DAILY GATEWAY
YOlTI SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER6, 1905 yo> 5:{
OFFICIALS RAKE
OFF $2,600,000
Son and Son-in-law of Mutual Life
President Receive fnormous
Commissions
By Cable to the Gateway
New York, Oct. —The investigaton
of life insurance companies by the
state insurance commissioner today
brought to light the fact that the
Mutual Life Insurance Company has
paid commissions amounting to
$2,H00,000 to Hebert McCurdy, son of
President McCurdy, and Louis Thebalt,
the president s son-in-law, on invest
ments of the company’s funds.
District Attorney Jerome will refer
the entire insurance scandal to a grand
j u ry. __
Lose all Trace of Train Robbers
By Cable to the Gateway
Seattle, Oct. t> All trace of the
live escaped bandits who held up the
Great Northern overland last Monday
near Ballard, has been lost. Blood
hounds were unable to follow the trail
because of a fall of rain immediately
after the robbers took to the woods.
Confer on Treaty Exchange
By Cable to the Gateway
Washington, I>. Oct. 6 The Jap
anese and Russian ambassadors held a
conference today to discuss the formal
exchange of ratifications of the peace
treaty. The exchange will probably
be made at the White House, but no
date was fixed.
To Patch up Steamer on Rocks
By Cable to the Gateway
San Francisco, Oct. <> It is proposed
to refit the steamer Alameda where
she lies on the rocks off Fort Point.
Divers have found a big hole under
her boilers, and she connot be floated
until some repairs are made.
To Wall In Convicts
By Cable to the Cateway
Washington, I). I)., Oct. fi Hie led
end government has decided to build
a stone wall thirty-five feet high
around the penitentiary on McNeil’s
island in the state of Washington, on
account of the frequent escapes from
the prison which have been steadily
taking place. A strong wing will be
built for the detention of desperate
prisoners.
Copper Developments at Port Dick
In a communication to the Gateway
from Port Dick, fifty miles west of
Seward, Thomas Langtree states that
ten men are working in the develop
ment of copper property there, and are
making good headway. The ledge is
rapidly improving with depth, he
states. Mr. Langtree expresses the
belief that Port Dick wili develop into
a big camp.
, MAGNATE FACES
FELONY CHARGE
—
' School Superintendent and Bank
President Accused of tm
bezzling $60,000
By Cable to the Gateway
Peoria, 111., Oct. (> Prof. Dougherty,
I superintendent of the city schools
and president of fhe Peoria National I
bank, has been arrested on two true
hills returned by the grand jury in the
state circuit court, charging him with
embezzlement and forgery.
The school fund is found to be short 1
$1)0,000. The money was embezzled by
means of forged vouchers for school *
coal which wa> never supplied.
I
Howard M. Kitrhin Marries
By Cable to the Gateway
Washington, D. Oct. <> Howard
M. Kutchin, special agent of the trea
sury department to supervise the sal-1
mon industries of Alaska, was married |
last night to Miss Mary Kimball,
daughter of Dr. Kdward Kimball of I
this city.
Gets Mad and Throws Glass
By Cable to the Gateway
Vienna, Oct. 6- While speaking in
the reichsrath this morning upon the
government's internal policy Dr. Von
Sternberg was frequently interrupted |
by Dr. Wolf, leader of the Pan-Ger- j
• man party. The questions interposed)
finally so exasperated Dr Von Stern-j
berg that he hurled a large glass
pitcher at bis opponent's head, barely j
missing him. A general melee fol-1
lowed and the session adjourned on,
i account of the excitement.
—
Trial Draws Large Crowd
Judge Hildreth's coarr-room is
! crowded today by spectators of the
trial of George Shaw and John Hug wall
upon the charge of petty larceny, for
the alleged taking of several small
articles from the railroad store on the
wharf early Wednesday morning.
Citizens' Mass Meeting
A mass convention of the citizens of
Seward will be held Monday evening,
October 9, in Moore's hall, to elect
delegates to the Alaska convention
which will be held in Seattle November
I. ”) to discuss needed legislation for the
territory.
Take Trip to Latouche
H. N. Coleman, C. G. Van Hook and
J. W. Harvey quietly slipped out on
the Santa Clara without asking any
body's permission, with the design of
traveling to Latouche.
E. Vogel’s notion store has been*
moved into the middle of Washington
street to make way for the excavation
for the extension of the Northern
saloon building.
WILL ENTERTAIN
BRITISH ELEEI
Prince Louis of Battenburg and
Squadron Coming Over to
Visit America
By Cable to the Gatewey
Washington, D. < <)ct. <> (Complete |
arrangements have been made for the
entertainment of the British naval
squadron under command of I Vince j
Louis of Battenburg. The squadron j
will arrive at Annapolis November 1
and will be met there by the North!
American squadron under Rear Admiral j
Eva ns.
After t.wo days at the naval academy j
and its environments the officers will
proceed to Washington November
The next day a reception will be given
in their honor at the White House.
The squadron will soon after sail for
New York, arriving there November
7. and may remain there some time.
BHINGS BACK FKEIGHT
Santa Clara Returns From the
West and Sails Southward.
The Santa Clara last night hronght
back 200 tons of freight from Seldovia
because the inlet steamers Tyonie and
Neptune could not guaranty its deliv-,
ery at Turnagain Arm before the inlet j
freezes over. The railroad can take!
its freight over the line from the end
of the track and everything fill '>e
transported that way hereaftei.
In spite of the congestion at Seldovia
tue Portland took 150 tons there for
P. Welch & Company. The contract
ors will take a chance on getting it up
on the steamers. If the freeze-up
comes late they will be able to do >o.
If not they will take it over the snow.
The cargo included some heavy mach
inery and a special effort w ill be mad<
to rush this through. The supplies
can wait.
The Santa Clara sailed this morning
for Seattle at 3:30. She had a large
passenger list.
F. V. THOMAS EXTENDS
Begins Two Story Addition to
Board of Trade Building
F. V. Thomas, like all other Seward
business men, has found his quarters
too small and has begun a rear exten
sion to the Board of Trade saloon
building. The addition will be two
stories high and 24 feet long.
The first floor of the extension will
be added to the bar and club room,
making it one of the largest in town.
The upstairs will be equipped as fur
nished rooms, the same as the present
second floor. All the men who can
work to advantage are engaged upon
the job and it will be rushed to com
pletion. _ _
Temperature at 4 p. m. today 4t>.
TRACK REACHES
END OE MILE 35
Only a Little More Work on Grade
to 43 and Rails Will Soon be
Laid that Far
Track is now laid on the Alaska
Central to the end of mile 35, and be
fore the end of this month the rails
will extend 43$ miles from Seward.
Mile 35 was finished Wednesday even
ing. The grade is complete to the end
of mile 38 except a short stretch of
surfacing, and track will be laid that
far the coming week. The next five
and one half miles will quickly follow.
The grade is nearly finished to mile
47 except streaks of rock work which
will be completed so that the track
can he laid that far before winter set
tles down to stay. Between 47 and 4b,
where the first tunnel will be bored, a
<»ood deal of heavy work lies but ir*
will be done long before the end of the
winter and track laid that far. 1 he
tunnel on mile 4b will be bored b\ the
railroad company. The five lor which
Kich & Harris hold the contract are
on mile 52.
.). I>. Cameron,.engineer or construc
tion. repeated today the announced
policy of building, which is to keep
tha rails pushed as far to the front as
possible. While grading camps are
scattered along the route for 100 miles
ahead of the track and in many places
heavy rock work intervenes which will
require months, rails will he laid on
on each mile from the end of the track
as fast as the grade is completed.
The extension of the track to the
first tunnel will effect a great saving
in transportation to the railroad com
pany and to Rich and Harris. At the
present time supplies for the tunnel
camps have to be taken a longdistance,
and while a good road has been cut
through the cost of hauling over it is
vastly heavier than it will be over the
rails.
This week the Santa Clara brought
the huge compressor for Rich & Har
ris, with which the drills will be driven
in the tunnels, and it will soon he at
work, although the task of getting it
to mile 52 over seventeen miles of
wagon road is a difficult one.
W. M. Sauers Goes to Seattle
W. M. Sauers of the Seward Com
mercial Company was a passenger on
the Santa Clara for Seattle, where he
goes to make extensive purchases for
his firm. He will be absent at least a
month. __
Alvali Karnes, chief clerk of the rail
way mail service for this part of Alas
ka. returned to Valdez on the Santa
Clara.
Steamer Portland sailed for Seldovia
last night at 11:30. She has 150 tons
of freight for that port.