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AT LEAST SIX LIVES
LOST IN SOUND ELOOD
lhat Many Bodies Recovered In White River
Valley and Several Probably Perished In the
Puyallup—Waters Now Receding Except
In Seattle Suburbs. Which Are
threatened With Annihilation.
By Cable to Tbe Dally Gateway.
Seattle. Nov. !♦> Six lives were lost
m the White river valley t»y tie flood
aid it is believed that several persons
were druwnee in the Puyallup \a ay.
w Pierce county, as a considerable
•umber are missing. Many houses
wore swept down the streams, in some
*n-e'. carrying occupants with them
aul numerous narrow and thrilling
•scapes wa re made. It seems hardly
possible when so main lives were ell
danger eil and so many persons are un
accounted for that all will be found to
have survived.
'Pile property loss from the inunda
■oti so far footed up is at least yoi1',*
to*. extending over ’JOd square miles of
tootled dist t ict.
In the region where the floods were
Hu* worst, along the White, Green.
Btuek and Puyallup rivers, the waters
are receding slightly and the situation
h somewhat improved. Confidence is |
growing and residents are going back
10 their homes at Kenton, Auburn and
•ther places dow n the valley.
On the other hand the lowland
suburbs of Seattle near the sound,
particularly South Park and George
town, are still under water, which is
rising slightly and threatens them w ith
annihilation. Many people have
abandoned these places and the exodus
•ontinues hourly.
Bridges were washed out all over
the county and travel by land is al
most cut off. Electric lines are down
in many places and a majority of the
towns were in total darkness last
•ight. Seattle was partially without
electric lighting, as the only source of
supply was the steam plants in the
•ity. The city is suffering not only
from a shortage of electrical power but
the supply of coal and milk is greatly
•urtailed. No trains are running in or1
•ut of the city and the dairies and coal
mines are unable to send their pro
ducts in. Telegraph lines are still
•early all down.
Rivers Overflow Low 1 .anils
Seattle. Nov. 1*1 About lUO square
miles of King and 1 ’icin' counties are
under water. .*>tHH» homes are in joopar
d\. anil $20O,0tHt in property is known
t<» have Keen destroyed already, while
;i much larger amount i- threatened.
Long ci mtinued heavy rains throughout
the state lta\e caused all stream- to
overflow tlu ir hanks, deluging l<>'
lands everywhere. The situation is
worst on I’uget sound anil particularly
between Seattle and laeoma.
Kent. Auhurn, Meeker. IMeriugrr,
Pacific Pity. Phristopher. Thomas,
OTirieu. Orillia. Stuck, Creen River.
Auhurmlale, Renton .1 unction. Carden,
Riverside. Puwamish. Riverton and all
other towns in the valley between Se
attle and Tacoma are under water and
threatened with destruction by tin*
deluge which i> washing- away build*
iugs constantly. Many people have
left their homes and retreated to the
cities or other places on high ground.
A great many isolated farmhouses
tilled rapidly with water to the second
story and tne people took to the hills
in haste, staying out all night shelter
less in one of the heaviest rainstorms
ever known on the Sound.
Trains Not Running
Trains are not running on any of the
railroads through the valley as the
tracks are covered with water, in
many places to the depth of several
feet, and it is probable that in some
places they are washed away. Nearly
all telegraph wires are down and for
twenty-hours Seattle has been practi
cally shut off from the outside world
except by steamers on the Sound.
The present is the most stupendous
flood ever known in the Northwest.
It was caused by constant heavy rains
for a week, which with warm weather
melted enormous quantities of snow in
the mountains. The water is -till
rising. No loss of life is reported so
far but numerous thrilling escapes
have been made. An electric car
carrying 1<M> person- got stuck in the
mud near Riverton while surrounded
by rising water.
GEORGE ADAMS
GETS TEN YEARS
Assay Office Embezzler Pleads
Guilty and Is Sentenced
to Penitentiary.
By Cable *.3 The Dally Gateway.
Seattle, Nov. l.*> George Edward
Adams, the embezzling cashier of the
licattle assay office, tin- morning
•hanged his plea of not guilty of the
•barges of embezzling the gold of
Alaska miner- to that of guilty and
•as sentenced on each of two counts to
ive vears in the federal penitentiary,
•v Judge Hanford in the V. S. district
•ourt. The sentences do not run con
currently and his term will in* ten
years.
The hearing before Will H. Thomp
son. the referee appointed by the court
to determine the claims of men who
lost gold by the thefts of Adams, is
atill in progress. Much difficulty is
found in producing proof of the actual
•mount of loss in individual cases,
though the fact of some deficiency is
easily established.
Expose 7-foot Quartz Ledge
In doing assessment work on a group
•f quartz claims located on the hillside
west of the cliff house this week a
well-defined ledge of quartz seven feet
wide was exposed by the men. The
rock looks as if it might carry gold
and an assay will in* made. The loca
tion was made two years ago when
gold-bearing quartz was found on the
surface. Gould and Conners and
Charles Hewitt hold the claims.
FIFTY DEAD IN
RAILROAD WRECK
Forty-Seven Killed or Burned to
Death and Several Injured
Will Die.
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Chicago, Nov. 13 More than half
the persons aboard a Baltimore &
Ohio passenger train were killed or
injured in a collision of the train with
a freight near Woodville, Indiana yes
terday afternoon. Forty-seven were
killed outright or burned to death in
the tlauie> which consumed several
coaches. Beside* those dead already
several of the injured will certainly
die.
The names of many of the dead will
never he known. Nearly all were
Russian or Polish immigrants, who
had just arrived in this country. The
| injured were brought to Chicago and
J placed in hospitals.
CORWIN STRIKES ROCK
BUT PULLS OFF SAFELY
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Seattle, Nov. 12—Steamer Corwin,
; the last Nome boat to arrive in Seat
; tie. struck a rock in Johnson strait, on
the inside passage. She hung there
all night but backed otf with high tide
next morning, and came on safely to
Seattle.
The Frances-Mohawk mine in Nevada
recently shipped thirty-six tons of ore
which brought $tiSt».16 per ton. Sample
ore from this mine has run as high as
$71,000 per ton in gold.
CUTS OFF ENTRY
OF COAL LANDS
Departmental Order Withdraws
Deposits In Alaska From
Further Sale.
EXISTING FILINGS UNAFFECTED
»
President Has Project for Govern
ment lease of Mines to
Prevent Monopoly.
By Cable to Tbe Daily Gateway.
Washington, IX C-, Nov. 14 l>\ an
order is—lied by Secretary Hitchcock of
ihe interior department today all coal
land- in Alaska are withdrawn from
entry except those already located.
| These are not affected and the parties
who filed upon them ean proceed to
acquire title. The order was made by
direetion of tbe president.
Thi- order wa- received with con
sternation by persons who have been
looking to Ala-ka for coal exploita
tion. Tne president’s idea i- to 'have
the government lea-e it- coal lands to
! operators, tint- preventing monopoly
anil producing a revenue for the gener
al government.
Some fear i- expressed that the coal
j order may have a bearish influence up
on the financial interests of the Alaska
Central Railway, the Copper River
j Northwestern, and other railroads
building to the Matanuska or Kayak
coal fields. General belief is to the
contrary as enough coal deposits in
those districts have already been
j taken ovor by private ownership to
l furnish an unlimited coal traffic to
I those roads for many years.
OPPOSES LOCAL
ROLE IN ALASKA
President Roosevelt Believes Ter
ritorial Government Inad
visable Now
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Washington. I). C., Nov. 14 Presi
dent Roosevelt opposes territorial
government for Alaska for the pres
ent. He says he wants to do all in his
power to help Alaska secure legisla
tion beneficial to it- interests but he
| believes that other subjects of legisla
tion are of more value and importance
to tin' territory than self-government.
It is thought here that the proposi
tion to erect Alaska into an organized
territory will fail at the present ses
sion. Many influential senators and
representatives think the territory is
too sparsely settled to allow any bene
tit to accrue from self-government.
Delegate Thomas Cale is expected to
urge a territorial government bill in
j the Sixtieth congress but nothing is
; expected to result during the short
j term of the present congress.
RAILROAD FIXES $10 RATE
TO TERMINUS FOR MINERS
The Alaska Central today announced
I a $10 rale for miners this winter to the
i end of the track, on mile 4H, including
I outfits up to 250 pounds. The miners'
rate was announced today by F. H.
i Stewart, treasurer and acting general
j manager, and it will prevail until
1 further notice.
Although little construction work
; will be done for two or three months
until the days become long enough for
men to put in full time, it is probable
that a train will be run about once a
week to accommodate the miners go
ing over the line to the Yentna toun
trv or return.
This rate will enable prospectors to
out in Seward, the only available
place in the winter season, and get
their supplies inside with a minimum
of effort. From the end of the track to
the Yentna river there is a good win
ter trail all the way excepting the sin
gle obstacle of Crow creek pass, which
is only half a mile long, although very
steep. _
A claim in the Tenderfoot annex to
the Tanana, in which good pay is con
stantly developing, sold recently for
$10,000._
Dawson reports a great deal of out
fitting for winter prospecting in tribu
tary territory.
HAS 12-FOOT
VEIN OF COAL
Development Work on Wharf
Property at English Bay
Blocks 22,000 Tons.
NOW BUILDING 500-TON BUNKER
Owner txpects to Furnish Ample
Supply for fuel Purposes to
Seward Next Sprinq.
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Development work on the mine*, oil
William Wharf at Port (iraham. or j
| Knglish bay. during tie- past season I
i blocked out 2*2,000 tons of good coal on j
a vein twelve feet thick. A *>oo-ton I
hunker is now under construction and ,
: Mr. Wharf expects to tie aide to furn- j
i>h luel eoal to Seward after the corn
ling spring up lo tlie limit of its possi
i hie local demand.
The Port Graham coal G an excel*
I lent lignite and the output the past sum-1
I met* showed an improvement in qualitx
: uver the previous production. Several
hundred tons were sold and consumed
j in Seward during the summer. While
I not equal to good grades of bituminous
coal nor suitable for all purposes it is j
an excellent heating coal for house use
and i> cleaner and freer from dust
than bituminous eoal. It reduces to
ashes in burning and leaves no
clinkers.
In an article on “Goal fields of the
Kachemak bay region” Ralph W.
Stone of the l\ S. geological survey
says:
“Port Graham coal is lignite black,
brilliant, clean to handle, and with
slubbv cleavage. The blocks into
which it breaks are fairly strong, al
though like most lignites they lose
luster and slack on long exposure to
the weather. It burns well and makes
little ash.”
:*,j analysis of Pert Graham coal In
the same treatise gives its percentage
of fixed carbon at 39.12. which is high
for lignite.
ASKS MONEY
FOR ALASKA
Arctic Brotherhood Encampment
llr^es Appropriations for
Improvements.
Sy Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Vancouver, B. t\, Nov. 10 i In*
Arctic Brotherhood grand encamp
ment adopted an address to be sent to
President Roosevelt asking that lie
recommend to congress liberal appro
priations for lighthouses, bell buoys,
headlights, roads and bridges in
Alaska The address atlirras that ex
tensive construction of these improve
ments is needed to insure safe travel
between Alaska and the states and to
lighten the burdens of the miners who
a re adding so largely to the wealth of
the nation.
The encampment also petitioned the
president to recommend an appropria
tion of $500,000 for an Alaska exhibit
at the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposi
tion in Seattle in 1909. The encamp
ment voted to erect a magnificent
building on the exposition grounds. It
is to be a structure suitable for per
manent use as the Seattle home of
members of the Brotherhood.
TO INVESTIGATE WORK
OF CHRISTIAN SCIENCE
By Cable to The Daily Gateway.
New York, Nov. 12 The Christian
Science organizations of New York are
to be investigated. Much complaint
of their methods exists and the cult is
to be under fire the same as Standard
Oil, life insurance and other big trusts
which have fallen under suspicion. It
is charged that the leaders of Christian
Science are really working it as a
graft. _
Paul Imach returned on the Penn
sylvania from Seattle, where he dis
posed of an interest in Latouche cop
per property for a bunch of money.
Chicago is still planning for a canal
from Lake Michigan, the Des Plaines,
Fox, Kankakee and Illinois rivers to
the Mississippi.
CHAMBER HOLDS
NEW ELECTION!
All Old Officers Chosen A^ain
But Board of Trustees
Abolished.
REVISED BY-LAWS ADOPTED i
Organization Made Thoroughly Demo i
cratic and Members Promise
to Work Actively.
A large number of business men
attended the meeting of the chamber
of commerce' in the Arctic Brother
hood rooms Monday and the session
continued two and one-half hours
The new by-laws were adopted with
very slight changes from the draft
presented by the committee K. <
Richards, S. <). Morford and Dr.
Sleem. The board of trustees was
abolished and all business will be J
transacted by the chamber as a whole,
though several standing committees
are provided for in the by-laws.
As tiie chamber is not incorporated a
board of trustees is not legally neces- j
-ary. The object of the new order is
to make tiie chamber strictly demo
crat ic and to incite popular interest in
its work bv its method of operation.
Although the old officers had ex
pressly declined to be candidates and
urged their anxiety to see new men in
all positions the chamber took a differ
ent view and the old officers were all
re-elected unanimously. They will
hold office for a year. The list is as
follows: F. G. Hale, president; S. O.
Morford, vice president; F. L. Bal
laine, secretary; C. K. Brown, treas
urer. The standing committees will
be announced by the president next
Monday evening, to which time the
chamber adjourned.
Regular meetings are to be held only
once a month, according to the by
laws, but there are several projects
which the chamber considers import
ant to Ik* set in motion at once and for
that reason the short adjournment was
made. One matter which has been
the subject of much popular complaint
is the apparent discrimination made
against Seward in the steamship ser
vice and at the suggestion of J. J. Mc
Manus that will be a special older for
the next meeting. Several other
topics will be taken up at that time,
including the project to advertise the
resources of the town on an extensive
scale. _
PORT OFFICIALS
HOLD UP ENVOY
New York Immigration Squad
Put Usual Questions to Bra
zilian Minister.
By Cable to The Daily Gateway.
New York, Nov. lb-Immigration
officials here demanded of Senor Joa
quin Nabuco, the new minister from
Brazil to the United States, that he
answer all the usual qnestions pro
pounded to the ordinary immigrant.
These questions required him to state
whether he had ever l>een in a poor
house or prison: whether lie was a
polygamist or anarchist, and others of
a searching personal nature.
Senor Nabuco refused to answer
many of the questions and he became
very indignant at his reception in the
land to which he is accredited as the
diplomatic representative of a friendly
sister republic.
ROOT WIRES OFFICIALS
TO HAVE SOME SENSE
By Cable to The Bally Gateway.
Washington, D. C., Nov. 16 Lpon
being informed by telegraph of the
treatment accorded to the new Brazil
ian minister at the immigration office
in New York Secretary Hoot of the
state department immediately wired to
the officials of the port to extend every
possible courtesy to Senor Nabuco and
his secretary. An official apology will
be made and the immigration officers
will be reprimanded for their lack of
discretion.
Bar silver reached "Oft cents an
ounce in New York on November 1.
The highest quotation on copper the
same day was $22.60 per hundred.
BIG DEPOSIT OF
BORNITE COPPER
Ledge Traced for More Than Tw<»
Miles On Ridge Near Mead
of Kashwitna River.
ASSAYS SHOW 62 PER CENT
Discovery Can Be Reached by fasy
Grade from located line of
Alaska Central.
A ledge of hornite copper ore. -pi e -
mens of which assay over *12 per e.j
copper, with a well-defined pay streak
traced two miles and a quarter along
ridge bordering the north fork of :le
Kashwitna river, was located this - i
mer. The ledge i» from eighteen t<>
thirty-six inches wide, which i' extet.
sive for hornite ore. although ve'
high grade.
The pay streak proper is from thri:«
sixteen inches wide, and where,,
opened chunk-, of heavy ore with M
unmistakable copper green tinge ..n
the surface with the gray-purple hu*
of hornite was found. The gangu- i*
quartz :ind quartzite which seven
assay- showed to carry or *b i
gold.
The ridge through which this co| -
per ledge runs is narrow and broken.
The ledge does not run with the ridge
but at an angle of 20 or 30 degrees,
crossing its summit. The discoverer*
believe that the ledge extends still
further than they located. So far a*
they went it was not difficult to trao
as it frequently cropped out ujKin th>
surface.
J. H. Cann and F. W. Hemlow
located this property for themselve*
and H. N. Coleman early in the sum
mer. After a visit to Seward several'
other local men furnished money for
further work and the prospectors re
turned and located additional ground.
Mr. Coleman will go outside this win
ter to arrange for extensive develop
ment of the property next summer.
The locators brought back with
them a sackful of the surface ore.
which is so rich that it seems impossi
ble for the remainder of the lodge to
be barren. The walls are of granite
and the general formation of the re
gion is granitic or dark slate.
The discovery is about thirty mile*
up the Kashwitna river from its con
tinence with the Susitna, of which it is
a tributary, and about seventy-five
miles from Susitna station. It is ahont
thirty miles from the surveyed line of
the Alaska Central and the locators
-ay a railroad spur could be built or
the bench along the river as easily -
over a prairie, with the advantage thai
good timber for tie- grows nearly a
the way.
GIVE RECEPTION
TO DR. COOK
Mazamas in Seattle Offer Honor
to Man Who Climbed Mt.
McKinley.
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Seattle, Nov. 1<> Dr. Frederic
took was the guest of tin* Mazama
club in the Alaska Club rooms last
night and was given an enthusiastic
reception. A large number of people
called to meet the man who climbed
Mt. McKinley and who is now regard
ed as u hero among mountain climbers
of the day.
Dr. Cook made a speech in which h>
detailed the incidents of his ascent of
the highest peak in North America and
described the scenery. He is the lion
of the hour in Seattle and is receiving
much attention.
Thanksgiving Day Proclamation
A copy of Gov. Hoggatt’s Thanks
giving proclamation lixing November
29 as the date of the annual festival in
pursuance of the example set by the
president, was received by the Gate
way in the last mail.
Refractory ores are those that are
not free milling, their gold refusing to
alloy with mercury in the mortar or in
the plates. Ores containing sulphides,
tellurides, arsenides, selenium, etc.,
are refractory.