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SEWARD
IS THE
GATEWAY
TO THE BEST PORTION OF
CENTRAL ALASKA
Through this harbor passes nearly all the traffic
of the vast region lying north ot Cook inlet and
between tin* two mountain ranges which bound
the Susitna valley, an arenas large as one ot the
great states of the Middle West.
In the Near Future
Through the extension of the Alaska Central
railroad, now building northward from Seward,
the territory tributary to the town as the chiet
seaport of the southern coast will gradually ex
pand until it embraces the banana and upper
Kuskokwim. each a region of imperial extent and
resources.
I Seward Already
• ■oturols the trade of the Yentna gold mining dis
trict. which old Alaska miners pronounce one
of the coming bonanza camps ot the territory.
It controls the trade of the numerous mining
camps along Cook inlet and its arms, hrom it
>tart the prospectors who arc constantly pene
trating and exploring the interior between Cook
inlet and the Tatiana in the search for rich depos
its of the metals which abound in all its hills and
streams.
Seward Outfits Miners
Kor all this territory. Prom this town leads the
best route to the new bonanza fields. They are
more accessible than any other great district of
Alaska, an important factor in their development.
I Limitless Coal Deposits
lie at Seward’s hack door. they have been ex
amined and analyzed by tin* best experts and
rated by them with the best bituminous coal of
the Atlantic coast. In another year this coal will
be hauled to tide water over the Alaska Central
railroad and can be mined in quantity to furnish
, steam to all the ships that sail the North Pacific.
In a few years it will furnish coke to smelters
which will he erected at Seward to reduce the
copper ores of that bonanza field. Prince William
sound, whose richest deposits are within a few
hours sailing.
The Longest Railroad
n operation in Alaska lias Seward for its ocean
terminus and its track lengthens each month.
On the finest townsite in Alaska, at the head of
the best harbor on the Alaska coast, ice-free every
day in every year. Seward is building. The town
has water works, electric lighting, sewerage: and
its development is based upon exhaustless re
sources.
RUEF FOUND IN
SAN FRANCISCO
Laughs When Arrested and Gives
Public Statement Regard
ing His Case.
By Cali, vo 1‘ht Dally Gatoway.
San Francisco, March !• Abe Ruef
war, arrested last night in the Tro
cadero. a notorious tenderloin resort.
He was in company with one of his at
torneys when found and laughed over
the episode and the stir his disappear
ance had caused. He said he would
make a statement, probably today,
j Since bis arrest be bus boon Kept un
der guard in a hotel.
According to promise Ruef gave out
j a statement this morning, in which he
I say> he believes that Judge Dunne
! will he adjudged guilty of contempt of i
the supi one court. Ruef was not tak
en into court today. He will appear
Monday.
A special session of the grand jury
I was cal! d today. It is believed that |
I the acti< ns of the sheriff and coroner |
I while searching for Ruef will be in
vestigated.
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kuef Drops Out of Sight
San Francisco, March b Abe Kuef,
the San Francisco lawyer and political
boss, is charged with being a fugitive
I from justice. Kuef was indicted by
| the grand jury, in conjunction with
| Mayor Schmitz, on several counts for
i extortion of money from French res
| taurant keepers for allowing them to
continue in business. The restaurants
I were little better then assignation
I houses. Kuef’s trial was called to he
heard before Judge Dunne yesterday,
i but the defendant failed to appear.
UN bond of **>0.000 was forfeited, and
detectives are scouring the country
for the missing politician.
Second Bond Forfeited
' San Francisco. March b The court
this afternoon declared forfeited a
second bond for *,">n.ooo given by Abe
; Kuef. __
hebbard and Menev at War
San Francisco. March 7 This city is
j in a state of turmoil. Judge Hebbard
I of the district court and Francis J.
Ileticy. assistant Fnited States district
j attorney, are seeking each other with
guns, and blood will be spilled should
■ tl e\ met t. Hebbard is the judge who
granted \be Kuef a writ of error, and
Honey alleges the jurist was intoxi
cated when he granted the writ.
Heney will prefer charges and en
deavor t > have Hebbard impeached.
I Hence tl ■ clash between the two arms
[ of the la w.
The sharin'of San Francisco county
and hi> » ntiro force have been deposed
1 for their failure to assist the prose
cuting attorneys in the Rcuf case.
I j Abe K ief, the primary cause of all
I I this trouble, is still a fugitive from
1 justice :.nd all etiorts to locate him;
have thus far proved futile. A horde
i of d tect vos arc scouring the country
I for the w ily lawyer. It is the genertil ;
1 belief here that he is in hiding in the j
1 city. Mayor Schmitz lias just return-j
I ed from Washington, I>. He is j
I j changed jointly with Kuef for ex tor- j
I tion. He refuses to discuss the matter j
I other than to say that he will be on j
I hand when his trial is called to be
| heard. The mayor accompanied the
I San Francisco school hoard to the
Ij national capitol. to discuss with the
|| president the matter of allowing Jap
Ij anese students to attend the schools
| of San Francisco.
Schmitz Pleads Not (iuilty
San Francisco, March 7 The case
! of Mayor Schmitz, charged with cx
torton, was called for hearing this af
ternoon. Schmitz entered a plea of
not guilty. The trial was then eontin
i ued until Monday. There are four
I indictments against Schmitz and Ruef.
Conspiracy Case This Afternoon
San Francisco, March 7- The con
spiracy case against Abe Ruef and
11 liief of Police Dinan will come up for
hearing late this afternoon. If Ruef
1 fails to appear, he will forfeit another
i bond for $5000.
Ruef Loses a Point
San Francisco, March 8—Ruef's at
torneys applied to the supreme court
today for a writ of prohibition to pre
vent Judge Dunne of the superior
court of this county from trying the
! cases against Ruef, but the writ was
I denied.
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Warriner E. Smith and party of five
who have been spending the last three
months in the interior, were picked up
at Cold bay, by the steamer Dora on
her way east. They were landed at
Iliamna bay about December 1, the ob
ject of the expedition being to take
George Burbank, a civil engineer, over
the proposed route of the Alaska Short
Line railroad from Iliamna bay to the
Kuskokwim river. Mr. Burbank rep
resents Eastern capital.
Petroleum of a superior quality is
found in many locations in Alaska.
PERKINS GIVES
BACK THE COIN
New York Lifje Official Refunds
Money He Donated to Polit
ical Committees.
By Cable to The Dully Gateway.
New York, March M George \\\
Perkins, formerly a vice president of
the New York Life Insurance Com
pany, and a lieutenant of .1. Picrpont
Morgan, today ret urned to the company
nearly $60,000 which lie had paid to
political campaign committees out of
the funds of the corporation.
Perkins was indicted for these sub
scriptions hut the indictments were
dismissed by the supreme court upon
the ground that Perkins was guiltless
of criminal intent.
LITTLE BUSINESS AT
VALDEZ COURT TERM
Short Notice Made It Impossible for
Attorneys to (let Witnesses
In Attendance.
The term of court at Valdez is not a
very busy one as it was called on such
short notice that the lawyers in sever
al cases were unable to get their wit
nesses to Valdez at the beginning of
the term. The murder case against
Jacob H. Hailey is set for next Monday
and will probably be tried. Hailey is
the man who shot and killed Hubert
McIntosh on the Valdez-Yukon grade
last spring. He will he defended by
Hrown A Smith of Valdez and L. V.
Hay of Seward.
The present term of court was called
b\ Judge Wiekershatn at the request
of the attorney-general, who had been J
urged by litigants to allow a term to
he held in Valdez before Judge Wick
ershum went to Juneau, where be will
sit for probably three months for Judge
tJunnison, who will hold court in Fair
banks during the same time. The
Juneau term i* set for April 8. and
court will adjourn in Valdez about
April I.
Judge Wickershstn was disinclined
to hold court in Valdez before going
to Juneau, ns the term at the latter
place had already been called, but the
representations made by litigants at
Valdez to the attorney-general induced
the holding of the March term in the
latter place. Yet nobody wa-> ready
when court convened.
The grand jury gives no signs of
overwork. In concluding his charge
Judge Wickerslmm stated that he ex
pectcd the grand jury to finish its work
by Saturday night. j
Several Seward cases were disposed !.
of on law points. What is known as
the ‘‘beach case,’’ tho Alaska Central j
against Kopperund, whs won by the j
railroad on a law point. The verdict
of the jury in Judge Hildreth's court
was in favor of the railroad company.
Judgment was entered and execution
issued. Then Judge Hildreth granted
a new trial. Judge Morford for the j
company applied to the district court |
fora writ of review on the ground ;
that the commissioner exceeded his
authority in granting the new trial,
and Judge Wiekershatn so held.
Judge Wiekershatn is very popular I
in Valdez and with attorneys practic-i
ing at tho bur. by all of whom he is re-1
garded as an able lawver and an ex
cellent judge.
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FAMOUS PLACERS LOST
AND RECENTLY FOUND
The famous Lost Cabin placer strike i
has recently been found, through t lie |
untiring efforts of old man McLeod, a j
widely known prospector of the Yukon. •
It i* on Firth river, north and over the
divide from the Chandlar, running in
to the Arctic ocean.
The two men who made the original |
find took out $20,000 and started lor the !
outside via the Arctic ocean and Ber-1
ing sea. Their small boat capsized in
Bering sea, and one man was drowned, i
The other reached St. Michael, where (
he was taken ill and died. Before dy-!
ing In* wrote a letter telling McLeod •
where to find the diggings, and the;
hardy old miner, after years of search, j
has succeeded at last.
Jeanie to Sail Tomorrow
Steamer .Teanie will sail on her re-j
turn trip probably tomorrow morning.
She has several stops to make to dis
charge cargo, including Latouche and
Valdez. She came direct from Drier
bay to Seward. Her Seward cargo was
200 tons of coal, twenty tons of general
merchandise, including gasoline, and
twelve creosoted [tiles for the Alaska
Central. _
Steamer Dora Due
Steamer Dora sailed from Valdez
for Seward shortly after noon yester
day and is due here at any hour.
The fight between the mine owners
and mine workers still continues at
Nome. The gold output will be large
ly curtailed as a result.
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