LIFE INSURANCE
STILL CURRUPT
Cov. Hughes Says Big Companies
Are Rotten as Before
Investigation.
EXPRESSES HIS MINI) FREELY
Insists that Mew Managers Like
Predecessors Control f unds to
Aid Speculative finance.
By Cable to Ttaa Dally Gateway.
Elmira, N. \ May 4 (»ov. Hughes
in a public statement today says the
big insurance companies are as rotten
and corrupt in their management today
as they as were before the insurance
investigation which resulted in the ex
pulsion of the former officers. The
governor says the same methods pre
vail now a- previously and that the
business and funds of the companies
are controlled in the interest of big
financiers for speculative purposes.
The governor also asserts that this
conditon of affairs cannot be altered
until there is an honest and competent
state supervision of the insurance busi
tess. This is a direct slap at State
Insurance Commissioner Kelsey and
the state senate, which refuses to con
sent to Kelsey's removal.
ARREST NABOBS
FOR FORGERY
Three Prominent Men Accused of
Crooked Mork in Insur
ance Elections.
»y Cable to Tbe Dally Gateway.
New York. May 1 Three prominent
men connected with the New \ ork
Life and Mutual Life insurance com
panies were arrested today upon the
charge of forging proxies for the
election of directors in those com
panies. A big scandal has been stirred
up by reports of crooked methods
alleged to have been employed in the
election.
It is claimed that a coterie of big
financiers have combined to control
the insurance companies in order to
have the use of the funds, as they did
under the old managements which
were driven out by the insurance in
vestigation by the Armstrong legisla
tive committee.
UNIONS AT WAR
OVER ROOSEVELT
Many New York Workingmen
Refuse to Join in Moyer
Haywood Parade.
By Cable to The Dally Qateway.
New York, April 29 Thousands of
workingmen refused to participate in
the parade yesterday to show sympathy
with Moyer, Haywood and Petti bone
against the attaek upon them by Presi
dent Roosevelt. The unions here are
about evenly divided in opinion on the
president’s attitude in the matter.
Want to Impeach Roosevelt
Chicago, April ilO—Socialist mem
bers of the labor unions of Chicago
are preparing an exhaustive state
ment to be presented to the house of
representatives next fall, calling upon
that body to present articles of im
peachment to the senate against Presi
dent Roosevelt.
The grounds of the impeachment
are based largely on the president’s
reflections on Moyer and Haywood,
the officers of the miners’ organization
now in prison charged with compli
city in the murder of Ex-Governor
Steunenburg of Idaho. The socialists
hold that these men are innocent in
the eyes of the law until they are proven
guilty and allege that Roosevelt’s
unfavorable comments tend to pre
judice the case against the accused,
thus preventing a fair and impartial
trial.
SEIZES POLICE
IN HONDURAS
American Naval Officer Says He
W ill Hang Them If Victim
of Assault Dies.
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Puerto Cortes, Honduras, May 4 -
The chief of police and several police
men were seized by the commander of
; the United States gunboat Marietta
this morning and taken on board the
warship because of a murderous
assault upon an American colored
| sailor of the gunboat. The command
er threatens to hang the Honduransat
1 the yard arm of the vessel if the man
dies. The assault appears to have
! been wanton and extremely brutal.
MINERS ATTACK
CASE OF STATE
Federation Leaders Accused of
Steunenberg Murder Charge
Persecution.
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Boise, Idaho, May 2—Moyer, Hay
wood and Pettibone issued a statement
today detailing alleged efforts of the
I prosecution to railroad them to the
| gallows.
The trial is fixed for May 9 and there
will be no attempt to secure a change
| of venue. The attorneys on both
sides are ready and say that the trial
will probably occupy four months.
They expect that it will take a month
to impanel the jury.
LETTERS TEU OF THREATS
AGAINST GOVERNOR'S LIFE
By Cable to Tbe Dally Gateway.
Boise, Idaho, May 3—Letters are
pouring in upon Gov. Frank Gooding
telling him that his life is threatened
because of his share in the pros* cut ion
of the leaders of the miners’federa
tion whose trial will begin May 9. A
special guard is detailed to keep a
close watch on the governor for his
I protection.
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Jurors to Be Kept Isolated
Boise, Idaho, May 4—The jurors in
I the trial of the federation officials on
| the Steuuenberg murder charge will
[ be kept in a house near the jail and
all communication with the outside
| w ill be rigidly excluded.
/liners’ Attorneys in Boise
Boise. Idaho, May 1—The attorneys
for Moyer, Haywood and Pettibone ar
i rived here today. No intimation is
given out that they will ask a change
1 of venue. The prisoners are allowed
lo walk in a large yard and spend a
| great deal of time with their families.
ROOSEVELT INSISTS NO
THIRD TERM FOR HIM
By Cable to Tbe Dally Gateway.
Washington, D.C., May 3 President
| Roosevelt said today that all talk of
his candidacy for a third term is ab
solute nonsense. He reiterates that
under no circumstances will he be a
candidate.
PRACTICALLY ANNOUNCED
THAT ROOT WILL RESIGN
By Cable to Tbe Dally Gateway
Washington, D. C., April 29—It is
practically announced from official
sources that F.lihu Root will soon re
tire from the state department and
will be succeeded as secretary by Rob
ert Bacon, present assistant secretary.
Temperature in April
The mean temperature of Seward in
April was 3" degrees. The maximum
was 48 degrees on the 9th, 16th and
17th; the minimum was 16 degrees on
the 1st. There were eight clear days,
and snow or rain fell on nine days.
The average temperature in April
ltH)6 was 38.85 degrees.
To Help Build Latouche
Equipped with lumber and a nine
ton scow several men sailed on the
Yucatan for Latouche to erect Charles
Tecklenburg’s saloon building there
and then go prospecting in the vicinity.
I. L. Pilcher built the scow in Seward
and is captain-general of the party.
FIND PROSPECTS
ON SKWENTNA
Returning- Miners Report Discov
ery of Pay Dirt and Mill
Go Back to M^ork Claim.
ARON ERICSON HEARD EROM
Writes Friend Concerning Taluchul
tina, a Large Tributary of the
Skwentna flowing South.
Encouraging gold prospects are re
ported from the Skwentna river and
its tributaries. On the steamer Port
land from the west were Charles Strom
and E. Swanson, who wintered in that
section. They located ground on a
tributary of the Skwentna last fall and
prospected sufficient to show up what
they consider fair pay dirt. They will
replenish their outfit and return to
work their claims during the coming
summer.
Aron Ericson, well known in Sew
ard. went into the Skwentna country
last fall, and is now located on the
Taluchultina. a tributary of the larger
stream. In a letter to a friend in
Seward Ericson states that lie is
well pleased with the prospects and
will mine his ground this season.
While nothing excessively rich has
been found as yet, the indications point
to steady, reliable diggings of vast ex
tent, yielding better than wages by
the ordinary sluicing method. For
dredgers and hydraulic lifts the coun
try offers rich returns. Five other
prospectors wintered on the Taluchul
tina and all will work there this
summer.
MANY KILLED
BY EXPLOSION
Powder Magazine Blows Up at
Canton With Great Loss of
Life and Property.
By Cable to Tho Daily Gateway.
Canton, China, May 3— Hundreds
were killed or injured by an explosion
of a powder magazine this morning.
The loss to adjacent property was enor
mous and tire immediately attacked
the debris, adding to the general hor
ror and threatening further destruc
tion. _
PROPOSE TO BUILD TRAIL
FROM KNIK TO FAIRBANKS
Several business men are taking
active interest in a project which
James Bartlett is promoting to build a
trail from Knik to Fairbanks for use
next winter. Mr. Bartlett has studied
the route carefully and believes a good
winter trail can be made for $3000 from
Knik. following closely the surveyed
lino of the Alaska Central but keeping
higher up on the eastern watershed of
the Susitna river. As the route is
practically level nearly all the way
little surface work will be necessary
to make a smooth road when tho snow
is on.
More work will be necessary this
side of Knik than beyond that point
but local officials of the road have
already considered the plan of placing
men on the insurmountable portions of
the route along the north side of Turn
again arm to make a passable roadway
for sleds in the winter. This work
will cost no more at one time than
another and by doing it this summer
the railroad can secure a paying
traffic which would otherwise be lost.
The business men will urge the rail
road company to put this plan into
execution.
Hydraulic Plant for Lake Creek
Henry Anderson, manager,and P. V.
James, president of the King River
Mining Company, which will operate
a large hydraulic plant on the low
er end of Lake creek this summer,
went through on the Yucatan. They
took additional equipment with them
besides several men.
A baker in Milwakee was fined be
cause he used warm loaves of bread
to keep his feet warm in bed and then
sold them.
BEGIN WORK ON
TRUSS BRIDGE
__ I
Contractors Start Structure
Which Is to Span Stream
on Mile 50.
RAIL TERMINUS CLOSE BEHIND
Snow Disappearing Rapidly and in a
few Weeks Will Cease to
Handicap Operations.
Construction of the Howo truss
across the glacier stream on mile 50 of
the railroad began this week. The
track end is now at the entrance of the
celebrated Mclnnes cut, and a tram
track was laid through the cut Tues
day to carry the bridge timber from
the end of the railroad track.
The Mclnnes cut was filled with
snow and a narrow path had to be
shoveled through to make room for the
tram track. VVutson & Snow, the con
tractors, did this at their own expense
because they could make no progress
otherwise until warm weather might
take out the snow. As the cut was
packed bank full the Fourth of July
would hardly have revealed dry ground
at the bottom if the railroad builders
had waited for nature to take its
course.
The snow will not handicap railroad
building much longer. An early
spring would have taken the snow off
by this time as not more than half as
much foil last winter as in the preced
ing winter and in spite of the cold
March and April the snow is no deep
er now than it was the first of June
last year.
STORM LEAVES
DEATH BEHIND
—
Destructive Hurricane Sweeps'
Coast of Mexican State
of Campeche.
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
City of Mexico, May 3—The coast of
the state of Campeche on the gulf of
Mexico was swept by a destructive
hurricane this morning in which many
persons were killed and the property
loss amounts to millions. Details are
lacking.
TO RAISE VALUABLE FUR
ANIMALS ON FOX ISLAND
Fox island, at the entrance to
Resurrection bay, is to be converted
into a marten farm for the propagation
of these valuable fur animals. This
will be the first attempt to raise mar
ten in Alaska. In the extreme north
eastern states marten farms are suc
cessful. and there appears to be no
reason why they should not be equally
profitable here. The island is advan
tageously situated for raising animals
of commercial value, the food supply
being found in the finny and shelled
denizens of the deep in the waters
surrounding.
The Phillips brothers have acquired
a half interest, in the island from
Alfred Lowell, who has for years been
raising blue fox there. Lowell will
leave in a week or so for the Yentna
river country, to secure a half
dozen pair of marten for breeding
purposes.
Katalla Short on Provisions
Katalla is reported to be short on
provisions. Arrivals from that flour
ishing metropolis and letters from res
idents there say there is little grub in
the town and that the remnants on
which the population is struggling to
perpetuate its existence are something
fierce. The trouble is that the late
steamers which brought provisions for
the town were unable to discharge the
viands in the “harbor” because of the
rough water. Several Seward men
who went there recently came back on
the Yucatan with uncomplimentary
opinions of the place.
From Whitehorse comes a report of
a copper discovery near Burwash,
about twenty miles from White river,
the locators claiming that the ore runs
$100 to the ton in an enormous ledge.
STEAMERS HELD
IN ICE FLOES
—
Atlantic Liners With 3000 Passen
gers Caught in Pack
Fifty Miles Wide.
—
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Halifax, N. S., May 4—Transatlantic
liners carrying more than .'1000 passen
gers are fust in ice which blockades
Cabot’s strait, between Newfound
land and Capo Breton. The ice pack
is fifty miles wide this afternoon and
the steamers are drifting with the
floes. It is not believed that the ves
sels are in serious danger but that'they
may be held fast for several days.
MUCH TROUBLE
FOR GUATEMALA
Little Republic Laces Possible
War With Mexico and Revo
lution at Home.
By Cabla to The Dally Gateway.
City of Mexico. May 3—Preparations
for war between Mexico and Guate
mala over the demand of Mexico for
the surrender of Gen. Jose Lima on
the charge of complicity in the
assassination of Gen. Aarillas, threaten
to involve Guatemala in a revolution.
Insurrection is already brewing and
President Cabrera is mobilizing all the
military forces he can command for
defense.
More than 100,000 troops are already
placed by the two republics along the
international boundary.
MEXICO AND GUATEMALA
TO SEVER RELATIONS
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Washington, D. C., May 4—It is
stated on authority today that Mexico
and Guatemala are about, to sever
diplomatic relations.
Ask Surrender of Gen. Lima
City of Mexico, April 29—The Mexi
can government demands that the
government of Guatemala surrender
Gen. Jose Marie Lima to Mexico,
charging that the latter hired assas
sasins to kill Gen. Barillas in this city.
If the request is not complied with by
the Guatemalan government war be
tween the two republics may follow.
Bomb Thrown at Cabrera
Guatemala City, Guatemala, April
30—Manuel Estrada Cabrera, presi
dent of Guatemala, was seriously, if
not fatally injured this morning, by a
bomb thrown under a carriage in
which he was riding. The horses
drawing the vehicle were killed.
In the confusion and excitement
which followed the explosion, the
bomb thrower escaped and his identi
ty is unknown.
SEWARD TERRITORY GETS
$7000 FOR ROAD WORK
The allotment of funds made by the
Alaska road commission for road work
and surveys this summer appropriates
$5000 for the Sunrise trail and $2000
for a survey for a trail from Knik to
the Kuskokwim river. The total of
the allotments is $203,500.
ICE NEARLY ALL OUT OF
INLET TEN DAYS AGO
When the Portland was at Seldovia
April 24 the ice was well out of Cook
inlet, although some dangerous chunks
were still running up and down with
the tides. George Palmer had made
his way down safely from Knik in a
dory and Capt. Blodgett was expecting
to start for Tyonok in the steamer
Tyonic the next day, April 25. Three
men from the Susitna came down with
Palmer and came to Seward on the
Portland.
/lakes Trip to Tyonok
The Pennsylvania reported that Capt.
Blodgett made a trip to Tyonok and
return in the steamer Tyonic, but
some ice was still in the inlet.
J. M. Lathrop, chief deputy U. S.
marshal at Valdez, has been appointed
agent for the Northwestern Steamship
Company at that port.
ICE BREAKS ON
YUKON RIVER
Earliest Opening* of Stream Since
Miners First Entered
the Klondike.
STARTED AT 9 THIS MORNING
Movement of Water Seldom Begins
in Upper District Before May
10 and Usually Later.
A Hash over the cable yesterday an
nounced that the ice broke in the Yu*
kon river that morning at 9o’clock.
So far as the Gateway can learn this
is the earliest break-up on record
since the first Klondike days. The
breake-up seldom comes before May
10. The Alaska almanac gives the
following average dates: Fort Reliance
—May 10: Eagle -11; Circle 13: Fort
Yukon—13: Tanana 13:
The ice breaks first usually below
Lake Bennett: then the water and
floating ice pound and grind the ico
below, breaking it in grand rushss.
Sometimes the ice at a given point
will disappear in an hour or two.
KENAI TO HAVE
FISH INDUSTRY
Barge Amelia Bringing Material
for Plant That Mill Em
ploy Sixty Men.
Kenai will have a fishing plant this
summer, which will employ sixty men.
This industry will be established by
the San Juan Fish Company of Seattle,
and the barge Amelia is now on tlie
way north with lumber and other
material for the buildings. The Ame
lia is towed by the Grant, the old
revenue cutter which has been con
verted into a tug. This news was
brought to Seward by W. G. \\ harl
on the last steamer.
Cook inlet is a famous resort for edi
ble deep sea fish, which seem to like
the mighty tides of that estuary, and
often grow to enormous si/e there.
MANY COMING
FOR INTERIOR
Santa Clara Has Big Passenger
List for Seward, Seldovia
and Inside.
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Seattle, May 1—Steamer Santa
Clara will sail tonight with a big list
of passengers for Katalla, Seward and
Seldovia. A large number are bound
for Cook inlet, to go to the interior
raining districts. _
Coal Famine Unabated
The coal famine at Seattle is unabat
ed, although it has ceased to cause
suffering among the people since warm
leather began. The steamships, man
ufacturing plants and all other heavy
consumers are frequently handicapped
by lack of coal and much that they are
obliged to use is of inferior quality.
Passengers on the steamer Pennsyl
vania on the present trip say her slow
progress was due to the poor coal she
was obliged to burn. The ashes that
came out of the furnace were almost
equal in bulk to the coal that went in.
The coal shortage is due to the fact
that the output of the northwestern
mines is stationary while the popula
tion and business have enormously in
creased in the last few years.
The Tanana Valiev Railroad Com
pany has been incorporated by the
owners of the Tanana Mines railroad
to build a network of rail lines through
the Tanana district and to the Yukon
river. Besides short lines along the
Tanana creeks it projects a line to
Rampart and another to the upper
waters of the Tanana, where the
river crosses the 141st meridian of
longitude, the international boundary.