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SENATOR TURNERS MESSAGE
s - a • - ' 1 «». < 1 • the o de
als otthe \ a* a Central Kailway a
?v te*t that '!. * railway influence 1"
, x ■ ' \!e n • Su in. -
foeh the IV ii-vrafclc u miner* or dr'
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>nd *udt to t *< n dor's record
of oppos • to tv am moduli in*
•n | Cue:-' etna *•*. The Cateway
Uoo* not be; doe he cabled >ueh a re
quest in bi* capacity a* ». - rector of lie
Ma*ka Cent .1 Kailway, not with
standing tie insistent claim of some of
he railway map pc* on e.ectton day
♦hat he did. it * more probable, and
certainly mo >m‘ Senator turner,
that a* a iVmocrat loyal to Ids friends,
lit cabled o: ■ o' hi* Democratic
vcqnaintatH'es In e. who i* a railway
•dieiah a re<pte*t that he make *pecial
'♦Torts in h< ha! of the nominees of his
r nifty. who wt *■ hi* personal frietul*.
Neither S-mator Turner nor any
...her aflieini of the Alaska t cutrat
Kailway ha* any !e,'al or moral risjht
io dras? tl e t iilwa; cuni ny into tlu*
\nmo*it te* t ha’ *pr from partisan
•a didate a the tvcrnt election and
■ ry re*.id> at »•; \ ;u*ka i* triendly to
vail road dew opt"< ui. Ail alike would
'hiv'd ', aid, add t s :r: .;e the build in:/
liter t:a .' ate ;• ■ . *•• .on, a* they
after ' to b* i* .••»* :.* common
rarriers. live : ■*!'.. a*. ot Alaska.
■ ou, rceo/r. te* th* Cjjht ami duty of
every odie *r < • • ry corporation to
ake part a* a e i/.eu in political eon*
But when • • »• ' '• •:•* ot any corjjora*
tion, railroad or ot! rwi*e. attetnot to
raix in p : e» usinjj the influence
candidate, ;►»; d o • oPietai* and: the
corporation w assuredly encounter
he hostil. y iv. ;i «.ther candidate*
ind their trie: 1* and * * ttt« con
*ti,uence* " their . • *• uttu-r-.t.
THE AUSTRALIAN BALLOT
•«i the fr< *. m with Which even In
•» {■ • • * iti t.tu> a consider
Darw v. . jj -y!»e.
flu . W
i titi > v. v • cumu
lates |f 1 ’ ; ■ ( ,'!v.£ tUefe - 1UOIT
uxcus • s j .u* t lar’Sfe a
One Sewar< to . ark* , hi- X in
he -•! ia;v- at : in - * lu- eandi*
(111* then notic. .-* the nd-taKe eX
•-tilted bracket- round the names for
which lie a -In vote. Finally to
nake a-.-ir.i v-r - v -;:•.* he wrote
the names 1»* iuw and placed an X on
theri^ht hand-io-* of each, The cor
rect spoiling anu -mouth hand writ in jf
indicated a man • .* education and in
sellitfeoce. yet it -»-emeu not to have
occurred to him that he could have
thrown away the wronsfly marked
ticket and obtained another.
The Alaska del*-ate law makes no
provision for an official ballot and a
majority or' the voters tn Seward used
the single ticket - ip- furnished by
partisans of the candidate-.
A wireless message from the top of
Mount McKinley announces that the
hordes of Indians who were supposed to
■ >e advancing from the north pole to
make an assault or. the Alaska Cen
tral Railway headquarters building
have begun to retreat in great disorder
since the hurried completion of the
barricade at the rear of the building.
The message further announces that
the barricade may now be torn down
without further risk of massacre.
The revolutionists of Russia seem to
be taking a few days respite, much to
the regret of the correspondents.
Perhaps it is only the calm which pre
cedes the storm.
The Gaekwar of iiaroda, a potentate
of India, who has been touring the
United States, says the American
women are not beautiful. The mean
*okl thingl
MINERS HAVE THEIR DAY.
The result of the congressional dele
gate election in Alaska may be ac
cepted as notice that the men actively
engaged in the chief industry of the
Territory are determined to signify in
eve \v v.ay possible their desire for re
: j.irm in ti e federal mining laws. The
candidates on the Republican and
j Democratic, tickets are able men. of
i high standing in their own comtnuni*
tb s. gad nearly all the voters of Alas*
; ka doubt ie*s have partisan affiliations.
. et the voters tStrew partisanship to
t!>e ',,;jt* wines and gave stunning
i mana-iins i,, the nominees of miners
associate m*. neither of whom had a
; wdie .icq • stance.
Tin* fan interpretation of this
] vote ;s that \: ke. miners intend to
' press upon v r ■ until tfiat obtuse
. ;d\ i at; bv ade 1 o. understand that
tlu> want, i /e than territorial gov
. . v u; • i live demand,
; am.md.:U-nt.s t. tbe mitdug laws which
will give working miners an open field
unhampervv in adventurers with large
packages of powers of attorney or
grasping corporations which seek to
gobble up ev >ry thing bv tbe use of
' money. In this connection the plat
d) rit on which Dale and \\ askey were
: elected may be worth reading. It
fvdlow >:
**l. Resolved, We favor the establsh
ment of a territorial form of govern
ment at the earliest possible date.
”2 We favor such changes in the
present mining laws as more clearly
meet the requirements and conditions
at on s, jit existing in Alaska, the most
important of which are:
" a IJy amendment of tfte power of
attornev act as it applies tv) the stak
ing of mineral ground.
i?y provision requiring a speci
ic amount of work to be preformed on
claims before a legal rccortl can be
obtained.
•vc ily the abolishment of the asso
ciation claim.
“ (i 1 ;> a more specitic definition of
what o>i stitutes a discovery of mineral
.is aimlicable particularly to placer I
mineral ground.
• We favor such legislation as j
shaii protect and maintain the tishing |
i adust ry.
"1. W, favor the extension of the
p i set t cable and telegraph system to
populated districts of Alaska and
til, building of a public wagon road j
from > line point on the Yukon river to
the coast.
•• We favor the reduction of the
piesetit rate of taxation on railroads.
■•tk We lavor the establishment of
ightho ises and such other safeguards
as are necessain for the protection of!
c* ust w ise shipping.
"7. We furor the further extension *
u the public school system, and a just
a.ul. , able distribution of funds pro
viced t hetvfor."'
The Northwestern Steamship Com-1
tuny is required by its mail contract
. land its steamers in Seward within
w n?\-four hours after they sail from
Valdez, but they never fulfill that part
!.ij the contract owing to the fact that j
t! ev run o Valdez tirst from Seattle |
a v. sio at a t the little ports around
■ ; ■ .-o.md on tiie way to Seward.
Ti,. Yukon Vaitey News said recont
v: "It appears to this paper that
s. o vvr u uiv polities was enatsfed
thost w o put Vale forward, and it
vi his voil's come from.
\ n : us ought to be full
v. h;:. >>; i: i 1 Yukon Valley News.
Vh. \V:eiil:i.:!')n building in Seattle,
which nearly burned this week, is one
the ' ■ oita-fashioned brick shafts
without ventiUuion. air or light, de
s fned by architects who tried to save
.■very loot of space for office room.
Seattle has several like it which ought
to hr condemned as tire trap*.
n exchange say* a tent at Discov
ery. i». V., containing loOO pounds of
j dynamite, exploded. It fail* to state
what course the dynamite took when
i the tent exploded.
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Hetty Green says if her son was no
good she would give him a fatal dose,
and it is an easy guess t hat she would
employ something cheap.
It is to be hoped that Esther Mitchell
will do the public the favor of shuffling
i otT this mortal coil by the fever route
if she has the opportunity.
The euphonious native names of
the Yukon river have given place to
t hose of pork packers of Chicago. This
j should not be so.
Since somebody took a shot at him
Grand Duke Nicholas thinks the sim
ple life offers more charms than the
dictatorship of all the Russias.
If the meat packers had to eat some
of the product of their manufacture,
the punishment would tit the crime.
Alaska shows that it is strictly mod
ern by sending out a lot of dope stories
just before eiectiou.
The Russian revolution had to stop
while the Alaska delegate election
was on.
WILL SEEK THE
NORTH POLE
Walter Wellman Will Start in a
Balloon Latter Part of This
Month for Coveted Goal.
Sy Cable to T’ae Daily Gateway.
Spitzbergen. Aug. 11 Walt cm* Well
j man. the noted newspaper correspond
ent, who will endeavor to reach the
north pole in a balloon, expects to get
1 awa\ tin* latter part <■ this month, on
his dangerous tight through space
Forty men are working da\ and night
on hi> aerial monster, getting it ready
' for the vovage.
'Phose atv the expeditions now in the
; Arctic circle on polar expeditions:
I Vary, American; sailed duly 2(5, 1905,
i front North Sydney in the steamship.
1 Joosnvelt in an endeavor to make
! Lady Franklin Hay and thence bv
sledge to the North Pole.
Wellman. American; at present
at Spitzbergen constructing a bal
loon which is designed to take him
to the pole in from thirty-two to 110
hours.
A. H. Harrison, Knglish: set out
July. 190*>, from Mackenzie river to
winter in Hanks Land and explore
Heauford sea. Was at Herschel island
February last.
Messrs. Mikkelson (American) and
LetlingwelJ (Fnglish): started May 20
from Mackenzie river in search of new
Arctic land.
In addition to these. Mvleus Frick
>en, Danish: will leave Copenhagen
next week to explore the northeast
coast of Greenland and try to reach
the pole with autosledges.
EASIER WORK
ON RAILROAD
(Continued from page 1)
make a road-bed on that part of the
line it will I,** neces-ary to haul gravel
and it is doubtful whether the work
can be finished he fori the gravel beds
freeze and snow covers the whole re
gion. If the work can be pushed for
ward so as to finish the grade to about
mile 02 before ice and snow come to
stay construction can proceed all win
ter with as many men as the contrac
tor i> able to secure or wishes to work.
From 02 to Campbell Point, on mile
10,-,. the grade will be nearly all on
gravelly side-hills with frequent rock
cuts where work can be carried on al-j
most a> easily in winter as in summer.
In the swamp land along the lower
Placer river are occasional lagoons j
which have to he crossed by piles. All |
these piles are driven. Some of the j
viaducts are several hundred feet j
long. Piles for bridges across ilu
streams from Portage glacier and j
other creeks are also driven, so that
nothing remains of the bridge wo,-k
but decking for the track.
Ueyond Past Portage on mile bit,
which is crossed by a 000-foot viaduct,
the line runs through a level stretch
like a prairie, where four miles of
dirt grade are ready tor the rails. l»e
\ond H7 is a trestle OtiOO feet long, be
tween high and low tide. Then the
line follows the hills just above high
tide nearly all the way to Campbell
Point. Much grading there is already
done and the remaining task is not so
didicult as is generally supposed.
The work along Turnagain Arm
from mile OS to lb", will bo very sim
ilar to that along Kenai and Trail
lakes. To make the grade the sloping
hill-, will he cut away, following the
winding shore line. In places a head
land projects its rocky height to low
tide or beyond and a costly rock cut
will have to be made, hut these cuts
will scarcely exceed one or two to the
; mile and will usually be short.
Mr. Laboreo stated today that 200
more men had been wired for by Mr.
Welch to he sent by the first boat
sailing from Seattle if they could be
obtained.
SAM WALL IN SEWARD
Well-Known Newspaper flan flaking
Tour of Southern Coast
S. W. Wall, one of the best known
newspaper men of the northwest, came
to Seward on the Santa Clara to look
around. He is making a tour of the
southern coast. Mr. Wall went into
| the Klondike in 18l>7 and was editor of
: the Dawson News for several years.
From there he went to Tacoma to be
come city editor of the Ledger, and
then to Washington, 1). C., where he
was correspondent of the San Fran
{ cisco Call. He gave up that post to
! become editor of ihe Fairbanks News
! when the daily was started in the
spring of 1905, and remained un
til the paper was transferred to new
owners last May.
Before ho ever saw Alaska Mr. Wall
| was managing editor of the Tacoma
Ledger and for two years news editor
I of the Boston Post. He will write his
j impressions of Seward for the Alaska
Monthly, the catchy little magazine
published at Juneau.
MURDER ON
VALDEZ LINE
Foreman John Bailey Deliberately
Shoots and Kills Bob
McIntosh.
John Bailey, foreman for Col. '.Swan
itz, shot and mortally wounded Bob
Melntosh, a sub-foreman, with a iiOxiK)
Winchester on Col. Swanitz’ railroad
grade, at Low river, sixteen miles
from Valdez, August !*, and is now in
jail at Valdez awaiting trial under an
indictment in the i'. S. district court
charging him with murder in the first
degree. The fatal shot was tired at a
distance of only a few feet and pene
trated the victim’s neck, death resul
ting in a few minutes.
Bailey had lxy?n drunk the night be
fore tlie murder hut was sober when
he tired the shot, an act which from
the account brought to Seward by W,
K. Bouschor, a traveling man, appears;
I to have been deliberate. Associates
on the railroad say it was due to jeal
ousy of McIntosh on Bailey’s part.
The latter was regarded as incom
petent by the men, wit h whom McIn
tosh was popular, and it is supposed
that Bailey hated his subordinate be
cause he feared the latter might get
his place.
The evening tin* killing took place
Bailey went into the commissary and
ordered tin* “bull cook,” or Hunky, to
give him a revolver. He also com
pelled the Hunky to give him some
cartridges under a threat to assault
him. Then Bailey saw the Winches
ter in a canvas sack and proceeded to
cut off the sack and walk away with
the Winchester, .lust outside he met
Timekeeper Shattuck, whom lie also
disliked. He deiuanded of the time
keeper1:
“Shattuck, do you value your life?”
Shattuck was paralyzed with aston
ishment and made no answer. Hailey
continued:
“If you do get to hell out of here as
quick as God will let voul”
Shattuck turned and entered the
house, went on through and started to
lain out of the other end. At the same
time Hailey walked around on the out
side. The Hunky saw him and ran
after Shattuck, pulling him back in
doors as Hailey appeared around the
corner of the hous*>. Hailey then went
to another building, where McIntosh
was and called the latter out. As
McIntosh stepped out of the door
Hailey lired and the ball cut through
the victim's neck, indicting a fatal
wound.
A young man named Ford grabbed
Hailey from behind, threw him to the
ground and disarmed him. He was
taken to Valdez and placed in jail and
the grand jury indicted him as soon as
the coroner's inquest over McIntosh i
was held. Hailey is .»• years old and
has a lo-year old boy in the states.
Attack Police Patrols
Lodz, Aug. 1(5 Terrorists today in
augurated a murderous attack on the
police patrols, using bombs and revol
vers. Six soldiers, three policemen
and the wife of a police captain were
killed by bombs. Deports from a
dozen other cities announce that po
lice are being murdered throughout
Poland. Several incoming trains have
been stopped and robbed of all their
treasure. _
Martial Law in Caucasus
St. Petersburg, Aug. l<5 --The whole
Caucasus is under martial law on ac
count of the numerous revolutionary
outbreaks there. Troops have had re
peated conflicts with the revolutionists.
Dawson Produce on the Market
Native celery is in the Dawson mar
ket. W. S. Paddock, who has the
first on the market, has magificent
Dawson grown product. It was grown
in the open air, and has stems two feet
long. The vegetables raised in the
Klondike are far more tender than in
any temperate climate because of the
forced growth here under the endless
day that prevails in summer. Vege
tables grown here are so tender they
cook in one-half to one-quarter of the
time required to cook those grown out
side.—Dawson News.
Big Cargoes of Alaska Ore
Tacoma—The steamer Oregon ar
rived with a consignment of ore from
the Ellamar mines for the Tacoma
smelter. Two other cargoes of ore
have just been received at the-Tacoma
smelter. The steamer Leelanaw ar
rived with 20(H) tons of concentrates
from the Treadwell mines, Douglas
island, and with the barge Richard III
in tow. The latter was laden with
1,650 tons of Niblack ore from the
mines on Prince of Wales island.
Track at Middle of Mile 48
The end of the track today is about
the middle of mile 48, and track-laying
will proceed slowly until the rails
reach the end of that mile, near the
first tunnel. Less than fifty feet of the
heading of the tunnel remains to be
bored.
MINING WORK ACTIVE
ON KAHILTNA RIVER
H. P. (iailaglicr Writes That Water
Mas Receded and Hen Are Busy
on All Creeks.
Active work on the Kahiltna river
reported in a letter to the Gateway
from H. I*. Gallagher, who is conduct
ing a store and roadhouse on the river
about a mile above its confluence with
the Yentna*. Tie writes that the water
has gone down rapidly since the mid
dle of July. He says:
“High water occurred July 13 this
year. The Yentna at this point is now
live feet lower than high water mark
and still falling. The Kahiltna river
is at the lowest water mark so far this
season. The weather lias been warm
with frequent rains in the last few
days. There are two parties working
the bars of the Kahiltna. between here
and Peters creek and making a good
showing.
“A. K. Ryan of Kenai came down
the Kahiltna on the Lib. He is quite
enthusiastic over what lie has seen on
the creeks. Mr. Ryan says the hoys
arc busily sluicing and the prospects
look bright for a generous output of
the yellow metal this season.
•‘The steamer Caswell made her
sixth trip up the Yentna on the -3rd.
Sin* landed the M. K. Davis outfit at
this point. With the out tit are six
men and a Keystone steam churn drill.
Already the drill is in operation, it is
♦he purpose to drill every thousand
icet. commencing at the mouth of the
Kali ltna and extending four miles
along the right limit of that stream,
returning along the left limit, re 'eat
ing the same operation. This r
milt-s of placer ground was located ;
year ago."
Steamer Toledo Calls
St atner Toledo reached port Su -
day afternoon with a small number of
passengers and went on through with
a cargo of lumber she was taking from
Hope to La touche for J. <>. Buzard.
SEWARD STEAMERS
Santa Clara; sailed for Seldovia 17th:
due returning 18th.
Oregon: sailed from Seattle 17th.
Portland: sailed from Seattle 10th.
Kxcelsior: sailed for Seattle 10th.
Bertha; sailed for Seattle 11th.
Dora: sailed westward 10th.
Toledo: sailed for Lutouche 12th.
WEEKLY WEATHER RECORD
Weathet record for the week ending
August 17:
Temperature.
Max. Min.
Saturday 62 50 Clear
Sunday 60 50 Cloudy
Monday 68 50 Clear
Tuesday 63 51 Pt. Cloudy
Wednesday 61 51 Rain
Thursday 60 52 Cloudy
Friday 64 52 Clotdy
Seattle Headquarters
All Alaskans going to Seattle on
business or for other purposes are
cordially invited to have their mail
addressed to themselves in care of the
Industrial Bureau of the Alaska Cen
tral Railway Company, Lumber Ex
change Building, Seattle, Wash., and
to make the Bureau their headquarters
while in that city.
* Alaska Central Railway Co.
Mrs. J. S. Campbell has opened a
first-class restaurant at Glacier creek
mile 75) and is prepared to furnish
meals at all times to travelers as well
as residents. *
DR. C. T. DAGGETT
DENTIST
Rooms 2. 3 and 4
A. B. DRUG BUILDING
SEWARD - - ALASKA
DR. C. L. HALE
DENTIST
Over Drown & Hawkins' store
SEWARD * - - ALASKA
C. H. GIBBONS, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
Office and residence: Ca Mien's buiMin*
Office hours:1* to I i>. m. and when not other
wise en mured.
CECIL H. CLEGG
ATTORNEY-AT-LA W
Fourth Avenue, - Seward, Aka.
L. V. RAY
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Shawhan Did. Washington St.
SAMUEL M. GRAFF
ATTORN' K V-AT-I.\\V
Next to Dank of Seward
SEWARD. - - ALASKA
E. R. GRAY
:,OTAKY PIBLIC
' SLY’.' - - ALASKA
W. J. STONE
Architect
I SEWARD - - ALASKA
I ,
FRANK H.LASCY
U. S. MINERAL and LAND
Surveyor for the District of Alaska.
and NOTARY PUBLIC
Addres Seldovia, Cook Inlet, Alaska,
or care Mail Agent, Steamer Dora
H. H. HILDRETH
NOTARY PUBLIC
and CONVEYANCER
Abstracts of Title to minim: anil town
property furnished—Examination and
reports made on any property.
SEWARD - ALASKA
COOK INLET &SUSITNA ROUTE
Steamer Neptune connects at Seldo
via with all steamships for {joints on
Cook Inlet. Transfers to steamer Cas
well at Tyoonok for Susitna and Yent
na river points, carrying passengers
and freight.
For rates and further information
apply on board steamers or to
E. A. SWIFT,
Tyoonok. Alaska.
FOR SALE — Complete hydraulic
plant consisting of 1500 feet of pipe. 40
boxes, derrick irons, cables, blocks,
cast steel winch—capacity ten tons;'
blacksmith outfit, 5000 feet of Hume
lumber, etc., located at Rainbow
creek, north side of Tiynagain Arm.
M. E. Davis, Hope, Alaska. *
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