Sewar ) Weekly Gateway
ro~,,„s “ SEWAUI), ALASKA. BATUHDAY. FEBRUARY 23, 1007.
FINDS NO FAULT
WITH CONGRESS
Delegate Waskey Writes That He
Has Been Well-treated
in Washington.
DENIES REPORTED STATEMENT
Never Said National Capital Was
Exclasive and Nas Good Word
for Speaker Cannon.
Delegate Frank Waakey writes to
the Gateway that he was misrepre
sented in the statement sent out by
lotnt veracious Washington corres
pondent that he waa feeling aggrieved
at the cool treatment he received.
This statement was w ired from Seattle j
to the Alaska papers. Mr. Was key
denies this, saying.
“The article in question quotes me
as saying that 1 have found congress
too exclusive, and further states that
only favored members can obtain
recognition and so on, etc. For the'
benefit of the readers of the Gateway I
wish to say that I never gave utter
ance to auy such expression of opinion.
I have found congress anything but,
exclusive. I have at all times found
not only congress, but the committees
and individual members ready to
listen to what I have had to say and to
assist me.
“Between Speaker Cannon and my
self only the friendliest of feeling j
exists. It is true that Speaker Cannon
is opposed to territorial government
fur Alaska, but this does not imply
anything but a difference of political
opinion.
“This article also states that l am
disappointed at not obtaining substan
tial recognition in the House. 1 have
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ALASKA ITEMS |
TOTAL $209,000
Sundry Civil Appropriation Bill j
Carries Various Amounts
for Territory.
By Cat la to Tfca Dally Oataway.
Washington, D. C., Fob. 20 — The
sundry civil appropriation bill, report
ed to the house from cornrai’tee today,
carries a total of $200,000 for Alas
ka The items are as follows;
For native schools, $100,000; for the
reindeer service, $0000; for courthouse
and jail at Nome, $30,000; for Cape
Hinehinbrook lighthouse, $o0,000; for
completion of government Ssh hatch
eries, $20,000.
FOUR KNIGHT ISLAND
CLAIMS BRING $40,000
A sale was made yesterday of the
copper property belonging to George
Cantwell and Guy Cameron and known
as the Fissure group on Knight island, j
for $40,000. This property consisting
of four claims,was located last Septem
ber, and is situated on Drier bay. ad
joining the property of the Knight’s
Island Consolidated Company. The
sale was made by A. W. Tibbitts and ,
Grant Chase and the first news thb
owners had of the deal, was when they
received word that the money had been
placed to their credit in the bank. It
is not known here who were the pur
chasers. —Valdez Prospector.
DUNNE WINS NOMINATION
FROM CARTER HARRISON
Chicago, Feb. 22 — Incomplete re
turns indicate that Mayor Dunne de
* feated Ex-Mayor Carter H. Harrison
in the democratic city primaries for
the mayoralty nomination yesterday.
* The fight was very bitter and the vote
Is close._
The Standard Oil Company made a
motion in the federal court in Chicago
that if found guilty of accepting re
* bates as charged in indictments en
tailing aggregate penalties of $38,000,
000, the total penalty be limited to
' $20,000. The court denied the motion.
Prospectors claim to have found $4
to the square foot on lower Fairbanks
creek.
SENATE PASSES
JAPANESE BILL
Votes to Exclude Coolie Laborers
and Keep Adults Out of
White Schools.
SPECIAL CLASSES ADMITTED
Immigration Companies Will Attack
If imperial Government Agrees
to the Measure.
By Caul* to Tba Dally Oataway.
Washington, D, C., Feb. 19 — The
senate passed the Japanese bill today.
It provides that Japanese adults may
be excluded from schools for white
children, but that Japanese children
may be admitted with whites of their
own age.
On the subject of immigration the
bill provides that Japanese may be ad
mitted into the United Stated only on
passports from their home govern
ment. This will admit gentlemen and
exclude coolies, against whom there is a
rising labor agitation on the Pacific
coast.
No communication has been received
from the Japanese government regard
ing the compromise between the presi
dent and the California congressmen
ou the Japanese issues.
TO MAKE STUDY
OF IMMIGRATION
Japanese Bill Provides for Com
mission to Investigate the
Whole Question.
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Washington, D. C., Keb. 21 — The
president signed the Japanese immi
gration bill today. It provides for a
commission of nine to investigate the
entire immigration question, not only
as to Orientals but Europeans, and
report suggestions as to restrictions
ui>on the admission of any of then.
While nothiug formal has been re
ceived from the Japanese government
regarding the terms of settlement of
the issues involved in the recent con
troversy, it is believed that no pro
test will be made. The school ques
tion was practically settled in favor of
the Japanese side, with the exception
that adult Japanese are not to attend
the same schools with white children.
Immigration Companies Object
Tokio, Feb. 1^—The Japanese news
papers today printed the facts regard
ing the provision of the lull in the
American congress regulating the ad
mission of Japanese students into the
public schools of the United States
and forbidding the admission of Japan
ese coolies. The immigration compan
ies are said to be preparing to attack
the measure if the Japanese gov
ernment accepts it.
M. Nichi, who is regarded as an au
thority on diplomacy, says the total
exclusion of Japanese labor from the
Uuited States is too high a price to
pay for a settlement of the school
question, but that if the United States
will allow Japanese to become natural
ized citizens of the republic the con
troversy will thereby be settled.
FINDS RICH PLACER ON
NORTH CHANDLAR RIVER
•y Cable to The Dally Getaway.
Dawson, V. T., Feb. 18—The famous
Lost Cabin placer on Firth creek, a
branch of the North Chandlar river,
i9 reported to have been found by a
man named McLeod. Reports say the
discovery is immensely rich and a
stampede immediately started from this
city. _
Drops Lid on Seward
In obedience to instructions from
Assistant District Attorney Clegg all
gambling games in Seward were closed
Monday afternoon by Deputy Mar
shal Wybrant. Very few games have
been running recently. No explana
tion of the sudden reform is offered.
An almost perfect mastodon was
found embedded in ice on Cleary creek,
in the Tanana, by W. E. Thomas re
cently.
RADICALS WIN
RUSSIAN VOTE
Constitutional Party Will Have
Four-fifths of Members
of Parliament.
CARRY ELECTIONS EVERYWHERE
Government Makes Strenuous Ef
forts and Employs Intimidation
bat Loses Badly.
By Cable to Tbe Sally Gateway.
St. Petersburg, Feb. 21 — The radi
cals carried the parliamentary elec
tions nearly everywhere and the con
stitutionalist party will have a large
majority in tho next house. Only
about one-lift h of the members are
supporters of the policy of the Czar.
A large vote was cast generally and
strenuous efforts were made by the
government to carry the elections.
Intimidation was practiced in many
places but the czar’s followers were
too small in numbers in a majority of
districts to cast even a respectable
vote.
The constitutionalists elected nearly
all the members in St. Petersburg.
HONDURAS TO
STIR UP FIGHT
President Starts at Head of
Army to Attack Nicaragua
at Frontier.
Qy Cable to rue Dally Gateway.
City of Mexico, Feb. 23 Dispatches
just received announce that Honduras
declared war on Nicaragua yesterday
and that President Bonilla at the head
of the Honduran army is marching for
the Nicaraguan frontier, where a bat
tle may be expected at any time.
The two republics have been unable
to settle the boundary dispute be
tween them and it seetns Honduras
has determined to tight it out, not
withstanding the demand made by the
other Spanish republics and the United
States that they settle the issue by
arbitration if unable to compromise.
A few months ago a tentative under
standing whs readied but the main
issue was unsettled.
STEAMER SINKS
WITH 143 LIVES
Berlin Hits Rock Off Coast of
Holland and Splits From
Stem to Stern.
By Cable to Tbe Dally Gateway.
London, Feb. 22— By the wreck of
the steamship Berlin off the Holland
coast yesterday 143 passengers were
drowned. The vessel struck a rock
head-on squarely with her bow and
was split from stem to stern, sinking
in a few minutes. Boats were lower
ed and passengers crowded into them
as rapidly as possible but the ship
went down before all could disem
bark. Some were lost also from the
small boats.
Prince Henry Saves a Life
London, Feb. 23—Prince Henry went
out in one of the lifeboats sent to the
rescue of the wrecked steamship Ber
lin and personally saved one from the
unsunken portion of the submerged
vessel. Nine persons who remained
with the vessel were lost because of
the tremendous seas which carried
them away before they could be
reached.
WALLA WALLA CUT OFF BY
GENERAL ROAD WASHOUTS
Walla Walla, Feb. 20—This city is
completely cut off from travel to and
from the outside world by a general
washout of all railroad tracks and
country roads leading into it. Heavy
rains caused the washouts.
SMALL POX ON
HOUSE FLOOR
Member of Missouri Legislature
Suddenly Breaks Out With
the Contagion.
CAPITOL WILL BE FUMIGATED
Lawmakers Now Quarantined in
Mansion of Governor, Who
Was Also Exposed.
ay Cable to Tbe Dally Gateway.
Jefferson City. Feb. 23—Representa
tive Salts became ill on the floor of the
house yesterday afternoon and a
diagnosis by a physician revealed the
fact that he had small pox. The leg
islature immediately adjourned and
the state house will be thoroughly
fumigated before it is occupied again
by officials.
An hour before it was learned that
he had small pox Salts called on Gov.
Folk in the executive mansion. The
governor opened his residence to
members of the house, who were re
fused quarters elsewere. They will be
kept in quarantine to await further
developments.
LEGISLATOR IS
FOUND INSANE
William Webber Taken From
Floor of House at Olym
pia to Asylum.
3y Cable to Tb« Dally Gateway.
Olympia, Feb. 22— Representative
William Webber of Walla Walla was
arrested on the tloor of the house yes
terday upon the charge of insanity.
An inquest was immediately held in
the superior court and Webber found
to be insane. He was committed to
the asylum. Overwork in an effort to
secure a state appropriation for the
improvement of Snake river to open it
to navigation was the cause of the
legislator’s mental breakdown.
For several days Webber had been
talking and acting strangely and his
colleagues feared that his mind was
affected. Yesterday his talk became
so maudlin and incoherent that no
doubt remained of his mental collapse.
PORTLAND RUNS
ON ROCKY REEF
Steamer Strikes Entrance Island
But Pulls Off and Goes
to Seattle.
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Seattle, Feb. 18—Steamer Portland
from Seward ran against a reef on
Entrance island yesterday and her fore
peak was ripped open. She pulled off
and the pumps kept her afloat until
ahe was beached on Gambier island.
The news was carried to Vancouver
and a relief ship was dispatched,
which brought the passengers safely to
Vancouver this morning.
A message has just been received
from Vancouver announcing the
arrival of the passengers. All are
well. The extent of the damage to
the Portland has not been ascer
tained, but when the leakage is
stopped she can probably be towed
down safely.
Sails Under Her Own Steam
Seattle, Feb. 19—Steamer Portland
arrived this morning under her own
steam, the hole in her prow having
been temporarily patched so ts to re
duce the leak to a minimum.
JURY ACQUITS SHEA ON
SECOND CONSPIRACY TRIAL
Chicago, Feb. 22—The jury acquit
ted Cornelius P. Shea today on his
second trial for conspiracy in promot
ing the teamsters' strike in this city
In 1906.
EXPOSES LIFE
OF DAUGHTER
—
Evelyn Thaw’s Mother Tells
Jerome of Her Intimacy
With Various Men.
—
YOUNG WIFE CONFESSES ALL
Breaks Down and Weeps bat Keeps
Back Nothing on Cross-Exami
nation When Asked.
By Cabla to Tb« Dally Qat«way.
New York, Feb. 22—Evelyn Nesbit
Thaw’s mother, Mrs. C. J. Holman of
Pittsburg, is supplying District At
torney Jerome with facts regarding
her daughter’s intimacy with other
men than Stanford White, and Jerome
is questioning Mrs. Thaw closely as to
her relations with these men.
Mrs. Thaw broke down and wept
yesterday and has since testified
through blinding tears. She is keep
ing back nothing and has answered
affirmatively many questions. All the
women in the audience are crying
constantly.
Jerome stated last night that he in
tends to keep Mrs. Thaw on the stand
two days longer and will compel her to
tell every detail of her life since she
first came to New York as a girl.
TOOK MONEY
FROM WHITE
Mrs. Thaw Admits She Received
$25 a Week From the Archi
tect for Two Years.
New York, Feb. 21—Jerome forced
Evelyn Thaw to admit in her cross
examination today thatStanford White
paid her $25 a week for two years after
ihc time she said she became intimate
with him, although she had testified
that she hated him, and she reaffirmed
the statement after admitting that she
took money from him.
Mrs. Thaw adheres to her story on
cross-examination but has been com
pelled to make several damaging ad
missions which modify its effect as
first told. It is said that Jerome will
put her brother, Howard Nesbit, on
the stand in rebuttal to contradict
some parts of her story which reflect
severely upon the mother of the two.
Cross-Examines Mrs Thaw
New York, Feb. 20-District Attorney
Jeromo began the cross-examination of
Mrs. Evelyn Thaw today. He began
by asking her if the story she had told
was true. She answered yes. Jerome
then started over her direct testimony
but failed to shake her materially. In
answer to a question she stated that
she received at least twenty letters
from White after her marriage, most
of then urging her to call at his studio.
Jerome may try to discredit Mrs.
Thaw.
Testify to Thaw Hallucination
New York, Feb. 19—Physicians
testified yesterday afternoon in the
Thaw trial that Harry Thaw told them
he did not want to kill White but that
he had applied to District Attorney
Jerome for aid in compelling White to
desist from annoying Mrs. Thaw and
Jerome refused. Thaw claimed that
he was then designated by divine
providence to kill White, who was
making a practice of ruining girls.
DERAILED TRAIN KILLS 25
MANY INJURED WILL DIE
By Cable to Tbe Bally Gateway.
New York, Feb. 18—A theater train
on the Harlem branch of the New
York Central jumped the track last
night and the cars were piled up in a
heap. Twenty-five persons were kill
ed and of the 150 injured many will
die. _
May Have Contract to Mile 105
Maj. Ballaine writes that Watson &
Snow are negotiating for the con
struction contract of the railroad to
mile 105 and will probably get it.
This is the old Welch contract from 75
to 105, ending at Campbell Point,
where the h6avy rock work on Turna
g&in arm ends.
FOR PROOF OF
ANNUAL LABOR
Text of Bill Introduced Which
Requires Yearly Affidavit
by Mining Claimant.
LIKELY TO PASS NEXT SESSION
Calls for Sworn Statement of De
velopment Work and filing in
Order to Hold Property.
Following is the text of a bill intro
duced by Senator Burrows in the sen
ate requiring the holder of a mining
claim in Alaska to make and file an
affidavit of annual labor. The pro
posed law is to be confined in its opera
tion to Alaska alone. It is not. likely
to pass at this session, but a similar
measure will probably pass the next
congress:
That the labor or improvements re
quired to be performed and made upon
each mining claim, in accordance with
section 2324, revised statutes of the
United States, shall he evidenced by
an affidavit after the completion there
of, sworn to by the person or persons
who performed the labor or mude the
improvements, or by some person hav
ing actual knowledge of such lalwrand
improvements: Provided, that if the
labor and improvements consist of sur
veying the claim, as hereinafter pro
vided, the affidavit shall be sworn to
by the engineer or surveyor who did
the work.
Section 2. That the affidavit re
quired by section one shall state the
nature and character of such labor or
improvements performed or made, and
shall be filed in the office of the re
corder of the mining and recording
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NEW PLAN FOR
MORE JUDGES
Senator Piles Proposes to Have
Two for Western Wash*
ton and Alaska.
By CabU to Tb« Duly Oatowmy.
Washington, D. C., Feb. 23—Owing
to the difficulty of getting a favorable
report in the senate at this late day
in the session on the house, bill ad
ding two additional judges to the
Western Washington district Senator
Piles held a conference with the presi
dent today to urge that Alaska be in
cluded in the jurisdiction of the new
judges. The president concurred and
Piles believes that he will be able to
induce the senate to pass the bill in
that form in lieu of the original bill
for the Western Washington district
alone and the bill enlarging the
Alaska judiciary, which is also unlike
ly to pass.
TWENTY-FIVE MILES
OF TRACK THIS SUMMER
Seattle, Feb. 21- Among the passen
gers on the steamer Northwestern,
sailing for Seward yesterday, was F.
H. Stewart, treasurer of the Alaska
Central railroad. Mr. Stewart stated
before leaving that construction will
be renewed next month and that
twenty-five miles of additional track
will be completed by the end of sum
mer. _
NORTHWESTERN SAILS
WITH 216 PASSEN8ERS
Seattle, Feb. 21 — Steamer North
western sailed for Southern Alaska
yesterday afternoon with 216 passen
gers, of whom twenty-two were for Se
ward. Most of the others are for the
Tanana. The steamer took a full car
go, including railroad timbers for the
Alaska Central.
Bertha Reaches Juneau
Steamer Bertha reached Juneau
last night, nine days out of Seattle.
She should pass Sitka this afternoon
and if she lias good luck may reach
Valdez by Tuesday evening.
John Dough Rockefeller tried to
pass a $75 wig through the New York
custom house lately on a valuation of
SI, and was caught at it.