REPUBLICANS NAME
MURANE FOR DELEGATE
Shoup Withdraws at Eleventh Hour and Nome
Man Nominated Unanimously for Both
Terms and Is Promised hearty Sup
port by Other Candidates.
By Cable to Tbe Daily Gateway.
Juneau. July 16, 11 a. in.. James
M. Shoup withdrew and C. D. Mnr
ane of Nome was nominated for both
the long and short term delegateship
by the Republican territorial conven
tion this morning. The nomination
was made unanimously. The Murane
delegation from Nome was seated and
the Ryan crowd excluded on a report
of the credentials committee.
Platform Opposes Party Issue
Juneau. July lb The platform
adopted by the Republican territoiial
convention states that while the con
vention is composed of Republicans
the members do not believe in hamper
ing the rights of any American citizen
in the territory by projecting partisan
ssues into the election, it indorses
President Roosevelt but delaresagainst
bringing national politic* into the del
egate campaign.
The platform proceed* to say that no
opprobrium attaches to the name j
Democrat or Republican, but asks citi
zen* to cast their vote* tor the noun
nee of the convention irrespective of
party sentiments or sectional location.
It declares devotion to the dix •**
of the largest clvd liberty for all eiti*
zens as a natural right and for local
self-government. It oppo*- * the with
holding of the latter privilege from
any body of Ah "rican citizen* unles*
• he m* agerness of population wot.id.
make th< co*t o government burden
*ome u'*on property holder*.
Favors code Commission
It fa® r- ' ire Croatian of an Alaskan
cotk* cot tin ssiun to be eonmosed of two
members from each utttcta* tlistru o
recoil: cl ; a i pr - '
needful for the interests of all sections.
It favors the creation of a fourth udi*
cial district by a division of the pres
ent Third district.
Ti • 0 is d -
constr'action of railroads from the
coast to tin interior, throughout the
territory, and the plat form favors iii*er
al appropriations for the building of
roads: urges tie abolishment of forest
reserves so tha all men engaged in
the development of the resume* s of:
the territory may have free us.? of
timber on the public domain.
The platform recommends the'
amendment of the federal mining law
so as to mak. recording of tie atVutuvit
of assessment work compulsory, an.;
amendment of the criminal code so as
to make a false affidavit for that pm- I
pose punishable as perjury: urges the |
abolition of group placer claims of lbOj
acres ami of locations by power of
attorney, and limiting a location by j
one j»erson to twenty acres.
For Better nail Service
The platform further urges better j
mall facilities for all the settled por- j
lions of the territory and federal ap-[
propriations for the improvement of j
Alaska harbors and navigable streams. !
The improvement of Nome harbor is
alleged to be a matter of national in
terest and an appropriation for the
purpose is claimed to be a duty incum
bent upon the next congress. The
creation of an Aiaska lighthouse dis
trict with headquarters within the
district is also urged.
The platform thanks President
Roosevelt for the appointment of a
bona tide resident of Alaska as gov
ernor of the territory, and the demand
is made that ail subsequent federal
appointments be made from permanent
residents of the district, who are elec
tors at the time the appointment is
made.
Finally the platform asserts that it
is the duty of the man who may be
elected delegate from Alaska to de
vote all his time during his term of
office to the interests of Alaska, and to
spend a reasonable! time when congress
is not in session in conferring with his
constituents.
Believe Shoup Feared to Run
Juneau, July 17— Several reports are
current as to the’reasons which in
duced the withdrawal of Marshal
Shoup from the delegate race at the
eleventh hour when he could undoubt
edly have received the nomination.
One is that he bad been requested by
the president not to become active in
in Alaskan politics while holding the
office of 1’. S. marshal. Another and
more probable reason assigned is that
Shoup became satisfied that be would
stand little chance of election against
Cale, the Tanana candidate, who has
also been indorsed by the miners of
Nome.
Murane was nominated by Burrell of
Nome and seconded by Shackleford of
Juneau.
Seems to Satisfy
The nomination of Murane was re
ceived with applause and seems to be
generally acceptable. Richard S.
Ryan of Nome, whose delegation was
excluded by the convention pursuant
to the recommendation of the creden
tials committee, says he will standby
the nominee and has no thought of
running independent. He says he
will issue a statement of his position
later.
Frank K. Youngs, the Seward candi
date. says he is satisfied and will sup
port Murane. He promised 1200 votes
tor Murane from Southwestern Alaska.
The territorial committee was re
organized and as now constituted has
four members from each judicial di
\ > Oeorge Irving of Ketchikan is
chairman and Walter S. t'outant, edi
tor of the Ketchikan Mining Journal
is secretary. The members from the
Fit st district are M. .1. O'Conner. 1*.
A. M:m|uam, M. R. Lyons. l\ Mc
t <re:;ck: from the Second dis
trict, A. S. Kesner. N. H. Castle,
Lars (i iud'-rson. C». Roman: from the
Third; district are John McOinn of
Fa;'"b uk>. W. Young of Rampart.
Sam ilium of Valdez. F. K. Youngs of
Seward.
Chairman Spickett of the old com
mittee was refused a seat in the con
i'Continued on page 2)
SOCORRO SHAKEN
BY EARTHQUAKE
New Mexican Town Practically
Destroyed by 52 Earth
quake Shocks.
By Cn .le to The Daily Gateway.
Paso, Tex., July If Socorro,
New Mexico, is practically destroyed
by fifty-two earthquake shocks oc
curring since last Sunday. All wires
to the city are down and only meager
information has been obtained. The
city hull and school of mines were de
molished and every building in the
town is cracked or partially wrecked.
The Santa Fe railroad tracks are
covered with huge boulders which
have been shaken down from adjacent
hills, preventing trains from going
through. It is feared also that the
track may be destroyed in places. The
railroad company is sending trains of
box cars as close as possible to take
away the panic-stricken population.
The people are leaving nearly all their
goods.
The temperature of the hot springs
near Socorro is increasing and the
towns of San Marcia and Magdalena
have been seriously damaged by re
peated shocks. It is feared that an ex
tinct volcano of the region is about to
erupt.
Says Valdez is Copper Mad
William McCarty came back from
Valdez on the Excelsior and departed
on the same boat in quest of copper
property in Prince William sound. He
reports that Valdez is copper mad be
cause of recent strikes on Knight isl
and and in the interior.
The transport Buford passed Valdez '
early this week, leaving a company of
soldiers at Fort Liscurn, and then
sailed for the westward to take troops
to St. Michael.
TAKE OUT $4000
IN ONE MONTH
--
Dr. Herndon and Partners Work
ing on Bonanza on Branch
of Upper Kahiltna.
'STRIKE ON POOR MAN’S CREEK
Men Just Returned Erom Discovery
Say Three Ounces Were Panned
in as Many Hours.
Nugget Gulch on the upper Kahiltna
is a coining bonanza, in the opinion of
Ii. K. Shanklin, who came in this week
and rejR>rls that Dr. Herndon and two
partners took out $4000 last month on
Nugget. Part of the time they had
two men working for them but the
hired men got tired of working for
wages and went to developing claims
of their own. As a sample of the
Herndon output Mr. Shanklin brought
live ounces of coarse gold which he
bought from the owners to exhibit in
Seward.
Another bonanza field in prospect is
Poor Man's creek, a tributary of
Peters creek, the branch of the Ka
hiltna where the first discovery in the
Yentna district was made nearly two
years ago. If the statement that Kd
Pone, the discoverer, panned three
ounces in three hours is not exaggera
ted it looks more like a rich man s
creek. Pone's partner, George L.
Woods, came in with Shanklin and
exhibits an ounce and a half of gold
which lie says is half of the three
ounces Pone took out. The other half
was in nuggets which Pone proposes
to have hung to a watch chain as a
souvenir of his discovery.
Shanklin. Woods and T. K. Nelson
went into the Yentna district as soon
as navigation opened, with a large
outfit, hut were unable to get it trans
ported up the creeks on account of
! high water. They cached their goods
! and mushed up Lake creek and across
to Kahiltna. where they had grub
1 stakes. All are well pleased with the
! country and will return next month to
; go in for the winter with a full stock
| of supplies. There are no good trails
in the region and the only way to take
; an outfit up is by stream, which is im
I possible until the low water season.
Mr. Shanklin says that nearly every
j man he nu t in the region is hopeful
j and most of them enthusiastic. On
! the upper cre«*ks of the Kahiltna in
! several places the miners are taking
I out good values and some of them have
j struck it rich. He predicts that a
i large amount of gold will come out of
the region this season. On Lake creek
a great deal of work will bo done as
soon as tie* water recedes.
URGES PORTLAND TO
SEEK ALASKA TRADE
Prominent Citizen Tells Telegram
That Eastern Capital Will Help
Build Steamer
The Portland Telegram says:
•‘If Portland interests will subscribe
$150,000. capitalists in the East will
furnish a like amount to buiid a
$300,000 steamship to ply between the
Hose City and Alaska ports. If the
order tor the vessel is placed by Se]>
tember 1 or 15 it can be delivered in
the Willamette river early in May.
Plans suggesting the outline of the
vessel, her machinery, cargo capacity
and general type are being drawn and
will arrive in Portland within ten
days.
‘‘This is the information brought
from the East by Wallis Nash, presi
dent of the Board of Trade. At a
meeting of the executive committee of
the organization tonight he will un
fold the scene in detail. The position
of Seattle at present as regards the
Northern trade has been pointed out
by eastern moneyed men, and Port
land is being taken to task for lack of
enterprise in not seeing the possibili
ties of commerce in the frozen north.
“ ‘I heard Portland criticised so se
verely for this oversight that it made
me angry, said Mr. Nash. ‘There is
more interest taken in the Pacific
Northwest among Eastern financiers
than is supposed, and it is strongly
evident from the fact that I received
propositions of assistance. It is not to
be supposed that the commercial inter
ests can seat themselves comfortably
under an awning and note the pro
gress of the Alaska steamship plan, so
they may later receive the proceeds
without so much as lending a hand.’ ”
PROPOSES ROAD
FROM KATALLA
Copper River & Northwestern
Trying To Find Route From
Controller Bay.
LIKELY TO ABANDON VALDEZ
Surveyors in Field Locating Line
and John Rosene Admits
Change of Plans.
By Cable to The Daily Gateway.
Seattle, July *J0 If a practicable
route can be found from t on
troller bay to the Copper river,
tlu* Copper River & Northwestern
Railroad will change its coast ter
minal from Valdez to Katalla or some
place in that vicinity. M. K. Rogers,
representing eastern financiers inter
ested in the road, returned today from
Katalla, where for six weeks twenty
engineers have been working to run a
preliminary location line along the
Katalla river to the Copper river.
From there it is proposed to cross over
to the copper lields of the interior.
Rogers has secured options on nearly
all the water front property in Katalla.
John Rosene admits the truth of the
report that the Copper River A Nort h
western contemplates changing its
j base to Katalla. M. J. Henev of the
Cordova hay railroad is here watching
! every move made by the rival com
pany. lb* lias also been securing op
I tions on Controller hay property It is
claimed that noth companies will rush
construction this summer if plans ma
ture, and will continue at the utmost
j speed, each seeking to reach the cop*
; per bonanzas first.
The beginning of the line on Cor
dova hay is responsible for the change
j in plans of the Rosene company, lap
| ping the copper bonanzas of the inter
| ior i> the main object of building from
| any of tie* ports considered. It i>
i claimed that the Henev road from Cor
! dova will have a hotter route than can
I he found from Valdez and in addition
I it will have a line to the Kayak coal
| and oil lields. Ry building from Ka
talla the Rosene line would have it>
base in tie* fuel field, a great advant
age. and the only thing that holds
back the project is the* unsettled ques
tion of a practicable line from the
coast near that point.
FIRST TUNNEL WILL
SOON BE COMPLETED
About 110 Feet of the Heading Re
mains and Boring Proceeds at
Rate of 30 Feet Per Week.
Another month or a little more will
>eo the completion of the first railroad
tunnel, on mile 4'.'. About 110 feet on
ly remains of the heading, according
to the calculation of H. A. McClure,
who is superintending the work of
boring. The heading is in 570 feet
from the north end. The exact length
of the tunnel cannot be fixed until the
south portal is established. Men are
working now at the open cut which
leads to the tunnel, but it has not yet
been determined where the cut will
end and the tunnel begin.
Boring from the north end proceeds
at the rate of about 30 feet per week.
This will finish the heading or upper
half of the bore, about August 15. The
bench, or lower half, will be finished a
few days later, and the track will soon
follow.
Tracklaying on mile 47 is proceed
ing slowly with a small gang at work.
No effort at haste is made because the
force of tracklayers can easily put
down the rails as rapidly as the grade
can be completed until “the loop” is
passed.
Boring proceeds at a satisfactory
rate on tunnels 4, 6 and 7, on mile 53,
and they will be finished long before
the track can reach them, as some
heavy rock work and grading inter
vene between the first tunnel and the
second, which are three miles apart
by the railroad line, as well as the
long, high trestles.
The forces at work are increased by
the arrival of every steamer from
Seattle and very few men are quitting
now. A large number are located at
the new camp on mile 51 to work upon
the grade around and near the loop.
Additional recruits will be placed in
this camp hereafter, as adjacent parts
of the line are nearing completion and
the number of men needed elsewhere
is steadily diminishing.
Tacoma had a rose carnival July'
3-4-5.
NOMINATE MELLEN
AND SWINEFORB
Democrats in Territorial Convention Put up Two
Well-known Southeastern Alaskans tor
Tong and Short Term Delegate
ships Respectively.
By Cable to The Bally Gateway.
Juneau, July IT -The Democratic
territorial convehtion nominated Judge
C. E. Mellen of Coppermount for the
long term and ex-Gov. Swinoford of
Ketchikan for the short term as dele
gate from Alaska.
The withdrawal of Shoup changed
the whole aspect of affairs from a
Democratic standpoint. If Shoup had
been nominated the Democrats would
prebably have put up a western man.
They will now try to unite Southeast
ern Alaska, which has a large vote,
upon their nominees.
The attendance in the convention
was small, being confined to residents
of Southeastern Alaska, although many
of them bad proxies from other parts
of the territory. Robert Jennings was
chairman of the convention and Charles
Davidson secretary.
The convention indorsed Bryan for
the next presidential nomination with
great enthusiasm.
Made Fight on Swinoford
Juneau, July 18—Gov. Swinoford
was fiercely antagonized in the Demo
cratic convention for the nomination
for the short term as delegate to con
gress from Alaska, and won by a mar
gin of two votes on the fourth ballot
over Frank If. Waske.v of Nome, who
was put forward a short time ago by
the Democrats of Seward peninsula.
Several speeches were made charging
Swinoford with being a traitor to the
party.
Judge C. E. Mellen of Coppermount.
who was nominated for the long term.
ALASKA CAPITAL
NOW AT JUNEAU
Proclamation From Interior De
partment Follows Opinion
of Attorney-General.
3y Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Washington. I). ( July 20 Acting
Attorney-General Russell gave an of
ficial opinion today that the capital of
Alaska was moved from Sitka to Ju
neau by the action of Gov. Hoggatt of
the territory in hiring two rooms in
the latter town for executive purposes.
Pursuant to this opinion, which was
given at the request of the interior
department, Acting Secretary Ryan of
the latter department at once issued a
proclamation declaring that Juneau is
now the capital of Alaska.
The opinion of the assistant-attor
ney general is based upon the section
of the Alaska code which provides
that the capital shall be located at
Juneau whenever suitable rooms for
the use of the territorial officials may
be secured.
Steamer Excelsior Calls *
Steamer Excelsior arrived in port
from Seattle Sunday morning at 8
o’clock and sailed again Monday
at 10 a. ra. She brought twenty cabin and
57 steerage passengers. Her freight
cargo was small. Returning she went
first to Horsehoe bay, near Latouche,
taking lumber from Seward. From
there she goes to Orca. The steamer
made the trip from Seattle in exactly
seven days.
Steamer Toledo in Port
Steamer Toledo arrived Wednesday
night with 26 passengers from Seldo
via. They wrere from various ports
along the Inlet and the interior. The
steamer * sailed Thursday after
noon for Latouche w here she took on
on powder for the Inlet and returned
here last night.
The Nome Nugget makes a careful
estimate of the gold output of the
Nome district for this season and sets
the total above $5,000,000.
is si brother-in-law of (Jov. Jloggatt o'
this territory.
Declares for Bryan
The platform declares for Bryan as
the Democratic presidential nomine
in 190*: asserts that the Republican
party is proverbially negligent of po|
ular rights: affirms allegiance to dene
cratic principles as enunciated Jr
Jefferson, Jackson and Bryan and ex
presses the belief that only in the ap
plication of those principles to Ameri
can government lies salvation from ex
i>ting evils. It charges the Repubb
can party with being the tool of tie
corporations.
Abolition of government forest re
serves in Alaska is urged in order that
settlers may have free use of tiinbe •
on the public lands for home eonsumj
tion. Improvement of the harbor :r
Nome by federal aid i> recommend' < .
and also the construction of court
houses at Seward, Fairbanks. Vale .
and Nome. The platform tn ces 1.
: construction of government roads an -
j trails hut condemns the or* s<-nt roa*
! commission as costly, dilatory and it
' efficient.
For Juneau as Capital
The platform favors the *-tablisi
! merit of the territorial cap:' at Ji •
j neau. and supports territorial govern
i ment with an elective legislature. !'
] opposes the ereat ion of a comm:-.v
. for the government ot Alaska. a-> ut
posed by the Republicans, eondemnin.
it as another --t• • j> toward the central
/.ation of power.
A plank favors the ereat ion <>
! fourth judicial district o\ divi-ion
the Third and urges congress to a
a delegate in congress from each • •
j ctal district.
FELT SO LONESOME
One Passenger Was Booked for Valde/
But He Refused to Stop.
( >ne lone steerage passenger w;
: booked for \’alde/. on the Excelsior b1
' he refused to walk the plank alone ant
came on to Seward to be in style. N
I cabin passengers were booked for Me
: railroad center of Prince William
' sound.
When the Excelsior had been tied ui>
at the dock in Valde/. an hour or two
a fellow passenger noticed the man
who held a Valdez ticket looking pen
sively over the rail, and thinking that
the lone man was absent-minded he
nudged him and said:
‘‘Here is where you get otT.*’
••Not by a durn sight.” replied tho
ill-advised person who had bought the
Valdez ticket. *“l ain't as bad oil as
you think. I've got money enough to
buy a Seward tieket and I ain’t goin'
to be left here by myself. I’m no soli
taire fiend.”
Party to Explore Kuskokwim
Intending to explore the unknown
districts in the upper reaches of tin'
Kuskokwim river, to be opened this
summer through the steamer Nvnivak
on that river, a party of from forty to
fifty people will arrive in Seattle on or
about July 21. Capt. John J. Healy,
president of the company, who has
been in New York for the past month
or so assisting the explorers in pre
paring for their journey, says the men
intend to spend from two to three
years in the new region hunting, fish
ing, mining and otherwise investiga
ting the natural resources.— Seattle
Times. ___
Nome Distributes her Own Mail
Nine tons of mail arrived on the
Corwin, and there are only two clerks
in the postoffice to handle it. Yester
day Postmaster Swanton received a
telegram from the department stating
that no funds would be available for
extra clerks until July 1, the begin
ning of the fiscal year. A special
meeting of the chamber of commerce
was therefore called this morning,
and money was appropriated from the
chamber's funds to employ six addi
tional clerks to handle the Corwin
mail.—Nome Nugget.
The new Danish king of Norway is
said to be dissatisfied with his job.