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VOL. , SKU-AKI). Al, ASK A, l-'KIDAY U YKNIMl. NOV KM ItKIi ii. HHir, M>~ 77
STILL CONTEND
fOR REPUBLIC
Russian Workingmen Will not Abate
Demands Disorders Con
tinue in South.
•y fiVe ta the Oat.'! way
St. lVtef>l\ur}T. Nov. i! \f^ounoil
of liflt n'atos from workiujjitt^tJjijprjfani
, at ion> it was tUvkloti htM* tHitfuityht to
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iss.u* a manifesto unrintr workers to
arm for a divisive struggle for a eon
st ituent assembly. universe! sieirutre
and at democratic lepublie. T. e coun
cil meetiutr decided to stisiain the
political strike a> a mean* of accom
plishing the reforms sought, and to re
sume it todav it the demands were not
promptly granted.
It has been learned that the leader
oi iii»* strike movement here is a voting
university student.
(Ion. Yrejk>!T today issued a manifesto
informing the people that all the re
form^ demandi d cannot he introduced,
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;P onee. but promising that all will be
:ven consideration as rapidly a> pos
sible.
'The c/.ar’s manifesto granted am
nesty to lo0,0«*> political prisoners con
lined in Hussion prisons. These will
be released at onee and many of them
are like! v to i> *oom** disturleniT factors.
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< >rders have been issued to increase
the military forces in the districts (
where disorders continue. Kiots and
attacks upon the .lews in tie* southern
part of the empire are constantly re
ported.
i Viessa. Nov. 'The city is com para-1
lively »juiet today. All parties are;
ohietly emraircd in bury in.^ the thou- j
sands who were slain in the riots* ot j
yesterday. -.2. j
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To Boost Varicle txpetiirton
By Cable to the Gateway
Seattle. Nov. .) At a meetii it' of the
Alaska club today the members present
decided to recommend that the organi
zation furnish *$t>,UOO to a^s?>i in out
fit tin tr the polar expedition of Idr.
Varicle ot l >a\n son.
LONG TIME BETWEEN BOATS
Portland Only Steamer Due for at
Least a Week
Seattle steamers are a'* far apart
these day > as drinks at tie* historic
conference between the governors ot
North and South Carolina. The Port
land is the only one expected before
the last of next week. She sailed the 1
evening of October 28 and should j
arrive next Monday or Tuesday. 'Hie
Excelsior sailed November l and is due
to arrive Saturday of next week.
Ten days will elapse between the!
arrival of the Santa Ana October 27 :
and the earliest possible time for the
landing of the Portland-at the local
docks. This will be the longest gap
between Seattle steamers since August, !
when no boat reached Seward from the
Sound between the Edith, August l.>,
and the Santa Ana, August 2b, In that
case the Edith did not bring mail
although she brought the daily papers.
No mail steamer arrived between the
Excelsior, August 11, and the Santa
Ana, fifteen days later.
The Portland will bring ten days
mail. She is three days late and the
Excelsior is only four days behind her.
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Relief Expeditions May be Sent
Monterey Captain Thinks Crews
Have Left Vessels.
py Catblc o the Gateway
Washington. lh t\. Nov. .» Much,
anxiety is felt in the treasury depart
ment concerning’ the >i» nation of t ne
whaling vessels which are ice-bound in
tlie Arctic. Twelve* vessel.* are in the
fleet. which contain more thanflOt) men
and t wo women.
Lieut. Munter of tin ' venue cutter
service at San Franc Leo. today wired
to the department ottering to lead a re
lief expedition.
The latest report of t lie vesseL was
brought by ( apt. Foley of tin* schooner
Monterey of the same that, one of the!
two which escaped, that In* left the]
fleet pff Bailey islands. (100 milesofl the
north Alaskan coast late in August.
Foley believes that the crews have
abandoned the vessels and will make
sleds to he drawn by reindeer, which
are numerous there. By that means
they may he able to reach a point oi
safety.
BUILDERS KEEP AT WORK
Devote Attention to Insid Finish- j
ing During Rains.
Local builder* had no trouble finding
work during t lie past week of heavy j
rains. In anticipation of just such a
sped of weather the\ bad k *pt persist- j
• nth a! outside work whim me sun
wu* shining, and when the rains de-j
scended and tlie Hoods ea:ue they had j
a lot of structures under roof with
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plenty of work inside.
About the busiest part of town is the j
railroad office building, in which a :
s^und of carpenters are engaged upon j
interior lini*h under the direction of j
Superintendent Stone. Beside them
are working the painters employed by
1'. (i. ( rocker, who has the painting
contract. The building will probably I
be entirely lini*hed within two weeks, i
Several officials have already moved
in.
J. B. Cameron moved into his new j
house on Third avenue this week,
although the plumbing is not all in.
'Hie plumbers will finish their task in
hi* house and that of F. 11. Stewart,
who moved in sometime ago, before |
Sunday. Holland s House in the
same row, will be road\ for occupancy
within a week.
(rood progress ha> been made on tin*
downtown business blocks. I*]. (\ Rich- j
ard>‘ new store building is getting
well along toward completion, and the'
additions to the Northern saloon and
the McNeiley hotel are now under
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cover. The big barn of the Alaska
Transfer is nearly ready for use.
McNeiley .V Mead began the erection
of a two-story building on Fifth avenue
this week. House building also con
tinues without slackening.
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Anton Hide is laid up in bed with n
lame back, the result of an effort to
lift too much at one time.
Nome widened Front street, the
principal business street, after it was
denuded of buildings by the lire.
Temp§ratur« at 3 p. m. today- 41,
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Alaskans Overrun Seattle and figure
Busily on Schemes for Next
Week's Meeting.
By Cable* to t ?ie Ctcwaay
Seattle, Nov. •> I nis city is full of
Alaskans, many of whom have come
dow n to attend the Alaska legislative
convention, which will meet here* Nov
ember lo. 'I he Nome delegation are
all here and are talking u|> a prop
osition to liave the convention nomi
nate a candidate for delegate to Con
gress. Judge Wickersham of Kair
hanksand Kiehard Kyari of Juneau are
mentioned as possible candidates.
The Nome crowd claim that in the
delegate matter they have tin* support
of the remainder of Seward peninsula,
and o! the delegut ions from Sewaidand
Valdez on tin" southern coast.
Uiilph 'Ik Keberof the Nome Ncwsis
a candidate for secretary of the con
v* ait ion. and will best rough supported. ,
The gubernatorial issue will he
brought up. The delegate** from South-(
eastern Alaska are making a light to;
have UradCs removal demanded. The
Nome delegation will support Col. W.
'Ik IVrkins for the place if the con-j
vent ion indorses anybody.
Laying Plans for Alaska Fair
Dy Cable to the Cateway
Seattle. Nov. The Chamber of I
Commerce arc! the Alaska club today
named directors of the Ala>ka-A ukon j
exposition. Which is to he held in thisj
eit\ in 1007. The first meeting of the j
directors will be held here November i
to to effect a permanent organization.
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Arctic Brotherhood to Meet
By Cable to the Gateway
Seattle, Nov. The Arctic Brother
hood will meet in convention in t his J
city next Monday. Many important j
matters will come lip. including a pro
posal to pass upon a manuscript his
tory .of the order. Needed legislation
for Alaska will be discussed. Many of
the members are delegates to the
Alaska legislative convention which is
to meet November !•>. and the de
cisions of the Brotherhood may govern
the action of members in the legisla
tive convent ion.
Wealthiest Nation on Earth
The United States is tho wealthiest
nation on earth. Today her citizens
arr possessed of $110,000,000,000. Fifty
u*ars ago $7,000,000,000 represented the
total wealth within her borders. The
United Kingdom has $.75.000.000,000, j
less than one-half that of her American |
offspring. France has $50,000,000,000, |
Germany $48,000,000,000, Russia $55,- j
000,000,000. Italy $18,000,000,000 and
Spain $12,000,000,000. Though having j
but one-twentieth of the population of;
the world, the United States has one*
lifth of the world's stock of money,
and one-fourth of its gold coin and
bullion. In the last twenty years the
United States has acquired two-thirds
of the world's banking power: the
savings bank deposits of the world are
held bv American banks.—Our Neigh
bor hood*
A telegraph line is under construe-j
tion between Ft. Gibbon and Rampart
by the government.
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Fanatics Assault Presbyterian Mis
sion at Lian Chow and Govern
ment Held to Account.
By Cable to the Cate .vay
IVkinjr. Nov.:; A Presbyterian mis
sion at Lian Chou* was assailed by aj
mob Yesterdav and four of the mission
aries were murdered. The cause of
the attack has not been definitely as- \
certained hut the outrage is supposed j
to have been the result of anli-ioieiirn I
fanat icism.
Washington. i>. C., Nov. .» I hr
state department has cabled to Minis-j
ter Koekhill at Peking for lull par-j
ticulars of the* massacre of American |
missionaries at Lian Chow. The:
American government will demand i lie
punishment ol‘ tlu* murderers.
Cincinnati, Nov. it has been;
learned that one of tlu* missionaries!
murdered at Lian Chow was Mis.
Marble, formerly a resident of this
city. She has two brothers-in-law j
here, both prominent men. Another
of the victims, Miss Eleanor Chestnut,
is also known here.
The regular dance of the Seward
dancing club will take place tonight
in Moore’s hall.
BIDS WANTED To dig basement
and lay foundation on l)r. Daggett’s
corner, according to following specifi
cations; dimensions. ilOxaO feet, v feet
de ‘l>*. bottom sills. lx<>: bottom joist*.
2x(), two feet apart: |>o>ts. C»x<>. live feet
apart: top sills, ()X(»: middle si 1 is. bx<>:
ten feet aparl:"top and bottom: backing
for cellar of 2-inch stuff: Hoot* joists, j
2xlo. eighteen inches apart, of fir:
cellar to be T feel in the clear: 2 inch ,
rough boards for bottom floor: posts
under middle sillsUxb. ten h et apart.
Native lumber when not otherwise)
specified. Apply on ground to \l. V. j
Griffin. * !
CIRCULATING LIBRARY j
At Richards' Store
The elejrant collection of hooks in!
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this up-to-date library should appeal
to every intelligent person in Seward:!
At the low |)rice of 50 cents per
month you can read tlu* latest and best ,
books published. *
MEN WANTED
By 1\ Welch & Company, contract-j
ors on the Alaska Central at Turn
again Arm. Station men, rock men. |
ax men and laborers. Steady work1
all through winter and next summer.
Top wages paid. -<>*
For the host and cheapest recreation
in Seward, subscribe to Richards' up
to-date library. Only dOe per month
to read as many books as you wish.
New l>ooks arrive on every boat.
The Seward Fuel Company has a
full line of Franklin coal which arrived
on Steamer Bertha. It will have 100
tons line house coal on the Cortland. *
Don't overlook the Troy Laundry
for up-to-date and first class work,
ladies* and gents* work a specialty. *
FOR RENT Two elegantly fur
nished rooms; also office rooms* Apply
Cars tens building*
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Grading Proceeds Steadily and Trains
Will Soon Run to Tunnel
Camp on 49.
Alaska Central trains now run totle*
44th mile of the road, '"rack was com
pleted this week past the bird mile
post hut was stopped a little beyond
it by a patch of rock work which will
not hi* completed lot* ten days. I hen
another two miles of rails will be laid
to the next grading obstacle, which is
on the summit, just be;.ond the end ot
mile b*>. In a little more than a month
the track will be laid to the first tun
nel. on mile 4!).
Grading work pron eus stemmy,
considerable additions having been
made to the working force in the pa-t
two weeks, and the men now employed
will he able to finish the grade and lay
tiie track to the tunnel before C hrist
mas. The graders will then he moved
on beyond the tunnels on mile 72 to
work upon the grade between there
and the head of Turnagain Arm, on
mile f>7 Grading is already in pro
mts on those thirteen miles, and as
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most of it is not difficult the grad** i
expected to be read\ for the rails be
fore the tunnel boring is complete.
Beyond Turnrgain Arm the railroad
has ten miles of rock work, reaching
to mile 77 and from To to lOo lies the
long stretch of rock work covered by
the Welch contract. < »n these forty
miles as many skilled rock men as can
be employed will hi* worked all winter
and until the task is completed.
Meanwhile parties of locating engi
neers are working far ahead, uni * * *
the direction of George A. Kyle, engi
neer of surveys. The line lias been
permanently located some nominee in
to the Shushetna valle\. as well as t in*
branch line up the Matanuska to the
coal fields. The locating engineer
will he far into the interior b\
spring.
The line is practically located through
to Fairbanks, and the approximate
distance from Seward is 471 miles. \\.
B. Boland, general manager and chief
engineer, said this week that tut in*
c’nanges in tin' route as now propo-*
would he slight, and not likeh to m
viate more than a mile or two at any
place from the projected line. These
slight changes will he mereh to oh
tain better grades or cm ves.
Mr. Poland said be still hoped to
have trains running to Knik Arm. 14
miles from Seward, before another
winter, and that the only possibility
of disappointment lies in the ctiilicnliy
of getting enough men to rush the
work at the rate desired. A good
force is at work now, as there has beer,
all summer, hut there has never been
an hour since the present construction
officials took charge when they would
not have set several hundred more
men at work if applications had been
made.
The demand for laborers on Puget
Sound and throughout the Northwest
I is so great that men can almost dictate
their own wages and terms of employ
ment. ft is regarded as probable that
men will have to lx* sought a gtc.it
| deal farther east than Puget Sound.
In August 450 men were brought here
from San Francisco because ot the
great demand for men farther north on
the coast.