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YOI . j SEWARD, ALASKA, WEDN ESDAY* EVEN’INO, NOV EN1BER -0, 1005 NO. 1)0
AUTHORIZE RYAN
TO “REPRESENT”
Other Two Alaska Delegates Will
Let Nome Man Do Honors
for the District.
By Cable to The Daily Gateway.
Seattle. Nov. 2J» -11. S: Ryan of Nome
named l*y the Alaska convention as
delegate to Congress from the Second
judicial district of the territory, has
1) on authorized i>y thootimr two dul
, -ates to jro to Washington to present
the convention memorial to Congress.
iU will leave for the capital next Sat
urd iv.
Ryan says lie is opposed to pushing
the demand for a territorial form ot
government for Alaska at this time,
for the reason that it might discourage
capital from investing in the territory,
lie thinks it better to wait until Con
gress devises some equitable form ot
government which will insure stable
conditions. The lirst thing "hich
K\Bn will take up und tu\i>v will I>e the ’
proposition that Congress appropriate'
si.noo.ooo foa road building in Alaska.
Ail the Alaska delegates are favora
ble to the government of the territory
by a commission if the members are
chosen by election. They agree that
the residents of the district are tired
of appointive officers. They will also
ask that a special Alaska committee,
be named in each house of Congress to
w hich all Alaska matters shall be re
fined. I
Washington, R* C., Nov. 2P 'Con
gressman Cushman of Washington i
called upon President Roosevelt today
and stated that it is his intention to i
introduce a hill allowing Alaska a
delegate in Congress. The bill will
be the same as he introduced i” the
last congress.
Twin Sullivan Wins from Sfhrcek
By Cable to The Daily Gateway.
Los Angeles, Nov. Twin Sullivan
was given the decision over Mike
Schreck of Chicago at the end of a
twenty round contest here last night.
The light was very fast and both men
showed great cleverness.
Tanana Lost $100,000 to Adams
By Cable to The Daily Gateway.
Seattle. Nov. 20 Banks of Fairbanks.
Alaska, have issued a statement pivinp*
si no,00.) as the total losses oi I anana
men by the thefts of Cashier Adams
from tlu* Seattle assay office. I his
statement is a surprise to Superinti nd
ent lunch of tlu* San Francisco mint,
who .1 charge of the Seatth* office.
Ill* sa\>-that claim;: for only $20,000
have *.n-e:» tiled m) far, but he expects
otlurdistricts to increase tlu* amount
short 1 \.
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Get $1 ’>0,000 on Bogus Drafts
By Cable to The Daily Gateway.
Ch’ca^o, Nov. 20 Samuel Motfiuillev.
a nephew of Nelson Morris, the mill-1
ionaire packer and beef trust magnate,
was arre sted today on the charge of I
swindlim*’ the commission house of j
Strauss Company out of $150,000 on;
hojrus draft*, lie is now in jail. His
uncle refused to furnish bail for him.
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Worst Gale Known in Fifty Years
Sweeps over Great Lakes
and Works Havoc;
By Cafcle to The Daily Gateway.
Chicago', Nov. 2b Nineteen vessels
were wrecked on the Oreat Lakes
vesterdav in the fiercest- storm that has
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prevailed in that region in fifty years.
It centered about Duluth, when* four
steel ships were smashed and sunk.
'The gale is still blowing* and it is ex
pected that when it subsides reports |
will show that a large number of small !
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craft won lost, as the storm came lip j
suddenly and almost without warning, j
Many of tlie regular boats were out
when the stormeanie upon them. The
loss of life was undoubtedly consider- I
a hi i. though no definite estimate can
he mad e vet.
Oregon Reports Rough Weather
By Cable to The Daily Gateway.
Seattle. Nov. 2b Officers of the
steamship Oregon, w hich ai rived hurt*
yesterday morning, report that the en
tire vovage was the stormiest they
have had this year. The vessel en
countered rough weather all tin* way
up. Coming hack she was compelled
to tie up for two days in Prince Wil
liam Sound at Kllamar, because of tin*
fierce gale raging outside. Rough I
weather also prevailed as she was com-,
ing down, hut the wind was behind ;
her and she made good time.
Milwaukee Owns the Pacific
By Cable to The Daily Gateway.
New York. Nov. 2b Officials of the!
Chicago, Milwaukee A St. Paul Rail
road Company. whose annual meeting
was held here yesterday, admitted i
that the company owns the new Pa
cific railroad line, now building from
Lvarts, South Dakota, to Seattle.
former Nome Marshal Dead
3y Cable to The Daily Gateway.
New York, Nov. 2b Adam Johnson,
formerly a deputy C. S. marshal ol
Nome. Alaska, died here today follow
ing a surgical operat ion.
DECIDES FOR INCORPORATION
Literary Society Argues Question
and Votes in Affirmative
After debating the merits and de
merits of incorporation for Seward a
majority of the members present at I
the meeting of the literary society last
night voted that the affirmative had
the better of the debate. Several
Volunteer speakers then aired their
views on the subject.
A subject of more interest to small
bov and homeless men,-that of a I
Thanksgiving dinner by the society,
was taken up and decided in the affirm
ative,also, the small hoys voting loudh
in favor of the project. The hour for
sounding the gong was fixed at 4 p. m.
The ladies of the society will do the
cooking and the men will furnish the
t urkey, pumpkins and ot her ingredients.
The small boys will do anything they
can, from carrying wood to polishing
otT the turkey bones.
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Asserts Even Supreme Court no
Longer Commands Ordinary
Respect From tlie People.
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By Cable to The Daily Gateway.
Now York, Nov. 2!) -At a dinner
hero last night tocelebrate the victory
of reform forces in New York, Phila
delphia and ( leveland; District Attor
ney .Jerome attacked the judiciary ot
the country. He said 1 lie* people had
always been taught to hold the bench
in reverence, hut that in this count i*\
it had almost ceased to command ordi
nary respect. Dven tin* supreme court,
he said, was in tin* same category with
lesser tribunals because of many of its
decisions.
Jerome said that a New York man
who raises his voice against the
practices of the bench today is called a
crank, hut for himself he intended i
nevertheless to continue to denounce
many existing judicial methods as dis-J
graceful to Die courts and the country.
SANTA ANA SAILS TONIGHT
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Will Depart at 12 o’clock if She
can Discharge Cargo
Steamer Santa Ana is scheduled to
sail tonight midnight if she can get
here cargo discharged b\ that time.
She lias 270 tons of steel rails for the
Alaska Central and upward of 2J0 tons
of general in nvlutndise.
The Santa Ana met a tierce* gale as
she left Latouche Monday night, and
turned hack, until daylight. This was '
the cause of her delay in reaching
Seward. She brought twenty-one lirst
class and thirty-live steerage passeng
ers. The lirst-class passenger iist was
as follows:
Miss Nellie ( arstens. C. Olson, K.
Reed, \Y. S. Little. F. K. Armstrong.
John Gray, Mrs. F. H. Allison. YYiilie ;
Allison. \Y. V. Smart, S. Guyott. A.G. j
Hawson. L. David. \Y. ('. Newborn. T.
M. Lane, \Y. V. Hearse. L. K. Buell, j
F. M. Davis. J. F. Mathews. Marin
Mahone. 11. J. Drown. Dr. Doyle and
wife.
Santa Ana: in port: sails for Seattle
tonight at 12 o'clock.
Dora: sailed from Valdez yesterday
for Seward.
Hertha: sailed westward 2t*th: due
returning 2l»th.
Portland: sailed from Seattle 27th: |
due in Seward 7t h.
Santa Clara sails from Seattle 1st.
Oregon: sails from Seattle 4th.
Thanksgiving services will be held
in the Methodist church tomorrow
evening.
Dr. F. M. Hoyle and Mrs Beyle of j
Valdez came over on the Santa Ana to j
visit Seward friends.
For the first time in years there
was no freight in the Whitehorse sheds
when the freeze-up came. J
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Rebels at Sebastopol Stand Firm
and Manchurian Army on
Point of Revolt.
3y Cable to The Daily Gateway.
St. Petersburg, Nov. 2P Sebastopol
mutineers are still standing firm.
Neither they nor the government seem
to know their exact strength and both
are awaiting developments, and news
from Manchuria, where the armv of
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(Jen. Linevitch is said to he on the
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point ot mut#fiy.
The government is anxiously ex
f i.
pocting advices from Linevitch. The
latest reports state that insurrection
niiiv break out among his men at an\
time. The troops are much discon
tented on account of their poor quar
ters and food, and as they are idle the;,
iictve ample time to foment trouble.
Agitators are giving attention to both
army and navy and hope to >tir up a
general revolt and to add the forces of
hot S1 to the ranks of the revolutionists.
The whole empire is in a state of
chaos, and agitators are working so
quietly everywhere that the govern
ment is unable to put them down or u»
counteract their work.
TO MUSH TO MATANUSKA
Three Men and Five Dogs Will
Start on Hough Trip Friday.
Three men and live dogs will start
Friday morning to nmsh to tin* coal
campon the ( hiekaloon. a few miles
above the continence of that stream
with the Mutanuska. The distance
is about 210 miles anti the snow is of
varying depth. Much of the way there
is practically no trail, but men and
dogs ha ve traveled that wav before.
The men who will make the trip are
\Y. S. Harris, who had been working
in the coal camp since March until he
left to come to Seward a short time
ago. Thomas Freeze, and John Van.
the Indian who has been keeping the
coal cam}) in fresh meat all season.
John is an expert hunter, and there
fore may be termed what women in
the corn-fed middle west call a “good
provider," but none of them has suc
ceeded in catching him yet.
Fp at the coal camp whenever the
boys yearn for fresh meat they say.
“Johnny, get your gun." and the
slaughter begins.
In this issue begins an ad for the
Pike Street Wharf shipping agency of
Seattle. In consequence of the rapid
increase of marine transportation from
Seattle to Alaska. The past year 1ms
seen hundreds of shipments left on the
wharves at Seattle from ship to ship
causing delays of from ten to thirt\
days. This company makes a busi
ness of seeing that shipments are
handled with dispatch, it also takes
up claims for losses, excessive measure
ments or weights, etc.
Women of Irondale, 111., a town of
0,000 inhabitants, are raising a popu
lar subscription to defray the expen. v
of deporting the town's only idle man.