WORLD NEWS
EOS A WEEK
CableRriim* from Ihc Dally Gateway.
New York. Sept. H» The oast* of j
Huron Komura is puzzlimr his phy- j
sic i a ns. He is very ill of fever but no!
accurate diaitnoais has I wen made of
the malady.
Sioux City, Iowa. Sept. K Manager
Takasblta of a Japanese theatrical]
.■ meair now playing in l is city ex
... in belief that Komura is com*
j. btin s ie;de by ari-kari In-cause ot
th,- vi dent crit'cisms of the terms ot
. , , treat* wl icli bis country men
! ..k-,s’ is::\s that all the Japanese _
pebpe u .erstatm what are the real
tacts in tlie cist-, lb *aysthat Komura
> i\ at'sort* 11- some subtle poison j
\* i eh |*r*Hiiic« s fever anil is slowly in*
.. s.-eds of death into bis
i lu'ist a:.a. Sweden, Sept. b‘> lVle
•_a.'> to the conference to arrange
i, , f the dissolution of the union
>, -area Sweden and Norway have ad*
,, .li ned without settling upon any stip
uiatiou re^anlinsf the demolition of
fortresses on the boundary between the
two countries. It is reported here j
I .- Norwav is ui nine troops toward
the iron or. and u'reat excitement
pis vails ivei't he story.
iit.o. Sept. lt» At the meeting olj
;h, ' • i;* : i,-,;: be.v J ot miss., ec hw 1
af moon 1 ‘ Washn srton «'?u },*ti
it;:j • ,*ed a res dot: n p . it e sit a*
>> ■ tie aeee[ cu et ot " • o
. .\f;» i »•. hate the resolution
w s \. •. d down h to It).
;u ie a n eU'puei.t speech
j, pi hi- ph-ai.ed with hi* brother
. :n not to accept money for
t- » s i.1 ■ s which were in te.ihty
; • , • is. He did not mention
H e \ feller by name.
lot. S Ot. Hut*!* Watt, former
r ..f i. ; i.ament, is on trial here
on up’he charge uf trying to hirej
. ivt; v*: i v s ’.i kill his former w ife, who '
is v \vd. A -retropoliun o-'’ective
i: •; . d W U y swore in the trial that.
Watt yave : i money to chloroform
the won an, 1’hedet ctive said he took
? he »noj \ luit made no attempt-nrainst
the w« in. I e i,« tective a so swore
• hat Watt w.-a’e, i dm to kill Sir
ite-ii. t . He w.ch-.mp. a personal
Yokohama. S, pt. 1" Secretary of
War TaP tad party sailed today for
San Ft . ci' ". He W .s yiven a eordi
!,•••-w< 1 by all officials in Hie Japan
ese -e vie • at tliii' port, and many
I.min • vc : s of the imp- rial .lap*
Yokohama to I..d him farewell. The
pop kiis- vv - r It: d up oil the bund in
-h iVic • M i liner in waiting out in
the harbor. Th y •rave him round af
ter round m bvr/ais.
In an interview jusf before leaving
Secr« ’ar\ Taft said he had earefullv
investigated the t’hinesi Itoyeotl of
American troods anil hull learneil that
it had >o far resulted in a loss ot "!■>.
too.uoo to t him se merchants who had
ei tiered cods from American mer
chants rad manufacturers before the
he^inniti^r of the boycott and wviv now
unable to dispose of tlie -roods at any
price. The Secretary re yards t lie boy
cott as a s t ons matter to A it-rican
trade, but expressed the belief that it
is beinu overcome by the united action
of the t'bines • government and the
mercantile classes. He found, howev
er, that the boycott lias much sym
pathy ;tm m:;' some influential officials,
andtnar a 1; r_re part of the merchants
lent it their active aid.
Kr'u*. 1’a.. Sept. Is. In the middle
of Lake Krie today the Canadian
revenue cutter Vigilant riddled the
American tug Harry C. Barn hurst with
shells. The tug turned and ran at
fuli speed until she safely crossed the
boundary . The tug hud been poaching
in t ' madian waters, and when over
take!! by the Canadian cutter was doing
her best to get hack to the American
side. The tug "as badly crippled
Baku. Sent. Is Condition- in the
Caucasus grow worse continually. The
Tartar- I t Ken burning villages,
using ali the oil and tar they could find
to pro the ravages of the tlaniCs.
N ini to ;s large parties of them are
pi’.ag ng the country tlistr cts, des
troy • g b*>' t life and property.
Th<- :■< .;*s st;di<fti«Hl in the province
se,"i! terroriz tl 1-y the guerrillas and
ref us*-to fe;i\i« • hr ir r»t«»rte'rs. The
p >;>!<• are utterly at tie r. YrtY f*t the
Tartars. From rej>orts rtceiwY* ?f is
estimated that the outlaw myrmidons
last we k slaughtered 5,000 persons.
Karlstead.Norway,Sept. I<°- Through
ihe intervention of King Kdvvacd of J
K tig land, the commissioners now in
session here to agree on a mutual com
pact for the peaceable separation o
the two kingdoms arc likely to reach
an adjustment satisfactory to both
sides. Norway will demolish all fort- ,
cesses recently erected along the fnm-!
tier and withdraw troops from thFm, !
and Sweden will do frothing to threat
en Norwegian territory.
New York. Sept. PT The body of a
young woman found Saturday night
under a tree known :fs the “haunted
oak.” on I’elhamroad. has been identi
fied as that of Augusta 1’. I’feilTer. A
hackdriver named .1 soph (iirard iias
been arrested charged with complicity
in the murder, lb was known to have
driven in that direction Saturday
night, and b'ood stains were found on
the cushions of Ids hack. The woman
was killed with a Unite and her cloth
ing was saturated with blood.
Paw si »n. N . T.. Si'!., is. Twenty
one Anieriean soldiers en route from
Fort William II. Seward to Fort Oib’ron
are caught in Canadian territory short
of provisions.
Lie itena it Schmidt in charge of the
detachment is feeding them here at a
restaurant and has wired Washington
forauthority tocontinuehoarding them
at special nites until Fort tJibbon is
reached.
Newport,. Wash. Sept. 19 Hov. H.
W. <'hamberluin of this town quarrel
ltd with his m*i<;hl>or ov *t* a line fence.
After repeated disputes the neighbor
oiTercd to ti 14ht it out. The minister
went tt> his hoi;s • and procured a re
volver. which he took into the woods
an.i shot himself through the head.
Mowin'* on! his brains.
Nt'W Orleans. Sept. lit President
Hot s.-vt It Ini' accepted an invitation
th ri'ii Nt• ,v I>rn‘ans (Ytoher Iff.
Mayer II ■hruun has wired to the
p: s'ui. *.* that the \a lltjw fever is now
under ’ rirnd and that th.-re will he
ahsoiiti; h nodaiiyr of contagion on
t he drtte nattr-d.
N w N ti a.S I » Huron Nomura's
physician's uni'i'iice that lie has
typhoid h vt :: His condition is nn
ehanjeti hut mu considered extreme
ly dangerous*.
St. 1' • -rsh ’ *• ^ ’pt. 19 rile < Var
has issued invifn*ior-s »o the nation'
to participate in another peace con
leiviici* at Tlie Ha true.
.Ntivie* s i •.• i . *i here -tatt* that
} 'resident lb ' -t- v 't lias acceded to the
•j esiinu. Snrp i-e has Ir mi created
• ottiebil ciich s t iiroouhout KurofY at
t a* t Var’s * akinyr tin proposal so*soon
. aftet the close of tiie war withJfapttn.
M fias not been announc'd how the
preposition was o nve.vetl to Japan. No
a i*. was mentioned in the invitation.
ribeiejo, s.*p». 1*.* Pc- si,Umt Harpei
of tie* university of Chieayo under
w n* ai'oth r siit rieiil operation for
cancer last .Sunday. His condition is
r. - r-d. i) aseriticai and tltere is much
a up; iamsiou aiinuiiT his friends, but
nu-mt'-rs of tlie family profess conflu
ence in his recovery.
15 Hin. Sept. If Ten new eases of
cholera wore reported yesterday. It
h. li< ved that the epidemic is now
under control.
Mare Island, California, Sept. If
The court martial of Commander
Lucien Young, charged with negli*
gene* which caused the explosion on
Ithe gunboat Bennington in July, re
sulting in the death or injury of nearly
l'»«i men. began here today.
The vessel's log for the first six
months of the year was produced, and
it was shown that the entries were not
signed b\ Young. Boatswain Hall was
'called as a witness but was not per
mitted to testify. Other witnessed
gave testimony regarding the condi
tions on board the vessel and the
general conduct of Young for several
months preceding.
Chicago, Sept. 2d A violent gale is
sweeping over the Great Lake, and
reports are coming in of serious damage
to shipping on Lake Superior, and on
Lake Michigan near the straits.
Warning signals were hoisted yester
day and all boats have since been held
at Buffalo, Cleveland, Detroit, Toledo
and or her lake ports. Many boats
already out were caught in the storm,
including numerous passenger vessels,
and some loss of life is feared. The
Heather bureau announces that there
n*\- no indications of an abatement of
t!o gale within the next twenty four
hold4'.
Sea‘tle» Sept. 2d A strong effort is
in progt r to secure a three-months
shut down 0* Coast shingle mills in
order toke*'» tip prices. Nine-tenths
of the mills lir e* agreed to the elos
1 ing but the romaiddbr are holding out
against it.
Washington. 1). C.’ ^ep't. 21 As the
result ot the visit of S'|''\*k>-r Cannon
and his Congressional patfi' tb Alaska
last summer numerous refuirfG will he j
proposed at the forthcoming session of;
Congress for the government of the
district. Several members of the party
are here and freely express the viftv
that the district has Ween mufrth neg
lected, and is entitled to van off* acts
of legislation to aid in its development.
The view iff Speaker <‘anndhrf I ready
| published, that one delegate for tf"4
! entire territory would he insnllleicht
because of its vast area and widely
■ divergent interests, is generally coin
cided in l>v other members of the party,
, and the speaker's opinion that three
delegates should 1m* allowed i*T T
general favor.
Still anotht :• plan propose’*? that erfeh
ho 'se ot Congress should appoint a
joint commit Lee to have special charge
ef legislation concerning tlie territory.
! This plan would give the territory a
government -ini'lur to that of the l)i
lrict of t idumhia.
Nome. Ala-ka. S> pt. 20 Delayed in
transmission Nome was swept by a
lire las' night which for a time threat
ened destruction to the entire city.
Five blocks of the business district
wen swept by the (lames and the
| buildings and nearly all their contents
are now in ashes. Several of the most
! important mercantile houses were
burned oi44. Nine saloons were put out
of business In the lire and their alco
holic store* added to the fury of the
(lames. The property lo-s is computed
at $£*>0,000.
The tire was stopped within a half a
block of the telegraph station and tin
lire is intact. When the llaim s ap
j preached the station special effort
weie made to save it and all the build
ings fora block were saturated on their
rools and sides with water.
g a 11 ie. Sept. 21 Fifted State's Dis
trict Attorney Frye will appeal Irom
t iie decision of .I udge Hanford in the
Foiled Slate- district court a few days
ago that the act of < ongiv-s 'pas-ed io
! la;*2 allow ing federal convicts a ‘Yop
! jit-r” of ten days for each month of sen
| tence for good behavior applies to till
j prisoners. Mr. Frye eont-tui- t hat tin
J act applies only to prisoner- convict-<i
after the act went into etfect, and that
! ot hers are ent it led to oniy live days a
! month.
Seattle. Sept. 21 The Chamber of
.Commerce after investigation of the
eomplaintsm.it * by Alaska merchants
■ of excessive charges and slow delivery,
and following a rep >rt of the commit
; tee w hich ma in tin* inquiry today de
I flared the complaints to be groundless.
The committee reported that Seattle
sell- more cheaply and delivers more
quick y than San Francisco, .loan ilo
>en<* a-safed t’e* ( iiambec :hat theeitv
, m i d nut a ,;r a .. i'*ss of Alaska trad**.
1'or!land <)n .. Sept. 21 From re
; pors r -c -iv d ie Oregonian e-titPat -
tii w:e r .* * of the Northwest as
follow-: Whi- h’uigton, .IO.iHM.iHM): Idaho.
. 0.0 10.00 »: On-gelt Pei W e n lo.di)'.o>tO
and 12.' <»t>. m i. foe Oregon crop wa
in’ urt d by ot w< ■.iher.
Washington, D. C:; Sept. 21 For re
in-, i to a — i-t the gunboat Sylph,
which was di.-aid'd oil the coast ot
North Carolina ia>t April after landing
Mrs. lloo-evelt there, Capt. Colville
of the steamer Otero has had hi- license
revoked by the bureau of navigaDort.
Pekin, Sept. lM The streets of tin*
| Chinese capital were packed with im
passable throngs today behind the
| lines of the imperial bodyguard, to
welcome Miss Alice Koosevelt and her
partv. American Hags decorated every
ship in the harbor and waved over
| every shop. A continuous ovation
was given to the imperial car in which
the daughter of the American Pres
ident rode as it was driven slowly to
the palace of the empress.
Dawson, Y.T., Sept.21 An epidemic
of dysentery is prevalent here which is
prrzzling physicians as to its origin.
Many pers'ons have been suffering
from it, ami there have been numerous
deaths:
Dawson1; Y. T.. Sept. 21 Godfrey
• (Itteaiartder fs hr Dawson in tin* interest
! of Iris project to' bold an Alaska fair in
1 Seattle in >907.
Constantinople, Sept. 21—The Turk
ish government today yielded to the
demand of the United States govern
ment flrtd the American consul-general
be permitted to visit and confer
privately with six Americans in prison
here und*r sentence of death upon the
charge o* participation in a plot to as
sassinate th6 sultan. The men claim
to be American citizens and ask
American protection. They assert that
they have been unjustly condemned
without a hearing.
Washington. 1). C.. Sept. 21 In the
lease of the Americans condemned to
; death in Turkey upon the charge of
conspiring against the life of the sultan
the United States government con
tends that American citizens in Turkey
can under existing treaties be tried
only before the American minister
or general consul in that country.
L putt rcprcwuutious oi th£ s^a’fe de
II WAGNER’S PLACE I
FRED WAGNER. Proprietor i
WiNES, LIQUORS, CIGARS
A good time and right treatment for everyone
Fourth avenue__ Seward, Alaska
CHAS. A. TECKIiENBURG J. M. CUMMINGS
THE SEATTLE BAR
-ONLY THE BEST
Wines, Liquors and Cigars
Bohemian and Olympia Beer
furnished Rooms_ Seward. Alaska. |
partr.;«*:>i tie* Turkish government has
consented that execution of the set-'
tence agtinM the men he deferred
until the American consul cun inves
tigate.
Washington, D. < Sept. 21 i'he
American 1‘Ydi ration of Labor by res
olution today declared in positive te ins
■tgfiinst any modification of the( hinese
Ircfmigration law.
New York, Sept. 21 Barftn Komura’s
condition today is slightly improved.
i The physicians’ bulletin says that the
I crisis is passed and he should mend
. rapidly .
Vancouver, B. Sept. 21 The
steamer Dolphin had a narrow escape
from destruction by lire while lying at
Moore’s wharf in Skagway last night
j The gasoline tank in the engine room
exploded and the whole ship was envel
oped in ilames in an instant. The tire
v.a* extinguished with tremendous ef
i tor. on the part of the crew. The
damage wa> $2.ono.
Oyster Day, Sept. 22 A lengthy enn
»• j ence was held last night hy the
President, Secretary Moot. Senator
i odge, chairman of thcSenatecommit
i e on foreign affairs. and Joseph II.
* liMate. former American ambassador
at London, to discuss the foreign re
lation-. of the I’nited States. Decision
upon all serious problems was deferred
at tiie request of Secretary Boot, who
wished further time to inform himself
regarding their status.
North Yakima. Sept. 22 Chief
Pneus today called the members of the
Yakima Indian tribe to meet in council
October '• for the purpose of forming a
new organization to promote the intcr
< -O of all Indians. It is proposed to
unit* all the Indians in the western
states in the organization, and all west
ern tribes will be invited to send
; delegates.
Sea!t .*•. Sept. 22 Before sailing on
the steamship Dakota today for Tokyo,
Judge Dennison, the American lawyer
who has been for several yours a legal
adviser of *he Japanese government
;; ul regarded as its chief legal counsel,
announced that he would resign his
position at the end of this year and re
turn to the I’nited States. Judge Den
nison came over to assist in the nego
■ tiutions for the peace treaty.
Philadelphia. Sept. 22—The new
■Citizens' organization met today and
nominated a full municipal ticket for
: the city election in November. Mayor
Weaver heads the ticket. After the
nominations a committee waited on the
mayor at the city hall: He made a
brief speech, stating that the election
will determine whether the city wants
to be governed through the medium of
corrupt election lists.
Minneapolis, Sept. 22 At the head
quarters of the international typo
1 graphical union a printed statement
was issued today which says that the
striking printers who are out in thirty
three cities on a demand for an eight
hour day are all being well cared for
by the relief fund of the international
unii/n. The strike will be continued
indefinitely.*
Richmond; Va. Sept. 22—Former
Governor O’Farrell of Virginia iff dy
ing: He watff governor of the state
from 189S to 1902.
New York, Sept. 22 -BarOnf Korth Ora's
fever has practically subsided afid he
is now recovering strength; a’lthOugh
lie is still confined to bis apartfnefits.
Victoria, Sept 22 The British govern
ment has decided to abandon the de
fenses at Fsquimalt. Work upon the
additional fortifications which began
some time ago has been stopped.
fOX WAND E0R SALE
Ten miles ♦'-Orff Seward. The island
j is two mips 'ong and one mile wide.
I will sell tPy mmatter’s claim and 423
i foxes, whose skins ttre worth an average
of $20 ertch; fOr $2300. which is less than
one-third of the Value of the skins.
Offer is tttndt* Krause I wish to go up
the Susitna to prospect for a year.
Alfred UcwCK,
Third aCeira’e, SCwrrtf.
Chemical Analyses and Assays Made
Price List for Assaying
(iold or Silver. £1.50
(iold and Silver.£2.00
Silver and Lead. £2.00
(iold, Silver and Lead £3.00
Copper.£1.50
(iold and Copper.... £2.50
(iold, Silver and ( up
per . £3.50
(iold, Silver, Copper
and Lead. £1.0*
Prices for other metals anil min
eral on application.
Gold and silver bullion r< tin- 1,
melted and assayed or pur
chased.
11. K; ELLSWORTH, C. E.
r
y Cable to th Daily Gateway
Riga. Russia. Sept. 22 Tin- Central
prison here was attacked today h\ a
mob \s ho liberated two important
political prisoners. More than h>o
men sealed the walls in the face of a
steady lire from the guards. Inside
the mob hilled two guards and wounded
three others. Many ul the moh wen
1 wounded in the assault upon the walls,
some lulling from the aides of the wall
1 to the ground.
I After the assaulting party forced the
! dot irs of the prison from t lit* inside and
went out with the prisoners, joining a
huge crowd outside, they were pur
sued by police officers. The latter
were quickly repulsed and one officer
was killed.
Orel. Russia. Sept. 22 The prisoner
in the government penitentiary here
mutinied last night but were over
powered by the police, who were called
in to aid the guards. One prisoner
was killed and several were wounded.
Sevastopol, Sept. 22- A mob of revo
lutionists made an assault on the prison
here today and released a prisoner
named Feldman, who is accused of
being one of the organizers of the re
cent mutiny o,, the Ratemkine.
FOUR MEN REPORTED HURT
Dynamite Explosion at Camp 45
Catches Several Workers
A telephone message from Store
keeper Towle at mile 41 today reported
that four men had been hurt by a
dynamite explosion at mile 45. The
news came from Dr. Richardson to
Towle, and he in turn telephoned to
Dr. Applewhite in Seward, conveying
$1-. Richardson’s request for* several
articles needed. No details were given
as to the' extent of the injures, and no
frames. For this reason it is supposed
that the men were not dangerously
hurt.
! A week agfr two men were injured by
a blast at the same camp. One sulTered
a broken leg and another was bruised
badly. Rock work is in progress at
th'r4 camp and heavy blasting is fre
quent; It i> said that the men are not
always* as careful as they should he
j about) getting out of range.
Until the close of the Portland ex
; positihf), October 15, the Alaska Com
*nercial Company will sell round trip
ckets to Seattle for #70.
Skaj/v'ay,s municipal debt has been
reduced to' #4050, and the town own*
its wal£r \V6rks'.