Seward Weekly Gateway
VOlT7\\ ABIK ALASKA. SATURDAY. JANUARY 11,1908. NO. •
KIL G
Former $ ward Man Gets Worst
of Gun Figlit Over Alienation
of Wife’s Affections.
BILL THOUGHT TO P>i: DYING
Wife of the Dead Declares Husband
Did not Have An> Grounds
for Accusation.
By Cafcle to Tlio Dally Gateway.
San Francisco. Jan. 10 Kate last
night Fra ■. \ * i*chrane* a well known
Alaska gambler. ami Frank Hell, a
capita ist of Seattle, engaged in a seri
ous quarrel in which guns were drawn
and severa. >i.ot>» ttreil. i orhrane w; s
killed and Hell is thought to be dying.
The quarrel arose over Ida * ochrane,
Frank Cochrane's wife, t ochrane ac
cused He!i :lf alienating his wife’s at
fections. The wife >avs the husbaud
had no grounds for accusations. The
Cochranes were married in Seward
a little more than a \eur ago.
If Hell recovers he will he charged
with murder.
COPPER KING
HELD BY JURY
Heinze Indicted tor Over Certify
ing Checks and Is Relased
on $50,000 Bail Bond.
By Cable to Tlie Dally Gateway.
New York. J n.s Augustus Heinze.
the Montana copper kin*?. and former
president of the Mercantile Nation.t!
bank of New York. i?i\' > himself up.
and is released on *.>0.000 hail bond.
Accordin'? to the report of the *?raru
jury just made public, Heinze was
under indictment for over certifying
checks a^ure^atinc more tnan $400,
000. He (deads not jruilty.
Fails to Pay for Bank Stock
New York. Jan.‘J Augustus Heinz**,
who was formerly president of the
Mercant'; National hank, lost control
uf the hank when he failed to make
payment on stock held by him.
WILL SURVEY
FOR NEW TRAIL
W. L. Goodwin Will Determine
Practicability of Winter Route
From Seward to Nome.
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Seattle, Jan. J)—A surveying party
to determine the practicability of a
trail from Seward to Kaltag, a trading
post on the Yukon forty miles below
Nulato, will leave here on the next
steamer. The purpose of this is to
shorten the route to Nome, and also
open up a new section of the territory.
W. L. Goodwin will be the engineer.
Praise for Alaskans
The Alaskans are courageous, clear
headed and warm-hearted. They are
free from the selfishness that often
possesses people in older communities*
Perhaps it is the risks they take; per
haps it is the long periods during
which they are remote from cities.
At any rate, they have the fellow
feeling that makes them “wonderous
kind.”—Tacoma Ledger.
$25,000,000 May Be Issued at Dis
cretion of Comptroller—State
and City Bonds a Basis.
By Coble to Tbe Dally U*teway.
Washington, D. t'., Jan. 0 Senator
Nelson W. Aldrich of Rhode Island
introduced in the senate what is term
ed an elastic currency bill which pro
vides for the issuance of notes not to
exceed $-*>0,000,000. The time of issu
ance and the amount to be at the dis
cretion of the comptroller of the cur
rency.
State and city bonds that are ap
proved by the comptroller may be
used a> the basis for the issuance of
additional notes, which notes are to
be subject to a tax.
WILL LIGHT UP
ALASKA COAST
Bill Introduced in Senate to Cre
ate Special Lighthouse Dis
trict for I ar North.
By Cai.le to Tim Daily Gateway.
• Washington, l). C., Jan. 10 Senator
Kugem Hale of Maine introduces a
: hill to marie Alaska a special light-!
house district and providing for the
-•oustmotion of lighthouses, and. an
increase in the etlicieucy of I’aeilie
coast defenses.
Employers Liability Law Void
3y Cnijie to The Daily Gateway.
Washington, l). C., Jan. 7 ,phe
Pnited States Supreme Court, has de
clared thr employers liability law un
eoustitutional. This law was urged;
by President Koosevclt. and passed by
jeongress in I’.KMi. The purpose of the
* law was to make the employer liable
for all damages resulting from acci-1
dents occurring among the employees. ,
even though the accidents were the
result of carelessness on the part of a I
co-employee.
To Better Protect tiamc
*«UA\3lB£) AlJia “3 9*qV3 AP
Washington, I), (A, Jan. 7 Repre
sentative W. K. Humphry of Washing
ton has introduced in the House a 1 >i 11
for the better protection of game in
Alaska.
Champion Wrestler Will Retire
3r Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Baltimore, Jan. 11—Frank Gotch
who has hold the world’s champion
ship for wrestling, cateh-as-catch-can,
announces hi> attention to retire from
the ring at the end of the present year
Valdez Gets New Postmaster
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Washington, D. (A, Jan. 10—Presi
! dent Roosevelt has appointed James
I Jefferson to be postmaster at Valdez
• in place of postmaster Boyle.
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Tanana Short of Men
Tanana mine operators are short
2,000 r en and will probably go into
the sluicing season with one of the
biggest labor shortages the northern
district has known. Wages, now aver
aging $5 a day and board for eight
hours' work in the Tanana are likely
to go to $8 during the sluicing- season.
Two years ago as high as $8 a day
was paid, though many operators were
able to get cheaper help.
The tight between the mine owners
and the miners has been adjusted.
It is estimated as a result of the set
tlement of the strike in the Tanana
that next year’s gold output will reach
$18,000,000. It would have been $16,
000,000 this year but for labor troubles,
and as it was the Tanana turned out
about $7,250,000. Next year’s output
will likely be double that of any other
year.—Seattle Times.
PROSECUTION AT
STAND STILL
Action in Land Fraud Case Stop
ped Till the Department
Finds Where It Is At.
LOOKS GOOD LOR VIOLATORS
Decision Rendered by Colorado
Judge Cause of Sudden Order
From Washington.
By Cable to Tbe Dally gateway.
Washington, I>. A-.. Jan. 11—The
further prosecution of those engaged
in land frauds lias been postponed
until such time as the points recently
passed upon by the Colorado Judge,
{shall have been passed upon by the
higher court.
Land Fraud Indictments Quashed
In tin* United States district court
at Denver, Judge K. E. Lewis granted
the motion to quash the indictments
against E. M. Diggs, president, and
Charles D. Mcl'hee and J. J. McGiu
nity. directors, of the New Mexico
j Lumbar Company, and Charles H.
Freeman and W. W. Nossaman, of
Durango, charging them with conspir
acy to defraud the government of
timber lands in Archuleta county, Col
orado. The order to quash was based
upon the ground that no crime under
the federal statutes was shown.
The court also quashed for the same
reason the indictments ag. inst A. T.
Sulleberger, president of the l'agosa
Lumber Company. and others in con
nection with the operations of that
company.
JUDGE HARLAN
MAY YET RESIGN
District Attorney Ordered to Val
dez--Reply to Charges
Unsatisfactory.
By Cable to Tlie Dally Gateway.
Washington, I). ('., Jan. 10—District
Attorney Harlan has been ordered to
return to Valdez to secure aflidavits at
the meeting of the grand jury. His re
ply to charges brought against him by
Governor lloggatt for not suppressing
grmbling in Valdez has been gener
ally unsatisfactory. Harlan may be al
lowed to resign.
I Government Experimental Station
!
Near Fairbanks is a tract of ground
reserved by the Unithd States govern
ment for an experimental station. It
has been cleared and some of it plough
ed, but it is now covered with an ex
panse of snow. This place is interest
ing from several points of view. In
the first place, it contains more acre
age than any other experimental farm
in Alaska. In the second place, it will
be used to demonstrate the fact that
stock can be successfully raised in the
Tanana Valley.
A good sized force of men was busy
last fall getting the ground in shape,
and another good sized force will be
employed during the late spring pre
paring the ground for the planting of
cereals. No effort will be made to
raise garden truck, as the local gar
deners have already demonstrated
that this can be raised in- great quan
tities. The purpose will be to raise
such things as have not been attempt- j
ed by the homesteaders.—Firbanks
Times.
The union miners of the Tanana
have issued their ultimatum for the
next year, which insists on an eight
hour day and five dollars per day
wages.
CUT!! HOUSES
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Congress Meets After Holiday Re
cess and Senate Adjourns Out
of Respect for Mallory.
nv Cable to The Daily Gateway.
Washington, I). C., Jan. 6—both
houses of congress met. this morning to
resume work after tlie holiday recess.
Out of respect for the memory of
Stephen It. Mallory, recently deceased
democratic senator from Florida, the
senate adjourned till tomorrow morn
ing. Neither house is likely to do
much business this week, and both
will probably take an adjournment to
morrow until next Monday. In the
meantime tin* various committees will
be busy preparing their reports.
MORE COPPER
FROM A ASKA
The Output Increased by Mines
at Ellaniar, Latouche
and Wrangle.
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Washington, I). .Tan. <> -Alaska's
copper output for the last year was in
excess of that of the previous year.
The advance has been made chiefly
through the increased product from
the rich mines at Kliamar, Latouche
and Wrangle.
Constantine Gets New Trial
By Cable to Tne Daily Gateway.
Olympia, Wash., Jan. 10—Supreme
court handed down a decision today in
which it grants on writ of error a new
trial to Constantine who shot his son
in-law, Jessie Hall, and was sentenced
to a year’s imprisonment in the peni
tentiary.
Santa Clara Having Hard Trip
By Cable to The Daliv Gateway.
Seattle, .Tan. 11—Steamer Santa Clara
is reported as coming south on the in*
! side passage. She encountered severe
storms on the way and was compelled
to take the inside route to avoid heavy
; seas.
Northwestern to Sail Thursday
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Seattle, Jan. 11—Steamer North
western is scheduled to sail for Seward
next Thursday, January Kith, on'the
j outside route.
Jeanie Sails
By Cnfole to The Dally Gateway.
Seattle, Jan. 11—Steamer Jeanie
I sailed form Seattle last night bound
for points along the southern Alaska
i coast.
Who is Judge
Deputy Clerk Henderson has re
ceived a telegram from Judge Wick
ersham calling for a jury term of
court here, beginning January 20th.
It is stated he made this order at the
request of Judge Reid.
The question which is now agitat
ing the legal minds of the city, is,
who is the judge of this division, or
are there two judges, or none at all?
If Judge Reid is the legal judge, then
the order for a court session should
emanate from him, rather than
Wickersham. The latter resigned,
his resignation has been duly ac
cepted and his successor, Judge Reid,
nominated. The latter’s nomination
is in the hands of the judiciary com
mittee of the senate, awaiting action.
In the opinion of some attorneys, he
cannot sit on the bench until favora
ble action is taken, or the senate ad
journs. Then, under the law, he may
receive a recess appointment and
serve until the senate again meets.
—Valdez Prospector.
FOR THAW TRIAL
Taking of Testimony in Celebra
ted Murder Case Will
Commence Monday
GARVAN LEADS PROSECUTION
It lias Been Aqreed That Direct
Witnesses Shall not Consume
More Than Two Hours
By Cable to Tbe Dally Gateway.
New York, Jan. 11— Jury has la-on
secured in the Harry K. Thaw murder
trial. The prosecution will betrin
Monday, Jan. 13. Assistant District
Attorney, Francis l\ Garvan. will
make the opening statement. I? has
been decided that the direct witnesses
shall not he allowed to consume more
than two hours. The defense will
open Monday afternoon, Attorney
Littleton will make the opening ad
dress for the defense.
Marry Thaw on Second Traial
New York, Jan. G—The second trial
of Harry Iv. Thaw for the murder of
Stanford White began at noon today,
with Justice Victor J. Dowling pie
siding. District Attorney Jerome will
protest against Kvelyn Thaw taking the
stand in behalf of her husband. Thaw
is ready for the trial. Mrs. Williams,
one of the necessary witnesses is ill
and will not be able to be present for
a week or ten days.
Securing Jury
New York, Jan. 7—In the Harry K.
Thaw murder case preparations are
being pushed for the trial. Nine r»*n
tative jurors have been chosen, hut
they are all subject to peremtory chal
lenge. Much side has thirty chal
lenges. It will take some days to
make up the jury and be read,\ for
trial, and consequently night sessions
of the court will be held until the jury
is sworn.
Three Jnrors Sworn
New York, Jan. 8—Preparations for
the Harry K. Thaw murder trial are
going slowly forward. The jury is
being carefully chosen, and the re
sult of yesterdays work was that three
jurors were sworn.
DELEGATE GALE
NOT OPPOSED
Denies That He Stood in the Way
of Reid’s Confirmation But
Preferred an Alaskan.
By Cable to Tbe Dally Gateway.
Washington, D. C. Jan. (J—Delegate
Thomas Cale of Alaska being inter
viewed in regard to his attitude
toward the appointment of Silas II.
Reid to succeed Judge Wickcrshani,
denies that he opposed Judge Reid, hut
frankly admits that he would rather
have seen an Alaska man appointed.
Kenai Peninsula
The region about Cook inlet is
historically one of the most interesting
in all Alaska. First entered by
Captain Cook in his search for the
elusive northwest passage, it later be
came the scene of bitter strife be
tween rival fur companies and of the
earliest effort to develop the unknown
mineral resources of the vast urea
known as Russian America.
The names Turnagain Arm, Point
Possession, Anchor Point, Point Bede,
Cape Elizabeth, and Barren islands
were all given by Captain Cook, after
whose death the supposed river, by di
rection of Lord Sandwitch, was named
Cook river.