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Arctics Were Tropics
Minneapolis That tin- ice i>ounil re
gions of the m>rth wen at one time
the tropics. wph ■ : Mingles and in
habited l*v tie* m;_tut\ mastodons «»f
the tor id zone, is Ti** theory advanced
by William i’. d< : -on. of No. bUb
West Tweniy-ivifittii street, who has
returned from i iud!e, Alaska, two
hundred n ■ - ii'T'u of Nome, on the
Seward peninsula Mr. Johnson was
there tor :>■>■■, i \ • a" as assistHtit
superintendent of the ( hicago Creek
Coal mines, lam ing hi- -my he made
an expensive si uH • >! i he conditions of
the country and its people.
Alter iii- i> v: vh Mr. Johnson
reached t he opinion that the tropical
beit o: t he eai-t it was shifted from its
location about the poles to the equa
torial /mi' . He accounts for this phe
nomenon by a saddi n shifting of the
earth on its axis ti.rougl some violent
disturbance of a seismic nature. ’! his
shitting of posit i n iie declares, con
cent rated the sun’s rays on a different
part of the earth, leaving the former
tropics furthest removed and therefore
Coldest.
•T’very condition of the country geo
logically substantiates this theory, and
it is shared by many students of the
subject,’’ he said. “For instance, pros
pector-- have discovered in sinkihg
shafts, that the plants and even ani
mals known to be found only in the
torid zone are petrified many hundred
feet beneath the strata of ice and the
glacial s;ih. No like species of animal
or vegetable life tire now to be found
in the polar regions, which can only
be explained by the changing of the
antipodes. That the animals and
plants found in a state of preservation
beneath the surface of the soil one
time existed in the land cannot be de-;
nied. The logical conclusion is that
this desolate waste of ice was perhaps,
thousands of years ago verdant with
tine growth and alive with beast and
birds." __
AdmitteJ to Kail
O. L. Grimes who was recently
taken over to Valdez from Kodiak on
a criminal charge, and who was refus
ed bonds at Kodiak, has, since going !
to Valdez, been admitted to bail by
the United States commissioner at •
Kodiak.
SEEKING MORE
INFORMATION
Committee Hold Up Lovering Bill
for Further Knowledge on
Alaska Railroads.
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Washington, l>. C., May - The
congressional committee on territories
has been considering the Lovering bill
which provides for a government
guarantee of four per cent on the
bonds of Alaska railroads. The metn
| hers of the committee have refused to
do anything further towards recom
mending the measure until they can
secure more satisfactory information
concerning the railroad situation in
the territory. They are now seeking
the desired information.
Instructed for Taft
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Pueblo, Col.. April 2t> The Repub
lican state convention held for the
purpose choosing delegates to the
Chicago National Convention resulted
in instructing the delegates to vote for
the nomination of William H. Taft
for President.
(io L'n instructed
By Cable to The Daily Gateway.
New Haven, Conn.. April 21) The
' slate Democratic Convention lias chos
i en the state delegates to the National
convention, hut there was at the meet
ing no overwhelming sentiment in
(favor of William J. Bryan, and the
| delegates will go to the convention in
Denver uninst ructed.
W ill not Annul
C'i;.o to r it Dally Gateway.
Home, Italy, May 1—The Dope has
refused to annul the former marriage
! of Madame Anna Gould which she is
seeking in order to marry 1 Vince Belie
De Sagan. Madame Gould sailed from
New York la>t month with her chil
■ dreu for Genoa and Naples.
Bishop III
Cr ';ip t. Tno Dally Gateway.
New York. May 1 -Bishop Henry (’.
Hotter of the Hrotestant Episcopal
church i> st riously ill in this city.
Tanana Factions
Fairbanks. Both Fairbanks delega
tions will be represented at the Ketchi
kan renublk an territorial conve ntion.
Cbauncey Boyer is now enroute to the
outside with proxies for the entii • Mc
Ginn delegation. The votes are in
structed for t ale for the congressional
nomination. The proxies for the
Dodge, or opposing delegation, have
boon sent to L. F. Shackleford of Ju
neau. Gov. Hoggat's right bower.
The Wickersham tight was continu
ed in t he city election and republican
primaries, the Wickersham adherents
claiming victory in both. Five out of
si v. n city councilmen elected belong
to tlio Wickersham faction. The
McGinn delegation to the Ketchikan!
convent'on was elected at a primary
ealled by the regular committeeman.
The other was elected earlier at a cau
cus informally called.
Democrats Elect Delegates
The democratic caucus held at Hotel
McNeiley was well attended. The
: delegates chosen to attend the Demo
cratic Territorial Convention in Ju
neau on Mav IS were Frank Watson,
T. W. Hawkins and S. L. Colwell.
Heavy Travel to Coast
Charles S. Fee, passenger traffic
' manager of the Southern Pacific rail
way, predicts a heavy tourist travel to
the Pacific coast this summer despite
the recent financial flurry in the Fast.
Mr. Fee was in the city for several
hours on his way to California from
the Fast, where fie has been on a pleas
urtMrip with his family.
“While the financial stringency has
been felt harder in the East than
on the Pacific coast,” said Mr. Fee,
“conditions are improving all the
time, and i am of the opinion that the
tourist travel to the Pacific coast this
summer will be heaver than a year
ago. The Harriman lines have favor
ed reduced rates for the summer trav
el, and the policy of low tourists’ and
colonists’ rates will be continued.”—
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FOR CORDOVA
The Guggenheims to Build Two
Steamers to Connect With
Their Alaska Road.
By Cable to Tbe Dally Gateway.
Seattle, April 1*8-The representa
tives of the Morjran-Gujrgenhciin in
terests held their annual meeting here
yesterday to perfect their plans for
developing their Alaska interests and
their road at cordova. They "ill
build two steamers to cost $500,IKK)
each to run bet ween here and ( ordova
to connect with their road at that
point. They declared dividends to the
amount of $400,000. All earnings will
be expended on the coast.
Insurance to Be Paid
The steamship Saratoga, wrecked
on Ihishy reef in Prince \V illiatn sound
several weeks ago, will be left to rust in
her rocky cradle unless some sanguine
salvage company can see money in
purchasing the wreck.
The Saratoga was worth about $1 •*>,
0(H) and the amount of insurance on
her and her cargo totaled about $130,
000. This money will he paid over as
soon as certain legal details are attend
ed to. The underwriters figured that
it would cost in the neighborhood of
$70,000 to make the temporary repairs
necessary to get the Saratoga off the
reef and put her in shape to stand the
voyage down to a drydock .vheie per
manent repairs could he undertaken.
While the vessel is resting in a place
where the storms are not to be feared,
owing to the shelter atlorded by the
islands of the sound, the tides are high
and would interfere greatly with the
releasing of the ship. The buckling
of tire bulkheads also has created a
situation difficult to remedy, and the
strengthening of the hull to stand the
journey southward would be slow and
costly work, while the danger in mak
ing" the long trip by the outside pas
sage for a crippled hull is such that
good business argument decided in
favor of not making the attempt.
The Saratoga is regarded n> a good
piece of salvage, as her engines are in
good trim and can he removed from
the wreck to lighters without great
difficulty. Other materials from the
vessel including the broken-up hull,
will he valuable, while the !>•><) tons of
ore in her forward hold is worth $50
a ton. -l'.-I.
Appearance Deceptive
On one occasion Daniel Webster was
on hi> way to Washington, and was
compelled to proceed at night by stage
from Baltimore. Ue had no traveling
companion, and the driver had a sort
of felon look which produced no incon
siderable alarm in the senator. “I en
deavored to tranquilize myself.” said
the senator, “‘and bird partly succeeded
when we had readied the dark woods
between Blanuensburg and Washing
ton- a proper scene for murder or
outrage: and here, l confess my cour
age again deserted me. .lust then the
driver turned to me, and with a gruff
voice inquired my name. 1 gave it to
him. ‘Where are you going?’said he.
the reply was, “to W ashington. 1 am
a senator.’ l’pon this the driver seized
me fervently by the hand and exclaim
ed, ‘how glad l am! i took you foi a
highwayman.' ”
No New Trial for Harper
Washington—Judge Kimball, in the
police court, overruled the motion for
a new trial in the case of Robert N.
Harper, manufacturer of a headache
medicine, who was recently convicted
of violating the pure food law in mis
branding his compound, and also a mo
tion in arrest of judgement.
Considerable interest has been arous
ed in the Harper case from the fact
that it is the first conviction under the
pure food act and because President
Roosvelt recently sent for District At
torney Baker and instructed him to
insist upon a jail sentence for Harper.
Unrequited Genius
The world has never learned the
name of the genius who conceived the
idea of spreading butter upon his
bread, a combination of food elements
more palatable, more wholesome and
more universally popular than any
that the combined wisdom of all the
professors who have ever lived has
been able to devise.
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Rules, per day, - from 50 cents to $2.50
j^^^^^^^^FmorthAvenue, Seward,
l\ Villi T vlllvHLv ienco; not only to the
business and professional
V man, but to the miner as well. More people would keep <
such accounts if they knew just how to go about it. We
gladly assist those who need help in getting started.
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Seward Water and
Power Company
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JOHN A. NELSON, Manager.
OFFICE—Hank of Seward Building, Seward, Alaska.
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ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANY
CARRYING U. S. MAIL AND EXPRtSS
Seattle-Valdez-Seward Route-Direct Service
Str. SANTA CLARA SS2SsS5S5-^B!St Al,r 'i,:roturnl"l"“'ls
o. viTP AT A XT Sails from Seattle May 1 : returning sails
otr. I UOA L AIM from Seward Mays.
Str. NORTHWESTERN rcu,rnins
'* Connects with S, S. Dora
Alaska Peninsula Route
Cfr «nnD A" Sails from Seward 15th of each month for Unalaska. and way ports
Oil • Returning due in Seward 5th of following month.
Cti.AH sailings subject to change without notice
JOHN H. BUNCH, F. & P. A., Pier One, Seattle
V]A |NSiD| PASSAGE
To Seattle and Juneau
Stmrs Portland and Bertha
Sailings from Seward 8th and 23rd of each month.
Sailings from Seattle 10th and 25tn of each month.
Sailing Dates Subject to Change Without Notice
For Further Information Apply to
ALASKA COAST CO. — BROWN & HAWKINS
94 Yesler Way, Seattle._Agents-S evard, Alaska