DAILY GATEWAY
f()L I SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 23, 1905_N(>- 15
TRIES TO BRING
TOES TOGETHER
Roosevelt Confers with Envoys and
Understood to have Suggested
Compromise.
Portsmouth, N. H., Aug. 23—A per
sonal representative of President
Roosevelt held a long conference with
the Russian peace plenipotentiaries
yesterday. The nature of the confer
ence is kept absolutely secret, but it
has had the effect of postponing nego
tiations bet ween the envoys, which will
not be renewed until late today, or pos
sibly not until tomorrow.
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It is announced that the Presidents
most important proposition is that
Russia purchase all or half of the is
land of Saghalien, which is now in pos
session of the Japanese, and which was
taken from Japan by Russia several
decades ago. The Japanese have real
ly never admitted Russia’s title to the
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island, and the President argues that
if Russia should buy it now, paying a
large price for it, she would be enabled
to avoid the appearance of having ced
ed territory or paid an indemnity. It
is suggested that if the two govern
ments cannot agree upon a price the
matter could be left to arbitration.
STATION MEN WANTED
Railroad Advertises Contract Work
North of Summit
Station men are wanted on the Alas
ka Central between the summit and
Turnagain Arm. J. B. Cameron, en
gineer of construction, has posted the
following notice around town:
Wanted: Station men in the Placer
river valley, between mile 50 and mile
55, just north of Placer river canyon.
Wagon road extends to mile 48 and a
horse trail has been cut through Plac
er river canyon to the valley.
A pack train will be put in service
carrying supplies and tools of any sta
tion man from wagon road to the val
lev or to the location of the work.
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The work is loose gravel tills to be
constructed from borrow pits. On sev
eral miles of work no clearing or grub
bing is necessary and the remainder is
nothihg but shrubs. Five and one-half
miles is dry work and one-half mile
wet work.
Apply to Walter S. Jones, resident
engineer, just north of Placer river
canyon, or H. A. McClure.
Making Hay While Sun Shines
The Seward Transfer Company has
been taking advantage of the tine
weather to put up hay. Yesterday ten
tons were cut north of town and the
work will be continued until all avail
able grass is in the stack. The high
price of hay brought from the Sound
makes it important to put up as much
possible here.
FOEi RENT—Business lot, best pro
position gets it. MFtS. STULL, tf
STORMS CAUSE
GREAT DAMAGE
Tornado Sweeps Over Minnesota
and Destroys Much Property
and Lives.
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St. Paul, Aug. 23—Great devastation
was wrought over a wide area sur
rounding the Twin Cities by the tor
nado which swept over this region
Sunday night. In several counties
crops were almost wholly destroyed,
buildings and other property were bad
ly damaged and some lives were lost.
The full extent of the losses cannolyet
be computed.
The storm was tlie worst known in
this state for many years. Following
a wind of extraordinary violence came
floods which ruined standing crops and
grain in stacks, and drowned many
head of live stock.
Fiala On Way Back From Pole
Hull, Eng.. Aug. 215—Anthony Fiala,
leader of the Zeigler polar expedition
which sailed nearly two years ago, has
arrived in Hull on his way back to
America. He landed with his party
recently on the coast of Norway. The
expedition failed to reach the north
pole but discovered three large islands. !
ROBBERY CASE FALLS FLAT
Prosecuting Witnees Fails to Prove j
Anything but Assault
John Bronn’s charge of robbery
against four men fell Hat and Commis
sioner Hildreth last night discharged
all of them. The preliminary hearing
of James Carskadden was taken up first;
and when the testimony was in the
commissioner ordered his discharge on
the robbery complaint, but directed
that he he held for assault and battery
as the evidence showed that he had as- j
saulted Bronn, The other three de
fendants, Melvin Carskadden, J. G.
Rooney and O. S. Justi, were discharg
ed without a hearing.
It appeared from the testimony on
both sides that the trouble- started on
the street a little before the assault:
when Melvin Carskadden and Bronn
had a collision. After some words, and
Bronn claims, an attempt to assault him
bv several of the defendants, he went |
into the Louvre. Shortly afterward
the defendants also went in and James
Carskadden undertook to throw Bronn
out of the room. The two rolled over
on the floor together and were separat
ed by John Eidson. The other defend
ants stood by, but it was not proven
clearly that they took any part in the
affray, nor did it appear from the evi
dence that anybody had an opportunity
to go through Bronn's pockets. He
stuck to his assertion however, that he
missed $40 after the big fight, which
he had before it commenced.
This morning James Carskadden
pleaded guilty to assault and battery
and paid a fine and costs amounting to
$30.
TO ADJUST ROW
WITH CHINESE
Minister Conger Resigns Post in
Mexico to go as Special
Agent to Pekin.
Oyster Bay, Aug. 23—Edwin H. Con
ger has resigned as ambassador to
Mexico. It is understood that the
president intends to send him to Bek in
to adjust the differences which have
arisen over the rigid enforcement of
the anti-Chinese laws of the United
States, leading to a boycott of American
goods by Chinese merchants.
Mr. Conger was American minister
to China for several years, including
the time of the Boxer rebellion, and
his influence in Chinese court circles
is great.
GIVES ADVICE TO MINERS
Engineer Tells Them Wealth Lies
Mainly in Low Grade Ores
In the party of raenbers of the Amer
1 ican Institute of Engineers who recent- j
ly visited the leading mining camps of
the Yukon, was Dr. Raymond of New
York, organizer and first president of
; the institute. At a banquet given to
the engineers in Dawson (Jr. Raymond
delivered an address in which he said:
“Yukon’s great and true wealth lies i
not in her amazing rich strikes, but in j
| the ordinary placer and mineral depos
its. The permanent wealth of all lands
is not in workiug alone the cream first
obtained, but in using all the milk as
well. This makes the lasting popula
tion and lasting wealth.
“.It is a mistake to burn fuel and lilt
wates when nature has put the water
high enough to get it by force of grav* j
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“You have certain rich deposits j
which have startled the wor.d in a way. i
Doubtless other bonanzas will be found
here in the vast North, but these are
not the true source of wealth. Rich
yields never a proof of permanent pros
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; perity.
“There never was a country mat
produced all rich ore, and there usually
1 is ten times as much low grade mater
! ial as high grade. They who boast, as
! did the miners of Nevada, that they
work only high grade ore, are telling
a fool’s tale because the wise know that
such boasters are throwing away the
greater share of their wealth. No j
country can be prosperous which works
only its hign grade property. A new
mining district with high grade ore is j
lucky for the time, hut the man who |
gets a fortune quickly takes it away |
from the country in a poke or gambles
it away in a night and lie does the
country in which it was discovered no
permanent good. The man who settles
the country, works and makes a per
manent population and keeps the
wealth of that land a constant and per
manent stream of resource to a happy,
flourishing community has created the j
real wealth.
Temperature at 2 p. in. today—65. i
STEAMFR DRIFTS
FOR MANY DAYS
Passengers Compelled to Subsist
on Shark’s Flesh Since
Early in July.
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New York, Aug. 23—Steumer Atlios
left Port Antonio July 3 with several
passengers and a cargo of tropical
fruits. The second day out the engine
broke down and the vessel drifted for
weeks until she was picked up. She
was towed into New York yesterday.
The supply of food and fresh water
ran short and the passengers and crew
were compelled to subsist upon tin4
flesh of sharks for food, and were cut
down to one swallow ot condensed sea
water per day.
Owing to the intense heat the ca *go
of bananas rotted and had to be thrown
overboard. The passengers and crew
were utterly emaciated when the ves
sel was rescued, and several of them
are still ill, but all will recover.
Graders Strike Quartz Seam
Three graders working on a station
of the Alaska Central on mile 41 a few
days ago struck a quartz seam which
showed numerous specks of gold.
Such seams are frequently encountered
in that region but this was so much
larger than the ordinary and the colors
so much better that the men made a
quartz location, which they have tiled
with Commissioner Hildreth. The lo
cators are Joe McGuigan, Robert Kd
gar and Pat McConnell.
Driving Piles For Wharf
The pile driver is busy today driving
piles under the western end of wharl
No. 1. Workmen are also preparing
to move the warehouse to the eastern
end of the wharf, and when that is
done new piles will replace those under
the part of the dock now covered by
the warehouse. These piles are t wo
years old and many of them are sobad
ly eaten by teredos as to be useless for
sustaining weight.
Says Valdez Is Rooming
George Mead has a cable message
from Valdez saving that building has
commenced actively on the new town
site on the prospect that John Iiosene
will soon begin construction of a rail
road from there. A1 White, the well
known saloon man of Valdez, is build
ing a large block for a saloon on t he
new and several other houses are un
der way.
Gives Smoker At Home
E. R. Gray gave a smoker at his
home yesterday evening to a party of
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Portland Suffers Big Fire
Portland, Ore., Aug. 23—Fire last
night destroyed twenty buildings, with
a total loss of $150,000.
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