NEWS OE THE WORLD FOR PAST WEEK
By Cable to The Daily Gateway.
May not K’un for Delegate
Seattle. Max 1- <h»x. Swim ford
arrived here this morning from Wash
ington. Ho says that he will not Ik* a
candidate for delegate from Alaska
e\ opt forth* -lent term and may not
enter the race :*i all. Whether it*1
runs or not will **05*0110 upon condi
tions it* the first district. He xvil! not
lie a candidate tail* -> he can he assured
of strong -upport in Southeastern
Alaska.
It i- tin ei>ii! *' >t t .'»x. S\\ ineford
that it will be nee — *r> to make nom
inations by |m• t it i«: as it will be impos
sible to secure representative con
vention in the -Port time that remains
to -elect delegates and gel them
together.
Herman and Utell Draw
1>*»- Angete-. May I- Ki*l Herman
and Abe Atteh fnujit xventx round
U> a draw note 1 .--t niglit. It was th«*
faste-t ami eh veiest match ever -eon
in this city, rp ;o the seventeenth
Herman had tin advantage but horn
that to the end \ttell crowded him
hard.
Turner and W illiams Matched
Vancouver. II. May l'_* Kufej
Turner anil Bid* \V illiams are mulched;
U* fi^ht here May 1M. Hie city offici
als have asjtvd ’•* take the lid oft and
permit lH>xinu contests hereafter.
Puts Hnd to Paper Trust
St. Paul. M \ l_‘ The federal gov
ernment secured a permanent injunc
tion in the 1". S. circuit court here
yesterday dissolvin'.; what is known a>
the pajH'f trust, a general combination
which included a the paper factories
of consequence ir. the country, loiiay
news print went d wn to l.S» cents per
pound.
Signal Corps Hen for Alaska
Seattle, Max 12 Fifty-three signal
•orps men xvi!: arrive here thi> month
logo to Alaska in tie* government
service.
* Taj. Richardson Starts West
Washington, I). Max 12 Maj.
Wilds P. Richardson, chairman of the
Alaska road commission, will start
west tonight to go to Alaska, lit xvill
•pend most of the summer superin
tending repair-, upon the trail be
tween Fairbanks and Valdez, lie xxill
also travel through other portions of
the territory where road building is
contemplated, including the <’ook in
let region.
Sultan’s Women Run Away
Constantinople. May 14 A large
autnlier of women have left the Sul
tan’s harem and tied to other coun
tries. The Sultan has become alarmed
and forbidden Kuropean women to in
terfere in his domestic affairs. The
•scape of the women from i^ie harem
m» ascribed to Kuropean women who
had visited them.
Dies and Gives Gossips a Start
Freeport, 111., May 14--Dr. William
Livingston, believed to be the father
•f John D. Rockefeller, is dead at his
home in this city. Although gossip
has always ascribed the paternity of
the oil magnate to him, he never dis
cussed the subject aud always refused
to deny or affirm anything.
Steamer Watson for Nome
Seattle, May 14 The steamer Wat
son will sail for Nome June 1. This is
one of the big vessels brought around
from the Atlantic last winter and for
whose possession several companies
have contended. The Watson and
Buckman were finally placed on the
San Francisco run.
Sues for Valdez-Yukon Stock
Seattle, May 14 Richard C'hilcott
has begun a suit to recover from
Alfred B. lies of Valdez 700 shares of
the .>»tock of the Valdez-Yukon rail
road.
Creffield Failed to Rise Again
Seattle, May 14 -‘‘Joshua’’ Creffield,
the religious highroller of Oregon who
was murdered by George Mitchell last
week in this city, was scheduled by
his wife to rise from the grave four
days after his interment, which was
last Wednesday. She waited with
several friends at the grave all day
yesterday hut the dead failed to
come up.
Steamer Portland Sails
Seattle, Mav 14 Steamer Portland
•ailed for Seward l»y the inside passage
Saturday night with 170 passengers
and a full freight cargo. Gen. Con
stant Williams, commander of the
department of the Columbia, is on
board en route to Fort Li scum. The
Van Hook mining party are also on
the Portland.
Greek Slaves in Chicago
Chicago, May 14 An investigation
by federal officials reveals the fact that
IICKH) Greek boys arc held in bondage ,
here by Greek merchants who keep
them at hard work without any com
pensation but a bare living. The boys
were purchased from their parents in
Greece and many of them are not full
grown. Most of them work nineteen
hours a day. The investigation is
.still in progress.
Albatross Sails for Alaska
Seattle, May 14 The steamer Alba
tross sailed on a scientific expedition
this morning for Alaska. She carries
a party of scientists from Stanford
university and will visit the entire
eoa>t of the territory.
Discuss Base Ball Changes
Oakland, May 15 At a meeting of
Pacific Coast League representatives
in this city last night tin* Portland,
S.u Francisco and Fresno managers
purchased the Los Angeles franchise
and w ill probably transfer the team to
Sacramento. They are ready also to
hu\ the Seattle faanehise if the man
agement. of that city insists upon w ith
drawing from the Coast League to
join the Northwestern League.
Nang W oman to Make Her Confess
Okah#ia, Miss.. May 15 Mrs. .lack
son. out on bail awaiting trial here
upon tin charge of murdering her
Inisband. was taken from her home
last night by a mob and strung to a
tree to make her tell the names of her
accomplices. When the mob took her
down they thought her dead ami ear
ned her out into the woods and left
her there. The woman revived and
i came back into town and reported the
matter to the sheriff.'
Prepares for War in China
W ;'hington. I). t'.. May 15 Gen. I
Wood is preparing the troops in the I
Philippines for a possible campaign in
t’hina. He is engaging them in held j
march, s aim constant target practice.
A campaign of sham battles is being
fid lowed out.
Th administration is still somewhat
m fear of trouble with China as re
ports continue to come in of hostile
feeling toward foreigners. Tltc.sc arc
generally from the interior.
Missionaries Hay Leave
M iiii. apolis. May 7■"> Oll'cials of the |
Norwegian Lutheran church cabled j
today to the missionaries of the church j
in China ordering them to leave at!
once if they consider their lives in J
danger. Several messages have been ,
received telling of disturbances in the j
province of Hunan.
Buries Valencia Victim .
Seattle. May 15 The chamber of j
commerce "ill send a transport or
revenue cutter to Vancouver island to J
recover the body of the unidentified !
Valencia victim, which was found and
buried there a few days ago. The
bom will be brought here and if not
identitird will be buried in Seattle.
To Install Duplex Cable
Washington, l). C., May 15 Gen.
James Allen, head of the government
signal corps, issued an order today for
the installation of the duplex system
on the Alaska cable. This will double
the capacity of the service and will
require new instruments at all stations.
. Patrick Gets /lore Time
New York. May 15- Gov. Higgins
today granted another respite of thirty
days to Albert T. Patrick, the lawyer
convicted of the murder of his milion
aire client, William M. Kice, and sen
tenced to he electrocuted. The date
of execution is postponed to Junne 1"
to allow Patrick's attorney time to
present arguments for a commutation
of sentence.
Alaska-Yukon Trustees to Meet
Seattle. May 15—A meeting of the
Alaska-Yukon exposition trustees will
be held this week to complete a per
manent organization. J. E. Chilberg
will probably be elected president.
The secretaryship is in doubt with the
; chances favoring William M. Sheffield,
secretary of the Alaska club.
Refuses to Sell Los Angeles
Oakland, May 16—Morlev backed
down yesterday from the proposition
to sell the Los Angeles base hall team.
There will be a fight over it and the
struggle for a dissolution of the Pacific
I Coast league will probably continue.
Cordelia Botkin does to Prison
San Francisco, May 16—After a tight
for liberty continuing eight years,
Mrs. Cordelia Botkin was taken to the
San Quentin penitentiary yesterday to
serve a life sentence for the murder of
Mrs. Downing. She was tried twice
and the supreme court has just af
: firmed the second judgment of con
j vietion.
Capture Three Train Robbers
Vancouver, B. C., May 16—Three
men have been arrested as members of
the gang of train robbers who held up
a Canadian Pacific passenger and mail
train near Kamloops last week.
One man, caught near Capperun
lake, has been identified hy railroad
officials as Bill Miner, who helped to
hold up the same train near Mission
Junction two years ago. A second is
William Dunn, a mining man from
Ashcroft. The third man is unknown.
Dunn is the man who did the shooting.
Round up 1000 Wild Horses
Ephrata, Wash., May 16-The
round-up of wild horses ended yester
day with a total capture of 1000 head,
which will be shipped to North Da
kota. The round-up began April 22.
i
Defeats Tawney Amendment
Washington, I>. May U> The
house yesterday defeated Tawney’s
resolution to limit repairs on naval
vessels to 10 per cent of their value
and to discard ships which require re
pairs of greater extent.
To Mold Land Office Jobs
Washington, l>. May. 10 The
president sent the names of I*. M.
Mullen to he receiver and John W.
| Dudley to he register of the l\ S.
j land olliee at Juneau, Alaska, to the
senate yesteday. The appointees are
I the present incumbents.
May Bankrupt Hire Insurance
Washington, IV May 10 Miles
f Daw son. actuary of the Armstrong
| legislative investigation into the New
! York 1 if** insurance companies, stated
before the house judiciary committee
j unlay that not a lire insurance com
pany in America will he able to toll
whether or not it is solvent until it
lean adjust il-> losses resulting from
the San Francisco tire.
The actuary stated further that it
will require much time and careful
computation to ascertain the losses hy
j lire and earthquake in the California
metropolis. The question of liability
for tir** losses when the original cause
was tlu* earthquake will enter in, as it
i> not yet known whether the com
panies will seek to take advantage of
that fact. Some of them have an
nounced that they will pay tire losses
regardless of the earthquake factor.
Insurance Companies Solvent
Washington. i>. May 17 Senator
Hulkeley of Connecticut yesterday
afternoon denied on the floor of the
senate the statement made by an insur-;
anee actuary before the house judici
ary committee that the San Francisco
tire had probably bankrupted a good
many tire insurance companies and
that none of them would know for
some time whether it were solvent or
not. He allirmod that the standard
companies an* in sound condition and
that in twenty years the insurance!
companies will control the investment
securities of the world.
Prof. Jagger Prophesies
Huston, May 17 Prof, dagger of
Harvard university, professor of geol-j
ogy. returned today from Italy, where 1
he made a study of Vesuvius, and says
that scientific investigation of the
cause of earthquakes and volcanic
eruptions will within a few years make j
tlie resulting losses through fire ordi- J
nary risks. He believes that science
will soon beable to foretell both occur
rences with reasonable accuracy.
Swanitz Tells What He Will l)o
Seattle, May 17 Col. A. W. Swan
itz. chief engineer of the Valdez-Yu
kon railroad, is here and says the con
tract will he let immediately for the
construction of twenty miles of the
line. He says the rails and other ma
terial for the track will be shipped
north this summer.
(iets $250,000 to Replace Fire Loss
tty Cable to The Dally Gateway.
San Francisco, May 17—Mrs. Andrew
Neilson, a widow with nine children,
who lost all her small property in the
fire, received the news today that her
father-in-law has died in Sweden leav
ing her $250,IKK).
Rainmaker on Way North
Seattle, May 17—. C. M. Hatfield,
the rainmaker, arrived in Seattle to
day from IjO.s Angeles. He is en route
to Dawson, where he has a contract to
increase the water supply for the min
ers. He affirms that ho is confident
of success.
C. D. Lane Permanently Blind
Seattle, May 17—A son of Charles D.
Lane, the noted mining capitalist, is
here and reports that his father is
permanently blind. Mr. Lane was
stricken suddenly with blindness when
on a steamer bound for Nome last fall.
He has been under special treatment
all winter without improvement.
To Bury Valencia Dead
Seattle. May 17—The chamber of
j commerce today called for popular
subscriptions to defray the cost of
bringing the bodies of victims of the
Valencia wreck to this city for inter
ment. A large number of unidenti
fied dead were buried on the shores of
Vancouver island.
Ship Subsidy Bill Needs Help
Washington, D. C., May 18—Dele
gates from the Merchant Marine Asso
ciation called on President Roosevelt
yesterday to discuss the prospects of
the ship subsidy bill before congress
and were told by the president that
missionary work in behalf of the meas
ure would be required to get it
through congress.
Deny They Are Train Robbers
Vancouver, B. C., May 18 — Bill
Miner and the other two men held
in custody here upon the charge that
they were in the gang which held up
and robbed a Canadian Pacific train
near Kamloops last week, have em
ployed an attorney to defend them.
They deny the charge absolutely and
claim that they are miners.
Wants to Pray for Editors
Philadelphia, May 18—Bishop Fal
lows, in an address before the Re
formed Episcopal council last night,
said no revision of the prayer hook
would be complete without mention of
editors. He allirmed that no class of
men need more the intercession of the
church with ti c throne of grace. On
the other hand the bishop said, the
pulpit might learn much and improve
itself greatly by adopting the snappy
style of modern newspaper editorials.
House Passes Naval Bill
Washington, I). <'., May 18 The
I house passed the naval appropriation
j bill yesterday as reported from commit
i tee, carrying' $100,000,(MMt for all pur
1 poses, and including $(>,000,000 for a
; battleship. Provisions for the building
1 of naval vessels allow a 4 per cent dif
j fcrential in favor of warships con
1 structed on the Pacific coast.
Shoemaker Stabs Justice of Peace
Seattle. May 18- Justice of the
Peace J. II. Todd of South Seattle was
severely cut in the groin yesterday by
R. L. F.rwin, a shoemaker, in a light
in the latter's shop over a disputed ac
j count. Todd is .veil known in state
politics as •‘Farmer" Todd.
Try to Crack Sub-treasury
San Francisco, May lw Soldiers last
night surprised safe crackers at work
j on vaults of the sub-treasury. About
thirty shots were exchanged hut the
j burglars all escaped. The vaults con
j tained $10,000,000.
E. R. GRAY RESIGNS
AS WHARF AGENT
Gives Lip Place He Has Held Since
Railroad Started and Is Succeeded
by T. H. Banbury
K. R. Gray has resigned the post
of wharf agent of the railroad com
pany and will be succeeded by T. II.
Banbury, who has been his assistant.
The change will take place at the end
of this week. Mr. Gray gives up his
railroad job to devote his entire time |
to the business of the Kenai Lumber!
& Fuel Company, in which he is large-j
ly interested.
Mr. Gray was one of the original
band of immigrants who came to the
head of Resurrection bay August 28,
l!»o:? and started the town of Seward.
He became wharfinger for the railroad
company as soon as it built the first
dock and has been in the company's
employ since the day he landed. He
leaves the place now simply because
his time is worth more to him in his
private business. Treasurer Stewart
and other officials unite in saying that
Mr. Gray’s work has been of the best
quality and his services entirely satis
factory to the company in every way.
Thomas H. Banbury, who succeeds
to the place, has been in the office with
Mr. Gray all winter. Before that he
was an employe of the Northwestern
Steamship Company as a purser on its
steamers.
MAY DIVIDE PRECINCT
U. S. Commissioner May Create Sev
eral Election Districts
A copy of the Alaska delegate bill
as passed by congress and signed by
the president has been received by the
Gateway from Congressman Cushman.
It is quite long and its main provisions
have already been printed. A clause
which will interest Alaska residents
is the one governing election districts
in precincts outside of incorporated
towns. This clause gives to the U. S.
commissioner of a precinct the power
to subdivide it into election districts.
The clause reads as follows:
“Sec. 5. That all of the territory in
each recording district now existing
or hereafter created situated outside
of an incorporated town shall, for the
purposes of this act, constitute one
election district; that in each year
in which a delegate is to be elected
the commissioner in each of said elec
tion districts shall, at least thirty days
before the date of said first election,
and at least sixty days before the date
of each subsequent election, issue an
order and notice, signed by him and
entered in his records in a book to be
kept by him for that purpose, ir which
said order and notice he shall—
“First. Divide his election district
into such number of voting precincts as
may in his judgment be necessary or
convenient, defining the boundaries of
each precinct by natural objects and
permanent monuments or landmarks,
as far as practicable, and in such man
ner that the boundaries of each can be
readily determined and become gener
ally known from such description,
specify a polling place in each of said
precincts, and give to each voting pre
cinct an appropriate name by which
the same shall thereafter be designa
ted: Provided, however, That no
such voting precinct shall be estab
lished with less than thirty qualified
voters resident therein; that the pre
cincts established as aforesaid shall
remain as permanent precincts for all
subsequent elections, unless discon
tinued or changed by order of the
commissioner of that district."
Officials of the Treadwell mine have
sent experts to investigate the Chicha
gof! gold strike near Sitka.
The Hew Oregon Gafe
The Only First Class Place in Seward
Open Day and Night
KENAI LUMBER 4 FUEL CO.
CARRY A LAROK STOCK OK
Lumber, Lath, Shingles, Windows,
Doors, Hardware, Cement, Plaster,
Coal, Gasoline, Powder, Etc., Etc.
Northwestern Steamship Company
CARRYING U. S. MAIL AND EXPRESS
FvnrPCC Cfpampr “nDFE'iON” Satis from Seattle, outside route, for Seward
LXpitSS oLtallltl UHLUUIv May t and every 20days thereafter. Sails from
Seward for Seattle May 10 and every 20 days
thereafter.
Cfr CANITY FI ADA Sails from Seattle 1st of each month for Seward and way
oll> o/Alv 11\ v/LrAlt/v ports on inside passage. Connect ink at Seldovia with Cook
Inlet steamers. Keturniiik sails from Sewaard 18th of each
month.
Cfr CANTA ANA Sails from Seattle Pith of each month, same route as the Santa
oil* ™ I '»!»'■ Clara. Returning sails from Seward 29th of each month
Cfr “HAD 4” Sails from Seward 27th of each month for Unalaska. Dutch Harbor,
oil* UUK/4 and way ports. Returning leaves Seward about 1 Ith of each month.
For transportation. berth reservations, freikht rutes etc. call on F I CTII F§.
Agent. Coleman House, Seward. Alaska, * 1 "
d. F. TROWBRIDGE. Gen-l Mgr. E. G. McMICKEN. G. P. and T. Agt.
SEATTLE. WASH.
GENERAL OFFICES] 808 FIRST AVE.. SEATTLE.
ALASKA COAST COMPANY
Steamers:—Portland and Bertha
Portland sails from Seattle via. Juneau, 15th of each month
Portland Sails from Seward via. Juneau, 28th of each month.
Bertha sails from Seattle via. Juneau, 25th of each month.
Bertha sails from Seward via. Juneau 8th of each month.
Connecting with Steamers at Seldovia for all points on Cook Inlet
Passenger Service Unexcelled
For Rapid Delivery of Freight and Passenger Rates and Berths apply to
BROWN & HAWKINS, Agents.
Seattle Office, 101 First Ave. S.
“OLYMPIA”
The beer of beers
“It’s The Water.”
OLYMPIA BREWING CO.,
G. S. ROBISON. Manager
Seattle Office 106 Jackson St.
The Washington Trust Co,
Corner First Avenue and Madison street, Seattle, Wash.
Invites Business by Mail or Express.
Pays Interest on all Accounts
PAID CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $525,000