FIND TRACE OF
CAPT. WOODMAN
Clothing and Papers of Missing
Mariner Wash Ashore at
Nenelchuk.
Ml doubt as to thi* fate of ( apt 1 .
Woodman, master of tin Inlot
,1, , et r c!e Sam last year, who left
K. fij December ».» in an open boat to
go to SeUlovia. wa- di—ipated a few
»\ - ago when Alexander K. Kyan.
■ieputy marshal at Kenai. found a can
vas bag containing clothing and paper
belonging tu N\ oodman. w ttich bad
been washet! up by high tide ue.it
NenilchttA. about fifty mile- below
Kenai
It had been Mteved for -everal
month- that fa|»t. Woodman lost hi
life in the treacherous waters ol the
Inlet, a- he had not been seen since
the evening of the day he started from
Kenai. when he passed KusilotT point
in a little rowboat with a sail. 1 he
tniat wa- a sort id yawl, and * apt
Woodman put up a piece of canvas
for a sail. (’apt. Freeman of Ku-ilotT
-aw him pa—that point. The dan was
storniy anil the water very rough.
These facts have tieen known since
the middle of winter but notwithstand
ing ('apt. Woodman*-failure to reach
Seldovia ii had been hoped for a ong
• imethat he might have put into-ome
hat lx>r along tin* peninsula and would
on up a 1 i v later. Marshal Kyan
>aN> tin i nva- hau wa- probably
lirowr. ashore by the undertow and
. be« v - • [H»—ible :hat the body
ta\ > i ; 1«‘ recovered.
t \t|.i. WiKHiman wa- an experienced
i»ud able -ea captain, hot* a long thin
h,. , .;\hI on the Atlantic from Bo-ton.
Later hi cauie around to the Pacific
and commanded difietvnt large ve—e -.
For several year- lie had been on
pUg, t Sound -tearners, and came up
iast vear . ‘the Inlet, where he com
manded the Fncle Sam. When the
season closed he stayed tit Kenai until
he started on his fatal journey. He
had Wen celebrating the approaching
holidays aud had been up all the night
before the day the whim seized him to
goto Seldoviu. b t iend- tried to dis
suade him but he ner-isted.
( ’apt. Woodman was universally pop
ular wherever he went. He was quiet
und unassuming but made a friend of
everybody he met. He was a member
of an Oakland lodge of (Hid bellows,
and he is -aid to have been a Mason. .
MRS. LOWELL
PASSES AWAY
Mr*.. Mary Lowell died last Monday
n the family residence near the bay.
if pleurisy, after a short illness. She
had ln*en subject to similar attacks for
* long time, which had gradually uu
lermined hor health. Sh* was •
vears of age.
Mis. Lowell was ltorn at Kngiish
flay, near Seldoviu. on the seaward
*ide of the peninsula. She came to the
present site of Seward with her hus
band twenty-three years ago and had
Jived here ever since. Her husband
left here about thirteen years ago but
Mrs. Lowell continued to reside on
The old homestead with her children
until her death. She was the mother
of nine children, four of whom, with
seven grandchildren, survive her.
BRINGS 100 SEALSKINS
FROM ALASKA PENINSULA
H. Moses, the Spokane fur buyer
who was one of the three passengers
of the Dora on her memorable swing
around the circle last winter and who
went out to the Alaska peninsula again
on her first trip through, returned on
her Saturday with 100 sealskins which
he purchased from natives at Dutch
Harbor. There i> some question
about his right to buy the skins and
•he local deputy collector. K. Finch
Pitman, had been notified from below
to seize them.
Mr. Moses was not attempting to
conceal them but claimed that he was
within his rights. The skins were
passed at Kodiak and Mr. Pitman de
cided to pass them along to Valdez,
meanwhile cabling out to the main of*
fice at Juneau and to the deputy at
Valdez the fact that the consignment
had gone to the latter port. The skins
are worth at least $2000 here and sev
eral times as much in the states while
>till undressed.
Dr. HcMasters Goes to Sunrise
Dr. A. M. Me Masters donned his
mushing clothes and sailed on
the Portland for Seldovia. where he
will take an Inlet steamer for Sunrise.
He goes to do some assessment work
on several quartz claims in that
vicinitd. __
Salt is in many European countries
a heavily taxed government raouopoly.
Italy patrols its beaches to prevent
poor people from evaporating sea
water for low grade salt.
MAY SELL ALL
ALASKA WIRES
Congress Considers Question of
Their Transfer to Private
Ownership.
By Ca'olo to Tlie Daily Gateway.
Washington. May 21 A hill
will ho iniiHxUu'ed into congress pro
viding for the sale of the Alaska cable 1
ami telegraph lines to private parties, j
< vn. Allen, chief of the signal service,
at the request of a congressional com- j
inittee has made an estimate of the
cost of the cable and telegraph lines.
||, places the cost of the cables at
$1,121,000 and the cost of land tele
graph at $**7,000.
(Jen. Mien say^ if the sale is made
the government should require a tarn
tract which will insure good service ft*
the government and the residents of'
the territory at low rates, and provide
for reasonable extensions, particularly
an extension of the cubic to W rangel
and Ketchikan. He believes also that
a requirement should bo made of a
consolidation of service with foreign
cables if any should he laid to connect
ing ports.
SCHOONER MARION IS
WRECKED NEAR UNGA
The ihivt* masted schooner Marion. I
of ’ M tons, belonging tothe Alaska Cod '
Fishing Company of San Francisco.
wrecked April 11 on Sanak island,
m ar Cnua island, and sank >oon after
ward. The entire crew was saved and
the men were broiurht out by the Bora.
All are destitute, having saved nothing '
but the clothes they wore when the
vessel struck the rocks.
Within t went v-four hours after the
schooner grounded she was broken to ;
pieces and the Moating remnants scat-;
tered to the four winds. Not a frag
ment of w reckage remained above!
water on the spot where the Ixiat was I
wrecked. Her entire cargo was lost.
It consisted of supplies for the com
pany's stations along the coast.
Paul Buckley thinks it probable the
U»at was the barkentine "Marion."
which brought the famous mining ex-:
l>edition to Cook Inlet in lkitfi. The
description of the lost Marion as a
three-masted schooner was given to
the Gateway by Purser Thwaites ol the
Bora, but as a three-masted schooner j
and a barkentine are very similar it is
likely that his informant may have
been confused. The size of the boat
and the nature of her employment,
Mr. Buckley says, are that of the old
barkentine Marion.
The Marion brought ll'L‘ prospectors
to Cook inlet from San Francisco in
lspii. Only two are now on Kenui j
peninsula, so far a> Mr. Buckley
knows, atul those came to Seward
from the outside within the past few'
da\». One i> Mr Buckley himself,
who came up on the Santa Clara after
spending tin* winter in the states, and ;
the other is T. B. Tansey. who came
here on tin* Portland, after several 1
y ears in Arizona. G. W. Davies, of I
the old Crow creek placer mining;
company, who went outside last fall,
was another. He and Mr. Buckley
have been around Cook inlet nearly all
the time since.
Fairbanks cast 7.TI votes at its city
election. Nome cast 6.39 the same day.
These are the largest towns in the
territory.
Application for Additional tntry tinder Section
2306 Revised Statutes.
f s. l.uint Office at Juneau. Alaska.
April 21. 11**5.
NOTICE i> hereby given that William 11.
Poland, whose post office address is Seward.
Dist of Alaska, assignee of Wm. J. Eakin and
Wyllis S. Walkley. being entitled to the bene
fits of Section 2306 of the Revised Statutes of
the Unites States grunting additional lands to
Soldiers and Sailors who served in the war of
the Rebellion do hereby apply to enter the
lands embraced in l\ S. Survey No. 242 situate
Resurrection Hay, l)ist of Alaska and more
particularly described as follows:
Beginning at Corner No. 1. near the north
shore of Resurrection Bay. which corner is
identical with Corner No. 5 U. S. Survey No.
344. said corner being marked by an iron pipe
three inches in diameter marked ‘S242 Cor.
No 4: West 40.00 chains to Corner No. 2. said
corner being marked by an iron pipe three
inches in diameter marked "S242 Cor. No. 2:”
thence north 40.00 chains to Corner No. 3. said
corner being an iron pipe three inches in dia
meter. marked “S242 Cor. No. 3:” thence East
40.00 chains to Corner No. 4. said corner being
marked by an iron pi in? three inches in diame
ter marked “S242 Cor. No. 4:" thence south
40.00 chains to Corner No. I the place of be
ginning containing 160 acres.”
Magnetic Variation 27 degrees 2 minutes
East as additional to original homestead entry
of Wm. J Eakin. being the Southwest Hof
the Southeast H of Section 2. and the North
west H of the Northeast H of section 11
Township No. 2 Range i W.. being H. E. No.
6750 made at the U S. lstnd Office at Con
cordia Kansas, on the 12th day of March 1872.
and containing 80 acres and the original home
stead entry of Wyllis s. Walkley. being the
North H of the Southwest H of section 8
Township 23 N Range 10 W Wexford County
Mich., containing 80 acres, entered at U. S.
Land Office at Traverse City Mich., per H. E.
3156. dated June 20th. 1868.
And any and all persons claiming adversely
any portion of the above described tract of
land are reauired to file with the Register and
Receiver of the U. S. Land Office at Juneau.
Alaska, their adverse claim thereto, under
oath, during the tieriod of publication or with
in thirty days thereafter or they will be barred
by provision of the statute.
WILLIAM B. POLAND.
Assignee of William J. Eakin and Wyllis S.
Walkley.
It is hereby ordered that notice of the fore
going application be published in the Seward
Gateway printed at Seward. Alaska, for the
statutory period, and I hereby designate the
same as the newspaper published nearest the
above described land.
JOHN W. DUDLEY.
Register.
Date of first 4>ublication May 4.
FIRE DESTROYS
FIFTEEN TOWNS
Flames in Michigan Forests Con*
sume $10,000,000 in Property
and Leave 7000 Homeless
U.y Cable to The Dally Gateway.
KschiisiIki, Mich.. May 2\ Fifteen
towns in the lumber region have been
eompletely wiped out l»y the forest tires
ami twelve others have been partially
destroyed- About 7000 people are
homeless ami the property loss is not
le>s than *10.000,000.
The tires are still ratfintf in many
places hut it is believed that they have
spent their force to some extent and
will soon die out. The people are not
disheartened and will be<rin to rebuild
its soon as the llames arc extinguished.
BRIGANDS ROUT
CHINESE TROOPS
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Victoria, 1>. May 25 Mail ad
vices from the Orient report. that the
liunghutse band of brigands recently
fomented a serious insurrection in the
province of Feng-tien. in Southern
Manchuria. The bandits entrenched
themselves about thirty miles from
Mukden, where they mounted three
rapid-firing guns on an elevation which
commanded a wide surrounding ex
panse of territory.
i'hint sc troops and Japanese police
from Mukden were dispatched agains
tic brigands but wen* driven back
with the loss of many men and u large
quant it., of arms and ammunition.
The latest accounts state that the out
laws were looting the towns west of
Mukden and that no sutlieicnt force
could l» obtained to oppose them.
STEAMER CORWIN
SAILS FOR NOME
Steamer Corwin arrived in Seward j
Sunday morning at 4 o’clock and sailed
for Nome at .4 in the afternoon, adding
twenty-four first class and)twenty-seven
steerage to her already large passenger
list. So heavily loaded was she that
( apt. West refused to take all the
men who had bought second-class
tickets and Agent Gray was obliged
to ivfund *440 to eleven men who had
to be left behind. The Corwin made
no stop between Seattle and Seward
except at Coma.x on Vancouver is
land. where she took coal. Sin* also
replenished her eoal bins at Seward.
She came straight, ignoring all other
coast towns.
Among the Seward men who sailed
on the Corwin for the bonanza camp
on I toeing strait were Frank X. Cow
ans and A. W. .Johnson, both of whom
have been in business here since fall,
hut being old Nomeites could not re
sist the temptation to return to the
hustling northern town for the
summer.
The profit made by the government
un the coinage of pennies pays the en
tire expenses of the mints by reason
of the fact that the amount of copper
in a cent is worth only a small frac
tion of a cent.
Application tor Additional tntry Under Section
2306 Revised Statutes.
C. s. !«>ml Office at Juneau. Alaska.
April 21. 1906.
NOTICE is hereby given that William B.
Poland, whose i>ost office address is Seward.
District of Alaska, assignee of Wm. F. Isbell
and Edward McArdle. being entitled to the
benefits of Section 2300 of the Revised Statutes
of the United States, granting additional
lands to Soldiers and Sailors who served in the
war of the Rebellion, do hereby apply to enter
the lands embraced in U. S. survey No, 241.
situate Resurrection Bay. District of
Alaska, and more particularly described as
follows:
"Commencing at Corner No. 1 on the shore
of Resurrection bay. latitude 60 degrees 7
minutes N. longitude 149 degrees 7 minutes W.
said point being marked by an iron pin 3
inches in diameter marked "S241, Cor. No. 1."
thence south 61 degrees 37 minutes W 2.61
chains: thence south 78 degrees 00 minutes W
19.10 chains: thence S 52 degrees 15 min
utes W 10 chains: thence south 71 degrees 50
minutes W 3 chains: thence south 31 degrees
27 minutes W 3.20 chains to Cor. No. 2. which
corner is marked by an iron pipe 3 inches in
diameter marked "S 241 Cor. No. 2:" thence
W 6.59 chains to Cor. No. 3. which corner is
marked by an iron pipe 3 inches in diameter
marked "S211 Cor. No. 3:” thence north 47.88
chains to Cor. No. 4 which corner is marked by
an iron stake three inches in diameter marked
"S 241 Cor. No. 4;" thence East 40 chains to
corner No 5 which corner is marked by un iron
pipe3 inches in diameter marked "S 241 Cor.
No. 5:" thence South 32.88 chains to corner No.
l the place of beginning, containing 159.75
acres. _
Magnetic Variation 27 degrees 02 minutes
East, as additional to original homestead of
William F. Isbell, being the Southwest frac
tional *4 of the Northwest H of section 18
Township U-S Range 10-E entered at U. S.
Land Office at Topeka. Kansas. i>er II. E. No.
I49S dated May 10th.. 1868 and the original
Homestead of Edw. McArdle being the North
% of the Southwest H of Section 30 Township
18-N Range 10 W entered at the U. S. Land
Office at Ionia Mich per H. E. N. E. 1439 dated
August 25th., 1865.
Any and all persons claiming adversely any
portion of the above described tract of land
are required to file with the Register and Re
ceiver of the U. S. Land Office at Juneau.
Alaska, their adverse claim thereto, under
oath, during the in-riod of publication or
within thirty days thereafter or they will be
barred by provision of the statute.
WILLIAM B. POLAND.
Assignee of William F. Isbell and Edward
McArdle.
It is hereby ordered that notice of the fore
going application be published in the Seward
Gateway printed at Seward. Alaska, for the
statutory period, and I hereby designate the
same as the newspaper published nearest the
above described land.
JOHN W. DUDLEY.
Register.
Date of first publication May 4.
MEN FROZEN ON |
ICE-BOUND SHIP
Russian Blockade Runner Soera-1
baya Discovered in Pack off
Siberian coast.
By Cable to Tlio Daily Gatoway
Victoria, It. May 24—Steamer
I Soera baya, a llussian blockade runner
during t in* Japanese war, lies frozen in i
! i lie ice near Nicolaiefsk, with the men
of her crew lyinjf cold and stiff on her
decks, frozen to death by the rigors of
Arctic winter.
This report was brought in today by
th<* steamship Teueer, arriving from
Yokohama. She passed theSoerabaya
near enough to see her situation, but
owing to the ice pack could not ap
proach closely. The ice-bound steam
er lies olT the Siberian coast. During
the war in attempting to run the
blockade of Vladivostok she was
apprehended by the Japanese warships
and to escape tied to tne Arctic from
which she has never returned.
PORTLAND ARRIVES
AND SAILS WESTWARD
Steamer Portland arrived Tuesday
forenoon and sailed for Seldovia
and Kodiak in the afternoon. She
brought fourteen cabin and sixteen1
steerage passengers to Seward and j
took several on westward besides a;
squad she picked up here. Ifer local !
freight cargo was small.
The Portland returned from the j
westward yesterday afternoon and
sailed a few hours later for Seattle.
Several prospectors Irom Arizona
and other regions of the South came
i up on the Portland to go to the
j interior.
i Cov. Iloggatt expects to move the
territorial capital to Juneau about
June 1. _
Pacific
Coast
Trading
Company
WHOLESALE JOBBERS and
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
Parties desiring large out
fits should call and get job
bing prices from T. 1). Cor*
lew. the Manager
ATTENTION
Prospectors
The place to outtit for all interior
tripsisat YOUNG & ARMSTRONG’S
store. Glacier creek. Full line of
.prospector’s supplies.
Steamer Jennie makes weekly
trips to all points on Susitna river.
YOUNG & ARMSTRONG
Wail
Paper
Paints, Oils, Varnishes
House and Sign Painting;
Kalsomining and Paperhang
ing Done at Seward Prices.
E. CAMERON
Fourth Avenu*. Near Washington St
Eraser’s Smoke Shop
A fine line of choice Cigars, To
baccos and Pipes.
CLUB ROOMS IN CONNECTION
H. tl. FRASER Fourth Ave. and Washington St.
C. S. HUBBELL
Civil Engineer
II. S. Deputy Land and
Mineral Surveyor
Coleman House Seward
THE ALASKA HOUSE
Rooms and beds for rent by night
or week. Fourth and Adams. Build
ing and furniture entirely new. John
Dubreuil, proprietor.
Our Most Vital Store Principle
When you buy something of us remember our personal guar
antee goes with it and should it not prove entirely satisfac
tory we ask you to return it and allow us to refund the
purchase price...
Picture Taking Pleasure
One is likely to grow ever more enthusiastic over picture
taking AT LOWEST MARKET PRICES we supply every
thing in the camera and photo supply lines. We will gladlv
furnish you ail the information at our, command on these
subjects.>..
Watermans Fountain Pens
This pen lias merited the largest sale of any fountain-pen
made. They need no introduction. I’hey speak for them
selves. A. fine assortment just arrived ranging in price
from $2.50 to $5.00. Come in and inspect them.
OWL DRUG CO. SS"
Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Etc.
This is to Remind You that I carry in stock highest grade
American Watches in solid gold, and best gold filled cases:
Cut Glassware, Haviland and Japanese tlandpninted Porce
lain; Souvenir Rings, Brooches, and Spoons; Jewelry of all
kinds; a line assortment of Clocks; and Rogers Best Sliver
ware. Repairing receives prompt attention. Prices on a
New York basi>
ARTHUR R. BOYLE "^rST
Seward. Alaska.
~~COL_MAN HOUSE
Electric lights and Electric Bells in Every Hoorn
Rates from 50c to $2.50 per Day
ABSOLUTELY FIRST CLASS
fourth Avenue Seward, Alaska
HOTEL McN ILEY
Completely Renovated. New Management. Hot
and Cold Water. Modern, Plastered Rooms.
Electric Lighted. Baths. Reasonable Rates.
HAWKINS & WIIIT T E M 0 R]E, P it o Pit i E T o it s
Fourth Avenue, ... - Seward, Alaska
D. C. BROWNELL
THE ONLY EXCLUSIVE '
Hardware Store
THE SEWARD LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY
(Incorporated November. 1905. under the laws of Alaska)
Office—Suite 2-4 Carsfcens Building, Seward. Alaska
'■ ."■■■■■.
THE ALASKA TRANSFER
CHRISTIENSEN &. LAUBNER. Proprietors
Pianos and Safes Moved sp.^.^tton to c.tyTr^
Give us you'- orders for Coal &. Wood
General Forwarders phone main seward. Alaska
TINNING PLUMBING
HARDWARE
Guns, Ammunition, Mechanics' Tools, Cutlery.
Nails, Glass, Rope and Building Paper.
STOVES AND RANGES
GRANITE AND TINWARE
Jl r.D A F p Fourth Ave„ Seward, Alaska
• ■■■ ■ Prompt attention given mail orders
SEWARD PLUMBING &
HEATING COMPANY
J. W. SPENCER, Proprietor
Basement of New Hale Bldg
Clothing cleaned and pressed.
Gentlemen’s suits and
ladies’ dresses.
All kinds of silk tfoods laundried
DEE SING—Washington street
Seward Water & Power
Company
JOHN. A NELSON. Manager
Office—Third and Washington streets
McCourt & Smith
MILLINERY AND DRESSMAKING
A. B. Drug Building, Seward Alaska*