DAILY GATEWAY
volj. 1 Sl,\VAi;i>, ALASKA, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 2!), I!>0T»_N<>'
ALASKA TRADE
MAKES BIG GAIN
Exports and Imports for Last f iscal
Year Show Increase of
$8,000,000.
Washington, D. Aug. 29—Alaska
exports and imports, including gold,
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1903
amounted to $45,068,338, an increase of
$8,000,000 over the preceding fiscal
year.
For the fiscal year 1905 the gold
shipments from the territory aggre
gated $8,007,325. Other Alaska exports
were considerable, salmon being the
most important.
found Guilty of Murder
Fairbanks, Aug. 29—Yuko V erovich
has been found guilty of murder in the
first degree, on the charge of killing j
Jacob J. Aconi, October 19, 1904. It
was charged that he murdered Aconi
in the latter’s cabin, then robbed him ;
and burned the cabin to conceal the ;
crime. Later he was caught while j
traveling down the river with some of I
Aconi’s personal effects in his possess
ion. Verovich is the first man to he j
convicted of murder in the Tanana.
Suspected Official Indicted
Washington, D. Aug. 29 -Kdwin :
S. Holmes Jr., until recently associate j
statistician in the department of agri- |
culture, has been indicted upon the j
charge of responsibility for the recent j
leak in the department's cotton report !
in advance of publication. Holmes
was forced to resign because of his sup
posed connection with the leak.
To Manage Panama Railroad
Oyster Bay, Aug. 29—W. G. Baird,
of Rock Island, Illinois, has been ap
pointed by the president to be general
superintendent of the Panama railroad.
Seattle Educator Dead
Seattle, Aug. 29—Charles W. Will
iams, assistant superintendent of the
city schools of Seattle, is dead of
typhoid fever.
“flying Swede” Drowns
Fairbanks, Aug. 29- Victor Swanson,
“the Flying Swede,” was drowned in
the Salchaket river a few days ago.
Centennial Reported Captured
Seattle, Aug. 29—It is reported here
that the American steamer Centennial
has been captured by Japanese war
ships as a blockade runner.
fever Continues Ravages
New Orleans; Aug. 29 New cases of
fever yesterday numbered thirteen:
deaths thirty-one. Total cases to date
1743; deaths, 155.
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Temperature at 2 p. m. today—60.|
RUSSIA AND JAPAN
AGREE ON TREATY
Portsmouth, N. H., Aug. 29 The
Japanese and Russian envoys agreed
upon a treaty of peace this morning.
Russia cedes the northern half of Sag
halien island to Japan without making
any promise to purchase it back. Jap
an abandons her claim for indemnity
and reinbursement for the cost of tin*
war. Russia gets back all ot her in
terned warships, and no limitation is
placed upon her naval power in the far
east.
An armistice was signed this after
noon, putting an end to hostilities.
By the treaty Russia gets everything
she has contended for since the dead
lock set ir over the demands of Japan
for concessions outside of Manchuria.
As the fruits of the war Japan has ac
complished the retirement of Russia
from Manchuria and has acquired the
Russian railroads in that province and
all of Russia’s leases of seaports in
('hina.
KILLED WHILE LOADING SHIP
Deckhand Crushed by Flat Car on
Melville Dollar at Seattle
Seattle, Aug. 21)—While helping to j
load a flat ear on the steamship Mel
ville Dollar this morning a deckhand;
named Philip Spidzen was instantly
killed by the fall of tin* car upon him.
The car slipped in the sling as it was
swung over the deck.
The vessel was scheduled to sail for
Seward to night but it has been dis
covered that her main mast is broken
and her departure will be delayed sev
eral days until it can be repaired.
The tug Pioneer left here last night
towing the old sailing ship Oregon
with a cargo of coal for Douglas island.
Celebrate Seward’s Anniversary
The second anniversary of the found
ing of Seward was celebrated last night
by a smoker in the rooms of the Kenai
club by nearly twenty of the tnen who
landed here, or were already here
August 28, lflO.k when the town as it
now exists had its birth. There was
plenty to eat and smoke and all the
water anybody wanted to drink, and
the celebrants must have had a good
time for most of them stayed pretty
late.
Resigns Steamship Agency
E. It Gray will send his resignation
as agent in Seward for the Northwest
ern Steamship Company on the Santa
Ana. He has his hands full as agent
for the Alaska Central at the dock and
express agent for the Alaska Pacific
Express Company.
Moose Cabin Closes Tonight
The Moose Cabin cafe will close to
night. Mrs. Gordon will make a trip
to Seattle and Portland in a few days
and William McCarty will take a
moose hunt and then go to his coal
mining property on the Matanuska and
watch development operations. The
Moose Cabin has been one of the fav
orite cafes of Seward under their man
agement and its patrons regret their
going out of business. It will probably
be leased to a new management in a
few days.
Until the close of the Portland ex
position, October 15, the Alaska Com
mercial Company will sell round trip
tickets to Seattle for $70.
RAILROAD WORK AT VALDEZ
News Boosts Rosene and Prospect
or Favor Swanitz Project
Valdez has two railroads coming up
and still the old timers are not happy.
John Kosene proposes to build from
the new townsite and the originals are
as sore as a boil. The Prospector
takes up their hammer and roasts Ko
sene's project as a town lot scheme.
It plugs for Col. Swanitz. The News
seems to be in favor of all the railroads
it can get and in the issue of Aug. lJ
reports progress on the Kosene line as
follows:
The ground selected by the railroad
company for their terminals are situa
ted on the western shore of Valdez bay
almost directly opposit Fort Liscum.
The distance from \ aldez to the land
is bv water two and one half miles
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while around the beach it is from a
half mile to a mile further.
The wharf material that arrived on
the steamer Kdith last week, consist
ing of 141 creosoted piles and 140,000
feet of lumber was made into rafts ai\d
towed to the wharf site by the steamer
Dora. A crew of men has been engag
ed in constructing the approach to the
wharf above high tide line and next
Monday morning the work of driving
the piles out to deep water will he com
menced.
The News of August 12 tells of the
start made by Col. Swanitz. who has
established a camp near the present
town and has men at work. He prom
ises to grade to the Canyon this fall
and have men doing rock work in the
canyon all winter. The News further
announces:
Col. Swanitz is having foot bridges
constructed across the glacier streams
between has camp and town. This will
he of great benetit to the mushers who
will soon be coming in from the creeks
as they can now get into town without
swimming or waiting for someone to
come after them with a boat.
The Prospector of August 24 has a
circus poster head over a blast, for th-t
Swanitz line. It says Alfred B. lies,
the promoter, announces that he has;
$5,000,000 ready for construction and a
lot of bonds coming up. Mr. lies and j
Swanitz promise to make dirt fly fierce
ly from the word go.
It is reported that a ten-stamp tin ;
mill is now on its way from San Fran
cisco to Tin City, on the Seward pen
insula.
READY TO TEE
SEWER CONTRACT
Chamber of Commerce Settles on
Plan and Invites Bids for
Construction
Plans for the trunk sewer from
Adams street to the bay through tin
alley between Fourth and Fifth ave
nues were agreed upon last night at
the chamber of commerce meeting.
The committee in charge of specifica
tions will have them perfected toda\
and will receive bids until tomorrow
evening at the Coleman house, where
the specifications may he seen. The
committee in charge is composed of J.
B. Cameron, H. N. Coleman and Dr.
Sleem.
The sewer will be built of heavy
planking, two inches thick. It will be
1275 feet long and have a fall of 7<» feet,
making a grade of about ti per cent.
At extreme low tide it will be about
two feet above water, but this will be
for only a fraction of an hour. The
main will be 12 inches square.
Tite committee in charge will report
to the director* of the chamber of com
merce tomorrow evening at 8 o’clock,
and the contract will be let at t hat
time if a satisfactory bid is made. The
chamber will buy the lumber and let
only the construct ion to the contractor.
All the property owners along the
route have agreed to the plan and to
; share their share of the expense, ex
cept two, one of whom is out of town.
Merry Deyo Returns
Henry Deyo, chief engineer for John
Rosene’s railroad at Valdez, returned
to Seward last night from a trip up
the Alaska Central. He will go back
to Valdez on the* Santa Ana. Mr. Deyo
refused to talk about the railroad pro
ject in which he is engaged further
than to say that work is proceeding on
the wharf at tin1 new townsite and on
the grade through the canyon above
the old town. He said also that most
of the old timers are much disgusted
because the present site was not made
the terminus.
Laying New Water Pipes
The work of putting in the new
wooden water mains has begun on
Fourth avenue, the old iron ones hav
ing been taken out. The new mains
will be ready for use in a few days.
To Take Out NaturaMzation Papers
Quite a large number of foreign
born residents of Seward are anxious
to take out their first papers declaring
their intention to become American
citizens. Judge Morford is trviig to \
arrange with the clerk of the lTnit‘ V
States court at Valdez to come over toi »
Seward soon and issue papers to those
wishing them. He would like to hear
from all who wish to take out first pap
ers. Admission to citizenship must be
made in open court by order of t Tie
judge.
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