Seward Weekly Gateway
v , ~~~ SEWARD ALASKA, SA UR AY MARCH 10,1906.
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tuitJSt PASSES
DELEGATE BILE
Pleasure for Alaska Representa
tive in Congress Goes to
President Roosevelt
By Cable to T'ac Daily Gateway,
Washington. !'• a . Vaivh «» *'n*
Hous, ikism‘0 tin A i-k.i bill,
previously im-v - >osi<t
0a\ afUM-n.-on.
bionttial »'l< otf >n tie - Tuns.lay. ui
Alias'. : !: ;'‘-t t-»
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*j*lii*i i i viu assy li.is insiail« a
jt^ (j i., - hi • y _ - ‘ iii'U were
brought ik; > \ haste frotu lien- * -in*
A lar. tut * r< •• ire ia-"d
, : - ■ ■ nier d
general excitement ami nervous appre
hension prevail inside.
Preparing Troops for China
Washington. I>. ' • Yui-eh
every army (hi-: ip ; in- 1 ><; >
troop-an- preparing to .1"
As rapidly ;es **■ - 1' ■
taken to the Pacific mist ami
placed on ' e-sel- for Manila.
Chinese forces Guard Pekin
Pekin. March tt Commander Yuan
0f (he i * a my -!: * .or.* d four
batteries'
i*. main irav
Japan Scnus lwo Harships
Tokio. March «> Japan ordered two
warship- to Chines, waters today pur
suant to a request made by Japanese
residents in Pekin who fear that the
Japanese will be included in the
massacre in cu-e of an uprising
against foreigners in Southern China.
Governor Offers to Stand For It
Pekin, March 7 The governor of
Nan Chung has asked that he be pun
ished personally for failure to stop the
massacres in his province. It is prob
able that he will be degraded. The
district is quiet now and missionaries
are returning.
To trect Temporary Bank Building
The Back of Seward is obliged to
move from its present location soon
and will erect a temporary structure
adjoining the Hale building on the
south. This will be occupied by the
bank until its permanent cement build
ing on the corner of Fourth avenue
and Adams street is completed. Bids
for the latter are now being consid
ered and the contract will be let with
in a few days. The temporary build
ing will be.30x3<> feet, one story high
and the contract is let to the Seward
Construction & l)e\ elopment Company.
It will be ready for occupancy by the
end of March.
The production of aluminum in the
United States has multiplied nearly
ten times in as many years.
litiVIRNORSHIP
STILL LILLI) IP
—
V. 1. Watson of Nome Enters the
Race and All Candidates Con
tinue Hopeful
Uy Critic to The Dally Oatoway.
Washington. l>. (A, March !)—Al
though it was understood that the
|‘i -'iticni had decided to name \\ . 1>.
Ilc eyatt for governor lie has not yet
v,-u: in the appointment to tie* Senate
ami that Tact has yiven renewed hope
'it tier candidates.
A ii \\ candidate entered the held.
, > . !■.,;»v in the person of A. /.. Wa*
Nome, a prominent minin';1 mar.
:i’ii peninsula. \Vat>on he . i" !
\ .i delegation to tie S>>.\1
m and is \ i ry > «| ilat- at
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: .... : i . . . !' i ■ ■ ■>
he lowest el the «*aeoe-*>Jo' i" !
varrt Uogi’iitt In Bf Cover1 r
ieruor of the e -i • t.
Jam. Rcfust - iu t>C L . o r:
e.. . i Vi A..h,!l"^;i1' ttidCItit ..
it :> h. vi d that Jai . i> w it I he aiue
to name tie man and he has already in
uo -< o He_ ^alt. 1 \»>tma-ler-lleneraI
t ■ you working hard tor John P.
i ium ou account of the latter's record
iu the postal service.
Sit AMI II lit RTHA ARRIVtS
Sailed Again For Seattle at 10
O’clock Same Evening
Sn-.itt r Bertha, t'apt. Knuusen.
«<>rt Thursday afternoon
y-tiitv passengers and hid
► ;.. si.n chaudisc. Sin*
, gait. * • Seattle that evening at
i I.-:" da left Seattle with 14a
pa>?engets ami took on twenty more
at J i.vau. A large majority of these
w* . for the Tanana. Travelers for
riot now hook so tar ahead
t is almost impossible for any
as io get passage,
e i fert ha sailed last night for
at h> o\*Ux’k u it h a small pas
n * cv a The Daily Gateway.
San ■■ -eo. >: •• ho 'The latest
; • v - i. :n tin.- Society islands indicates
■ that 'I' "»persons lost their lives in the
storm of February s. of which only a
s meager report had previously been re
i received. It is stated that several
i islands of the group were entirely
washed away and submerged.
Tiie storm was unquestionably the
worst in its results and apparently in
its force which has occurred in the
South Seas in a century.
Ocean Peddlers on High Seas
1’nlike the ocean "tramp,” that
, tea in.» in ballast from one port to an
! other in quest of a charter, the ocean
; peddlers starts from Hamburg or San
j Francisco, the chief home ports of the
I trade, with a definite object in view,
j Sailing from the former city the course
j is generally laid either to the coasts of
I Africa or South America, having in the
: hold varied assortment of goods likely
■ to he marketable iu the regions visited
i cotton fabrics, trinkets, arms, am
munition, liquors and all spare room
i filled up with coal.
Prominent Men on Santa Ana
Richard A. Meserole of Dutch Har
! bor, agent of the North American
Commercial Company at that port, and
L. Wain, a mining man of Unalaska,
were passengers on the Santa Ana.
During 1905 there were 3,536,481
barrels of flour shipped from the Pacific
Coast ports, 1,101,585 barrels from Gulf
ports. 6,21*.641 barrels from Atlantic
ports, and 430,530 barrels by the lakes
and other border ports.
BUYS THREE BOATS
TOR ALASKA TRADE
Northwestern Steamship Company to Bring Cuban Mail Liners, Ori
zaba, Saratoga amt Yucatan, Each of 3000 Tons Burden,
Irom New York and Run Latter Two to Seward and
tirs. Named to Nome Beginning in May
3/ Ca'olo to Tho Daily Gateway.
Seattle. March It h< reported that
the Northwestern Steams!:;;* Company
has jiinvn;tM*d tit*' v,e'' net's O ' ;;i 1 ■■
Saratoga and Yucatan, now running
on tin New York and < uha mail line,
tor,, from Seattle to \h
s '[•'/ph I is to . o on 1 he Seal ■!' ve ■ :
the docks and the passenger trallic so
i overtaxes the capacity of the steamers
■ ; s necessary to reserve berths
•ah. The first vessels for Nome
w i he unable to carry all the freight
a ready cont’."let((1 lor and additional
■: • : tnds are made daily.
' a" e . I! -eitej.1.• ■,. Sea11 le
e y)j i lie \ nr.ha ' tenercial ( inn
. i. .p as pureh t-ed the steamers
'•a astd i ’or! '.and from t lie company
• d w a |i< :. i r operate t hem to
:m<( Vahiez for t he new owners,
is st:r 'il t at Humphrey has in
th Alaska Com
i! ho-us sir the Northwestern
. ship,* ’ii’ii; os:! men close to
a he;, this :"!u -.ay that lie has or
t .i : natty which v ill add
i-.vigii . trainees to support ;M»e 1 •
stvaii i’ 1 to \i.iskan ports.
••|W«n-e the meeting. Wallis N. >li.
president of the Hoard of I fade, " bn
art" a> chairman of the eomuiittee,
atmuunced that the Ronnok* was the
erati that wouftl be the pioneer vessel
of the ileet.
••The committee made such la voc
able report on the result of Saturday's
work that the contract with Mr. Hoc
was practically closed before ti e ses
sion adjourned. The Roanoke can he
taken immediately or delivered here
on her next voyage from S in Francisco
and Los Angeles. It is probable she
will make another trip south and then
enter on her new servic.
The craft will operate from Port
land io Valdez, and e . : her.- head
for Dutch harbor, t: ei -e to Non e,
returning direct from the latter port
to this city.”
MEIYIILE DOLLAR uRiVES
Big Freighter Brings 2107 Tons of
General Cargo
Steamship Melville Dollar. < i|>,ain
f-<>-. i. reached port Monday inn - ;.g
cargo includes foo.OiH) ie. ot iuuin •.
or lit r building material, and luon teas
of Idee .n coal for the Kee ti Lumber .V
Fuel t'ytnpauy. which chartered the
steamer, besides consideranie quant tt
i*> of general merchandise for local
business houses.
The building material brought by
the Dollar includes 12.'>00 bricks, a
supply of plaster, and a large stock of
sasii, doors and other requirements of
house construction.
The Melville Dollar sailed at noon
yestoday for Seattle.
BRINGS PEOERAIJRISONER
Deputy U. S. Maishal Vawter a
Passenger on the Santa Ana
Among the passengers on the Santa
Ana was C. L. Vawter, deputy U. S.
marshal at Unga, who is taking Thomas
Devine to Valdez for trial in the U. S.
district court upon the charge of incest.
The two little girls of Devine, said to
be bis victims, were taken along with
him. Devine is an old-timer at Unga.
He was bound over by U. S. Commiss
ioner Dritfield of Unga.
Marshal Vawter was formerly U. S.
marshal at Nome and is well known on
the coast. He was accompanied by Mrs.
Vawter.
Ohio to Build Great Highway
Within a year work will be begun
by the National Good Hoads associa
tion on a great highway extending
clear across the state of Ohio from the
Pennsylvania to the Indiana line that
will be one of the finest in the world
and, like the ^y>pian way, will be built
to last for all^htne to come.
i; * \1 mi ISLAND COPPER
M ■ k. ■ 4 ” 7,000 D c
, ' I < e ant ( base
expect to
. ; , 1 \ | • , l u • . Ii I'lvil hie 1' Ht< s
.■ u;> i i «i. While ;ts a rule
*:fr vJU* !lt hi I'll
;:ss;i\s iiavi* It tat !c a no some veins
have shown intv tpianlities ot L1' per
i rent copper. File indications are that
the property I am developinjf will run
i that hiyli. That is a *;oih1 percentage
ter a latve deposit, and i believe that
j the lodes on tin* island will average
! nearly that hi^ii."
Mr. Noble has nine claims, on one of
which he has run a tunnel in 1")0 feet,
disclosin'.' a fully defined vein of jfood
• width, lie says only a small portion of
| the island has been located and he be*
ilievesthat its whole area is streaked
i with copper.
TO PIT IN CRLOSOTLD PILES
Supply Already Ordered for Docks
and Expected Here Soon
< I'eosotcd piles will soon he placed
under the local docks. A supply of the
t best l hat can he bought are already
ordered from Seattle and are expected
ionanearh boat. In the short lift) ol
! Seward wharves experience has shown
I that teredos Tare particularly destruct
ive h ue. and only the anti-teredo pile.
! Thoroughly soai.e'l in creosote, a brand
I o' ii pior which the insect does not like,
, ear. be depend* d upon for more than a
few months.
Examination lias hown that the piles
which yave way \\ ednosday under
nr i ! 1 were had1 eaten by teredos.
They were driven Only last fall and
were sup-posed to he yfood tor at least a
| year but t he teredo <jot in his deauly
j work inhalf llinl time.
WORKING FOR ALASKA TRADE
Portland and San Francisco Figur
ing on Several Boat s
Portland and San Francisco are both
working to put steamers on the Alaska
run. Recent negotiations are thus
described by the Portland Journal:
“It is said that San Francisco is com
peting with Portland for the Roanoke,
business men of both cities desiring to
have this ship on the Alaskan run. It
is reported on good authority that the
owners of the Roanoke and the Elder
have pooled their interests in regard
to the Alaska proposition, and have
entered tentatively into an arrange
ment at San Francisco to put both
boats on the San Francisco-Alaska run
as soon as the Elder can be raised and
repaired.
“The California and Oregon Coast
Steamship company is willing to put
the freighter Nome City on the Port
land-Alaska run if guaranteed a mini
mum of $10,000 a trip in freight and
passenger receipts. A meeting
held late yesterday afternoon between
the local committee and the company’s
representatives, General Manager Holt
and Agent Baumgartner, was produc
tive of good. The company’s men were
not ready to close a definite contract,
but will take up the matter at once and
next week be ready to talk conclusions.
STEAMER OREGON
SAILS WITH 400
Outside Boat Leaves Seattle
Crowded to Limit with Pas
sengers and Freight
By Cable to The Dally Gatoway.
Seattle, March t> Steamer Oregon
sailed for Valdez and Seward by tin*
outside passage yesterday afternoon
with 400 passengers. More than half
of these are hound for the Tunana by
way of the trail. Nearly ail the re
mainder are for Seward, including a
large number of laborers for the A laska
Central. She carries a lull freight
cargo, including a !ar:: <••■•!, : ' . oi
produce for the Tanami.
Steamer Kara lion n e!e : • :
yesterday afternoon from Sew;.. •
way ports on the inside pa -; *.
Santa Clara Sails
Seattle. March •*> Sw w. •
Clara sailed last night f< .vj. *>:' 1
way of the itiside p::>-:i v. ifh Ce
largest passenger list ■ : • ■ \ • t; .
nearly .'Sro in cabin am> •
freight cargo, and !'C ’ '
\ aide/, trail.
Charters Ida May fur V. .a-:!
Seattle, Marct 9 L. ! i. ' • . 'I;
| steamship agent, ha- ciia; . r "
steamer Ida May to -ail
[ am! Valdez April 1.
rUTi * ,1 » nir1'
OAM/l -l '/.‘t b’A.e.v
Returns From Fie;:sunt T. p t
Weslv. ..r.!
Steamer Sama Ana., < ’apt, •. .
Moore, returned Wednesday ; <
ward after an ab-‘ui- ,o: . .
iShe reportt d a pleasant tr.p to U <
ilat her and r<-;urn ami br.>■,. «•. •
1 iwfuty passengers from dim re- i g- .
seven of whom wore for Seward.
As she approached the dock t:t• • men
i on board tin* steamer were intonm-d
that the Dora was safe in l\;get S.uud,
and they greeted the news with a rous
ing cheer, as they found no trace ol the
| truant boat after -be h it Cold Day
December .TO, and they came back writ
little hope that she had been sav.-d.
Capt. Z. C. Moore of the Dora is a
brother of Capt. Moore of tin Santa
Ana and that fact gave additional in
terest to the fate of the Dora. The
Santa Ana met the cutter Kush at
Chignik. The cutter explored all the
ports at which the Dora is accustomed
to put in and then returned to Sitka
straight across the open sea.
The Santa Ana sailed Wednesday
afternoon for Seattle with a small pass
enger list. She was scheduled to goto
Valdez, then load ore at Ellamar and
proceed by the inside passage. She
will doubtless resume her regular run
from Seattle to Seward as the Dora is
booked to sail from the Sound within a
few days and will he on hand t•> take
t her westward run front Valdez. Mar h
Jti. This informal ion has been ••e*,i \ V.
here by Agent Stiles from tin main
ollice of the Northwestern Steamship
! ( ompany.
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SOUTHERN CITY
1 3y Cable to Tbc Dally Gateway.
Mobile, Ala., March :• Meridian,
; Mississippi was visited by a tornado
j and waterspout last night in which
twenty white persons and more than
UK) colored lost, their lives and *1,500.
I (HH) in property was destroyed. Thous
ands of persons lost their homes and
waded around all night in mud and
water in search of shelter or safety
while the rain poured in torrents.
Several other towns were damaged
but details have not been received as
all wires are down.
Deputy Collector Returns
N. E. Balshainin, for the past six
months deputy collector of customs at
Dutch Harbor, is a passenger on the
Santa Ana, bound for Juneau.’ He was
relieved by D. P. Lea, who wentouton
the Santa Ana.
Prof. Wiley Finds MLrofces
That more than 2,00J,000 infants
have been killed in this country by
impure milk and more than 1,000,000
by soothing syrups and pain killers,
is a statement for which Prof. H. W.
Wiley, chief of the chemistry bureau
of the department of agriculture, is
responsible. The professor adds that
“the foods we daily comsume are so
fraught with germ life of a harmful
nature that 1 am almost afraid to go
to the table.”
E. W. Young sailed on the Santa Ana
for Seattle on a business trip and will
return soon.
OPPOSi CHANGE
IN MINING LAW
Many Alaskans Send Petitions
Protesting Against Lacey Bill
Lor $25 Annual Tax
5y Cable to The JDr.lly Gateway.
Washington. I>. March 1) lit
monstrances against the enactment of
lh<* Jjjicev bill tusiibst it ill in Alaska at:
annual tax of •$-•”> a yur upon located,
mining claims for t be pro' isioti of tie*
general miniirr ia.v reiptiring $100
worth of ate I a - •—it work, ar*•
pn.ee,-o- e; lie - - >• • aj :*:»e ! to
* l
passed.
Mr. in -'-.vs •' ‘ ’ :•.:■! tv
1i . ., , j C. I y
lii llC
; now in custody are to be held hi r
j besides two not yet iin.b r arre-*. <».
j chard is held at < '.id'.veil Ik;t : '! *.!.'•
others have been taken to Hoi-. .
The guards at »bc Ctildw, ■>’ 1 he •
again been doubled in number because
I of rumors of an attempt by dynamite
| sympathizers to take Orchard from the
jail and kill him because of h - con
fession implicating the miners in the
! Steunenborg assassination.
It is understood that S' \ \ tains,
who has cent e-sid e
Steunenberg murdi r ..
evidence, will not h i <• toe
that crime, hut will b
rado to be Iried for ;i'. ..
there of which he is ace ;
Accused Miners to Plead
Boise. Idaho, March 0—M>»y« r. Hay
wood and Pettibone, the miners ac
cused of the murder of Kx-Oov. b eui
i enlterg and con lined in jai vv.l
j be taken to ('uldwell this at; • t i■»
j plead to the charge. The , . impl;
' rat' d by the confessions of Orchard
! anu Ana : s. but the confe-nmis wi'i
j not lie mav'e public until t!:■■ trial.
Soii 'Si ts Defend Miner
Seattle, Marc 11 ■» Local *>.ie
j held a packed meeting in the.r La
last night to express sympathy wit:
, tin; miners arrested upon cKar-.e *
complicity in the assassin;., ion -t I'x
(Jov. Steunenherg, A r u was
j displayed on tint stage and sp* akersde
j chuvd the accused men to lie inr'icom.
of any crime. The meeting tln-n to<»k
up a subscription and raised 'rib for the
| defense fund of the incarcerated mine! •>.
Origin of Klondike bold
There is little doubt that,the lvlon
I dike gold is detrital in origin, and has
been derived from auriferous quartz
veins cutting the schists of the Klon
dike series. The veins are small and
the number destroyed and concentrated
as pebbles and boulders in the valley
bottoms is almost incalculable. The
high-level ‘white channel’ gravels have
a volume, on Bonanza and Bunker
creeks alone,of nearly 5o0,000,000 cubic
yards, and nearly half the deposit con
sists of quartz grains, pebbles and
boulders derived from veins.
This figure, large as it is, represents
only a fraction of the vein material
destroyed, as the volume of the gravels
was originally at least a third greater,
and a further allowance must be made
for the large percentage of quartz
ground up and carried away. The total
production of the camp will probably
approach $200,000,000; the average gold
tenor of the quartz, therefore, did not
exceed a few cents to the ton.
The pipe line of the noted water
system in western Australia is of steel
and thirty inches in diameter. It is
nearly 400 miles long and was built by
the government at a cost of $15,000,000
to supply fresh water to tho mines in
the desert region about Kalgoorlie.
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