Seward Weekly Gateway
. SKWAinV. ALASKA, WATl!UI>AY, XOVKMBKH it». I»07._y<>- 10
DELEGATE CALE 1
AT WHITE HOUSE
Talks With the President and
Su??ests Changes in L:\ist
in? Minin? Laws.
asks aid ior navigation
Gives Some Reasons Why he Thinks
Alaska Should have Ter
ritorial Government.
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By Cable to The Daily Gateway
Washington, D. C.. Nov. -" — I homas ;
Cale. Alaska’s delegate to congress
called upon President Roosevelt again
yesterday and had a long interview •;
with him. Delegate Cale criticised j
the existing mining laws and suggest
ed many changes. He also gave his
reasons why Alaska should have home j
government, anil asked for aid to nav i
gation and transportation, which are
greatly needed throughout the terri- j
tory.
FORAKER WILL !
OPPOSE TAFTi
Ohio Senator Announces He Willi
Contest Delegation if It En
dorses War Secretary.
By Cabla to The Dally Gateway.
Washington. D.C.. Nov. 30 -Senator
Foraker announces that he will contest
the Ohio delegation to the national re- j
publican convention if they endorse j
Secretary Taft for the presidency.
HARRIMANAND !
HILL AT PEACE
Two Greatest Railroad Magnates
in the W orld Settle Their
Differences.
By Cable to The Daily Gateway.
New York, Nov, 27 James J. Hill
and K. El. Harriman, the railroad fi-[
nanciers and operators who have been
at war with each other for many years,
have settled their differences and peace
has been declared between them. J.
Pierpont Morgan has been the peace
maker.
A Big Producer
Discovery, creek claim, Cleary, is
without doubt the richest single 20
acre claim so far opened up in the
Tannana valley. Its owner, Frank
Manley, and the laymen, the five
Ait ken boys, Webster and Ballard,
have already divided^ up more than
$1,000,000 of proceeds from the ground.
During the season just closed, it is
claimed, the ground yielded $500,000
and better, without counting a con
siderable dump still standing.
Though the cream of the pay has
been taken out, no doubt, there is
still a big part of the rich gravel body
left; enough at least to furnish profit
able working with big plants all of
next season. An idea of the value of
the ground can be obtained from the
fact that a quarter of a million was
produced bv one “spot” 80x400 feet.
One cleanup this summer for a short
run totaled $30, 000.
Men who know the ground predict
that when the last shovel of gravle
from it is sluiced the claim will have
yielded very close to $2,000,000.
The rotation of a water spout at the
•urface of the sea has been estimated
at 354 miles an hour, or nearly six
miles a minute.
VOLCANO GETS I
LOOSE IN NORTH
|
Nome and Surrounding Country
Favored With fall of Vol
canic Ashes.
3v CAbl« to The DtMly Gateway.
Nome, Alaska, Nov. 26—Showers of
volcanic ashes have been falling here
for several hours and the snow is all
blackend with them. Messages froir.
Teller and Tin City state that the
ashes are also falling in both those
places and surrounding country. Their
origin i> not known, but it is thought
that some heretofore extinct volcano
in the north has broken out.
CHAIRMAN SHELDON CALLS
REPUBLICAN CONVENTION
Seattle, Nov. 30—J. D. Sheldon,
chairman of the Alaska I erritorial
republican convention issued a call
today for the convention to meet at
Ketchikan the second Tuesday to
name candidate for congress.
Note.- The l\ 1’. correspondent in
Seattle don't say in his cable what
month or year the convention is to be
held in. Kd.
MAJOR RICHARDSON ASKS
FOR $150,000 FOR ROADS
Washington, D. (A, Nov. 2.>—Major
Wilds 1*. Richardson, who is in charge
of road work in Alaska, will ask f on-j
gross at its coining session to appro- [
priate $150,000 for road work in Alaska |
next year.
NATIONAL FEDERATION WILL
OPPOSE SPEAKER CANNON
Washington, D. C., Nov. 27—Presi
bent Samuel Rompers of tin* National
Federation of labor, issued a proclama
tion yesterday to all members of the|
Federation and their friends to fight j
the candidacy of Speaker Joseph fan-!
non for the nomination for the presi
dency.
STEVE ADAMS RELEASED
ON $20,000 CASH BAIL
Rathdrutn, Idaho* Nov. 2fi—Steve j
Adams was released this morning on
$20,000 cash bail.
Adams Jury Disagrees
Rat helium, Idaho, Nov. 25—In the
trial of Steve Adams for the murder
of Fred Taylor which has been in pro
gress here for several weeks, the jury
disagreed Saturday night and was dis
charged. They stood eight for acquit
tal and four for guilty. Application
for bail for Adams will be made today
and will probably be granted.
Uyak Bay Mine Sold
The deal for the purchase of the Jen
nie C and the Tunnel claims, gold
quartz property at Uyak bay on Kadi
ak island, formerly known as the
Wanburg property has been completed.
A syndicate, including Nat C. Goodwin
the well known actor, has purchased
the property and will erect a twenty
stamp mill thereon as soon as possible,
arrangements having been made to
ship the machinery. There is said to
be 13,000 tons of free milling ore block
ed out averaging $18 or better to the
ton. The product of the mine with the
new mill is estimated at upwards of
$200,000 annually.
Jack Shepard nine Sold
Guggenheim interests have acquired
the ownership of the Jack Shepard
mine near Orca, according to late re
ports. Jack Shepard is well known
throughout the sound country and he
is to get $250,000 for his property.
Capt. A. T. Armstrong a Tacoma
mining man is interested in the deal.
The mine was located about two years
ago.
Fred Wagner and family left on the
Saratoga for Tacoma, where Mrs. Wag
ner will remain with the two boys to
let them enter the high school. Mr.
Wagner will return to Seward in a
few weeks.
CURRENCY BILL
WILL BE RUSHED
Roosevelt and Cortelyou Say Con
gress Must Act Upon financial
Question Before Holidays.
OTHER MATTERS ALSO PRESSING
Lear Little of Importance May Be
Accomplished Until New Law on
Money Question Is Settled.
By Cable to Tbe Dally Gateway.
Washington, D. C., Nov. Presi
dent Roosevelt and Secretary of the
Treasury, Geo. B. Cortelyou both state
that the bill regarding the currency
must be drafted and passed by con
gress before the holiday vacation.
The hurry to create a new currency
law is not altogether on account of the
financial distress of the country but it
seems certain that little legislation of
importance will be accomplished until
that measure is disposed of by con-1
gress.
FINANCIAL CLOUD
PASSING AWAY!
Chicago Banks Take Steps to
Retire All Clearinghouse
Certificates.
By Cable to The Daily Gateway.
Chicago, Nov. 29—The banks of this
city have taken steps to retire all
clearinghouse certificates.
WHITELAW REID
IS OPTIMISTIC
At Thanksgining Banquet Says
United States Was Never in
%
as Prosperous Condition.
8v Cable to The Dally Gateway.
London, Nov. 29—United States Am
bassador, Whitelaw Reid entertained
a large number of American society
people at a thanksgiving dinner yester
day and held a recption in the even
ing. In a speech the Ambassador said
that the United States was never in a
more prosperous condition than at the
present time and took a very optimis
tic view of the financial condition in
that country.
BONDS ALREADY
OVERSUBSCRIBED
Government Bond Issue or Hun
dred Millions One Year
All Quickly Taken
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Washington, D. C., Nov. 29—The
$100,000,000 three per cent one year
bonds issued by the government have
already been over subscribed.
Anti-Cigarette Bill Held Invalid
Judge Sullivan of the superior court
of Spokane county. Washington, hand
ed down a decision declaring that the
anti-cigarette law passed by the last
legislature is void for the reason that
the title and body of the act do not
agree.
The mines of the world employ
about 35,000,000 men.
SCHOONER SAINT
PAOL WRECKED
Craft Caught in Heavy (iale and!
Goes on Small Islans in
Semidi Group.
Cast upon one of the small islands
the of Semidi group off the coast of
southern Alaska during a fierce storm
on the Pacific ocean, without shelter
from the fierce north winds, and the
snow and the rain, subsisting on a lit
tle corn meal and sea lion meat for
nearly a month, and suffering untold
hardships, was the fate of the crew of
the schooner Saint Paul.
On her last trip westward from this
place the steamer Dora on October 5th
rescued a ship wrecked crew on Little
Semidi island one hundred miles west
of Kodiak.
The schooner Saint Paul, Capt. An- j
drew Anderson, with a crew of ten j
natives, was bound from Kodiak to the
Semidi islands. During the lirst week
in October she encountered the fierce
storm that extended all along the
coast about that time, and although
the staunch little vessel had weather
ed many a gale oil the coast of Alaska
for a number of years, she could not
ontride the awful October storm,
and was driven ashore on a small is
land and totally wrecked. Fortunate
ly the officers and crew were all saved
as the vessel was driven on the beach.
A few sacks of corn meal was all that
was saved of the ship’s stores, but na
tives belonging to the crew were able
to kill a few sea lion, and by issuing
a small amount of these rations each
day the men were kept alive lor nearly
a month.
The steamer Dora in passing near
the island on her last trip to Unalaska
was hailed by the shipwrecked crew
who were taken aboard and carried
to PnalaSka, and then back to Kodiak,
their home port.
The men suffered from the fierce
winds and cold weather, and had but
little fire as there is only driftwood on
the islands, they being bare of timber.
The Saint Paul was a staunch little
schooner belonging to the Alaska
Commercial Company, and was com
manded by Capt. Andrew Anderson.
She was used in taking supplies to the
various stores of the company along
the southern coast of Alaska, and had
been so engaged for a number of
years.
HOW SEATTLE PROFITS
BY ALASKA’S GOLD
The United States assay office in ;
Seattle has placed in the channels of
trade in that city since June 1, 15)07,
$5,400,000 in gold eagles and double
eagles, practically $1,000,000 per month.
During this period of live and one-half
months the assay office has received
$14,905),268.89 worth of Alaska gold.
The difference between the total re
ceipts and the gold coinage checked
out from the banks is represented
by drafts given to shippers, payable
at the sub-treasury in New York.
The figures, therefore, show that in
excess of a third of the total gold
receipts of the Seattle office has gone
into almost immediate circulation in
local channels of trade.
While the figures are not attainable,
it is evident that much of the money
paid out in the shape of drafts on New
York is also expended in Seattle in
property investments, so that the
showing is regarded by those in a po
sition to judge as indicating the ex
penditure of approximately half the
value of the gold received at the Seat
tle assay office in the city of Seattle.
Judge Wlckersham’s Record
In the closing hours of Judge Wicker
sham’s occupancy of the bench in the
Third District court, anything bearing
upon his record during that time is of
interest. Following is the standing of
the court: Cases tried in eight years,
1726; cases appealed in eight years,
33; decisions reversed in eight years,
10; percentage of appealed cases affirm
ed, 70.
The population of the earth doubles
itself in 260 years.
WILLASK TD
SUSPEND LAW
Alaska Miners Will Ask To Be
Relieved Prom Assessment
Work During Year 1908.
NOT FIRST TO MAKE REQUEST
Will Petition for Similar Legislation
as Did Nevada, Colorado,
Arizona and Itah.
By CabU to The Daily Gateway.
Seattle, Nov. 27 -Alaska miners from
all parts of the northern territory met
last night at the Alaska Club and,
after organization and much discussion
regarding Alaska affairs, passed a
resolution recommending to Congress
that the law requiring $100 worth of
assessment work on each mining claim
in the district be suspended for next
year on account of the money stringen
cy and the inability to get laborers.
A meeting will be held later to discuss
Other matters relating to the district.
Similar action was taken in Nevada.
Colorado, Arizona and l’tali.
P.-l. ADVISES TO
GET TOGETHER
Seattle Paper Tells Alaskans to
Quit Quarreling Among
Themselves.
By Cable to The Dally Uateway.
Seattle, Nov. 26—Commenting on
Alaskans holding another general con
vention, the Post-intelligencer says
editorially, that Alaskans should stop
quarreling and get together.
BRYAN TALKS
AT BANQUET
Says That President Roosevelt
Adopts Much Demo
cratic Doctrine.
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Washington, I). C.#NTov. 27—A re
ception was given William Jennings
Bryan here last night and was largely
atttended. In his address Mr. Bryan
said that President Roosevelt had
adopted many of the democratic doc
trines, foremost among which are the
income tax law and railroad legisla
tion.
Still Some Gold in African Rand
As a result of investigations recent
ly made in South Africa, J. B.
Robinson, chairman of the Robinson
■South African Banking Company, and
owner of gold mines in South Africa,
figures that there is a million million
pounds worth of gold that can yet be
taken out of the Rand.
Moreover he is convinced that there
are immense deposits of gold, gems
and minerals as yet untapped in the
Transvaal. Assuming the accuracy of
Mr. Robinson’s estimate the gold in
the Rand will not be exhausted at
the present rate until the year 41,907.
According to the English notation
a million of pounds would be the equiv
alent of $5,000,000,000,000.—B. C. Min
ing Exchange.
The Arctic Brotherhood building at
the Alaska-Yukon-Pncific fair is to
cost $25,000 and is to be used as a home
for the brotherhood during the fair, and
will afterwards be turned over to the
University of Washington for frater
nity use by students from Alaska, Yu
kon and northern British Culurabia.