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V(1L ,, „ SEWARD, ALASKA, SATERI>A V. SEETEMHER V>. VM._WIlnEE NUMBER r.7
By Cable to the Gateway , . ...
Y0k\o. Sept. i:» Ad aim! Togo's flagship, the tii-st-class battle
ship y k s' was Mow a to atoms Monday night and allot' her crew
Of Pol ■ kill- i or injured. Fire in the interior of the vessel,
u ],•„ i i: . ■ .in.' was the cause. Admiral Togo was not
on ho od. . .
. ■ io-ik) was h ing in tin* outer harbor here. I In* origin
of t], . S I ft , a V. . out when discovered it was burning tierce- j
;v j; uasth n !'o! »ar rota the magazine and in spite of t lie most
desperate efforts of tin-crew, who exposed themselves with the
reckless in lilt ere: •' which always characterizes the Japanese, the
k.nics crept to tin* hi g • stores of powder ami either penetrated to j
t!„. els.- rontenrlons beat upon the walls produced
the expl-o- i**o
v ; i. h shot up instantly lighted
tlll% t ;Pinv; ,,i d di g hlaze of light and tl»e detonation
t>j*,.X| j ;on was he ud in. ny mi! s. Huge waves roseon every
sule and as ; o »y roll, i »a.-k iv My swamped smaller craft hum!
i 'r " I u-0 wood \v.*iv lmvlod
• r v sse’ Tiie Milcasa sank in a
tong ii.iM.. V .
• t,•; \ :c i*>;mi \ .. * no seamen who were
lew IM.IVU *• • \“
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injured . >i . cor; - " — i , -A ur. A - -at uuiay bodk*!
have n« »f f •■,n'i:e >vore
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SANTA CIA‘ A * A NO
Makes i. nick Trip T-:v tt!
a id * aves in Twenty « !o.» .
St* W ' i < !ar: II' v * it hi p -I
at l« o’d *. c Ttl • n night fi i Sect
f J... Sfi> it-.; * hut »>• •»•! *1.b . !l r- -
in-*. : 1 ... a*Ui t t h»* t * j > by
tin* otn side pi" »» in i s than seven
days, in.-h it r a Lay ’ay' at Valdez.
She < A ‘1 . e her i*a:. ti and sailed
again t < • * * > so;. i ;>t 'u.in last
Suud ni.it.
The v titCla ;, brought a geneva!
cargo f-a* lue i! tnetehants and a ip.un*
titv <>! mi i< ud supplies. Mu- reports
extremely pleasant w*-aC r a!! the
way up. H* ;* pasM-it er list included
K. A. ibtweil. who emm s to write up
the country for ti> * Alaska Central iui
ndgr.o >ni bureau. lliehard Butler of
Butler Brothers, .vito are putting in
the lowed cr**« k power pi;, t: Mrs. St.
Clair, wife < . Harry St. ( .air. foreman
of tli railroad sawmill: Miss Willson
and Floyd Hyde.
Cn lit i etui t. trip the Santa Clara
took seventeen th>t class passengers
from Seward and t w nty-three secondi
class. Among tie* oahin passengers I
was i,. (iraef. lie hardware mer- •
chant, aiul Mm. J. M. Cummings and j
her son. (Jranite Ward.
To held Spec al tqdty Term
The Valdez Prospector announces
that Judge Wicket sham will come to
Valdez in Oc’.oL-r to hold a special
term of the i ’n.ied Suites court for the
* uisposition of e pdty cases. No jury
vases will he tried until the -regular i
r term iu January.
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t 'on •. ■ i passer
i' • . ")<<' u.n;r, go
ry i!i transfer
»**:• i* :• Seattle.
■••Melt ojaua^etl h
tsive oil phi
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!. , , 'i hey Will v'.xit
: ;t. - ; \,r: ai' 1 ti: aiut let urn u< xt tnonl ii
t .• u >t k . ii ’ ho'r prop- rt ies at
In er-kin Ut>
VOi AN '. T ; ;i!NC'' EXPLOSIVES
Sfhoi iv.M' Acriv. s with 200 Tons
oi Dyp.»m te i.id Gasoline
•, ;ii 2 > i -ns "f dynamite and
. ■ .i_.i to efface Seward
. ii- . H ^ trom the map and
n the it ■■p-'gvaphy of this end of
i tai ;»» nitisiiia if tin-cargo were all
t« viiff at one*-, the little schooner
Volatile bumped gently against the
l iiirouu dock Wednesday night. She
1- •> Seattle August 22, and ( apt. Ilol
mate and three sailors brought
i r tin-ougli without a mishap in less
than twenty-three days.
The cargo consists of It in tons of
dynamite and 2-V < eases of gasoline. The
latter unci fifty tons of the dynamite
will be discharged here for the use of
the railroad company, and the remain
der taken around to Tumagain Arm.
As a precaution however, before the
pile-driver got to work at driving piles
under the railroad dock the Vol
ants was moved around to the end of
Wharf No. 1. It was feared that the
jar 1 light touch off the fireworks and
tear a hole in the bay.
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[inspector John i\ Glum, of the Unit
id States postotllcc department, has
allowed the postmaster at Fairbanks
seven clerks with which to handle the
uu.ii business of las office.
NOW WORKING
TO MILT 105
Graders and Rockmcn Rapidly Push
ing Ahead on Railroad and
Tracklaying Resumed.
The railroad I rest In across Trail ereek (
at mile 54 is to he finished today, and ;
traeklayiny will Ik* resumed over the
trestle Monday morning. The yradc
is ready for the rails to mile 40. except
two small trestles that require only the
deckiny. < leaders are working on every
station to mile 45.
At the tunnels, on mile 52, <'ontfact
ors Kieh and Harris have established
their camp ami are installing their
boilers and other equipment. They ex
pect to commence the biy holes within
t he next week.
Knyineer of Construction .1. B. Cam
eron is railing for bids on miles ;>2 to
>, down the Placer river valley to the!
head of Turnayain Arm. Two con-;
si met ion camps are established and
work is under active headway from
mile 5s alony the north shore of itin -j
ayain Arm to mile 75,
I*. Welch A Ci,!::;): ny. the contract
ors for miles 75 iu l«i5, arc cleariny
riyht of way in some places and will
eo blowiuy eut the rock points before
he ond of r.i xt v. ■ .-k.
. if i hi* euyineeriny depart
s have all yradiny ready for
s ,i - f. r as mile 105 by t he time
linn, s ai • tlirough, about May I.
1 ,-i ' ", In beyond mile 105 is very
. aht In- e.* 'eption of an occa
. i , aC_ . amt work from t bat
p ■ * i ’ , rushed. The railway
j- is to have the rails to
a ei.al iielus by a year
. all. .. m to handle all of the
i .• ! ..no ami out of the Tanana and
,er in • •• districts after i Ids w in
\ t'P,
C • ,alu r, t):ere are now between
,.i i ,',im nit a employed in all dc
, • ments.
fXCELSIOE REACHES PORT
Cargo Moj'lly for S cldc via and
will Sail This Evening
• inner Excoisior. * apt. Jordan, ar
rived in port last Monday afternoon
w , Seattle. Her cargo was mainly
f ■ i ,onvia. ior which port slv s i‘• d
>aii." afternoon. Siie hr night
.u ' tv.ii !\-iiv. toes of merchandise
;> r Sewind.
The i 1 x• cHlor left Seattle at mid
. • Sepltni^er 1. more than iwenty
i.r l:o’ earlier than the Santa
ii:i. ( ntniii'.: h,» the inside passage
was a day and a half later arriv
!»••(.*. Asa matter of course she
■ •. > - ia vs not already furnished
(.. Santa Clara. Her passenger
iiit was as follows:
Mr«. .1. \V. Huth-r and child. I).
Johnston. S. (i. Murray. C. E. (Jinin.
Mr. Murray i> from Salt Hake and re
presfii'.s a big mining machinery house.
Mr. tlitnn is irom Tacoma ami is inter
ested in copper proper!ies.
Shclikof to Replace Dora
Th Valdez News says that on her
return trip from the west ward the Dora
will go direct to Seatt le for repairs. A
cablegram lias been received by Agent
Miller at Valdez ordering tin* Shelikof,
now at Karluk, to come to Valdez in
time to make the next triptothe west
ward. The Excelsior will remain on
her regular run.
Paitcrscn Comes !n Again
The 1'. S. survey steamer Patterson
came into the harbor this week after
an absence of several days. She tied
up at the railroad dock last Monday
to lake on eoal from the cargo of .*!SiW)
sacks left here for her by the Melville
Dollar. Kxeeutive Officer Rhodes of
the Patterson and Agent Gray of the
Northwestern Steamship Company had
a busy time cheeking up because Cncle
Sam requires accounts to be kept to a
dot.
Col. Pinkston Going South
Col. W. M. Pinkston and W. M.
Pinkston «Tr. were booked to sail on the
Kxqrlsior for Seattle. Col. Pinkston
will return to Seward in about thirty
days. __
A marten farm is the latest industri- j
ul project at Sitka.
Within a few we eks an Alaska Cen
tral immigration bureau will be in
working order, and engaged in thei
task of informing the people of the
whole country through the metro
politan press and the monthly maga
zines of the resources along the pro
posed route of the road. It is intended
to bring several thousand immigrants
into the Susitna valley next summer to
take up lands there and become per
manent settlers. The mining resour
ces of the region will also he fully ex
ploited.
'I'he work of organizing this bureau
and the task of preparing deseriptivo
matter for publication is in charge of
K. A. Bat well, one of tin* ablest news
paper writers of the Northwest, who
came upon the Santa Clara to equip
himself by personal observation for the
work. Mr. Bat well left the salT of
the Post-intelligencer to accept his
present p sit ion, giving up the post of
dramatic eritie and t;iiI;..il editor of
that groat newspaper.
This \\t ek Major Ballaine and Mr.
G. S. MEARNS DROWNS
Well KnoNvn Cook Inlel Man Palis
Overboard from Tyonic
(n-orji'o S. Mearns, postmaster at
Kenai ami purser of the <'ook Inlet
steamer Tyonic. slipped overhoard from
that vessel near Fire island and was
drowned last Tuesday. The swift tide
which runs through the channel car
ried the body away and it i» not be
lieved that it will ever he recovered.
The accident occurred at 1 o'clock in
the morniujf. The boat had bi-en wait
ing lies'dc Fire idand for the tide to
run out. Mearns went on the dock and
leaned over the rail, which i> low. Ife
wa> a very larffo man. <i feet. 1 inches
ui^rli. and wciu’ltin^ -s<> pounds. He
l ,-t his, balance and fell. An Indian
sailor was standing within ten feet of
where Mearns fell from the boat. He
instantly threw a rope into the water,
which struck Mearns and the latter
jjrrahhed for it hut missed and disap
peared from view. ;ts the niyht was
very dark.
Mate Fillmore wtis ten feet beyond
the Indian. When Mearns failed to
catch the rope thrown by the Indian
Fillmore shouted “Man overlwaid"
and ran to the davit and lowered about
in a moment. The Indian jumped in
to this and started away with the tide,
fn the darkness he was unable to find
any trace of the lost man. The water
is so cold that a man becomes chilled
and helpless in a few moments. Later
a white man was put in another boat,
who rowed around all day but could not
find the body.
Mearns had quite a lar^e sum of
money and drafts in his pocket, ('apt.
Shaw of the Tyonic dors not knojv tIn
exact amount, hut says it was consid
erable. 1> included till that had been
collected on the trip.
Course Mearns had been in this part
of Alaska since ISIS. He had a wide
acquaintance and was very popular
with all who knew him. He came from
San Francisco, in which city Ids father
now dead, was a prominent man. His
mother lives tln-rc now. The dead man
was about 4.'» years old and unmarried.
Will Report On Watanuska Coal
Prof. ,T. ( ’. Martin, oT the U. S. geo
logical survey, passed through Seward
Thursday on the Kxcelsiorv He was
returning from the Matanuska coal
lie Ids, where he had spent three weeks.
He went up the river seventy miles,!
but naturally declined to stale what
his report will be* It- will be publish- i
ed the coming winter* with others re-;
gat-ding the Kayak region, where the
party with which lie is working have
been engaged all summer.
William Brelle recently picked up a
$520 nugget on Cleary creek in the '
Tanana*
Batwell went out over tin- railroad to
inspect the progress of construction.
The articles prepared hy Mr. Batwell
will he published w idely in newspapers
and magazines. They will describe with
fidelity the actual re>o lives which will
he tributary to the Alaska Central.
Readers will he told that the railroad
will traverse a country as rich in min
eral deposits as any in the world, and
abundant proof of the fact will he jjiven.
They will also he told that in the Su
-ilna valley is found a soil as fertile as
the Dakotas can boast, w ith a elirnat.
much less'riyorous.
Having undertaken the stupendous
task of building a railroad from tide
water to the Tannin the owners of 11 •
Alaska Central r• -;i!ize that to obtain
returns for their investment immigrat
ion must keep pace will construction.
For that purpose «he new bur. an d or
yanized. to tell the world what not
many people stop to think, that .•ew
ard is on the sanu• p trail I of hit i: mi"
as St. I'etershur ' w itli 1.- M.‘"i i popu
lation. and has a far milder donate;
that the whole interior of Alaska i.
quite as Imbitahle as Scnuiinav a ami
Northern Russia: t at t- s< i! >
tile and its mineral n>i are
parah’y greater.
?.* i r t i v 'c c: ] ;»> d ? aj >V f
ojjoTO !r—/l I
Construction \>iii Be jin in a few
Bays on Railroad Repairflint.
Work will hejjin soon on tin* r< .i d
Iioiis<• ::ltd mao Pine shops ol the Alas
ka < ’ n; ral. I ’Ians In v* n di, . .1
fur ext !isi\e h ilditiys. 1 i o>:!\ a por
tion will lie erectod this hr i. A pa r
house ft seven sijtlls will !•«■ eons!rue
ed and one win.tr of the machine >ln>p*.
I’li • latter when compleh- \ i i hav*
lar/e center an t >■ wi •
Machinery and hniiein a mad-ri .1 \ ■
the shops have heel) Co.llie;; on on : •
installment plan for some :• 1 ■ i'
equipment arrived in i. • la*-'
month and neat A every -! .. r r sine*
has carr: d a p i of ;t. Master 1 •
c'nanic Van <'iev. '•rid ye-:enh\ iha
when Mr. i Mi and tv:eras from a 'rip
on the road he will prod >! or.ter
const met ion of t i.e sho;.s 1. ‘ ..0. !le
is expected iiack 1' oaot.
in the huildinjrs wliicii will he erected
this fall complete ep'.iiprnent will lie
installed for repairin'; rollir.tr M irk "f
every descript ion. As so- 11 ;e possible
arrantretnents will lie mail for i he con
struct km of new cars. Jna little while
not only freight, hut passenger ears tor
the road will he built in the company’s
shops in Seward.
BUILDING NEW SAW MILL
Plant Going In Near Town With
Capacity of 10,000 Feel
In a few days a new sawmill will be
in operation for general business in
Seward, with a capacity of lo.ooo feet
a day. The plant is located at the
edge of the tide flats north of town
where the flats curve farthest to the
west. The mill is at the foot of the
mountain and will have a good road in
to Seward. Logs will be brought to
tin* mill from various places around
the hay and Moated in at high tide.
Four men are interested in the mill.
They are T. M. White. A. F. Ilasmus
>t n, A. L. Carter and Thomas Neville.
All are experienced mill men. Their
plant has just been brought in from
Seattle and the mill will be running
before the end of the week. Th • pro
prietors of the new enterprise were in
duced to go into it because of the great
demand for lumber in Sewar I. and the
difficulty which h s » ften i ee t exper
ienced in getting it fro n th * state .
Melville [foliar Sell, oath
Steamer MclvillO Dollar returned
from Seldovia at neon Sunday :.nd
spent the afternoon discharging the re
mainder of her cargo for this port.
She sailed for Seattle at <> o'clock by
way of Valdez. She will probably
make another trip to Seward to help
bring the enormous quantities of
freight still at Seattle awaiting ir..ns*
portation for railroad uses herOi