Seward Weekly Gateway
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JURY FAILS TO
REACH VERDICT
Thaw Panel Oischarged bv Court,
Standing Seven to five
for Conviction.
STV\ OH TOR!VI kilIT liOIRS
twelve Men \eark IxhausUi! In
Iona \iaiI bat Stand Obstinate
fv b\ !beir Opinions.
By CaU* • Th - Daily Gateway
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Popular l-lxciU'tuenl Intense
New V.iui. \\
\\« tv - ! xx:: i» lunch in Hum -nom.
\ 'c'. i ■ • • 11 •:*• Uf : ' : el'
wailing mull -ii.it nom in ti hone
streets for several blocks around were
packed w ith an almost uncontrollable
mob, feverishly anxious to he present
when ihe verdict should he announced.
Kxtra police otlieers were stationed
throughout the crowds to prevent dis
order. The excitement over the delay
ed verdict grows hourly more intense.
When Mrs. Kvelyn Thaw came out
from the courthouse to go to lunch the
crowd jammed close to her, making
desperate otforts to touch her dress.
It was almost impossible for the police
to force a small passage through the
mob to permit her to pass.
Thaw nuch Disappointed
New York, April 13 Mrs Krelvn
Nesbit Thaw is prostrated by the fail
ure of the jury to acquit her husband.
Thaw is broken-hearted, as he fully
expected prompt acquittal, but he
bears the disappointment well.
Jerome will oppose the effort which
will be made to secure Thaw s release
on bail. A new trial will probably be
gin about October. The newspapers
make various editorial comments on
the result.
It is announced officially this after
noon that there will be no change in
Thaw’s counsel. An effort will be
made to secure a change of venue to
another county for the next trial.
Thaw’s lawyers w ill try to secure his
release on bail by hal>eas corpus pro
ceedings.
balse Report of Acquittal
New York, April 11 No verdict has
b<. n leached in the Thaw case at •> p.
Continued on page U)
KILLS HIMSELF
AT A MATINEE
Rich friend of Thaw Commits
Suicide in Crowded Pitts
burg Theater.
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
1’ittsb'iig. April II At a matinee
in a crow tied theater yesterday after
noon Robert ('row. son of a Pittsburg
millionaire and a friend of Harry
Thaw, suddenly rose from bis seat and
assuming a dramatic attitude drew a
revolver and shot himself, dying in
stantly. The tragedy caused a panic
in the theater. Several women fainted
and wild disorder prevailed for a few
minutes. The suicide was plainly the
victim of some mental delusion.
WHITE’S ART COLLECTION
BRINGS $24,000 AT SALE
By Cabla to The Dally Gateway.
New York, April 12-—'The sale of
pictures and art treasures belonging
to Stanford White at his death brought
over $24,01k> yesterday.
A gold strike on the Kuskokwim,
near Bethel, is reported in a letter to
Seattle, according to the Times.
Copper and silver have both fallen a
little in price.
TREADWELL TD
REOPEN MILL
Pari of Miners Already Back al
Work and Stamp Opera
tions to Resume.
B\CKBONE OP STRIKE BROKEN
Apparent That Owners Cannot Be
forced to Make Concessions
and Men Will Return.
Sv C.! ic ?e TUC Daiiv Gateway.
.'ur ■mi. \pri! 10 Tl».- Treadwell
eedthis it urr that it
will » 'time milling tonibtTb'v after
noon k t o'clock. Minn . operations
e;td\ in pro” I ess. 111:1m ot lilt
whit* miners bavin” returned.
!’! back Ikme of the sink' seems to
(*,• i, 1. ten l»v the return ot part ot the
;n ,, :Ur determination ot the
e - ni-ii .> in concede nothin”- even it’
ii' in* bail to remain shut down
., t ^ | j ix bel ie veil a is 1 11 a I
tnoco ipanv can ”ot men in a ''tort
time to liil tie- places of all the
x'rikt 1 s.
lore Troops for I'rcadwell
.Inm an, April " Another company
of lei oral soldiers arrived at the
Treadwell mine today in command of
Col. Croon. There has been no trouble
j and none is feared hut the additional
troops were brought here to relieve
the others.
STRIKERS LOSE
ON WHITE PASS
Mechanics in Shops Give Ip
Demand for Higher Wages
and Return to Work.
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Skagway, April 12 -The strike of
mechanics in the W hite I’ass & V ukon
shops for higher wages was abandoned
| today and the men returned to their
. old portions. The company refused
' absolutely to grant the increase and
the men decided that a long tight
would be useless and would probably
lose them their positions finally.
BONILLA UNDER
AMERICAN FLAG
Defeated President of Honduras
Seeks Asylum on Board
Cruiser Chicago.
By Cable to The Dally Gateway
Washington. I>. tApril b» Ad
vices received from Central America
announce that 1'resident Bonilla of
Honduras hu> taken refuge on board
the American cruiser Chicago at Man
agua and that he lias received notice
that be will not again be allowed to
>et foot on Central American soil.
The Honduran forces have made an
unconditional surrender to the Nic
araguan army and the latter is in ab
solute control ot Honduran territory.
CATTLE AND CANNERY
BOOKED FOR KODIAK
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Seattle, April 12 Prof t’. C. George
son, head of the Alaska agricultural
experiment stations, is on Inturd the
steamer I’or t land with cattle for the
station at Kodiak. Wallack is also on
: the steamer bound for Kodiak to estab
lish a cannery there.
Steamer Portland Sails
Seattle, April 11—Steamer Portland
sailed last night for Seward and way
ports. She carries additional wreck
age apparatus to aid the tug Salvor in
raising the Northwestern at Latouche.
A Nome miner chained his dog team
to a fence in a storm and left them
there until the humane society found
him.
HOGGATT AIRS
HIS OPINIONS
Tells Seattle Papers That Only
Demagogues Pavor Terri
torial Government.
SAYS IT WOULD 10: \ CURST
Asserts That It !s a Dead Issue and
WiD Not Be Heard of in Con
qress for Many Years.
H.’ Cade to TUc Daily Gateway.
Scat llo, April s <!ov. lloyifatt in
an interview >a\> 111:»t territorial cov
ernmen' tor Alaska Would i> a curse
and that only tleiu:iyuyit,,s are ill favor
of it. lie says the issue is dead. ami
that th< matter will not !>■• heard ol in
congress for many years.
The governor says lie » opposed to
government aid lor raihoads in Alas
ka. He elaitns the territory fared
well in the last oonyress in appropria
tion- for road work and navigation im
provements at the luottt h of the N u*
kv)tt river.
Moyyatt Likes floral W ave
Seattle. April 11 Hov. lloyyntt
sailed for Alaska last niylit on the
steamer Jefferson. He says the pres
ent moral wave which is sweeping
over Alaska will have a beneficial
j effect upon the territory .
NOME TO HAVE
| WIRELESS LINE
Minin# Operators Incorporate
Company to Install Sys
tem from Seattle.
By Cable to The Dally Gateway,
Seattle, April 12 Several of the big
mining operators of the Nome district
today incorporated a company with a
capital of $300,000 to establish and
operate a wireless telegraph line be
tween Nome and Seattle.
The present land line through
Alaska is unsatisfactory as it is often
! broken for many days at a time, cut
ting off all communication with the
far northern camp. This frequently
prevents the transmission of messages
when time is of vital importance. It
i> claimed that the wireless system
has been m> perfected that a line even
over the long distance between Seattle
. and Nome can bo worked regularly
j and accurately.
TWO BOATS ON INLET
Capt. Blodgett W ill Operate Tyonok
and Tonquin this Season
Two steamers will he operated on
Cook inlet a> usual this year. La^t
year there were three, but business
was not sufficient for all. Two were
taken out side in the fall. These were
the Neptune, which had been on the
inlet several seasons, and the Toledo,
which was brought up last spring.
Tin-* summer the Tyonok will con
tinue in the inlet traffic, and the Ton
quin will he put in commission again.
The latter is a good boat but has been
tied up for a year or two because there
was not business enough for all the
steamers on the inlet. Capt. Blodgett
owns both, having bought out the in
terest of Capt. Shaw, and now has a
little steamship trust of his own on the
inlet. He will command ono steamer
and Capt. Holstrom the other. They
went to Seldovia on the Dora.
Dora Sails Westward
Steamer Dora came in from the east
at 2:30 this morning and sailed at 8:30
a. m. for Unalaska and way ports with
more passengers than she could well
accommodate. Some of them will
probably sleep on the deck until a few
: are unloaded at the first ports. The
list included Inlet steamer men, rain
ing men and bear hunters for various
ports, besides men on other errands
bent. __
A silver nugget weighing 4000
pounds, containing 65 per cent silver,
was found in the Cobalt district re
cently. _
Tom McGrath of Nome wants to play
checkers with any man in Alaska for
$500 a side.
BEGINS INQUIRY
ON GLASSFORD
Co!. Chamberlain Starts Investi
gation at Seattle of Scripps
Complaints.
Sl:M:R \l. CHARMS VIMII.ATLl)
News Association Presses Accusa
tion of favoritism in Head
Office of Cable System.
liv Ca!:So to r.u Daily Gateway.
Si :■! t Ir. \j»i• i] Id < nl .1. I ' ham
hot'aiti arrived from Washing! »n to
day ami is takim; I•»-:inu>n\ in a spee
ial investigat:on of Lieut, ('ol.
j ford's conduet ot the Alaska oahle of
| lire. This was set on foot by t lie
eh;. ■ • - made In the Soripps Now s
Aon ..-ia i ion that t ol. (i)assl’ord In v.r
lt ie of iiis power :ts chief of the cable
; s»\-t--in was discriminating against tin*
Soripps news service to Alaska and in
! favor of i hat of a rival.
It is also charged by the Soripps ;is
sociati m that tin contents of messages
passing hot ween it and Alaska papers
w en given to t lie rival news agency
as soon as received, and that lie com
pelled t lie Soripps association to pay
commercial rates upon messages re
| lating to press business, contrary to
11 he accepted rule.
SCRIPPS ATTACK
ON GLASSFORD
Seattle Star Details Charges
Against Head of Alaska
Cable Service.
The Seattle Star gives this account
of the alleged discrimination against
the Scripps news service by Lieut.
Col. Glassford of the Alaska cable
bureau:
“Charges that Col. William A.
Glassford. head of the United States
signal corps, operating the cable be
tween Seattle and Alaska points, has
been guilty of irregularities in the
conduct of his office were forwarded to
day from Seattle to Gen. James Allen,
j chief signal officer at Washington, by
a representative of the Scripps-News
| association.
“The charges made by the Scripps
News association against Col. Glass
fold have t%> do with the news service
(Continued on page J)
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BUSY ON LATOUCHE ISLAND
About 200 Hen There Now Engaged
in Mining and Development.
About 20(i men are now employed on
Latouche island at miningand develop
ment work, according to Sam Wagner,
who writes a letter to Dr. Daggett
describing the situation. Fie adds
however, that Knight island is the
chief topic of gossip and that every
body around Latouche expects great
developments on the bigger island this
' summer.
About forty men are working in the
Latouche-Iron Mountain mine of the
Reynolds company at Horseshoe bay:
and fifteen in Reatson’s mine. George
Hu/.ard is working twenty-four men at
Wilson. George Barrack has ten men
employed on the Blackbird group; and
other development work in different
' places employs small numbers in each
locality, but making a large total,
j Julius Singer landed 100 tons of sup
plies on Knight island from the Bertha
I a few days ago and stated that he ex
j pected to have a large number of men
! at work within ten days.
I_
Start for Knight Island
Capt. Scheftler cleared the Bina for
Knight island this morning, taking
several copper magnates who will be
gin development work as soon as the
snow lightens up a little. E. R. Gray
goes to Mummy bay, where he will
open up a mine on some of the most
promising claims located last year in
that region. He took a good outfit
and a man to help, and expects to
work several men a little later. J. H.
Rogers and E. Chandler also go to
Mummy bay.
SETTLE MERGER
OF BOAT LINES
Alaska Steamship Company and
Northwestern Combine All
Arranged.
CHARLES !:. PEABODY AT HEAD
Some Mystery Attaches to Owner
ship of Control but (juqqenheirns
Charqed With It.
Dy Cable to Tiie Dally Gateway.
Seattle. April s Tie merger of llit*
Northwestern Steamship ( onip.iuy and
the Alaska Steamship ('ou.pany is
complete. < Mlicials refuse i t uive out
any statement hut it i* known that
t haries I!. Peabody. now president of
the Alaska Steamship <'oinpany. will
i>i• the operating head of the new
Combine.
The controlling ownership of the
comhine is a matter of dispute. IJy
many it is claimed that the (iuggen
j heims will hereafter control tie* new
trust, as it is called. It seems certain
that interests friendly to the Morgan
(iuggenheim syndicate are identified
i n
with it and that the steamship line to
Southeastern Alaska will operate in
'alliance with the White Pass railroad.
, Also that the railroad projected from
Katalla is a part of the general com*
bination. ___ _
MAY ABSORB
COAST LINES
Wall Street Rumor Says Southern
Pacific Will Take Over St.
Paul Extensions.
By Cable to Tbe Dally Gateway.
New York, April 13—A Wall street
I rumor today affirms that the Southern
' Pacific will take over all the real
; estate and terminal holdings of the
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul on th*'
! Pacific coast, including the coast ex
i tensions.
This story follows the announcement
that the western extensions of the
Milwaukee A St. Paul will probably
be abandoned for the present and that
all work will he stopped for this year
at least. __ _
HARRIMAN MAY
BE SQUEEZED OUT
Reported That Magnate Will
Soon Retire From Control
of Union Pacific.
By Cable to Tbe Dally Gateway.
I New York, April 11 It is reported
! today that B. H. Harriman will soon
! retire from control of the Union Paci
fic. The executive committee will he
j strengthened and it i> believed that
■ the oposition to Harriman will be the
i ruling influence.
SETTLE ALL TROUBLES
IN MONTANA MINES
By Cable to Tbe Dally Gateway.
Helena, Mont., April 13-Industrial
peace was declared today in all the
big Montana mining towns when a
sliding scale of wages was agreed on
by miners and operators to govern for
five years. The scale was signed and
work will be resumed in all operating
mines at once.
—
Strike Puts 6000 Miners Out
Butte, April 9—Six thousand miners
are out of employment as a result of
the strike of the electrical workers to
day. The failure of electrical power
caused a suspension of many min
ing operations.
The story that when Gov. Deneen
and other Illinois politicians called at
the White House a deal was made
with the president to support Taft for
president in 1908 proves to have been a
Hearst fake.
READY TO LAY
TRACK AGAIN
Bijf Trestle finished and Kails
Will Now Be Put Down to
Next Bridge.
TRUSS ACROSS MORAlM: MAT
Thirty Rock Men Will Si art for
Turnanain Arm Tomorrow to Be
nin Station Work on BO.
• The big tr.-tb mi ? .<;■ l. ' b -
y<. r b ! I.e I test i u
by ibis • •V'u.iog, 1 i"ir > ...
tie'll I »«■_;' i 11 h.'.ih. and
vv; il !*e extended »t be f:i ;ti i- > • * I r n*'
cat .hi mite w inn ,v
tae sliuw is (Hit. in.' tll'il t.'i 11 . '1 ■ M;.
ins' beyond " in- e u.
sle.inily.
I Jock work <hi . ii'ii.i a. a i'
also be ill act i '■ I .'egress ... we k.
j Thirly men will _mi out > ,’u Fred
.Johnson on tomorrow's t>; :• he.-p
work on a station *ni *!!».
Another station \\ il probabty hi ]•
to Keno within a day "• ao. Tb
■ stat ion gang at work on '-7 s »•. norteo
J to be making good pn.gi < »thi •
j reek jobs will he let to station
men within the n« xt few weeks and
the Turnagain arm construction forces
will grow steadily in numbers all
summer.
The next bridge is the construction
of the Howe truss across the glacial
moraine on mile 50. This is a 120-foot
spun. A trestle leading up to it was
completed last fall. About a dozen
men have been employed at mile 41
cutting the timbers for the truss and
the actual construction will begin as
soon as the track can be extended near
to it to carry the timber and iron
to the site of the bridge, which is just,
beyond the hill where the deep cut is
made which is known as the Mclnne*
cut. This is filled with snow hut the
rails will be laid to tin* entrance of the
cut and the material will be dragged
from there over the snow, which is
now settled and packed hard. It will
he a slight downhill pull, so that it.
will he easy to drag the material to
the bridge over the hard snow.
About forty-five bridge carpenters
are now employed. This force will be
transferred from the big trestle to the
bridge over the moraine, hut addition
al men will soon he put to work at lay
ing foundations for the trestles around
the loop, on mile ol. From this tine*
j on the track will he kept close behind
' the bridges so that nary a i con
struction material can in transported
over the track, instead of by hors.*
, power over bad roads.
BIGGER STRIKE
ON DRY CREEK
Discovery on Lode Reveals De
posits Which Geologists
Call Labnlous.
Bj Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Nome, April !» The discovery of an
I immense body of fahlband ore at
i the head of Dry creek has thrown thU
camp into excitement. It is claimed
{that. $4,000,000 is in sight. A geologi
! cal survey party now here prononnce>
j the lode richer than the famous
j Homestake mine of the lilack Hills.
The latest Nome papers received
i here, dated in February, give conside
| rable space to this Dry creek discov
ery, which was known at that time.
This new rejiort seems to be the re
sult of a further and larger lind.
REPORTED THAT ROOT
MAY LEAVE CABINET
I
By Cable to Tlie Dally Gateway.
Washington. D. C\, April 8 It is re
ported that Secretary Hoot may leave
the cabinet soon. He is said to be out
of harmony with the president and to
be dissatisfied with Roosevelt’s strong
leaning toward Taft in all things. It.
is claimed also that he is not pleased
with the apparent determination of
the president to support Taft for the
republican presidential nomination in
1908.