Sewar i Weekly Gateway
SEWARD. ALASKA. SATURDAY. JUNE I, 1907.
VOL. Ill, NO. 4-. .—
CHINESE REVOLT-!
SPREADS WIDER
Estimated that 50.000 Rebels Are
in Arms Around Honj
Kong Alone.
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MORE JOINING EVERY DAY
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Insurrectionists Kill Officers of
Troops and Then Soldiers fall
in With Uprising.
By Ciblt to Tb» Dally Oat*way.
Washington, l>. C., June I—Hong
Kong advise* that it is now estimated ^
that 50,000 armed Chinese rebels ate
in revolt near that city alone and
others are joining the standard of te
bell ion daily. The insurrection is
spreading in all parts of the empire.!
Everywhere the rebels are killing the ;
officers of the government troops ana!
the soldiers then join the revolt.
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Rebels Murder 15,000
London, May 27- Cable dispatches i
this morning tell of a t hinese revolt |
at Wong Hong in which 15,000 were
massacred. All the civil and military
officers of the city were murdered and
their palace* hurtled. Nearly all ,he
troops joined the rebels and aided in j
the slaughter.
Uprising Gains Force
Canton. China, May 29— Uprisings in
ten different districts have practically ;
overthrown the authority of the j
officials, and hundreds of thousands j
are arming to resist the government.
The rule of the empress has become!
extremely unpopular and the spirit of
rebellion is spreading rapidly.
General rioting prevails in the dis-1
trict of Swatow and the white mission
aries are fleeing for their lives. The j
entire family of a general of the Chi
nese army were forced to take refuge
in a well, where they were drowned.
POKER RAIDED
IN FAIRBANKS
ay Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Fairbanks. May 29 — Three quiet
poker games were raided Sunday and
the players arrested. It is announced
that the order for a closed town will
be enforced to the letter and no mon
keying will be tolerated.
GOVERNOR'S FATHER WAS
INVOLVED IN LAND FRAUDS
Albuquerque. N. M.. Mav ill A
letter from President Roosevelt was
published here today which states that
the true reason why Governor Hager
man was asked to resign was that hi*
father was involved in land frauds in
the territory, prosecution of which ha*
been instituted. No proof has been
found against the governor but it wa*
felt that his continuance in office
would b • a handicap to the prosecu
tion. _
QUEEN'S CARRIAGE TEAM
JUMPS INTO FOUNTAIN
Paris, May 29—Queen Maud of Nor
way narrowly escaped death this
afternoon while driving to Versailles
in a carriage. The horses bolted and
jumped into the pool of a large foun
tain, but the carriage was stopped
bv the edge of the fountain. The
queen alighted safely but a postilion
suffered a broken arm. The horses
became tangled in their harness and
were drowned in the pool.
ACTRESS MAY IRWIN
MARRIES HER MANAGER
New York, May 27—May Irwin, the i
comedienne, married her manager, j
Kurt Eizfeldt, in her summer home
yesterday. Eizfeldt has been in charge
of her theatrical engagements four
years. Miss Irwin says she will re
main on the stage.
In 1906 the United States produced
#96,101,400 in gold, Canada $12,000,000,
Mexico $16,500,000, Central America
$2,000,000, South America $11,500,000.
Since Alaska became American ter
ritory fish and seals worth $140,000,000
have been taken from its waters.
BIG FIGHT ON
GOV. HOGGATT
1 Alaska Papers Protest Against
His Acting as Mouthpiece
of Territory.
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Emphatic, even violent, protest
against the appearance of Gov. Hog
gatt as the chief representative of
Alaska at the function of breaking
ground for the Alaska-^ ukon-1 acific
exposition in Seattle tomorrow, has
been sent to the Sound city by a
majority of Alaska newspapers, tele*
graphic report says nearly all.
The Gateway was invited by wire
from the Fairbanks News three days
ago to join in this manifesto but while
in full sympathy with the motive
which inspired the movement declined
to enlist for the war on the ground
| that such action is impolitic.
Gov. Hoggatt is the executive bead
| of the territory to the regret of a
majority of its inhabitants—and accord
ing to the rule which prevails on such
occasions as the one involved, is the
j proper figurehead to participate in the
I mummery which custom ordains. Be
! sides this Gov. Hoggatt is an amiable
gentleman and no harm could result
! from his appearance as the Alaska
| figurehead at the ground-breaking
! ceremony.
The Gateway abstained from the
present crusade also because the Seat
' tie exposition is an Alaska institution
only in name, and Seattle is entitled to
j invite its own guests to its own pink
[ tea.
From Fairbanks the Gateway re
ceived the following message Thursday
! night:
Fairbanks, May 30 The News pro
tests editorially against Gov. Hog
gatt's presence at the ground-breaking
ceremony of the Seattle exposition as
:i representative of the people of
Alaska, it says that while he may
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TO PUT ROADS
UNDER CONTROL
President Roosevelt Comes Out
for Federal Management
of Railways.
By Cable to Tbe Dalljr Gateway.
Indianapolis, Ind., May 30—The
monument to the late Gen. Henry R.
Lawton was unveiled today with Pres
dent Roosevelt as the principal speaker.
For the first time the president
avowed hi> belief that railroads should
be placed under federal jurisdiction
to prevent watering of the stocks and
unlawful rebates He affirmed that
only in that way can the common peo
ple he protected from railroad extor
tion. He asserted that scheming rail
road officials must be put out of con
trol and that sufficient power must be'
granted to the interstate commerce
commission to enforce just laws.
TWO DEAD IN
TRAIN WRECK
By Cable to Tbe Dally Gateway.
Los Angeles, May 29—'The Southern
Pacific Sunset Limited ran into an
open switch and was wrecked near
Bradley this morning, killing two
passengers and injuring many others.
This is the third wreck on that road
within two weeks caused by an open
j switch. __
NEW YORK SENATE PASSES
MAYORALTY RECOUNT BILL
Albany, N, Y., May 28—The state
senate today passed the bill providing
fora recount of the votes in the mayor
alty election of 1905 in Greater New
York City, when McClellan was de
clared elected over Hearst.
The jfold production of the world
since the discovery of America in 1492
is estimated at $12,076,823,135.
The world’s ifold production in 1906
is now estimated at $404,563,661.
The world’s visible stock of srold coin
and bullion la $6,000,000,000.
COAL SHORTAGE
STILL PREVAILS
Puget Sound Consumption Con
tinues to Equal Output
Even In Summer.
MAY DELAY NOME STEAMERS
Unless New Source of Supply Can
Be Obtained Cities Likely to
Suffer Next Winter.
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By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Seattle, May 28—Predictions are
general that the coal shortage on the
Pacific coast will be worse next win
ter than it was last winter. Fuel coal
for steamers is still scarce and several
Nome sailings may be delayed on that
account.
The Pacific Coast Company practi
cally controls the coal supply of the
state of Washington and claims to be
working its mines to their utmost
capacity. _
OPERATORS GET
PAY INCREASE
Telegraph Strike Averted by 10
Per Cent Advance and
Eight Hour Day.
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
New York, June 1—Western Union
telegraph operators will not strike, j
Beginning today they were granted a
10 per cent increase of pay and eight
hours work. Twenty thousand men
were involved in the threatened
strike. __
ACTIVE OPERATIONS
ON COOPER CREEK
The Kenai Mining & Milling Com
pany will have three giants and a
Ruble gravel elevator at work on
Cooper creek by August 1. With this
the management expects to produce
important results before the close of
the season. Most of the hydraulick
ing will be done in the flats, where a
big bed of pav gravel was struck last
week. Experiments with this in differ
ent places show average results of 37
cents a yard. In places above $1 a
yard was obtained.
This gravel deposit is of almost in
1 definite width. It is about nine or ten
feet deep and the pay is four to six
l feet deep. Colors are found from the
| top. It will be easy to work and can
be handled very rapidly.
The company has been delayed in
getting its equipment ready by the
lateness of the spring. The snow is
hardly out of the way yet. Ten men
have been at work for several weeks
at getting out timber and in a short
time about forty will be employed alto
gether. Most of these will work on
the ditch line, which will bring water
down three miles to a flume, which
will carry it further down. An iron
pipe line will carry the water from
the flume 2500 feet to the flat where
most of the work will be dono this
summer.
ALASKA TRADE SHOWS
BIG INCREASE THIS YEAR
Washington, D. C., May 28—Alaska
trade statistics indicate that the in
crease in the business of the territory
this year will be 815,000,000 over that
of last year. The total exports and
imports last year amounted to 851,460,
000. _
NINETEEN CONDEMNED
FOR ATTACK ON CABRERA
Guatemala, May 31 — Nineteen
death sentences are ordered by the
special court which tried the persons
accused of participation in the plot to
assassinate President Cabrera, which
nearly succeeded. Several women
were found to have been involved in
the conspiracy.
A bomb was thrown at Cabrera’s
carriage April 30 and the horses killed,
while Cabrera was seriously Injured.
A Pittsburg man is suing for
divorce because his wife is getting too
fat to suit him.
NEED TROOPS
AT KATALIA
Yucatan Takes Story to Seattle
of Trouble Between the
Rival Railroads.
FRICTION INCREASING DAILY
Several Minor Outbreaks Occur and
Citizens fear Open War May
Result at Any Time.
By Cable to The Detly Gateway.
Seattle, May 27—Steamer Yucatan,
arriving yesterday, brings the report
that troops may have to be sent to
Katalla on account of the trouble be
tween the rival railroad factions. The
friction is growing constantly more
acute. Since the blowing up of the
Morrison pile-driver several outbreaks
have occurred which verged on rioting.
Citizens are in serious apprehension of
genuine lighting between opposing
parties.
IRONWORKERS’
STRIKE SETTLED
Ten Thousand Go Back in San
francisco at Bigger Pay
and Eight Hours.
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
San Francisco, June 1—The strike
of the iron workers was settled today
and 10,(XX) men went back to work.
They get an eight hour day and in
creased wages. This is the lirst break
in the present labor troubles of the city.
BRIDGE BUILDING
PROGRESSING WELL
Good progress in bridge construc
tion on mile 50 is reported by J. B.
Cameron, engineer of construction of
the Alaska Central, who came in from
the front last night. The Howe truss
across the moraine just beyond the end
of the track will be completed within
the next ten days and work will then
be concentrated on the trestles which
cross Placer river on mile 51 on “the
loop.” Operations up to this time
have been handicapped be the snow.
As soon as the truss bridge is com
pleted track-laying will be resumed.
A little more gravel has to be taken
out of the deep cut in the hill this side
af the moraine to bring it down to
grade level and then the rails will be
laid through it, across the bridge and
around the foothills to the lirst trestle
on the loop.
Watson & Snow wired out this week
lo Seattle for .'500 men for extra gangs,
who will be placed along the grade in
different places.
The contractors have been waiting
several weeks for the snow to disap
pear from the portions of the line
where the lirst work has to be done to
facilitate construction. The warm
weather and rains of the past
two weeks have nearly wiped out the
snow and the increase in the working
force is the result.
SEND $50,000 GOLD BY
MAIL FROM FAIRBANKS
Fairbanks, May 29—The First Na
tional Bank shipped $50,000 in gold
bullion by mail today to go to Seattle.
If the experiment proves successful it
will kill the express business in the
same line as mail rates are cheaper
than express.
CABRERA WILL SKIP IF
GUATEMALA WARMS UP
Guatemala la Nueva, May 29—It is
credibly stated that President Cabrera
expects to flee to Germany if the situa
tion becomes too warm for him here.
He is prepared to start on short
notice. Revolutionary sentiment is
growing daily and it appears uncer
tain whether Cabrera can maintain
his authority.
The decline in the price of silver in
the past few months is ascribed to the
fact that India is purchasing much less
while the output of the world is slowly
increasing.
RIVERS WERE
OPEN MAY 10
Ice Cleared Out of Susitna and
Yentna Early but Boats
Slow in Starting.
Tho ice cleared out of the Susitna
and Yentna rivers about May 10, own
ing them to navigation for the summer.
The break-up came about May 6 and a
few days grinding cleared out the ice.
Up to May 21, however, no boat had
gone up the river, although Red Jack
came down from Susitna Station about
that time to Tyonok in his launch and
returned with flour, of which the
station was destitute.
Woolsey had expected the steamer
Tyonic to take gasoline to him at
Tyonok for his Yentna launch Bat, but
as the Tyonic failed to do so he had
the steamer tow him down to Seldovia,
where he had a supply of gasoline.
The news that the rivers were open
early was brought in Monday by P.
R. Strong, a miner from Clear creek,
a branch of the Talkeetna river, who
has been working all winter on claims
owned by himself and Dr. Sleem. He
had just completed a wing dam and
other requirements for working his
property when the ice break-up car
ried everything out. It was unusually
formidable this year, piling up from
bank to bank, and finally going out in
one grand rush.
Strong camo down to the Talkeetna,
where he built a rough boat, in which
he reached the station. From there
he came to Tyonok with Red Jack and
in the Tyonic to Sunrise, mushing
over from that place. He left Clear
creek May 19 and came through in
eight days.
It is estimated that 400 men are in
the Susitna and Yentna districts, Mr.
Strong says. This estimate is made by
Finch at Tyonok, Churchill at the
Station and others familiar with the
travel. _
DEFEATS CLAIM
OF GRUBSTAKE
Circuit Court of Appeals Gives
Judgment for Bill Gates
Against Marks.
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
San Francisco, May 28—By a de
cision of the circuit court of appeals
Isaac Marks loses his action to re
cover a grubstake interest in claims
located by Swiftwater Bill Gates in the
Tanana district. Marks sued to re
cover a 20 per cent interest on the
ground of an agreement to that effect
based upon funds supplied to Gates.
The decision is regarded as revers
ing some time-honored rules concern
ing grubstakes. The court held that
the advances made by Marks to Gates
were too remote to entitle him to an in
terest. _
ASKS SALE OF
ZION PROPERTY
By Cabla to The Dally Gateway.
Chicago, May 30—The receiver of
Zion City fiiled a petition in the feder
al court yesterday evening asking for
an ordor to sell the property of the
Church of Zion, including the real es
tate. The petition sets up that in the
present disorganized status of the
church the property is steadily deter
iorating in value.
A. B. MINSTRELS GET
THE MONEY IN SEATTLE
Seattle, May 27—The performances
given by the Arctic Brotherhood
ministrels Saturday and Sunday in a
local theater resulted in a great finan
cial success, drawing crowded houses
each time. It is understood that a
large sum was netted above expenses.
Alaska natives are entitled to take
homesteads of 160 acres each. A
special act of congress passed May 17,
1906 grants this right.
Bank deposits of Goldfield, Nevada,
aggregate more than 16,000,000.
RICH FIND AT
MUMMY BAY
Body of Copper Ore Uncovered
Near Surface Just Above
Tide Water.
GOOD SPECIMENS SENT OVER
Slight Development Work Opens
face Seven feet high and Twelve
Wide Without Walls.
Copper bearing rock of good value
in a body twelve feet wide and seven
feet high has just been stripped near
the surface without revealing side
walls by a few days work on the pro
perty of the Prince William Sound
Development Company at Mummy
bay, Knight island. Apparently the
deposit is a huge body or zone rather
than a ledge, and may spread over a
wide area in the hill. The strike was
made a short distance above tide
water and offers additional evidence of
the claim that when copper is found
on Knight island there is nothing to
do but shovel it out and ship it.
(let $58 Assay
One assay of the ore gave nearly $60
a ton in value. It showed 11.50 per
cont copper and one ounce in silver.
With copper at 25 cents the copper
value is $57.HO. Adding the silver at
H5 cents, which is less than the market
quotation for a year, the total value
obtained is $58.25.
Indicates Other Metals
The ore is chalcopyrite, of the same
general description as the other sul
phide ores found at different places in
Prince William sound, hut some of the
specimens show indications of both
gold and silver. One piece on one
side might almost pass for ruby silver,
a kind of ore that never runs less than
100 ounces, although of course this is
not silver ore but almost certainly
contains some silver. Peacock colors
show in manv of the samples.
WIRELESS FOR
ALASKA BOATS
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Seattle, May 30—The Northwestern
Steamship Company will install wire
less telegraph apparatus on all its
steamers this summer.
PLANNING CONSTRUCTION
OF ALASKA LIGHTHOUSES
Seattle, May 28—Col. Moessler. com
manding the Pacific lighthouse dis
trict, is here conferring with steam
ship men concerning the construction
of a lighthouse station at Cape M inch
inbrook on Hinchinbrook island, at
the entrance of Prince William sound,
where the Oregon was wrecked last
September.
The additions to the lighthouse ser
vice of Alaska authorized by the last
congress will be installed thissummer.
MAKES GAY HOLIDAY OF
GROUND BREAKING EVENT
Seattle, June, 1—The city is in gala
attire in honor of the ground break
ing ceremony of the Alaska-Yukon
Pacific exposition. A great street
parade started shortly after noon and at
2 o’clock J. E. Chilberg, president of
the exposition, turned the first spade
ful of dirt in the ground. Gov. Mead,
John Barrett, and others will speak.
The weather is perfect.
HOTTEST MAY WEATHER
EVER KNOWN IN TANANA
Fairbanks, May 29— In each of the
past three days the mercury has regis
tered a high mark above 80 degrees,
the hottest May temperature ever
known in the Tanana since the whito
settlement.
Temperature In May
The average temperaturo of May in
Seward was 47.55 degrees. The aver
age in May 1906 was 47.77 degrees.
The average in April this year was 37
degrees. The highest May temperature
was 66 degrees on the 19th; the low
est was 32 degrees on the 17th. There
were ten clear days and ten partly
clear days.