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URGING MURDER
Detectives Get Hold of Secret
Code of Federation Offi
cials and Translate
By Cable to Tbe Dally Gateway.
Hoi sc. Idaho. Feh. 21 It is learned
today that detectives have found a
secret code used by the officials of the
Western Federation of Miners, i'ney
have possession of tlte-sam s anti letter
ill this code with h * -erihe p »tis to
assassinate (Jov. Stcunenhor'.: and other
prominent men. .Many of these letter
were addressed to Orchard.
The supreme court Onlay issue.,
writs of hab«-a- corpus for Moyer.
Pcttibone and May wan'd. the fedora? ion
Officials under arrest. returnable!
March 1.
t nts t photo' On hard $U>r>
Hoise. Idaho. Feh. L’n * M> v. Hooding,
issued a statement, today in which he
says he fully believes Orchard's con
fession placing th«' responsihltty for
the assassinat inti of F.x <«ov. Steuon
lH‘t '2. as it is amply continued by other
evidence. He affirms it can In* proven
that the officials of the Western Fed
eration of Miners resolved to murder
various prominent men who wen* be
lieved to stand in the way of the exe
cution of the plans of the organization.
Orchard states that he intends to
tell the full story of Mis life, w hich has
beeu one of crime, because he wishes
to make his peace w ith Mod and offer
full atonement.
(iovernor Hooding today withdrew
the offer of $»hKH) reward for the ap
prehension of t Mt* assassins of Steuneti
berjr. believing that their identity is
fully established. He offers a reward
of $1000 for the capture of J. L. Simp
kins. the partner of Orchard in the
execution of various crimes, including ;
the murder of Steunenhor^.
'liners fight junsaiciion
Boise. Idaho. Fei». -»> The accused
miners held to the grand jury at ( aid
well on the charge of conspiracy to
assassinate the late Gov. Steuenberg
deny the right of tin* state of Idaho to
try them on its own soil fora conspiracy
alleged to have been concocted in Col
orado. They were taken to Caldwell
under a heavy guard and are confined
in jail there.
0r< hard Bomb Made in Denver
Denver, March 1 The bomb which
Barry Orchard used to kill Kx-Gov.
Steunenberg was manufactured in
this city by Charles Koach. a plumK*r \
whose simp is directl\ across the!
street from 1 Yttilmne's store. I’elti
bone is one of tin* Federation otlieials
arrested here and taken to Idaho j
upon the charge of complicity in the
Steunenberg murder.
f AILING STONE
KILLS LABORER
I |b’red Simons was instantly killedyes
terday morning in camD •'»- by a falling
rock which was jam-d from the top of a;
cut where he was working w ith other
laborers. by a heavy blast a short bi>-1
tanee away. The rock crushed Simons'
head, one shoulder and one arm.
The accident occurred close to the j
Rich vV Harris compressors, which are
on the near side of the canyon' across j
from the first tunnel on mile 32. A
deep cut on a hillside leads to the can
yon. (>n top of this, apparently, a
large piece of loosened rock was rest
ing and the shock of a tunnel blast dis- j
lodged it and it dropped upon the I
victim.
BIIIDING TIRt STATION
Work Begins Upon Two-story
Structure For Department
Work began yesterday on the erection
of the new tire station to house the
property of the volunteer fire depart-!
inent. The building is to be 20x40
feet, two stories high. It is across the {
alley from the rear of the Kentucky
saloon, facing on the alley between j
Third and Fourth avenues, a short |
distance from Adams street.
The new equipment for the fire de
partment has been ordered from Se
attle and is expected to arrive on an
early boat. It will cost upward of
$2,000.
Convicted of Petit Larceny
J. 15. Martin was convicted of petty
larceny in Commissioner Hildreth s
court Saturday evening by a jury, be
cause another man’s $28 check stuck to
his lingers. He was sentenced to eat
jail rations for ninety days.
WttKIY MtATtltR RTCORD
Weathei record for the week ending
March 2.
Temperature.
Max. Min.
Saturday 41 -’*> Clear
Sunday 38 2^ Clear
Monday 40 28 Clear
Tuesday 36 16 Cloudy
Wednesday 40 .'52 Snow
Thursday 26 44 Clear
Friday 23 43 Clear
D B HENDERSON
I
Former Speaker of the National
House Hies in Dubuque After
Lon? Illness
By Cable to The Dally Gatoway.
Dubuque, lit.. Fell. 2t» Former |
Speaker David 15. Henderson died Sun-j
day morning at - o’elook in Morey j
hospital. He had been totally blind!
for nine days before the end. Ail the
members of bis family were at the
l»edside.
M-. Henderson was born in Scotland
in IMo. He was a soldier in the Cnion
army in the civil war, attaining the
rank of colonel, and lost a leg in bat
tle. He came to Iowa when a young
man and beeatne a successful lawyer.
In l>sll he was elected to Congress and
held bis seat for twenty years. jn
he was elected speaker of the
House in the Fifty-sixth Congress. He
was re-fleeted speaker ill tin* hifty
seventh Congress, but in after In*
had been renominated by his district
for re-election to the House he de
clined tin* nomination and withdrew
from tin* canvass, retiring from Con
gress March 1. ISKKI. Soon afterward
his health gave way and he was
an invalid until his final illness.
MOB RUNS RIOT
IN SPRING1IEID;
Oy Cable to The Daily Gateway.
Springfield, O., March 1 The mob
which gathered because of the killing
of Brukeman Davis by the negro Ladd
continues its disorder in spite of the
militia. The rioters are still burning
house* and destroying other property
of negroes wherever insufficient pro*
t»-ction is offered. Whenever driven
from one quarter rioters collect in
another place soon afterward.
Citizens are terrified as it is feared
that a general conllagation may be
started. More companies of militia
are on the way to the city to repress
the trouble.
Springfield. O.. Feb. 2s Preston
Ladd, colored, shot Mat Davis, a rail
road brakemun yesterday, and after he
was placed iu jail a mob gathered to
lynch him. The militia was ordered
out and dispers'd the mob after six
hours rioting in which six houses were ]
burned and much other property de-J
st roved.
federal Officials in Town
Judge N. V. Harlan. Pnited States
district attorney.and George G. Perry.
P. S. marshal,hoth of t he Thin 1 judicial j
district of Alaska with headquarters at
Fairbanks, came to Seward on the Kx-|
celsinr to see t he town and friends here, <
They will return to Valdez on the same
boat. They have been in Valdez sever-!
a! weeks to attend the term of court
which has been postponed on account
of Judge Wiekershain’s detention in1
Washington D. C.
Steamer txcelsior Arrives
Steamer Kxcelsior, Capt. llarriman,
reached port last Monday at b o’clock (
with twenty-seven passengers and 210
tons of freight. She sailed again atj
1 o’clock Tuesday morning.
farallon Sails South
Steamer Farallon returned from her
westward trip Saturday evening and
after two hours in port sailed for the
southward. She had a pleasant trip to
Kodiak and return and was gone four
days.
1. I. Stiles to be Local Agent
K. I. Stiles, for a long time purser of
the steamer Excelsior, is to remain
here a* local agent of the Northwestern
Steamship Company. E. R. Lockhart,
freight clerk of the Oregon, who has
been here since S. P. Brown went away,
will go out as purser of the Excelsior
and probably resume his old place on
the Oregon.
To Return With Bishop Rowe
Rev. F. C. Taylor of the Episcopal
church, went hack to Valdez on the
Excelsior hut will return to Seward
next month in company with Bishop
Rowe, who is coming up on the Santa
Clara from Sitka to visit the parishes
at Valdez and Seward. On the next
trip Mr. Taylor will stay until the
church building is finished.
The Juneau Sunday Dispatch is the
latest Alaska newspaper.
SEWARD STEAMERS
Bertha: sailed from Seattle, 25th.
Melville Dollar: sailed from Seattle,
2tith.
Santa Clara: sails from Seattle, 3rd.
Oregon: >ails from Seattle, 5th.
Santa Ana: sailed westward, 17th.
Farallon: sailed from Seward, 24th.
Excelsior: sailed from Seward, 27th.
SEATTLE HEADQUARTERS
All Alaskans going to Seattle on business or
tor other purposes are cordially invited to
have their mail addressed to themselves in
care of the Industrial Bureau ot the Alaska
Central Railway Company. Lumber Exchange
Building. Seattle. Wash., and to make the Bu
reau their headquarters while in that city.
* Alaska Central Railway Co.
PREDICT FIGHT
OVER MOROCCO
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Russian Diplomats Expect France
and Germany to Resort to
Armed Conflict
3v Ca'.'.o to The Daily Gateway.
St. I Vterslmrjr, Feb. L’7 Diplomatic
circles art* predict ini' war bet ween
France and (lermauy over the Moroc
can (pn *t ion. The situation is regard*
«>d all over Kurope a* very jrrave.
I lussian olHcials consitlcr the abandon
ment <>f iis Moroccan possessions by
Franc* as impossible, while (lerinany,
according to reports from Aljjeciras,
refuse* to tvedt* from itsdemands which
France is resisting.
Ru>*‘ i is much averse to seeing a
resort io arms by the two nations as
hot b at ■ friendly to Russia. In case of
war tb Russian government would en
dcaver to maintain neutrality hut the
position would be very delicate.
DEMENTED MAN
LEAPS INTO SEA
While temporarily insane from the
effects of a long debauch Frank Carey
jumped overboard from the bridge of
the steamer Kxcelsior, just out of Sitka,
and disappeared from view. Capt.
Ilarriman and another officer attempt
ed to hold him but In* broke from their
grasp and made tin* fatal leap. The
steamer was stopped and a boat lower
ed but no trace of the man was found.
Carey had been exhibiting signs of
dementia all the way up from Seattle.
Short 1\ after leaving Sitka he was on
the bridge and Capt. ilarriman was
watching him closely, believing that
the air would do him good. Suddenly
Carey started quickly for the rail and
Ilarriman grasped him but in an in
stant Carey wriggled from his coat
and made another spring. Second
Officer Kenny seized him by the
suspenders but they broke and Carey
made a running jump and was gone.
He sank instantly and when the boat
went back to find him he was invisible.
RtALTY RtCORDS Of
KtNAI CRtCINCT
DEEDS
Feb. 10 F. L. Ballaine toF. M. Boyle;
lot 22. block 0, Seward $700.
Feb. 15 F. L. Ballaine to Kllen P.
Haight; lots 17 to 24, block 37, Sew
fard, $1.
Fob. 21 Thomas Carstens to Carstens
Packing Co.; lot 30. block 9. Sew
ard; $1.
Fob. 27 11. Teeklenberg toJ. M. Cum
mings, undivided one-balf interest
in lots 37 and 3S. block 1. Seward,
$2,500.
Ft b. 27 Geo. W. Dickinson tf> Mrs. A.
1’. Dickinson; north half of lot 38,
all of lot 39 block 11. Seward, $1.
Fob. 27 -Goo. \V. Dickinson to Goo. H.
Dickinson, lot 37 and south half lot
3*. block 1. Seward, $1.
Feb. 27 James ( ’leghorn to J. (). Suz
ard, ten quartz claims at Port Dick,
$4,000.
Fob. 27 James Under to J. O. Buzard,
ten quartz claims at Port Dick,
$4,000.
Fob. 27—Melvin A. Smith to J. O. Buz
ard. eleven quartz claims at Port
Dick, $2,600.
Feb. 28—Fred Wagner to Max Weber,
half interest in lot 9, block 10, and
building and business.
The Northwestern Steamship Com
pany has purchased water front prop
erty at Smith Cove, Seattle, close to
the Great Northern holdings and will
concentrate its shipping business at
at point.
FOX ISLAND FOR SALE
Ten miles from Seward. The island
is two miles long and one mile wide.
1 will sell my squatter’s claim and 423
foxes, whose skins are worth an average
of $20 each, for $2500, which is lessthan
one-third of the value of the skins.
OtTer is made because I wish to go up
the Susitna to prospect for a year.
♦ Alfred Lowell,
Third avenue. Seward.
PARLIAMENT TO
MEET IN RUSSIA
Czar issues Call for Popular As
sembly to Open Delibera
tions May 10
By Cable to Tho Daily Gateway.
Si . I‘etersburg, Feb. 28 The czar to
day issued a call fur a popular parlia
ment to assemble May 10. The call
states tlia't the parliament will he em
powered to enaet legislation in the
public interest.
This step by the czar was taken
against the advice of the reactionary
party at court and is understood by
the liberals to indicate that he has de
cided to break away entirely from the
influence of the Bourbon clement of the
of the nobility and to follow the policy
of Witte.
Russian Woman Charges Torture
St. 1‘etersburg, Feb. 2<i Great in
dignation was aroused today by the
receipt of a letter concerning Mile.
Spiridonovo, tfW1 17-year old assassin
of Gen. Luzhenotr. It is said that
Chief of Police TambolT writes that
the girl has frequently been knocked
down in prison by Cossacks with the
butt of a whip, dragged about by the
hair, undressed and thrust into a damp
cell and kept there for hours to make
her reveal the names of her ac
complices.
Cossacks Quell Russian Riot
Warsaw, Feb. 20—Rioting of demo
crats and socialists with contlicts be
tween the factions continued all last i
night but the disturbance was quelled
by Cossacks. One man was killed and
many injured.
Promises Political Liberty
St. Petersburg, March 1—The gov
ernment disavows the action of the
police in closing up the central bureau
of the constitutional democratic party
yesterday and permitted it to reopen
today. Immunity is promised to all
political organizations hereafter so long
as they confine themselves to political
discussion and refrain from violence.
MEN WANTED By P. Welch & Company,
contractors on tho Alaska Central at Turn
a train Arm. Station men. rock men, ax men
ami laborers. Steady work all through winter
and next summer. Ton wanes paid. 2-1-0
TO LIGHT CONSUMERS
A discount of ten percent- will
be allowed on all February light
bills that are paid at the office
of the company BEFORE March
fifth, 1906. Office hours: 9-12.1-5.
SEWARD LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY
Suite" I Carstens' Huihlitur
"
Pacific
Coast
Trading
Company
WHOLESALE JOBBERS and
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
Parties desiring large out
fits should call and get job
bing i)rices from T. D. Cor
lew, the Manager
V JE3EST
CHAS. A. TECKLENBURG
THE SEATTLE BAR
-ONLY THE BEST
Wines, Liquors and Cigars
Bohemian and Olympia Beer
FURNISHED ROOMS WITH STEAM HEAT
Fourth Ave. and Washington St. Seward. Alaska.
Frank X. Gowans 8c Go.
REAL ESTATE
Mining Property Business Chances
Rents and Collections
LOANS j
COLEMAN HOUSE SEWARD, ALASKA j
BAY CITY MARKET ‘
WHOI.KSAU: AND KKTAII, DK A LICKS IN
fresh Beef, Pork, Veal and Mutton
Hams, Bacon and Lard Constantly on hand
Small & Glasbrenner j
Seward Suit Pressing Club
Washington Street, near fourth Avenue
Suit Pressing, Cleaning and Repairing
Over One Hundred Miles of Railroad
Will Be Built Here This Year
We are stocking up to meet all demands. Steamer Oregon
is bringing a big consignment of Ladies and Gents Furnish
ings. Shoes for the Ladies, Men and Babies. Full line of
Reliance Canned Goods. Everything but Hardware for
Outfitters.
THE SEWARD COMMERCIAL COMPANY
COAL and WOOD
HAY and OATS
Furniture Hardware
Transfer and General Freighting
P. J. MCDERMOTT, fourth avenue, seward
We have just received a lot of new goods. Come and examine our fine
Carpenters Tools, and ask the price of Tar
Paper, Nails, Harness and Sole Leather,
And Kverything you can want in the HAKDWARK LINK
BROWNELLS HARDWARE STORE
THE ALASKA TRANSFER
CHRISTIENSEN &. LAUBNER. Proprietors
Pianos and Safes Moved So“ial
Give us your orders for Coal &. Wood
General Forwarders PHONE MAIN Seward, Alaska 1
The ‘ Kentucky”
WAGNER &. WEBER. Proprietors
Large Stock of Case and Barrel goods just received
Best of Liquojs and Cigars; Family trade a specialty
I THE SEWARD LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY
(Incorporated November, 1905, under the laws of Alaska)
Office- Suite 2-4 Carstens Building, Seward, Alaska
F. C. HALE. President C. E. DICKERMAN. Vlcc-Pres
BANK OF SEWARD
Transacts a General Banking Business
We receive deposits, buy and sell exchange, foreign and domestic: buy gold
dust and bullion; make collections. All business committed to cur care will
receive prompt and careful attention.
Your Business Is Solicited _
The Seward News Co.
Type Writer Supplies Magazines Books Papers
Cigars Tobaccos Pipes Candy Fruits
Fourth Avenue Seward, Alaska
Quinlan Liquor Company
Pure old wines and whiskys by the case, gallon and flask
First-Class Chop House in Connection
Camp Orders made a Specialty
FOURTH AVENUE, next to the Coleman House, SEWARD
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STOVES AND RANGES
HOT-BLAST HEATERS
- Wholesale and Retail
TIN, BRASS AND SHEET STEEL WORK
JOBBING AND PLUMBING A SPECIALTY
30-40 Winchester Repeating Rifles.-Axes, Saws
Glass and Putty. Granite and Tinware
JI C* PAFF fourth avenue
9 L» UivHEi SEWARD, ALASKA