SEWARD
IS THE
GATEWAY
TO THE BEST PORTION OF
CENTRAL ALASKA
Through this harbor passes nearly all the traffic
of the vast region tying north of Cook inlet and
between the two mountain ranges which bound
the Susitna valley, an area as large as one of 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 chief
seaport of the southern coast will gradually ex
pand until it embraces the Tanana and upper
Kuskokwim. each a region of imperial extent and
resources.
Seward Already
controls the trade of the Yentna gold mining dis
trict. which old Alaska miners pronounce one
of the coming bonanza camps of the territory.
It controls the trade of the numerous mining
camps along Cook inlet and its arms, rom it
start the prospectors who are constantly pene
trating and exploring the interior between Cook
inlet and the Tanana in the search for rich depos
its of the metals which abound in all its hills and
streams.
Seward Outfits Miners
For all this territory. From this town leads the
best route to the new bonanza fields. They arc
more accessible than any other great disti ict of
Alaska, an important factor in their development,
Limitless Coal Deposits
lie at Seward’s back door. They have been ex
amined and analyzed by the 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 ^oith Pacific.
In a few years it will furnish coke to smelters
which will be erected at Seward to reduce the
copper ores of that bonanza field, Prince William
sound, whose richest deposits are within a feu
hours sailing.
The Longest Railroad
in operation in Alaska has 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.
CHARGED WITH
TAKING $4500
Former Comptroller John Rip*
linger of Seattle Said to
Have Been Short.
By Cable to Tb* Dally Oataway.
Seattle, May 8—City Comptroller
Carroll charges that John Kiplinger,
his predecessor iu office and republican
candidate for mayor at tho city elec
tion a year ago, is a defaulter in the
sum of at least $4,500 and that the sum
may reach $20,000. The amount can
not he fixed, Carroll says, until the
f»ooks are gone over carefully.
1 Kiplinger is now in Honduras and
his arrest has already been ordered.
He went south after his defeat for
mayor Inst year and t he course of his
travels has been a secret except to a
few friends ever since, although it
| was stated that he was in the tropics
for his health, which was broken.
Kiplinger was city comptroller four
| years and could have been elected to a
| third term. He was a candidate
for re-election but was practically
forced to make the run for mayor and
| was defeated by William II. Moore by
1 .■» votes in March lfiOti. The embezzle
ment charge created a great sensation.
Unable to Find Bonds
Seattle, May 9 — The official bonus
of Kx-Compt roller Kiplinger in both of
his terms of office are missing and an
exhaustive search has failed to reveal
any trace of them or fix responsibility
for their abstraction.
Citizens arc demanding a complete
investigation of all the city offices for
several years back, believing that
other embezzlements besides Kipling
er’s may be discovered.
; Kiplinger’s whereaboutsin Honduras
cannot be ascertained today but it is
believed that be can be located through
i letters previously sent.
Find Bond in Sale
Seattle, May 10—The bond of Kx
Compt roller Kiplinger was found today
in the private safe of Ex-Mayor
Ballinger.
Pinkerton detectives will be sent to
Honduras to try to get Kiplinger as
that republic has no extradition treaty
with tin* United States.
TRANSPORT LOST |
WITH 100 LIVES
French Ship Portiou Wrecked on
Coast of Uruguay and
Small Boats Sink.
—
By Cable to Tbe Daily Gateway.
Buenos Ayres, Argentine Republic,
May 8—The French transport Portiou
was wrecked on the coast of Uruguay
yesterday and 100 passengers per
ished. Many of the small boats were
swamped while trying to carry the
people ashore.
Stick to the Ore
It is stated as a fundamental rule for
successful mining, not to be lost sight
of until the prospecting stage is past,
that it is well to stick to the ore.
Don’t leave it for a moment. Start on
it and go down with it. Vertical
shafts are enticing, and long crosscut
tunnels to tap the vein in depth are as
alluring as the song of the siren, and
equally as deceptive. Don't be afraid
of an incline started on the ore and
following it wherever it may lead. An
incline may not look so pretty as a
vertical shaft, but it will teach one
more about the ore than the vertical
shafts. The failure to follow the ore
with an incline to satisfactory depth
has cost success in innumerable in
stances. A tunnel is appropriate only
when it may be run on the vein, gain
ing depth as it proceeds, or in rare in
stances where considerable depth may
be gained, a very short crosscut may
be appropriate. But the cases where
an incline sunk upon the ore and fol
lowing it down is less desirable than a
tunnel are extraordinarily few.—
Mining Topics.
A. B. Lewis and Mrs. Lewis were
passengers on the Bertha for Homer,
where Mr. Lewis goes to complete the
survey of the coal claims on Kache
mak hay belonging to the Michigan
syndicate. He was occupied in the
work nearly all of last summer.
_
The Prospector reports a stampede
I to a quartz discovery sixty miles from
Ij Valdez. It is claimed that $2300 ore
was found. The location is not defln
j itelv known but miners are looking
! for it._
The Alaska Pacific Railway Terthin
I al Company is Dr. Bruner’s company.
The Copper River & Northwestern
| is the Rogers enterprise.
CROWDS TO SEE
MINERS’ TRIAL
Boise Fills Up With People to
Watch Steunenberg Mur
der Hearing.
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Boise, May 7—The city is filling up
with people who have come to watch
the trial of William D. Haywood, sec
retary of the Westorn Federation of
Miners, on the charge of complicity in
the murder of Kx-Gov. Steunenberg.
Many labor representatives have ar
rived.
The defense demanded a severance
of trials of the three accused federa
tion officials and the state’s attorneys
elected to put Haywood on trial first as
fchoy believe they have the strongest
case against him.
Judge Wood will tomorrow give a
decision on the demand of Haywood's
counsel for a bill of particulars speci
fying the detailed charge against the
defendant.
No Street (lab During Trial
Boise, Idaho, May 8—No street ora
tory will he allowed during the Hay
wood murder trial in this city. The
most rigid regulations will be main
tained to prevent trouble between the
partisans for the two sides.
Judge Wood this afternoon denied
the motion of Haywood’s counsel for a
bill of particulars. Attorneys on both
sides refuse to discuss tin' decision.
The case will be called tomorrow
morning and the selection of the jury
will begin at once.
Crowd Keeps Order
Boise, Idaho, May 9 -The courtroom
was Idled this morning at the opening
of the trial of William D. Haywood,
secretary of the Western Federation
of Miners, upon the charge of com
plicity in the murder of Ex-Gov.
Steunenberg. The crowd was orderly
and the opening proceedings without
special incident. Four veniremen
were excused for cause.
Senator Borah denied the statement
given out this morning that Jack
Simpkins, indicted with Haywood and
the others but never apprehended, had
been located or promised immunity to
testify for the state.
riust Not Leave Prison
Boise, May 10- During the Haywood
trial penitentiary guards will not be
permitted to leave the prison. Extra
guards were placed in charge of Harry
Orchard today. These precautions
are to prevent any secret communica
tion between the defendants or Orchard
and parties outside.
Moyer Denies Convict Story
Boise, Idaho, May 11—Charles Moyer,
president of the Western Federation
of Miners and one of the men to be
tried here for the murder of Ex-Gov.
Steunenbcrg, denies the story publish
ed by the Chicago Journal that he
was once a convict in the Joliet peni
tentiary for robbery. He says he was
in South Dakota during all of 1886, the
year in which the story stated he was
convicted.
The trial of Haywood was continued
today until Monday in order to secure
an additional jury venire of 100 men.
MIZNER CASE
STARTS WRONG
j Court Refuses Divorce Because
Suit Irregular and Wife
Must Begin Again.
fiy Cable to tlie Doily Gateway.
New York, May 9—Mrs. Wilson
Mizner’s suit for divorce was with
drawn today because the judge re
fused to grant the divorce upon the
pleadings and evidence. A new suit
will be instituted and causes of action
differently pleaded. Mizner says he
will not contest; that he is tired of the
notoriety he has received from his
marriage and will go to Paris.
Ice Still Obstructs Inlet
Floating Ice still obstructed Cook
inlet when the Bertha left there and
(.’apt. Blodgett had not been able to go
to the head of the arms, although he
bad made one trip to Tyonok.
Quartz specimens carrying $51 in
free gold have been brought from the
Nabesna country to Valdez.
If you want a free sample copy of the
luost progressive and up-to-date min
ing journal published send your name
to Mining Topics, 64 Fulton street,
New York. Its news is authentic and
unbiased and the paper is devoted to
the specific and general interests of
mining in every field. *
Pacific Coast Trading C«
T. D. CORLEW. MANAGER.
_ OUTFITTERS
For the Next Thirty Days
all Suits and Pants will be sold at Cost.
Just received, Forty Tons of Fancy Grocer
ies. Once more we have plenty of Gold.
Nag get Cojfee; also Bari ng ton Hall Coffee
which ive could not get before on accoant
of delay in transportation.
Prospectors, ask your friends where to
Outfit, and yon will always find Hie
right place.
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HARDWARE
Guns, Ammunition, Mechanics’ Tools, Cutlery
Miners' Conveying and Pressure Hose and
Reducing Nozzles, Tents, Etc.
Stoves and Ranges, Granite and Tinware
Tinning Plumbing
FOURTH AVENUE J. L. GRAEF [WARD. ALASKA
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PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND
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Nelson Co. Bourbon, Olympia Beer. Everything tirst-class. Best
of attention, run on the live and let live plan.
Glrdwood, Alaska. C. R. BOOTH, Manager.
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