DAILY GATEWAY
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VOL. I SEWARD. ALASK A. SATl’ItDAV EVENING, SEPTEMBER 23, li>05 NO. 42
UPPER SUSITNA
HAS MUCH GOLD
Harry McCorm ck S e^ds Months
There and Says Hydra jlic Gravel
Deposits are Vast.
All through the valleys along
streams tributary to the Susitna river
may be found vast deposits of gravel
carrying from $1 to $.’t per yard which
may be easily worked by the hydraulic
process. This report is brought down
bv Harrv McCormick, who has been in
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the upper Susitna region for six
months.
McCormick left Seward March l,
and spent the entire spring and sum
mer in examining mineral indications
alongtlie tributaries of the Susitna.
He went 28b miles north of Knik Arm,
and rei»orts that he found rich gold
bearing-gravel suitable for hydraulic
working in many places. He predicts
that several discoveries like that on
the Yentna will be made next year on
the streams flowing into the Susitna.
Whenever the railroad goes through
the Susitna valley, Mr. McCormick
says, so that hydraulic machinery can
be taken in, immensely rich deposits
will Vie worked all along the line for
years. Before that, be predicts, rich
camps like the Yentna will be found
which miners can work out bv simple
processes with enormous profit.
The region is well supplied with
water and a fine quality of spruce tim
ber. Mr. McCormick says there is no
dearth anywhere of either of those im
portant factors in raining. He has
been in Alaska seven years, and has
traveled over most of the territory,
'but he affirms that nowhere has he
seen an extensive region which looked
more promising to him than the upper
Susitna. He says the weather through
out the summer was superb. He
thinks that the district will be a good
stock country as it has vast areas of
tine grass land.
THEY ALL KNOW BATWELL
Skagway PaperTellsabout Alaska
Central’s Man.
The Skagway Alaskan has an editor
who seems to know that the Alaska
Central got a man with a record when
it employed E. A. Batwell to manage
its immigration department. The
Alaskan says:
“ E. A. Batwell, a well known Seattle
newspaper man, has been appointed to
head a promotion bureau for the Alaska
Central Railway. He will advertise
Seward, the railroad and the country
through which it will run. Batwell is
the man who won fame by interviewing
Li Hung Chang and Rudyard Kipling.
He formerly lived at Port Townsend,
Washington.*1_
Until the close of the Portland ex
position, October 15, the Alaska Com
mercial Company will sell round trip
ckets to Seattle for $70.
NOTED CUBANS
KILLED IN ROW
Congressman Villuendas and Havana
Chief of Police fatally Shot
in Political Riot.
By Cable to the G x tewey
Havana, Sept. 23—Congressman
Enrique Villuendas of Cienfue&os, t lie
most brilliant orator in the lower hou»e
of the Cuban congress and a leader of ]
the liberal p uvy,iU11 the chief of police
of Havana were killed here last ni^ht
in political riots betwee 1 t ie L b*ra;s
and Moderates.
The police oil been alvisel that
Villuend is n 11 ar u> store l in his roe ns
at a hotel and the chief with a force of
men wenttiiere t > iavestig ue. As toe
coief was aseenlin' the stairs he was
fatally shot hv liberals. His followers
returned the lire, killin' Vdlluendis.
In the con^ressm in's roooi bombs were
found, as well as firearm*.
The excitement nere is intense and
troops are help.ng to preserve order
in tiie city.
Want to Impeach Governor Mead
By Cable to ta e Gateway
Spokane, Wash. Sept. 23—A move
ment started in Eastern Washington
to impeach Governor Mead is claimed
by its sponsors to be spreading over
the whole state, and it is alleged to
have the support of Senator Ankeny
and Charles Sweeney. The ground of
impeachment is to be the charge that
the governor uses his office to reward
political friends at the expense of state
interests. The movement is not taken
seriously.
Gately Dying In Seattle Hospital
By Cable to the Cateway
Seattle, Sept. 23—J. J. Gately, who
was charged with abandoning his wife
when she was ill, and two children at
Fairbanks last summer, is very sick in
the county hospital near this city,
and is thought to be dying. After the
disappearance of Gately from Fair
banks the Eagles there raised m rney
to care for the family.
No Case Against Young
By Cable to tha Gateway
Mare Island, Cal. Sept. 2d—The
court martial of Commander Lucien
Young upon the charge of negligence
resulting in the explosion on board the
Bennington which resulted in the
death or injury of a large number of
the crew, is still in progress. Nothing
has appeared in the testimony so far to
fix any culpability upon Young. A
great volume of testimony has been
taken regarding the conduct of the
officers and conditions on the ship
without involving Young in proof of
misconduct.
M. B. Holland is out again aftar a
brief illness.
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WILL TRY TO
ARREST MclEAN
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At Request of United States Gov
ernment British Ship Goes
After Seal Pirate.
By Cable to the Cateway
Victoria. B. C., Sept. 23—The United
States government has applied to the
British government to take steps for
the arrest of Alexander McLean, the
uotorious pirate seal fisher. The British
revenue cutter Carmencita will be
ordered at once to proceed to the seal
island region in search of McLean, who
is said to be now operating in that
vicinitv.
McKean has been engaged for years
in a course of conduct in the seal
islands which has practically amounted
to piracy on the high seas, and has
been guilty of repeated outrages to
ward legitimate craft. Lately the
newspapers have given a deal of space
to him and his history as a freebooter.
He is said to have high family connec
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tions in Scotland and is believed to
have been protected by political in
lluence.
Official Charged With Fraud
By Cable to the Gateway
Dawson, Y. T., Sept. 23—Charges
have been made against Government
Assay er Beraud, alleging that he made
prejudicial and false reports concerning
the Violet mine, which tended to pre
vent capital from investing in the
property.
Begin PJtting in Sewer Main
By Cable to the Gateway
Workmen began this morning the
construction of the wooden sewer mains
and the job of putting them in the
trench at the Adams street end. The
trench will soon be finished. The dig
gers are now nearly to the water-front.
Denver io Get Sons of Herman
By Cable to the Cateway
Seattle, Sept. 23—The Sons of Her
man in national convention here today
voted to hold the next general meeting
of the order in Denver.
Going to Look at Mining Claims
George Phelps and A. B. Potter will
leave on a trip tc-morrow to ex
amine several mining claims on or
near Resurrection Bay, in the interest
of San Francisco capitalists. The
properties they will visit could not be
learned, samples of ore from several
claims in the vicinity of Seward have
attracted the attention of San Fran
cisco men interested in mining, and
assays have been made which resulted
in returns satisfactory to them, and
they have requested Messrs Phelps and
Potter to make a report on the claims
they will visit.
Temperature at 2 p. m. today—54.
OFFERS FO FAY
BACK THE CASH
Perkins of New York Life Produces
Trust Funds and Committee to
go After Morgan.
By Cable to the Gateway
New York, Sept. 23—Vice-President
Perkins of the New York Life Insur
ance Company, has agreed with the
committee which is investigating the
company’s affairs, to pay into the com
pany treasury for the benelit of the
policy holders money he has made by
speculating with company funds. An
effort will be made to compell J. Pier
pont Morgan to do the same.
Perkins, Morgan and other dii'ectors
of the company made immense sums
for themselves by manipulation of the
company’s funds for th*-ir own use and
that of others in business. It has been
shown that Morgan and Perkins re
ceived enormous bonuses from magnates
to whom, they loaned company funds
which should have been kept on de
posit or invested safely for the benefit
of the policy holders.
Rjssian People May Talk Some
By Cable to the Gateway
St. Petersburg, Sept. 23—The czar
has approved of the recommendation
of his political commission that the
Russian people be given the right to
assemble and discuss political ques
tions. No interference will be made
except to suppress treasonable action
or utterance.
Navies Can Shoot Straight
By Cable to the Gateway
Port Angeles, Wash. Sept. 23—The
Pacilic squadron closed target practice
here today and sailed for Seattle. The
men displayed extraordinary markman
ship and some of the scores are regarded
as phenomenal.
Five Killed in Train Collision
By Cable to the Gateway
Harrisburg, Pa., Sept. 23—Five per
sons were killed and eight seriously
injured in a collision here today be
tween a pay train and a passenger on
the Philadelphia and Reading Railway.
Will Open School Monday
Miss Kilpatrick will open a private
school next Monday morning in the
Episcopal tent on Second avenue. She
will conduct this until the public
school opens, which she has been en
gaged to teach. Miss Kilpatrick is a
teacher of experience and came toSewr
ard from Tacoma very highly recom
mended by prominent educators who
are familiar with her work. She
is a graduate of Olivette college, near
Detroit.
Moose Cabin Cafe
Luncheon 40 cents; dinner 50 cents;
Board by week $7.50. *