POISON MEN IN
RUSSIAN MILLS
By Cable to The Bally Gateway.
Warsaw, March Thirty four mill
hands, working in mills which had re
fused to join in the general strike,
were fat <!.' poisoned here by means of
poison sprinkled on the floor of the
mills, and many others are suffering
from the effects of the poison which
was breathed into the nostrils with the
mill dust and inhaled into the lungs.
The paymaster of the Vistula rail
road was robbed last night of tMH>
t»y armed men. Lawlessness has he*
•ome more rampant in the past few
lays than for some time.
Liberals See Only Trouble
St. Petersburg. March Liberal
leaders say that they ran see nothing
ahead for years except struggles
against the government in which
bloodshed will be a marked factor.
The attitude of the imperial party is
strictly that of conceding nothing ex*
•opt what is wrung from it by force.
Universal suffrage, say the Liberals,
would produce the only orderly out
come. This the government is. un
willing to concede and the policy of
-epression continues to breed the
spirit of insurrection.
Mark Twain Encourages Rebels
New York, March 3t» Mark Twain
addressed a letter today to the Russian
revolutionary committee which lias
been given to the press in which he in
dorses the uprising against the iin per
al government, lie says he trusts the
Russian patriots will be able to crush
the single frail family of drones and all
;heir idle, vicious kin, who now mis
govern that vast empire, and expresses
the belief that he will live to see the
vu roc racy overt brown.
DOC GREEN MUSHES ON
Noted Alaskan Reports Progress on
Prospecting Tour
L>r F. !. Green, formerly of Wrangel
who cam to Seward last fall ar.d
inally deeided to explore the interior
of Alaska in search of the Golden Fleece,
wrote a letter 1 torn Knik to an ac» t aaint
mce in Seward who >taked him to a
power of attorney, in which he reports
orogi 's as follows:
I am This Far on my Journey no ac
•ident' so Far Fxcept I was He’ up
>nth Tr i hy Tin man I was takoing
n with me he got th*‘ I Iron on me wit h
t,’}> Winch1 'ter a Demanded a Hill of
sale o' ; my Outfit *o 1 left Fvery
riling a- w ent Hack to Glasiert ‘reck
tie Following Cio'p at my Hack w ith
His Gun Cocked when l Got to Glasier
reek 1 ;U > -■ Him "at in Pres. tee of
>thet' Hat ho had Left his Gun in the
Blacksmith shop A Claimed it was not
Loaded any of the i . me
him Thu; e ny First Helpt r w as a 1'heii
v is now in Jail at Sew mi A the next
was a C 'in . t> i >r From Idaho
hat wanted of all l had Bought Be
sides what Clothing 1 Bought for him
m if, V.i i .. Fc ni : id' 1 ■: 1 'I ii
uush it al"ne thay sav a Bad Begining
nak*' a Good Fading so I^ook For
Great Results l Exp. ct to Get the Rich
■st Claims in all of Alaska Before I Get
Back A Put us all on Kusv street Give
Reguard' to all Knquireing Friends at
Seward Tell enny mushert oming This
way to Be sure A Outfit at Seward as
’.hare is nothing here But Flour A:
sugar A not mutch of That A Crow
Creek Pass is a Bad one to Cross Far
worse than Chilkoot Pass."
TO EUROPE IN ONE DAY
New York Man Plans Motor to Re
volutionize W ater Travel
Three-days excursions to London and
return are the dream of Herbert E.
Rider, who devised the New York
system of underground trolleys and
other inventions, and who is now per
fecting a motor which he believes will
drive steamships at the rate of 100 to
150 miles an hour.
This new motor is a simple affair. It
consists of a pipe which runs through
the hold of the vessel below the water
line. This pipe is open at both ends.
Attached to it, about one-fhird from
the after end, is a cylinder which is
just the diameter of the pipe and in
length about three times its diameter.
At the bottom of this cylinder the pipe
that attaches it to the main pipe curves
aft.
The rest of the motor is simply an
application of the gas engine. The
cylinder when working is charged
with ga>, which has been vaporized
trom kerosene oil. An electric spark
er explodes this gas and forces it out
through the pipe at the stern of the
boat. This gives the boat a kick
which drives it ahead and at the
same time the gas driving through
the pipe at the stem creates a vacuum
at the forward end into which the
water rushes, so that, as the inventor
says, it is drawing the l>oat ahead at
the same time that it is driving it for
ward from the kick in the stern.
Copper prices still rule high and iron
and tin are going up._
Cloth dipped into a 30 percent sol
ution of ammonium phosphate, and
dried, becomes uninflammable. It will
char but not blaze, and the tire does
not spread.
SAYS ELKINS IS
RAILROAD AGENT
y
By Cable to "bo Sally Gateway.
I V> .Moines, la.. March-lib Coventor
Cummins of Iowa in an open letter
today charges that Senator Stephen H.
Klkins. chairman of the senate com
mittee on interstate commerce, is act
ing in the capacity of a railroad attor
ney to defeat t he hill for the regulat
ion of railroad freight rates. He charges
also that other members of the com
mittee are aiding Klkins.
Uov. Cummins asserts that at the
sessions of the committee the cross-ex
amination of witnesses is practically
conducted by a railroad lawyer who
sits constantly at Klkins' elbow and
suggests questions.
WANTS MINER DELEGATE
Tanana Association Says Man in that
Industry Should Go to Congress
The Tanana Miners' Association, re
cently organized. has sent out a circular
letter to all the newspapers of Alaska
urging the election of a man actively
! engaged in mining in the territory as
the delegate in congress to be chosen
next August, if the bill for that pur
pose' becomes a law. The circular is
signed by R. Mc\ ictir. president, and
P. K. McCluro, secretary of the associ
ation. It reads as follows.
The miners of (lie Tanana have
organized themselves under the name
of the Tanana Miners* Association.
They recognize that mining is the
the industry of Alaska.
They detine the term "Miner” to
mean and include those who are ac
tively and personally engaged in the
finding and developing the mineral re
sources of Alaska. We do not include
those who speculate in mining as an
incident to their presence in .Alaska.
\\\> confine the meaning of the word to
include those, and those only, who give
their time, energy and means under
their personal supervision to the deve
lopment of Alaska's mineral resources.
It! short, whoso principal occupation is
either prospecting, working in mines,
or personally operating or superintend
ing their own properties.
We recognize the need and presence
of the merchant who follows us with
our supplies: of the transportation
companies: of the fishing industry, and
of all oilier industries of benelit to
Alaska.
\\\ recognize all tl»o>e anu t he pruper
consideration they deserve, while
maintaining that they lack in a proper
conception of miner-, and mining.
We know now that Alaska is to be
represented at Washington by a dele*
e::te to he elected next August. We
|v!, ve tinnly that a miner should be
th.i* ■ ; >;e- n; • : v. : one who is pos
sessed of good common sense, whose
here and integrity are above sus
p v:« one who understand* the abuses
mat vtog our step*. and is able to work
for our remedy.
Alaska has many such men roaming
her ldlls and working her mines.
t ousidering these premises, the ex
ecutive committee of the Tanana
Miners* Association submit the follow
ing suggestions for your earnest con
sideration and action:
a. They earnestly request you. the
miners of Seward and its vicinity
to organize and begin looking for a
suitable candidate.
b. To fully realize your power and
your privilege, and patriotically exer
cise them.
e. To not overlook a good man be
cause he is “broke." The miner does
not expect anyone to pay or buy his
way to he his representative.
d. 'I'o beware of the politician's graft.
With us the resources of Alaska are
our best graft, and themjwe most earn
estly and intently court.
e. To communicate with us and all
other mining centers of Alaska.
We are addressing a similar com
munication to the following mining
centers of Alaska, via: Forty Mile,
Eagle. Circle City, Rampart. Koyukuk,
Nome, Valdez and Juneau. We ask
them to look for a suitable candidate,
we ourselves are looking for one.
If, as time reveals the development
of a mining federation,we may arrange
the meeting of a convention to select
one of the many candidates to be the
miners* candidate for election as dele
gate to Congress.
We trust that the press of Alaska
will aid us in our endeavor.
All of which is respectfully submitted
by the executive committee of the
Tanana Miners* Association for the
earnest consideration of the miners of
Alaska. __
C. S. Dech. for the past three months
a compositor in the Gateway office, be
came seized with the Tanana fever last
week and went to Valdez on the
Farallon intending to mush over the
trail.
The addition of manganese to steel is
said to increase its tensile strength and
reduce its malleability. Both mangan
ese and chrome steel are extremely
hard.
Owing to the curvature of the earth,
a mountain 5,717 feet in height would
be invisible at the distance of 100 miles,
viewed from the seashore.
LANG ARRESTED
IN NATIVE LAND
By Cable to Tlio Dally Gateway.
Seattle, .March 24 Frank S. Lanjr of
Nome, who recently went back to
Austria after an absence of thirty
years, has been arrested there because
he left the country without performing
the required military service*, lie may
he compelled to serve there asasoldier
although he is a naturalized American
citizen. He is a brother-in-law of
Senator Carter of Montana.
The state department has already
taken active steps for Land's release
and it is believed that diplomatic rep
resentations will free him. although he
may have* to pay a line* or submit to a
nominal penalty of some sort.
Origin of (iold Nuggets
One of the most interesting prob
lems about gold is the origin of the
“nugge*.” Miners have long had the
superstition that gold grows like a
plant, and will go over the old work
ings of a disused mine, expecting that
new gold will have appeared. But
even scientific opinion has been lean
ing of late to the belief that the nug
get grows. Gold is found in quartz
rocks, generally too finely divided to
lie seen, but sometimes glistening in
tiny leaves like the frost on a window
pane. It is also found in veins or fis
sures, the origin of which was a mar
vel, so long as gold was thought in
soluble. Sometimes it mimics the
forms of extinct plants, having evi
dently soaked into their decaying fibre
and remained there. But the most
accessible gold of all is that worn by I
water from the quartz mountains, and
deposit d as river sand along the val- J
ley. It is in these alluvial beds of rich
i sand that the nugget is found. The I
surface of an alluvial bed i> usually
i clay or fine sand, then coarser sand be
low that, and gravel lower still. The
gold is mixed up with it all. and oc
casionally deep down you lind a water
worn pebble of mixed gold and quartz. j
But the true nugget isquite a different
thing. It is of far purer gold than the
vein gold found among the quartz, and
i occasionally washed down in a rounded
pebble. The nugget is often gold
almost as pure as a wedding ring, and
it dot's not lit' deep down among the
heavy gravel where you would expect
it. but iiigh *>p among tin- light sand
near the surface. \\ hj a heavy mass
of gold should be left at the top. while
the motion of the river has sifted all
other heavy masses down below the
sand, was a mystery. The nugget, too,
has not a water-worn shape, but is o 1
strungi and irregular form. Mining
atm Svi ntilie 1 ’cess.
Beet Sugar Increase
The beet sugar crop of Furopo for
l!io."i-r> js estimated at ti.s.V>.000 tons by
a Belgian journal. Fa Meuse, of Liege.
This shows an increase over the pre
vious yt it 's crop of almost "»() pet cent. ,
Judge Wickersham urges the attor- j
ney-general’s department to construct j
a new til at Fairbanks. The present |
one is insecure and does not hold as
many of the population as ought to l>e j
be inside.
Our Brand “WEIGHT GUARANTEED"
When you see a tent set up look at the
! brand and it Is a sate bet it was made
by us. THERE MUST Bt A REASON.
.Seattle Tent and Awning Co.
j Our goods are on sale by all reliable
merchants in this neck o’woods
We make mining hose of all kinds
The Colorado supreme court recently
decided in a tunnel case that the prop
rietor of a claim may drive a level
through an adjoining claim owned by
another to reach his own vein beyond.
This was on the ground of “eminent
domain."
The lirst dividend of the Calumet &
II eel a copper mine, at Houghton,
Mich., was paid in August. 1-870, since
which date it has paid over $02,000,000
in dividends.
No water for boiler use is superior
to rain water. Nearly all water from
the ground contains mineral salts in
solution, which will deposit scale iti
the boiler.
A higher percentage of power is
transmitted by long belts than by short
ones of the same width and ply and
running at the same speed.
Two milk cows were shod in Seattle
to qualify them to hoof it over the
Valdez trail to Fairbanks.
The Fairbanks Nows proposes a fed
eration of all the miner's associations
of the territory.
O. LASCY
l. S. I)LP. MINERAL and LAND
SURVFYOR FOR lilt DISTRICT OF AlASM
civil Engineer, and Land and Min
ing Attorney. Address Seldovia.
Alaska, or in care of Mail Agent.
Steamer Dora.
FRANK H. LASCY
'J. S. MINERAL and LAND
Surveyor for the District of Alaska,
avo NOTARY PUBLIC
Addn s: Seldovia. Cook Inlet. Alaska,
or care Mail Agent, Steamer Dora
H. H. HILDRETH
NOTARY PUBLIC
and CONVEYANCER
Abstracts of Title to mining and town
property furnished Examination and
reports made on any property...
SEW A HI) - - ALASKA!
G. W. PALMER
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
Prospector's Outfits High
est Prices Paid for Furs—
Knik P. O. Alaska
GLACIER SALOON
R. Weierman & H. Hitchcock, Proprietors
Wines, Liquors & Cigars I
Glacier Creek, Turuagain Arm. Alaska
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CHAS. A. TECKLENBURG
THE SEATTLE BAR
-ONLY THE BEST
Wines, Liquors and Cigars
Bohemian and Olympia Beer
FURNISHED ROOMS WITH STEAM HEAT
Fourth Av«. and Washington St. Seward. Alaska.
STOVES AND RANGES
HOT-BLAST HEATERS
Hardware, Guns and Ammunition
Mechanics Tools.
Jg rP APT FOURTH AVENUE
• Lh* UrvACir SEWARD. ALASKA
If You Want to Get Married— Go to a Preacher ||
If You Want to Get a Divorce -—Go to a Lawyer I
If you want Fine Laundry Work and quick service ito to the
1 SEWARD STEAM LAUNDRY
Well Bought is Mail Sold
Purchasing Drugs righl en
ables us to sell them right.
Our motto,
“ Live and Lei live/’
is meeting with the most
hearty endorsement.
Our goods are of unques
tionable quality. A trial will
convince you.
Prescription Materials
which we use are without
exception of the purest grade
We believe in
Purity.
We constantly preach
Purity.
We always practice .Purity
in preparing medicine.
Purity counts Counts for
much in medicine.
Ask your doctor.
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BAY CITY MARKET
WHOLESALE ANI) RETAIL DEALERS IN
fresh Beef, Pork, Veal and Mutton
Hams, Bacon and Lard Constantly on hand
Small & Glasbrenner
HOTEL McNEILEY
Completely Renovated. New Management. Hot
and Cold Water. Modern, Plastered Rooms.
Electric Lighted. Baths. Reasonable Rates.
HAWKINS & WHITTEMORE, Pkoimuktohs
Fourth Avenue, .... Seward, Alaska
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Commerce Cafe elev,n ~
Open day and night. Private Rooms for Ladies
Banquets and Dinners on short notice a specialty.
The Seward News Go.
Type Writer Supplies Magazines Books Papers
Cigars Tobaccos Pipes Candy Fruits
Fourth Avenue Seward, Alaska
F 0 HALE President C. E. DICKERMAN, Vicc-Pres
BANK OF SEWARD
Transacts a General Banking Business
We receive deposits, buy ami sell exchange, foreign and doni die: bir.
dust and bullion: make collections. Ail business committed to ur car* wi!
receive prompt and careful attention.
Your Business is Solicited
SEWARD CONSTRUCTION & DEVELOPMENT CO.
Manfacturers of Concrete Building Blocks. Belts. Cornice'
Caps. Cement, Chimneys, etc. General Contractors in all
Brunches of Construction
Offices: Fifth Aveuue, near Adams Street - - • Seward, Alaska
THE ALASKA TRANSFER
CHRlSTiENSEN & LAUBNER. Proprietors
Pianos and Safes Moved special attccu,n,c:t,_T,^c
Give us your orders for Coal &. Wood
General rorwarders phone main seward. Alaska
D. C. BROWNELL
THE ONLY EXCLUSIVE
Hardware Store
Quinlan Liquor Company
Price List of Bulk Whiskeys Our own bottling
l Per Case—12 quart bottles . $12.00
_ ... | Per Gallon.. 5.00
8-year old whiskeys ' Per Quart. 1.25
I Per Pint . 60
( One-half Pint. 35
Old Port and Sherry per quart, aes‘ .60c
FOURTH AVENUE, next to the Colei, .in House, SEWARD
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WAGNER’S PLACE
FRED WAGNER. Proprietor
WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS
A Good Time and Right Treatment for Everyone
THE SEWARD LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY
(Incorporated November, 1905. under the laws of Alaska)
Office—Suite 2-4 Carstens Building, Seward, Alaska
THE LOUVRE
EIDSON & DOBSON. Proprietors
A Gentleman’s Resort. Gold Dust Bought
Cor. Fifth and Washington streets Seward, Alaska
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