V(7i.. I SEAVAUl), ALASKA, 1'liISDAV EVENING, NOVEMBER 24, 11)05
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Ey Cable to The Daily Gateway.
Seattle, Nov'. 24 -Three steamers
will sail direct from Seattle to Seward
hv the outside passage next year, be
winning March 15. They will ha opera
tod by the Northwestern Steamship
C ompany which announced tin* p»an
todav. The vessels will return by wav
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of V.alde/.
The Oregon, Santa Clara and a thir i
steamer, not yet selected, will make
the run. A contract was signed today
with the Alaska Central Railway Com
pany for the new steamer line, which
is arranged to insure prompt delivery
of material for the railroad and direct
and quick transportation of passengers
to Seward.
On the new schedule a steamer will
sail every ei^ht days from Seattle to
Seward, and also from the other end.
ANGRY VICTIMS
MOB PROMOTER
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Embryo Coal king Fails to Pay
Miners and They Wallop Him
to Square Account. I
Development of A. E. Diekermrui s
co-/ ields on ( hijrnik bay proceeds
slowlv and intermittently, in the face
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of great discouragements. No sooner
does Mr. Dickerman get a squad of
men to going right than they discover
that he has no money to pay them, and
they quit in disgust.
Hence it is that Mr. Dickerman has
not vet trot his coal mines developed to
they shipping point, although lie has
Vtil several gangs of men working in
niera at irregular intervals in the past
two years, without any cost to himself.
That is, not any money cost. IIis last
Experiment caused him considerable
excitement and physical discomfort
when he informed live men after they
had worked fora month on grub fur
nished by one of their number, that he
had not a red cent to squander in
^Tvage- until he might be happy < nough
to draw dividends from his coal ship
ments.
Talks so Smoothly
Mr. Dickcrnian has a smooth, solr
oiling tongue and an excellent com
mand of the promoter's vocabulary,
wtvcb has enabled him to secure
several small cargoes of laborers for
his Chignik coal mines upon no con
sideration beyond glittering promises.
His last success in that direction was
late in the summer just past, when he
induced a Seward carpenter who had
saved $.’i00 to invest it in provisions
for a party of miners who were to work
at Chignik and quickly transmute
black diamonds in shining go1:! coin.
After a month of arduous digging
fcmler the stimulus of Mr, Dickerman's
entering exhortations and minnow
promises one of the toilers conceived a
singular hankering for tin* sight of
sonf lonev. There was nothing he!
e<£"'d spend it for at Chignik except
tobacco, but he yearned to hold it in
his itching palui. Mr. Dickerman dis
sembled at first and then frankly con
ceded that he had none, and no dies in
w*; eh to coin, or presses to print any
kind of legal tender,
x Asks Rude Question
: What Cell did ye bring us out here
fur?" rudely inquired the miner.
*’ Just keep right on working," urged
Mr. Diekerman, “ We’ll be shipping
pretty soon and then we'll have money
to hunt.
*• L want to burn some money with
out waiting for people to burn your
coal." snarled the grumbler.
The rebellious laborer called a cau
cus of his follows and the microbes of
insurrection multiplied. Mr. Dicker
man was called into council and as
sailed with harsh epithets and injuri
ous reflections upon his probity. His
oratory had lost its snell aud in the
midst of 11is pacific utterances one or
the victims coarsely suggested:
“Gue>s we'll have to take it outen
his hide."
The motion carried unanimously un
der a suspension of the rules, and Mr.
Diekerman was freely buffeted by his
hirelings until they stopped to take
breath. Then in order to engrave the
recollection of t he circumstances deeply
upon Mr. Diekerman’s memory those
ill-bred persons bent the promoter in
an ungraceful curve over a log and
with a large, hard board endeavored
to metamorphose their displeasure into
a profound physical impression. Kach
took ten whacks at his discredited em
ployer.
Leave Promoter Alone
The carpenter soaked a diamond
ring for his fare back to Seward. The
miners told their plight to the captain
of the Sh< likoll. which had the Dora’s
trip to the westward in October, and
he took them to I nga, where they went
to wort* «u the mines for real wages.
(hieof them came to Seward this week
on the Dora. He says Dickennan is
broke and in bad standing with the
canncrymen at Chignik. The promo
ter wanted Captain Moore to bring
him away on the Dora but the cap
tain had heard his history and told him
lie could ride on the boat when he had
the price.
Thus i< is that the embryo coal king
;s walking the wave-washed beach at
Chignik in gloomy solitude, like Napo
b'on at St. Helena. The yellow peril
at the canneries behind limits him
with Oriental gibberish when he goes
near, and when he turns again to the
boundless deep, tin4 white-capped surf
breaking upon Hu* sand seems to mock
ids exile and his impotence to break
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his bonds. The cloaking of the sea
gulls larums upon Ids ears in notes of
derision at his helplessness, and the
prospect is imminent that he may
have to struggle %.witb those unclean
birds for sustenance upon the offal of;
the canneries before li$ escap.es,, . .
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By Cable to Tlie Daily Gateway.
Seattle, Nov. 24—At the annual
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meeting of the directors of the Alaska
Central Railway Company in this city
yesterday it was decided to rush con
struction of the line to Knik Arm, 14
miles from Seward, before winter next
year, and during the summer to build
a trail from Knik to Kantishna and
! Fairbanks, for the accommodation of
freight and passengers bound for the
Tanana.
This trail will bo built over the route
of the railroad so that traffic can be
carried constantly to the end of the
track and then placed directly upon
the t rail. As the country is mostly
level little work upon the trail will be
necessary beyond bridging the streams.
Official reports show that since Jan
uary 1, the railway company has ex
pended $1JMK),000 upon the road.
To Carry Supplies to Whaling Meet
By Cable to The Daily Gateway.
Vancouver, B. (\, Nov.24 -Sergeant
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Fitzgerald of the British army post at
Esquimalt, and Constable Walker of
t his city, sailed today for Skagway,
from which port they will take medi
cines and mail to the whaling fleet
which is believed to be imprisoned at
Harschel island, at the mouth of the
Mackenzie river.
Would Abolish Philippine Tariff
o.ly Cable to The Daily Gateway.
New York, Nov. 24—The Board of
',vnde tod" pa itu a cesoUir’nn urging
Congress to abolish all tariff duties
between the United States and the
Philippine islands, and to enact new
laws for the government of shipping
in the archipelago and between this
country and Philippine ports.
MIDSHIPMAN TRIED
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TOR MANSLAUGHTER
Fellow Student Died From In-!
juries Received in Fight.
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Annapolis, Md., Nov. 24—Midship
man Meriwether of i he naval academy
is on trial here today upon the charge
of manslaughter, for killing Midship
man Branch in a light.
The testimony shows that the
academy lias a code requiring lights
for certain causes, and regulating their
conduct. In this instance the trouble
was originally caused by Meriwether’s
failure to turn cornets.at right angles
while walking in ’.Lovor s Lane.
Branch was one of his‘accusers and un
der the code was selected as his anta
gonist in the fight. . Meriwether put
Branch out, and the latter died of his
injuries.
Want $1,500,000 from Uncle
By Cable to The Daily Gateway.
Washington, D. t.'., Nov. 24—English,
capitalists .who own the Dagupan rail
road On the island of Luzon, have pre
sented a claim for $1,500,000 to the
United States government for damages
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and use .of £he road during the war
with the F‘,lipinos. 1
Steimer Bertha Reaches Valdez
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Steamer Bertha reached ValdOzHt 4
o'clock todavu eleven days' out- from1
Seattle. • * " u
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CASHIER STEALS
ASSAY DEPOSITS
G. E. Adams of Seattle Office
Arrested on Charge of Tak
ing $150,000 in Dust.
By Cable to Tlie Doily Gateway.
Seattle. Nov. 21—George E. Adams,
cashier ot the Seattle government assay
office, was arrested last night, charged
with a shortage of $150,000. He admits
a defalcation of $35,000.
For a long time Adams has abstracted
three ounces of gold dust from each
poke brought into the assay office, and
replaced it with the same weight of
black sand, whose bulk is almost the
same, carefully mixing the sand with
the dust. He kept a can of it in the
vault. Government officials in the
eastern mints, noticing the increasing
loss, sent several pokes to San Fran
cisco and afterward to Seattle. The
different returns of the assays showed
where the deticit lay. Adams was
watched and was caught yesterday in
the act of making the substitution of
sand for gold in a poke.
Adams has held the position of cash
ier of the assay office ever since it was
established in July, 181)8. He was
formerly cashier of the old Merchants'
National Bank of this city. He was
married only a year ago. His pecu
lations extend back over several
months.
Divorced After Six Weeks Wedlock
3y Cable to The Daily Gateway.
San Bernardino, CaL, Nov. 24—Mrs.
Catherine Aldridge of Juneau, Alaska,
was divorced here today from David
Aldridge, a capitalist of the Alaska
town, whom she married six weeks
ago. The ground was extreme cruelty,
and the allegations charged unreason
able jealousy and an attempt to shoot
the woman. She signed away all her
right to his property for $000 cash. .
She resumes her former name of'
Valentine.
Powers Will Bulldoze Turkey
By Cable to The Daily Gateway.
London, Nov. 24—Germany^ Russia
and Austria today announced their de
termination to send ti joint naval fleet
to Turkish waters to enforce the de
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mand of those powers that) the Euro
pean concert be permitted to. control
the finances of,Macedonia.
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