y()j i SEWARD, ALASKA, TUESDAY ENEYING, SEPTEMBER 5, 1005 NO. 26
TWO STEAMERS BRING
RAILROAD EQUIPMENT
Two steamers today brought to Sew
ard contractors for important railroad
work and large quantities of material,
guaranteeing great progress in con
struction throughout the winter.
Steamer Portland, Capt. Lindquist,
of the Alaska Commercial Company,
arrived from Seattle by the inside route
at one o'clock this morning. She car
ried thirty-six passengers and ITT tons
of general freight for Seward. In ad
dition are sixty passengers. 1-0 tons of
construction material and eight horses
for P. Welch and Company via Seldo
via, there to be trans-shipped to the
north shore of Turnagain Arm and
employed on the .‘>0 mile section of the
Alaska Central railroad grading re
cently let to that firm.
Among the passengers were an un
usual number of prominent men. Maj.
J. E. Ballaine, who originated, organ
ized and promoted the Alaska Central,
and is now one of its largest stockhold
ers and a director of the company,
came up from Seattle the first lime
since last October. Besides being the
originator of the Alaska Central rail
way, Maj. Ballaine was the founder of
Seward, and lie it was who bestowed
the name it bears. He is a stockholder
and director in the Bank of Seward.
Mr. Ballaine intends to remain several
weeks on business, and will be a guest
of his brother, F. L. Ballaine.
W. B. Poland, chief engineer and
general manager of the Alaska (Vntral,
returned from a two months’ trip to
Seattle and Chicago, where he attend
ed meetings ot the board of directors
of the railroad and conferred with
President Frost. Mr. Poland states
that construction will continue to
he pushed, and that several hundred
men will be kept on the work all winter.
The present force of l*00 men is to be
largely increased next spring. With
Mr. Poland is J. C. Baxter of the en
gineering department.
Martin, Welch head of the tirm of P.
Welch and Company, came on the Port
land with part of his construction
equipment and is enroute to the base
of his operations on Turnagain Arm.
Mrs. Welch accompanied him.
P. K. Harris, of Rich & Harris, the
contractors on the tunnels, was another
of the Portland’s passengers. He goes
at once with his crews and equipment
to commence boring the five tunnels.
Mr. Harris expects to have the tunnels
completed within seven months.
Mrs. Henrietta Knight, mother of
Mrs. F. L. Ballaine, arrived from a
visit with relatives in Michigan to
make her home with her daughter.
Being convalescent from a spell of sick
ness, she is under the care of a trained
nurse. Miss. Gertrude Jenkins of Bell
ingham.
Miss. Mary Kilpatrick came up to
become principal of the Seward school.
She has been teaching in Tacoma.
Miss. Kilpatrick is a graduate of Oli
vette College, near Detroit.
Prof. C. C. Georgeson, chief of the
agricultural experiment stations in
Alaska for the department of agricul
ture, is a passenger for Kenai to visit
the station there. He made a trip over
the road today, and is enthusiastic in
his praise of the manner in which the
railroad construction is being done.
The Portland sailed this afternoon
at 4 o'clock for the westward and is
due on her return trip Friday evening.
Kandall II. Kemp returned on the
Portland from his trip to the Trans
Mississippi congress at Portland, Ore
gon, which he attended as a delegate.
Following is the Portland's Seward
passenger list:
Mrs. Thomas Dobson and two child
ren. H. V. Gridin. Mrs. X. S. French
and child. Eugene Barthoff. Mrs. G. I
Walton and child, William Walton.
W. H. Ladd, U. H. Kemp. M. S. More
house, W. B. Poland, Mrs. Knight, j
Miss. Jenkins, Miss. Kilpatrick. P. E.
Harris, J. H. Brooks. Mrs. L. S. Turner.
,]. r,. Lewith,.). C. Baxter, A. J. Ada ins,
W. Freeman. D. F. Millard and four
teen steerage.
Steamship Melville Dollar, the big :
freighter chartered by the Alaska!
Commercial Company to carry the sur-j
plus freight which was lying on Seattle |
docks awaiting its turn to hi* carried!
on one of the regular steamers, tied up
at the railroad dock at .*> o’clock this
afternoon. She left Seattle August
The Dollar looked like a miniatu e
1 stock yard as she lay beside the wharf.
On hoard were nearly fifty head of fat
cattle for the Carstens Packing Com
pany: sixteen horses for P. Welch &
Company, the railroad contractors, to
be used at Turnagain Arm, and t wenty
live government mules for Fort Lis
cum. The Dollar came straight to
Seward, and will return by way of
Valdez.
Besides the live stock the Dollar
brought 800 tons of freight for Seward
and 000 for Seldovia, most of which
will be trans-shipped to Turnagain
Arm. Her Seward cargo of material
was for the railroad and for Rich and
Harris, who have the tunnel contract.
The stock which came on the Dollar
is all in line condition. It is evident
that Seward will have some good beef
for a little while. The horses are big
draft animals. The mules are of the
best grade that Uncle Sam can buy,
and they wear that meek and # lowly
expression of countenance which always
characterizes their kind.
MEN WANTED
By P. Welch & Company, contract
ors on the Alaska Central at Turn
again Ann. Ration men, rock men,
ax men and laborers. Steady work
| all through winter and next summer.
Top wages paid.
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Until the close of the Portland ex
position, October 15, the Alaska Com
mercial Company will sell round trip
i tickets to Seattle for $70. * I
THIRTY DEAD IN
STORM ON LAKE
Great Gale Blows Over Superior and
Sinks Three Large Boats with
Heavy Loss.
Duluth, Minn., Sept. 5—Thirty
lives wore lost and at least *» >00,000 in
property destroyed in a terrific storm
which swept over Lake Superior Sun
day. Three large boats were sunk.
The storm was one of the worst ever
known on the lake at this time of year.
It is feared that later reports will
brinir news of the loss of many small
craft and additional lives.
Steamer Flyer Smashes Dock
Seattle, Sept. f> The Sound steamer
Flyer, which runs bet ween Seattle and
Tacoma, crashed into the Marion
street dock here yesterday afternoon
with a resulting damage to the boat
and dock of *4,000. The engine refus
ed to work as the boat approached the
wharf and t he engineer was unable to
slacken her speed sufficiently to stop
iu-r before reaching the dock. Al
though the Crash was tremendous no
body was hurt.
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New Orleans Doctor Arrested
New Orleans, Sept. 5—Dr. Berger, a
prominent physician of this city, has
been arrested upon the charge ot tail
ing to report yellow fever cases under
his charge.
kcturn From Trip To Inlet
T. W. Hawkins and E. L. Whitte
imjre returned last night from a trip
to Cook inlet. The) came back across
the country, connecting with the rail
road at the end of the track. They re
port much activity in mining interests
at Sunrise and Hope.
Seven men escaped from the steam
whaler Thrasher, Capt. Met umho, u.i
chored in Port Clarence bay, on July
17, but not before live shots had been
iired at them from the vessel. Nome
of the took effect. Tne men who es
caped were Alfred Nelson, Floyd Van
neve, Ben Earle, Mike Sharkey, Wal
ter Snelgrove, Pat Brennan and
George Smith. All of them made
their way to Nome, experiencing hard
ships which they say were easy com
pared with their life on the Thrasher.
During the last few years‘the pro
duction of tin in the world has not
been equal to tbe demand, and the ac
cumulated stocks of tin that have been
held in various countries have become
very much diminished since 18!)ti. One
of tbe chief reasons for this increasing
demand is the wider use of tin boxes
and cases in siiipping sundry articles.
Two thousand and forty acres of
placer tin ground in the Cape York
region have recently been bonded to
English capitalists for $5,000,000.
Subscribers to the Daily Cate way who
fail to receive the paper will please notify
the office at once. Phone Main 22
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At Same Time Russia Receives Re
Reports that Japanese Army
is Preparing for Battle.
Portsmouth, N. H., Sept. d The
peace treaty between Russia and Japan
was signed this afternoon by the envoys
of hot h nations.
St. Petersburg, Sept. 5—The war of
fice has been notified that every indi
i
j cation shows that the Japanese arm\
in Manchuria is preparing for another
battle and General Linevitch is mai
shaling the Russian forces with a view
to meeting an attack at any moment.
No More Chinese Boycott
Pekin, Sept, d—Official notice has
been issued by the Chinese government
that the boycott of American goods
must stop. This will undoubtedly have
the efleet of terminating concerted ef
forts to place a ban upon American
trade. The feeling on the subject ha>
largely subsided.
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\iceroy Entertains Taft Party
Canton, China, Sept. 5—The Chinese
viceroy here is entertaining the party
of Secretary Taft.
Bacon To Succeed Loomis
Washington, D. C., Sept. 5—It is an
nounced that Robert Bacon of New
York will succeed Francis 1>. Loomis
as assistant secretary of state. Mr.
Bacon is an eminent New York lawyer.
TO AVOID FIRE RISKS
—
Chamber cf Commerce Takes Up
Question of Tent Flues
Fire risks caused by tent Hues tor
stove pipes formed a topic of discussion
at the chamber of commerce meeting
last night. The members were of the
opinion that many of the tents in the
| business part of town have Hues which
| are a menace to the locality, and the
chamber will try to have them sat'e
1 guarded. The additional risk caused
by the accumulation of combustible
rubbish in the alleys was also consider
j ed, and owners will he urged to keep
! their premises clear.
It is reported by the sewer commit
tee that the money for the construction
has nearly all been paid in and work
will begin in a few days.
t. W. Young Returns Home
K. \Y. Young of the Seward Com
; mercial Company and J. W. Kerns
! returned home last night from a moose
j hunt of four day up Resurrection river.
They brought one moose as evidence
of their prowess. They had some ex
citing experiences, being compelled to
swim the river several times with their
horses and wagon to find a road they
could travel. Gus Anderson and Andy
Anderson, who have been upon the in
let for some time, came back with
Young and Kerns.
Temperature at 2 j). m. today—(ii.