VOL. I SEWARD, ALASKA. FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 13, 1905_N<)' 5i>
fORTV MILES OE ~
RAILS IN SIGHT
Sunday Will see Track Laid that far
with Another Three of Grade
Nearly Done.
Track will l>e laid on the Alaska
Central to the end of mile 40 by Sun
day night. Beyond that small patches
of grading remain to be completed in
three places in the next three miles.
These will be finished within ten days
and track laid to the 43rd milepost by
October 25. There the rails will end
for perhaps a month because of heavy
rock work on mile 44.
Before the end of November, it is
expected, track will be laid and in op
eration to the first tunnel, on mile 40.
This is the tunnel which the railroad
company is boring. It will not be
readi for the rails until spring, but the
completion of the track past the 48th
milepost will be of great advantage in
the transportation of supplies.
From the first tunnel to the end of
the Welch contract at mile 105, on the
north side of Turnagain Arm camps
will be scattered all winter. Along
the route of the railroad wagon roads
will be made which will render it pos
sible to trans)X)rt supplies to all these
camps without great difficulty or ex
pense.
Rich & Harris have sixty-five men
at work on the first of the five tunnels
which that firm will drive on mile 52,
and they want several hundred. The
big compressor which recently arrived
will be taken up as soon as the snow
makes it possible to skid a heavy load.
Work is offered to practically an un
limited number of men by the railroad
company and contractors, and an agent
was sent to Seattle on a late boat to
secure as many laborers as possible.
Welch & Co. have standing advertise
ments for men in several Alaska p&p
ers. Rich & Harris are also advertis
ing for men.
H. A. Ingalls, the Nome mining man
who has taken a bond on Falls creek
quartz claims, was negotiating this
morning with Mr. Cameron, engineer
of construction, to bring rock men
from Nome to take contracts on the
railroad grade. If Mr. Ingalls becomes
satisfied that better contracts can be
made with the Alaska Central than at
Nome he will advise a lot of rock men
and tie men to come here.
Abner McKinley’s Widow Remarries
By Cable to the Cateway
Baltimore, Oct. 13—The widow of
the late Abner McKinley, brother of
President McKinley, yesterday pri
vately married Captain John B. Allen
of Tampa, Florida.
Dave Wallace of the Bank saloon
returned last night from a trip to
Turnagain Arm. He came over the
trail.
TO PROSECUTE
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INSURANCE MEN
Merchants’ Association Demands
That Crooked Officials be
Brought to Account.
By Cable to the Gateway
New York, Oct. 13 The Merchants’
Association of New York today adopted
a resolution demanding that insurance
companies prosecute their officials who
are shown to have-been guilty of mis
appropriation of money and other acts
of malfeasance in office.
The association also decided to take
the responsibility of instituting civil
actions to recover money wasted in ex
cessive salaries or unlawful expendi
tures, and profits made by officials
through the use of trust funds. Many
members of the association hold large
policies in the companies which are
being investigated.
Militiamen Scrap with Greeks
By Cable to the Gateway
Rosetfburg, Ore., Oct. Vi—A com
pany of militia was called out here to
day to take charge of a gang of Greeks
working on the railroad who were
accused of the murder of a man named
Peterstin. The train crew who took
the militia out to the scene became in
volued in a quarrel with the Greeks
and began shooting at them. One
Greek was wounded before the militia
stopped the trouble. The Greeks were
all placed under arrest in order to he
held until an investigation of the mur
der can be made.
King Alfonso Seeks a Wife
By Cable to the Gateway
Madrid,Spain, Oct. 13 -King Alfonso
will leave here for Germany November
2 to seek a wife in that country.
Several alliances are proposed for him.
ANOTHER BUSINESS BLOCK
Building for T. D. Corlew Will Go
Up Opposite Carstens
Clearing ground for another two
story business block began this week
opposite the Carstens* block. The
building will he occupied by T. I). Cor
lew and work will begin upon it as soon
as the lumber arrives, which has been
ordered from Seattle.
The ground belongs to P. G. Hale of
the Bank of Seward. It has not yet
been decided whether he will erect
the building and rent it to Mr. Corlew
or Mr. Corlew will take a ground lease
for several years and construct the
building himself. He has been given
the option by Mr. Hale to do which
ever he prefers. The building will be
30x80 feet, and the second floor will be
equipped for offices or furnished rooms.
Steamer Shelikof came into port at
3 o’clock this morning, and sailed for
Valdez shortly afterward. She was
returning from llnalaska.
TAMMANY HOOTS
JEROME’S NAME
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Turns Down New York District
Attorney Who was Candidate
for Renomination.
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By Cable to the Gateway
New York, Oct. l.'t -At a meeting of
Tammany Hall today to complete the
municipal ticket the name of District i
Attorney Jerome was hooted and hissed, ;
creating a scene of disorder. Tammany
refused to indorse Jerome for another ;
term.
The republicans today nominated (
William Mills Ivins, who acted as
counsel for the Fassett legislative com-;
mittee in 1!><>2, which investigated
Tammany rule in New York City, for |
mavor. An eflfort will he made to j
have the convention indorse Jerome as!
a candidate for district attorney to sue-,
ceed himself. Jerome will he supported
hv the Citizens' Union, and probably
by the municipal ownership party which
has nominated William K. Hearst for
mayor.
Would Chloroform Sufferers
By Cable to the Gatewey
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Philadelphia,Oct. 13-Miss Anna Hall
of Cincinnati in an address at the an
nual meeting of the American Humane
Society heie today advocated the use
of anaesthetics to kill persons dying in
agony whether through accident or j
otherwise. She said she believed it
would he merciful to shoot persons!
fatally injured in a railroad accident ;
when no other method of terminating j
their torture was available and death ,
was certain in a short time.
LOCATE DREDGING LAND !
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Four Men Find Good Gravel at!
Mouth of Knik River
Four experienced dredger men. who
helped install the dredger for the
Rainbow Mining Company at Hope,
took advantage of the opportunity to
look around for themselves, and located
thirty-two claims at the mouth of the
Knik river, which they believe will
form one of the biggest bonanzas in that
region. Tests of gravel at a depth of
six feet averaged cents a yard.
The quartette is headed by Chris, i
Hanson, who came up from Sau Fran- j
cisco with the Rainbow dredger to:
help to get it going. He is an experi-'
enced California miner and expects to j
interest capital to put a dredger into !
the property which he and his associ
ates have just loeated. He has already
been employed to install another
dredger for the Rainbow Mining Com
pany on the inlet. He will go out on j
the Fxcelsior. His partners in the!
Knik river claims are George Hanson,
Henry Bahrenburg and Thomas Coats.
Temperature at 4 p. m. today—47.
Oen. Oreely Decides to Install That
System Between Zamboango
and Jolo.'
By Cable to the Gateway
Washington, I). (-., Oct. 13—Gen.
Greely, chief signal officer, has de
cided to install the wireless system of
telegraph between the islands of Zam
boanga and Jolo in the Philippines,
because strong tides chafe the cable
and it is continually getting out of
order.
Senator Lorrg of Kansas, who re
cently visited the Philippines, is here,
and says that a. the coming session of
Congress he will urge greater freedom
of trade between the Pnited States
and the archipelago, because of the
crop losses from the recent typhoon.
He says the natives are becoming dis
contented and should he helped or they
will revolt from American rule.
TELLS CF MINING BOND
H. A. Ingalls says he Made Falls
Creek Deal for Himself
FI. A. Ingalls, the mining man who
took a bond on the Falls creek quartz
claims, says he made the deal for him
self and that C. I>. Lane is not inter
ested in it. The statement given the
Gateway that the bond was taken for
Mr. Lane was from a friend of Mr.
Ingalls, who knew the latter’s associa
sion with Lane at Nome and elsewhere.
Mr. Ingalls said modestly this n orning:
4* I am < nly a prospector, not a capi
talist. \\ hile I am here I will be glad
to look at any mining properties, as 1
came up to inform myself regarding
the resources around Seward, and I
have friends below whom I wish to re
port to."
Mr. Ingalls is going to Seattle on the
Kxeelsior and he failed to say that he
would net report to C. 1> Lane.
J. L Reed Warms Mis Mouse
Attorney J. L. Reed has opened
bachelor quarters at the foot of the
hill, and last night invited a score of
his friends to a housewarming. It was
strictly a stag party and all the federal
officials in the city were present to
keep order. This proved unnecessary
as the boys behaved very well. The
house had been handsomely decorated
with flags and hunting by Mrs. Stull
and Mrs. Daggett.
New Master Mechanic Arrives
An assistant to Master Mechanic
Van Cleve of the Alaska Central arriv
ed by the stork line this morning at
5 o’clock. The youth weighs twelve
pounds and is the first boy in the
family.
The assessment of the city of Nome
is $1,679,579.