VOl . IV.
EDWARD HASEY
13 ACQUITTED
Federal Jury Finds for Defendant
in the Keystone Canyon
Murder Trial.
^3 Cable tJ Tbe Daily Gateway.
Juneau, April 30 The Federal Jury
on the first ballot acquits Kdward
Hasey who was charged by the grand
jury of murder in the second degree in
connection with the shooting of l*rod
Rinehardt at the time of the Keystone
Canyon riot.
Attorneys are ordered to report
other four indictments for trial at the
December term of court. It is believ
ed that the indictments will be dis
missed.
The case was on trial for thirty days
and will cost the government $30,000.
MANY PERISH
IN TORNADO
730 known to Be Dead and Sec
ond Tornado Adds Appalling
List of Fatalities.
By Cablo to The D.slly Gateway.
New Orleans April ’JT. -The num
ber of deaths caused by the tornado
that swept over the southern states last
Friday afternoon is now estimated at
TOO, although a complete account of
the casualties has not yet been tnadi
up. Another terrific tornado swept
overea>:et-n Mississippi late yesterday
afternoon. From the information ole
tainable it is certain that the fatality
list is appalling.
FLEET SAILS
FOR MONTEREY
Officers and Men of Battleships
Being Feted Bid Farewell to
Santa Barbara.
Bv Cabl* to Tbe Da\ly Gateway.
Santa Barbara, Cal.. April 30—The
fleet of battleships composing the Pa
cific squadron, whose officers and men
have been enjoying the hospitality of
the city generously offered them by
the citizens during tin* past three
days, steamed out of the harbor at six
o'clock this morning and sailed away
for Monterey, a town about 250 miles
to tbe north.
Fleet Feted
B? Cable to T’Se Dally Gateway.
Santa Barbara. Cal., April 27—The
fleet of battle ships composing the
Pacific squadron having reached this
port, the festival elaborately prepared
for the reception of the officers and
men will be held today.
Flotilla Will Soon Join Fleet
San Diego, Cal., April 29—The fleet
of battleships making its way north
and being enthusiastically received at
each port where it stops, will be joined
soon by the torpedo flotilla that has
just arrrired from Hampton Raods,
Virginia, having made a remarkable
trip.
Governor Sparks Dying
By Cable to Tbe Dally Gateway.
Reno, New, April 30—John Sparks,
governor of Nevada, has suffered a
stroke of paralysis. No hopes of his
recovery are entertained, but he is
reported to be in a dying condition.
CARRIES ITEMS
FOR ALASKA
Sundry Civil Appropriations Biilj
Provides for Territorial
Interests.
By Cabif* to The Dally Gateway.
Washington, 1>. April 27 The
Sundry Civil Appropriations bill car
ries the following items: Alaska:
surveys $100,000, Salmon inspection
$20,000, care of the insane $27,000.
support of reindeer stations $18,000,
traveling expenses for the federal
judges of the territory and their
clerks $5,000.
WAR CLOUD IS
LOOKING OP
Trouble in Central America May
Break Out at Any Time
Among Hostile Peoples.
iy Cable to The Dally Gateway.
San Francisco, May * 1 • -Trouble for;
a Ion# time lire win# in Central Amer
ica is rapidly assumin# a serious condi
tion. Advices received lie re slate that
Panama, Columbia, Xicara#ua and
San Salvador are at such enmity with
one another that a tierce war involv
ing them all in bloody conflict is liable
to break out at any moment.
KURDS ARE ON
THE WAR PATH
Periodical Raid of Lawless Tribes
From Kurdistan Leaves
Thousands Dead.
Uy Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Teheran, Persia, April 29—The
trouble between Kurdistan and Persia
has reached a very critical sta#e. The
Kurds have made raids into Persian
territory and in the conflict with the
subjects of the Shall thousands wore
slain, 'l’he Kurds arc nominally sub
net ed to the Shah of Persia, but are
impatient of political subjection and
en#a#cd in frequent predatory raids
that end in bitter strife and bloodshed.
Alaska Buoys Neglected
“Without doubt Alaska needs many
more aids to navigation and the gov
ernment ought to do much for the
northern waters in this respect, but
what is needed more than anything
else at present is that the lighthouse
service should attend to what few aids
we have there and see that they are
in place.” said (’apt. K. G. BaughmaiT
of the Humboldt in telling of a few
incidents to show how the lighthouse
service is neglecting the Alaska end
of its duties.
“There has not been a lighthouse
tender in Alaska for the past six
months, judging from the condition of
the buoys there. In Wrangell narrows
there are three buoys, 8 and 10 and 5
which have been out of place for far
longer than that period. No. 5 has
been out for a year and a half, having
broken adrift and been put back in the
wrong place. In one of the worst
spots, between No. 8 and No. 10, there
is no buoy at all and No. 10 has
been on the wrong reef for several
months past. The ships spend their
time in Puget sound or other pro
tected ports while the few Alaskan
aids are rendered useless by the rough
weather which has to be faced in the
North in winter.”—Seattle Times.
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The President Tries to Wake Up
Congress With Another
Special Message.
I 3v Cablo to Tuo Dally Gateway.
Washington, I). C., Apr il 2>i Late
(yesterday afternoon President Roose
1 volt sent a special message to congress
j which will receive the attention of
hot 'ii houses today. The message advo
cates the adoption of a national in
corporation law to curb alleged illegal
combinations of capital The message
further pleads the enactment of laws
j effecting the inforcetnent of injunc
tions. it also advocates the establish
i ment of postal savings banks, and
j ample appropriation to enable the
| Interstate Commerce Commission to
I properly supervise and control the
j accounting systems of railroads. The
President in his message favours labor
} organizations, but denounces the defy
ing of the law. He also advocates the
establishment of a new financial sys
tem in order to place the country on a
permanent financial basis.
Message not Given Heed
Washington, I). April 2!) -Presi
dent Roosevelt's special message to
I congress, in which he calls the atten
tion of both houses to the necessity of
passing certain measures now before
congress for furthering tbe interact
| of the country’s welfare and pertni
nent prosperity, received but scant at
tention from either branch of the
legislature.
MEASURES MAY
NOW BE PASSED
By Cable to Tbe Daily Gateway.
Washington. I>. C., May 1 Speaker
Cannon has backed down from bis hos
tile attitude to the measures advocated
in President Roosevelt's recent mes
sage to congress, and will allow the
passage of the bills for curbing ille
gal combinations of capital, the estab
lishment of postal savings banks, tbe
control by the Interstate Commerce
Commission of the accounting system
of railroads, the new currency law and
the bill for the addition to the navy of
four new battleships.
NAVAL BILL
TURNED DOWN
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Washington, D. C.. April 28—Presi
dent Roosevelt’s urgent recommenda
tion to congress in regard to strength
i ing the navy by the addition of four
new battleships has met with decided
opposition. The bill introduced for
the purpose of providing that number
of ships has failed to pass the senate.
Novel Ruling is made
When a man is engaged in the same
line of business as the individual who
may become a defendant in a damage
suit, he is not qualified to sit on the
jury to try the cause. This, in effect,
is the ruling of Judge C. H. Hanford,
made in the case of W. F. Smith
versus the Puget Sound Mill Company
in which complainant seeks to recover
damages for personal injury sustained
through the alleged carelessness of
defendant.
A. B. Graham’s name was drawn for
jury service, but when it developed
that he was in the lumber business,
the prosecution challenged him for
cause. He was satisfactory to the de
fense, but the complainant insisted,
and Jndge Hanford sustained the
challenge.—Seattle Times.
LICENSE BILL I
PASSES SENATE
\
New Measure for Regulating
Liquor Traffic in the Territo
ry May Become a Law.
Sy Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Washington, I). C., April .'JO—The !
bill introduced in congress this winter
providing for a new liquor law for the
territory of Alaska and providing a
flat license rate of $1,000 for all towns
has been reported favorably by the
committee on territories and has pass
ed the senate.
BANDITS ROB
EXPRESS TRAIN
Two Men Board St. Louis Flyer
and Get Away With Four
Sacks Containing $10,000.
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Pittsburg, Pa.. May l—Last night
two bandits made a successful hoid-up
of the St. Louis express. They board
ed the train, overpowered the express
1 messenger and took four bags of cur
rency containing $10,000 and made
their escape. All elTorts to capture
them and recover the money have thus
far proven futile*
BOLD ATTEMPT
TO ROD TRAIN
Bandits Dynamite Burlington Lx
press and Wreck Cars With
Fatal Results.
By Cable to The Dally gateway.
Butte, Mont., May 2—Bandits made
j a desperate attempt to rob the express
ear on the Burlington road last night.
1 Dynamite was placed on the track and
J the Burlington express running upon
it "about midnight was wrecked.
Many of the crew were killed and tlie
' passengers were badly injured. The
j express car carried thousands of dol
lars in gold. No clew has been ob
1 tained to the would-be robbers.
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Rush to McKinley District
E. M. Walters, an Alaska mining
man who recently took options on a
group of twenty-six placer claims in
the Mount McKinley district, predicts
a big rush into that section of Alaska
this summer. Mr. Walters was in the
Mount McKinley district last summer,
and his claims are about forty miles
from the placer workings that pro
duced $200,000.
“I have simply taken an option on
some placer ground in the Mount Mc
Kinley district,” said Mr. Walters,
“and will make a thorough investiga
tion before buying the property. I
have a man in that conntry now who
is an experienced placer miner, and
expect to join him the latter part of
May. From the reports that I have
received it looks as if there would be a
big rush into the Mount McKinley
country this summer, although no big
strikes have been made.
“This is a hard country in which to
operate, as it rains on an average of
twenty days out of every mouth dur
ing the summer. While the district
is still in the prospecting stage the
showing warrants the belief that some
good strikes will be made. There are
some places in the district that it will
be necessary to operate with hydraulic
but a good part of the ground can be
worked as straight placer diggings.”
—P. L
GETS SCORING
Bishop Rowe Holds That the
United States iias Neglected
Its Alaska Wards.
V,
By Cable to The Dally Gatewuy.
Seattle, April 27 Bishop Rowe,
who delivered a lecture here last even
ing in the Episcopal church, severely
scored the United States government
for its treatment of its Alaska
wards. He says the government
is responsible for the moral and phys
ical decay among the natives of the
territory, and that the authorities
merit the severest censure for the
manifest neglect of their charge.
AVALANCHE
BURIES TOWN
Eighty Deaths Caused by Heavy
Snowslides That Cover Ca
nadian Settlement.
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Buckingham, Qubec, April 27—The
French Hamlet, Notre Dame, sit
uated among the mountains, was yes
j terday buried beneath a mountain
l slide. Mighty persons are believed to
I have perished. The recent heavy
' rains have" loosened the masses of snow
that have been accumulating during
the past winter, and the massive
weight of water soaked snow caused
the avalanche to sweep down the
r ountain side.
MOUNT ETNA
BELCHES FORTH
Great Volcano Gets Busy and
Ereightened Villagers Seek
Places of Safety.
jy Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Home, Italy, April .'50—Mount Ktna
in the province of Catania. Sicily, is in
I active eruption. Some time lias
elapsed since this greatest volcano in
Murope lias been active. The people
of the district, warned by the premoni
tory symptoms that usually precede an
outbreak of the volcano, have been tlee
ing to places of safety and hoping to
escape the calamities that have in
former times attended these out
brakes. _
Coal Interests
Washington—D. A. McKenzie and
R. S. Ryan, representing a number of
coal land entrymen in Alaska, had a
talk with Secretary of the Navy Met
calf recently in regard to coal lands.
The object of the interview was to in
terest Mr. Metcalf in the importance
of developing the Alaska coal deposits
with a view to supplying naval ships
on the west coast with fuel and
to get him to use his iniluence on be
half of favorable legislation. Secre
tary Metcalf said he regarded the
matter as of great importance, but
added that it had not heretofore been
brought to his attention in a compre
hensive way.
In Grip of Blizzard
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
New York, May 1—New Vork City
is in the grip of one of the severest
snowstorms that has ever struck this
coast. The fall of snow has been
heavy, wires are broken down, the
streets filled with snow and traffic
paralyzed.