KILLS BOY AND
THEN HIMSELF
Melancholia superinduced hy the ill
ness of hi> 4-year old son and himself,
led Visilla. an old Indian chief at
Knik, to shoot and kill tin* boy anil
then himself, in the presence of sev
eral members of the family. I In* two
fatal shots were tired so quickly with a
revolver that the fjrown son of the
old chief had not time to cro-s tho
room and stay his father's hand. 1 he |
trasfedy occurred last lhutsday o\en*j
iny.
The dead chief w as at*out *W> years old.
He was known as one of the few hon
est Indian* aiiton£ the natives whose
habitat is around Knik. and was en
dowed w th some natural abi.ity. He
became chief through his mental and
moral superiority and ruled the othei
natives sternly. Incause ot lr.s char
acter an«i ini e’licence he w as held in
much esteem hy white men who knew
him.
Had Three Wives
The old eh'*'! had been married j
three tunes ami two of his wives were
livinjf. The hoy lie killed was the
child o* the utsf and was his youn^e-t,
ami the old man’s 'r.fe seemed bound
HP n t ha *'t t hi hoy, \\ i. . e last
vear the $hild proved to he a victim of
tuhercuk'Ms :u.o wasted eon- ant.y
suite of the i ii m uv s. care am Hu
simple In-dan remei.ies _ vet? him. It
became plain that he could m we
also thro ioh a: \iety and approaching
- - He
ten plated.
!• i> rh.Ki the oil. rils.rds ee * A :
was i; ti - -y i ■ f- ' ( * be
Further Cause of < iriet
11 , - .’...ii' < e:, ■ ptVss
... •
new home.
Ti e , - • a i',0
V. r,[ at K*'.: \. :»s ' : 1 ‘am • >ay S
11, • r* - . ■ Id mar:, w t * -- -*
ed the itcedinpl shun t of wr tin. a
1 ittle. s._■ Y ' a. \\ ii .■ < • v liis
nam* w - • a to : ilit "ia
CITY OF PANAMA AND
ALLIANCE IN COLLISION
Portia:;.'. <»:•.. A - Just after
-tart iny on her \r-t tr *» uv place of the
wrecked .-learner Columbia between
thi- city aiat San Pi unc.-co the -tearner
Pity of Panama rammed live Ailiar.ee
and -tov** a larjje hole in the stern of
the latter vt —Tie collision occur
red . arlv thi - morn it X it' th**t oiuntbia
river off the mouth of the Willamette.
The Alliance made her way ashore
and beached upon a sandbar.
Cits of Panama Has Smashed Bow
Portland. An-. 5* The -tearner Pity
of Panama arrived lo re rid- morning
with hot* low badly -mashed as a result
of the colit>!on with the Alliance in the
Columbia r ier )e*terday„ it i> learn
ed that tii** coir'ion occurred in a
dense io_. A panic followed on board
!..»* h ‘ ! .......
The Alliance will be pulled ofT the
*;;n.*!bar t• -.In; r ! .wee so th - city,
S|j. v, 'Mu ire - e- a l w **eks for ro
Bill MINER DIGS OUT
UNDER WAIL OF PRISON
to he taken alive An armed t*osse is
parsu.itj* him.
Can’t Run Down Bill Miner
Vane) um r. ii. ( Aty. Be So far
the s* ivh 1 pr*"C' for hiv Altner,
the train robber who dujf out under
the wall Of the penitent ary at New
Westminster, ha* beer fruitless.
Seward peninsula comprises an area
of 22,000 square miles, and has placet
mines and prospects in which the gold
values are estimated at over (&00,000,
000.
Three different 'parties left Seward
toil ay on prospecting trips on Resur
rection bay.
OCTOPUS ARMS
GET TOGETHER
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Chicago. Aug. ~ The Standard Oil
Company and all the big railroad com
pand > have banded together to tight
any further investigation of railroad
rebates and to defend against pending
prosecutions. The Standard Oil case
will lx* opposed by every means of legal i
delay and if necessary carried to the
supreme court ofthel'nitcd States.
Crowding the Rebaters
Washington. IX <Aug. 7 — It is
known that the federal grand jury now
working in t'hicago U inquiring into
the relations of Harriman with the Al
ton rehating ease against the Standard
Oil Company in which the oil company
was lined so heavily by Judge Landis
last week. The government proseeu-,
tors hope to get evidence against high
officials of both companies which will
enable them to secure prison sentences
against the offending magnates.
To Dissolve Standard Oil
st. Louis, Aug. i> The ->1111 for the
dissolution of the Standard < >il Company
,,n the ground that it i> a trust will be
taken up at New York September •>. J
Rockefeller I eels Sad
Cliv. land. Aug. •*> John D. Rocke
feller. head of the Standard Oil Com-j
puny. >a\> that Judge Landis will be
dead before he can collect the line im
; p ,„ee against tlie company. 11. 11. '
lj. , tho active head of the cor
norat refits s to discuss the deci
Standard Oil Roasted
Washington. D. C.. Aug. o Herbert .
commissioner of corporations,
i, :-at iod with the decision in the
S':i!.i an 1 ' 1 case. He roasts tin*COIH
■ 11■;\ sea* hiaterms and says it lias
mainta.t.* «« a monopoly since !"7l ami
Co?i.!-e.:.-<: cons ide rs to pay any price
• . i. .tct. He recon metuis in -
Oil \\ ill Not be Raised
N. w York. Aog. .*> Secretary I'ratt,
, fi, s; 1 m mi li < h t • '-..puny, say s t he
.fie-- '> o', wnot be ra sou on ac
k.. !> • \ ■ ’ir 1 ' av• title imposed on the
yo ;J dtge i .a mi is.
CANS AND BRITT
AGREE TO FIGHT
Ey Cable tc TUe Daily Gateway.
s.m Kranci-co. Aug.Joe Bans ami
. :• 1111 v 1 t signed arii-'."'. tetiay to
gt • Si ieiiiluT ;* in tli s city for the
_i.• ■. _ii• championship under the
:*!' - (•; :h< Oceidvntai Athletic
eluk which guarantees a purse of
-TV1 1 . ot which '10 per cent will yo to
th* winner.
1 . i pi: e!it> in tlie Hunk on the
i ti —.) A, my Burns tight show that Britt
r.red ar.d tried to yet Bans to |
throw tile fight for money. Why he,
■v, > Bans to Ins** to Burns seems
uncertain t ■ s>it was to briny about
a o v.t est for t lie championship between
hi'iisi lf ami Burns, who i- regarded by
(everylHidy as much easier game than
Bans.
Bans says he broke the agreement to
Burns when efforts were made to
make it a fixed match.
Burns-(ians Bight Off
Lo- AugeAs. Any. s- The light be
tii. e .bie (Pins and Jimmy Burns was
■declared off t>>day on account of t he ill
s. Tiie ti>et**»*s say Burns
is •; • s.-riouslv iii and will be all right
soon. A tight over the forfeit money
exp*'ct* ii. Tin- atlair has a shady
(ians-Burns l ight August 23
I,os An As. Aug. In -The fight be -
•w i-ti .To Ur ms and Jimmy Burns was
res pm August -3.
Big Siphon Pipe tor Dawson
i» -• I m u le; y.hs of the new
s; l l ■ ' . ■ . 1 ■ -
. i i; v. - ;; i c)i >. et An ' thirl \
w > feet m length, is made of half-inch
mo .• ;• >ron unit weighs -non pounds.
Tie to ii si. .it out of pipe it i' under
stood. will wi iyh 3'HJO tons, and will
f»i ii h r.-lr *iis of thousands of
Ullamnr Strike Caused by Union
The latest walk-out at the Ella mar i
mine was due to the inability of the i
miners and mine managers to agree (
upon the * i.ployment of several non-:
union lUoti who were there when the |
previous strike was settled. The min
ers claim it was agreed that only union
men should be employed. These men
refused to join the union, the manage
ment refused to discharge them and
the strike resulted. Two of them
joined the union but the others still re
fuse and only four or five men are
working. Nearly fifty were employed
at all kinds of work before the strike.
MINERS DROP
C. S. DARROW
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Denver, Aug. 7—Clarence S. Harrow
was dismissed today by the Western
Federation of Miners as one of the
attorneys to defend Reorge A. l’etti
bone at Boise. K. F. Richardson and
H. N. Hawkins will defend Pettibone.
The dismissal of Harrow was in def
erence to Richardson, who is the
general counsel of the Federation. He
claims that Harrow is seeking notori
ety. Much adverse comment is made
j on Richardson's animosity towards
Harrow, who is generally given credit
' for securing 11avwood’s acquittal.
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Operators to Furnish Funds
Denver, Auy. b It has just leaked
1 out that Senator Horah of Idaho was
here last Friday and Saturday collect
ing funds with which to prosecute
Dot ti bone. Idaho is short of money
and refuses to stand the heavy expense
involved in tlie prosecution of the pris
; oner.
floyer Arrives in Denver
Denver, Any. 8 Charles H. Moyer,
president of the Western Federation of
| Miners, arrived last niyht from Boise.
No demostration was made by bis fol
io winy.
Maywood (liven Ovation
Denver, Any. «*# \V. I>. Haywood,
secretary-treasurer of the Western Fed
oral ion of Miners, arrived here last
niyht. and was yiven a monster do-1
tn oust rat ion. the streets were blocked !
with people and the police were unable 1
- to clear tliem. Mrs. Haywood was
showereiiwitlt ’owers by the women i
, of Denver.
A yreat ouhlic reception will be j
tendered Moyer and Maywood Tliurs-1
da '■
Receives iiiy Offer to Talk
Di ::vi r. Auy. f> W. D. Haywood!
lias r- e- ived all i. er of *10,000 to di - '
liver one Itum reu lectures. on subjects'
to bo chosen by himsi 11. this winter. |
lie is eonsideriny the matter.
TO FIGHT UNION
3y C 'u. to T'i ■ Sally Gateway.
( wado Springs .\ug. »• The Mine
I iivni'is’ a>>< eiaiioi; announced this.
‘ uwriiing that it would hereafter on-j
' ice ’lie card system against the mom-j
h»-is "t the West' rn K< deration of Min
ers. Kv< ry workman employed must i
>hoiv a can, to the effect that he is j
five aein the influence of the miners' |
union.
Bertha Arrives and Sails South
Steamer Bertha arrived from Se
attle Monday evening and sailed a few
hour.- iter for the west. She returned
Wed1 e-day afternoon and sailed for
Seattle. She brought thirty-live
pa—enters from the west, of whom ten
were for Seward, several for Valdez
and t lie remainder for Seattle. Among
the tiumber were several mining oper
ators ami engineers interested in cop
per in the lliamna field.
Temperature in Jnly
The mean temperature of Seward in
July w;is exactly 55 degrees. fn July
1 *m)*i it was55.06 degrees. In June 1007
i it wa -ol.t»s degrees. The highest tem
, perat ire hist month was 77 degrees on
tin- IJtli. The lowest was 4$ on the
6th. 17th, Utb. 25th and 27th. Kain
fell on fourteen days, seven were part
cloudy, -ix were cloudy and four were
clear. In July 1000 there were three
clear days.
Concerning the lilliott Case
An error crept into tin* account pub
lished a few days ago concerning Judge
\VIckefshttm's decision refusing judg
ment to Mrs. Catherine Klliott in her
’action to recover an interest'in the
Hubbard-Klliott copper properties in
Alaska upon a claim of grubstake to
b> , ' ■ r h a si .am;. 1 iarry ('. Klliott.
Mis. I'.'iiott did not sue for a divorce I
hut Int lied>and sued her. She tiled!
a c o— o il and received the de
cs ». Tin text of Judge Wickershanrs 1
’decision is not available but it is under-1
stood t is bused on the ground that
M -. Kliiott delayed to long in bring- j
ing her action.
Krom Nome comes the news that on
Quartz creek, on the Serpentine river,
Seward peninsula, four men are devel
oping a copper claim, from which were
j carried by reindeer to Teller, hist win
ter. and shipped to a smelter outside
three and one half tons of ore which
netted the owners just $475, a phenom
inally rich return.
Alaska trade statistics indicate that
the increase in the business of the ter
ritory this year will be $15,000,000
over that of last year. The total ex
ports and imports last year amounted
to $51,460,000.
WARSHIPS TAKE
CASA BLANCA
By Coble to The Dolly Gateway,
Madrid, Aug. 7—Casa Blanca sur
rendered to the French and Spanish
warships this morning, according to
dispatches just received.
/lore Warships Sent
Paris, Aug. 7—Additional French
warships are hurrying to the Moroccan
coast and will assemble chiefly at Tan
giers. The Paris newspapers all ap
prove the bombardment of Casa
Blanca.
Begins Bombardment
Tangiers, Aug. 6—French warships,
assisted by Spanish cruisers, bombard
ed the town of Casa Blanca this morn
ing as a result of Moorish soldiers lir
ing upon French troops landed for the
purpose of protecting the foreign con
sulates. The French have demanded
an unconditional surrender of the
Moors, or the French guns will raze
the town.
Troops Clash in Tangiers
Tangiers, Aug. t>—French troops
sent ashore to protect foreign consu
lates were tired upon by Moor soldiers.
The lire was returned and a bloody en
counter occurred, which resulted in
the Moorish troops being driven buck.
The casualties are great’and the sit
uation is considered grave.
British Cruiser Enroute
| Gibraltar, Aug. (5 The British arm
! ored cruiser Antrim left thi* morning
; for Tangiers to stssist in protecting the ,
foreign consulates and residents.
Two Thousand Moorish Dead
Tangiers, Aug. to According to late
: report * 2o<H) Moors were kilted in the
bombardment of Casa Blanca.
HALSEY MAY DIE FROM
APPENDICITIS OPERATION
San Francisco. Aug. H Theodore \ . i
| HalscN was operated on for appendi-j|
jciti* late \esterday afternoon and i*l
j reji >rted to he dying today. The jury ,
I in hi* trial upon the charge of bribing,,
j supervisors is not yet complete and no 1 j
further move can be made in the trial j
unt il Ifalsey i* .able to appear in court. J
Hard to Get Halsey Jury
San Francisco. Aug. y it is dilTicult
; to *ccure a jury to try T. V. Halsey on
the charge of bribing supervisor* and
a second venire was ordered today.
Halsey’s Recovery Doubtful
San Francisco. Aug. Id T. V. lial-j
*ey is holding lii* own after the oper-j
aiion for appendicitis hut his recovery j
l* regarded a* doubtful.
KUGRUK COAL PRODUCT
CUTS PRICE OF FUEL
Discoveries of serai-lignite coal in
immense deposits on the Kugruk river
and an increasing output from the
mines opened there have reduced the,
price of fuel on Seward peninsula.
The Nome Nugget enthusiastically
says:
“Heretofore the big stumbling block
of the Northern prospector tnd oper
ator has been the lack of fuel, but in
a measure this lias been removed by
the recent discoveries of semi-lignite j
coal on the Kugruk river. These dis-;
j coveries have greatly affected the j
Fairhaven district especially, and for
the last two years the low price of!
that commodity in the Candle section
has been a great factor in the develop
ment of the country. There is no
doubt but. what in a short time it will
play a large part in the development
of the whole Seward peninsula.
“The vast ness of tho Kugruk coal
: fields is almost impossible to believe.
There coal for miles and miles, while j
more discoveries are being made at
frequent intervals. Last winter one
mine alone produced nearly 4000 tons
of coal, only the best of it being
J shipped, however. It. was carefully
screened and hand-picked, which made
it pebble to sell it in Candle, at a
lower cost than is the freight, rate be
tween Seattle and the Northern coun
try. In some eases it is cheaper than;
the freight price of hauling coal from i
Nome to the near-by creeks. Hut $10
per ton is the price paid for the valu- j
! able fuel laid down in Candle or on |
the lnmachuk. On the Kugruk it can
| be secured for $6.
“Tiie mine, which has been operated
by the Chicago Creek Coal Company
for the last two winters, is undoubt
edly one of 1110 greatest coal discov
eries of Alaska, and even though the
extent of the field is unknown, already
enough has been uncovered to last for
years. In reality the vein is practi
cally unexplored, although an incline
has been driven to a depth of nearly
400 feet, and crosscut for 70 feet on
each side. And the coal is improving
in quality all of the time.”
The Nome News estimates that labor
strikes have reduced the possibe out
put of that section by two million dol
lars.
PACIFIC COAST TRADING CO.
OUTFITTERS
For the next Thirty Days all Suits and Pants will
Ibe sold at cost.
We carry the Celebrated Barington Mall Steel Cut
Coffee. Also the Gold Nugget brand which we
■ have handled for six years. It is always the same.
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Prospectors, ask your friends where to Outfit, and
you will always find the right place.
PACIFIC COAST TRADING CO.
T. D. CORLEW. MANAGER.
BOOTH & CO.
-TOR
HOPE AND GIRDWOOD
KiTCall on the old reliable firm of Booth iV Co. for : nything in the
Liquor and Cigar 1 in*-. Mi Elcccion Cigars, Old Lire- tui Hunter Ry**,
Nelson Co. Bourbon, Olympia Beer. Everythin.’ :vL-da»s. Best
of attention, run on the live and let live plan.
Girdwood, Alaska. C. R. BOOTH, Manager.
HARDWARE
Guns, Ammunition. Mechanics’ Tools, Cutlery
Miners' Conveying and Pressure Hose and
Reducing Nozzles, Tents. Etc. —
Stoves anil Ranges, Granite anil Tinware
Tinning Plumbing
| FOURTH AVENUE J. L. GRAEF SEWARD, ALASKt
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f KNIK TRADING COMPANY 1
! PROSPECTOR OUTFITS A SPECIALTY
Nearest tide water point to the Yentna a McKinley
Gold Fields. Good trails leading to the Copper and
Coal fields. Saddle and Pack hoi-.-* - :• 1 ! •
Home port of Steamer SWAN
O. G. HERNING. Manager.
Knik, Alaska
’ GAS STEAMER'"^
CALLS AT KNIK, SUNRISE AND TYONOK 11 points on the
YENTNA AND SUSITNA RIVERS
, For speed, comfort and safety, unexelled. Lighterage
and towing a specialty. For reservations address
I CAPT. W. J. nURPHY ^ ^
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Northern Saloon
E. L. WHITTEMORE, PROPRIETOR.
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WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS
FOURTH AVENUE, SEWARD, ALASKA.
THE SEWARD LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY
(Incorporated November, 1905, under the luw» o: Alaska)
Office—on Fourth avenue, near Adams, Seward, Alaska
THE ALASKA TRANSFER
CHRISTIENSEN &. LAUBNER, Proprietors
Pianos and Safes Moved special attention to city Trade
Give us your orders for Coal & Wood
General Forwarders phone main seward. Alaska
The Seward News Co.
Type Writer Supplies Magazines Books Papers
Cigars Tobaccos Pipes Candy Fruits
Fourth Avenue Seward, Alaska