv furnished
by the Santa Clara. Her passenger
list was as follows:
Mrs. J. W. Butler and child, I).
Johnston, S. G. Murray, G. E. Gunn.
Mr. Murrav is from Salt Lake and re
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presents a big mining machinery house.
Mr. Gunn is from Tacoma and is inter
ested in copper properties.
Going After The Big Moose
W. M. Sauers and C. H. Whipple
started out this morning to strike ter
ror amoung the big game. They went
on the railroad to the end of the track,
and from there will disappear in the
hills for about ten days.
Until the close of the Portland ex
position, October 15, the Alaska Com
mercial Company will sell round trip
tickets to Seattle for $70. *
NELSON WINS
FROM BRITT
San Francisco, Sept. 11—Battling
Nelson knocked out Jimmy Britt in tlie
eighteenth round last Saturday nijrlit
at Colin a. The tight was one of the
fastest seen here in years and was very
even until the seventeenth round, when
the pace showed plainly on Britt. In
the eighteenth Nelson had it all his
own way. He battered Britt all over
the ring until be landed a fearful right
swing on the jaw which put the native
son down for the count.
An immense crowd saw the fight,
which was the best on the coast in a
Ion"* time. Both men were at weight
and in the pink of condition. The bat
tle was fierce from the call of time and
both men were bleeding at the end of
the first round. For a long time it
seemed to lie anybody's game. Nelson
forced the tight but Britt protected
himself by clever blocking and fast
footwork and jabbed the Dane incess
antly. Nelson’s blows however, had the
^renter force and when he landed
fairly the effect was nalpable.
Both men began to show weariness
before the tenth round but always came
up for the next with renewed vigor un
til the fifteenth,when it became evident
that Britt could not keep up much
longer. He tried desperately to land
a knockout punch but his blows had no
apparent effect on the Dane.
No More Disirim nation
Washington, I). C., Sept. 11—The
czar has informed President Roosevelt
that there will he no more discrimina
tion against the United States, and
that American goods will hereaiter he
admitted into Russian ports upon the
same footing as those of other nations.
The administration has been working
for some time to secure the abolition
of the retaliatory tariff which Russia
raised against tlie United States some
time ago because of the construction
put upon the American tariff laws by
the secretary of the treasury which
was fancied to work injury to Russian
trade.
Reopens Coleman Cafe
The Coleman Cafe was reopened yes
terday afternoon by Mr. Coleman him
self. He has secured a tirst class cook
and proposes to give Seward a rest
aurant good enough for any town. The
Sunday dinner yesterday kept the din
in room crowded for hours.
Melville Dollar Sails South
Steamer Melville Dollar returned
from Seldovia at noon yesterday and
spent the afternoon discharging the re
mainder of her cargo for this port.
She sailed for Seattle at (i o’clock by
way of Valdez. She will probably
make another trip to Seward to help
bring the enormous quantities of
freight still at Seattle awaiting trans
portation for railroad uses here.
Rev. P. C. Taylor of the local Epis
copal church returned to Seward from
Valdez on the Santa Clara.
POLICE RESTORE
ORDER IN TOKVO
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Tokyo, Sept. 11—The city is now
quiet. The authorities have obtained
the upper hand of the mob and have
jailed UioO rioters.
Because of popular dissatisfaction
the minister of home affairs in the
Japanese cabinet and the chief of police
of Tokyo have resigned.
The Japanese have proposed an arm
istice to the Russians in the field pend
ing arrangements for withdrawal of
troops by the government of each nation
respectively. The proposal is for each
army to retire somewhat from prox
imity to the other to avoid the pos
sibility of conflict.
Baron Komura III In New York
New York, Sept. 11—Baron Komura.
chief Japanese envoy at the peace con
ference, is quite ill in this city. His
condition is not considered dangerous.
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Elevated Train Kills Six
New York, Sept. 11—A car on an
elevated railway train this morning
became detached and plunged into the
street below, killing sfx passengers
and injuring many others. It was an
early morning train coming in and was
crowded with working people.
Early Morning Fire Aiarm
A tremendous flame from burning
soot in the chimney of the railroad of
lice about 4 o’clock Sunday morning
drew a big crowd to the scene in a
burry. The room which contained
the stove was ablaze with light, and
the impromtu tire department kicked
in the front door without ceremony and
threw water into the stove until the
lire was extinguished. It burned fierce
ly for several minutes.
Disappointed Capt. Schage
Capt. Schage of tlie steamer Santa
Clara was a much disappointed man
Sunday, and a young lady was to
blame. The girl came upon the Santa
Clara to marry a yountr man in the
railroad office here. It was planned to
have the weddiug Sunday afternoon on
the boat, and in honor of the great
event the steward and his assistants
decorated the ladies’ cabin in appro
priate style. Then with the character
istic fickleness of her sex the young
woman decided that she would rather
wait a few days, so the ceremony was
postponed.
Patterson Comes In Again
The U. S. survey steamer Patterson
came into the harbor last night after
an absence of several days. She tied
up at the railroad dock this morning
to take on coal from the cargo of 3800 <
sacks left here for her by the Melvilb
Dollar. Executive Officer Rhodes" of
the Patterson and Agent Gray of the
Northwestern Steamship Company had
a busy time checking up because Uncle
Sam requires accounts to be kept to a
dot.