SEWARD
IS THE
GATEWAY
TO THE BEST PORTION OF
CENTRAL ALASKA
Through tins harbor passes nearly all the traffic
of the vast region lying north of Cook inlet and
between the two mountain ranges which bound
the Susitna valley, an area as large as one of the
great states of the Middle West.
In the Near Future
Through the extension of the Alaska Central
railroad, now building northward from Seward,
the territory tributary to the town as the chief
seaport of the southern coast will gradually ex
pand until it embraces the Tanana and upper
f Kuskokwim. each a region of imperial extent and
resources.
j Seward Already f
controls the trade of the Yentna gold mining dis
trict. which old Alaska miners pronounce one
of the coming bonanza camps of the territory.
It controls the trade of the numerous mining
camps along Cook inlet and its arms, h rom it
start the prospectors who are constantly pone
Itrating and exploring the interior between Cook
inlet and the Tanana in the search for rich depos
its of the metals which abound in all its hills and
streams.
J Seward Outfits Miners %
For all this territory. From this town leads the
best route to the new bonanza fields. They are
more accessible than any other great district of
Alaska, an important factor in their development.
Limitless Coal Deposits
lie at Seward’s backdoor. They have been ex
amined and analyzed by the best experts and
rated by them with the best bituminous coal of
the Atlantic coast. In another year this coal will
be hauled to tide water over the Alaska Central
railroad and can be mined in quantity to furnish
steam to all the ships that sail the North Pacific.
In a few years it will furnish coke to smelters
w'hieh will be erected at Seward to reduce the
copper ores of that bonanza field. Prince W illiam
sound, whose richest deposits are within a tew
hours sailing.
The Longest Railroad
; in operation in Alaska has Seward for its ocean
terminus and its track lengthens each month.
On the finest townsite in Alaska, at the head of
the best harbor on the Alaska coast, ice-free every
day in every year, Seward is building. The town
has water works, electric lighting, sewerage; and
its development is based upon exhaustless re
sources.
i STARTS ATTACK
ON M'CLELLAN
Attorney-General of New York
Begins Suit to Oust Mayor
of Metropolis.
By Cable to The Daily Gateway.
Albany, Jan. 8—Attorney - General
Jackson tiled a suit today to oust
Mayor McClellan from the office of
mayor of New York and to seat Wil
liam K. llearst in his place, claiming
that the latter was defeated on the
face of the returns by illegal voting
and fraud in the count. The action
ask> for a recount.
It is announced that the state courts
will give precedence to the suit and
that it will be heard and disposed of as
soon as possible in i rder to end the
legal uncertainty due to its pendency.
McClellan Will Fight
New York, Jan. 8 Chief Counsel
Kichards, for Mayor McClellan, in
commenting on the ouster suit insti
tuted by Attorney-General Jackson of
New York state to dispossess Mot lei*
lan from the office of mayor of New
York city and to seat llearst, which
was filed today, said that the attorney
general had shown himself to be care
less of his dignity, reekless in his eon
duct and contemptuous of the law.
Kichards declared that McClellan
would light the case at every point,
lie denies that there was any illegal
voting for McClellan or any fraud per
petrated in McClellan’s interest in the
mayoralty election of l!K).j.
FIND CHILDREN
IN DOPE DENS
Seattle Police Learn Offices of
Hurry Messenger Company
Are Vice Resorts.
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Seattle, .Ian. 12—The police discov
ered today that the offices of the Hurry
messenger company are dens for dope
I tiend> of both sexes and all ages.
Many youngsters frequent them,
i Five places were found in the railroad I
| district where hoys and girls scarcely j
| more than half grown congregated to j
stir >ke tobacco and opium.
The company was promptly put out
of business and the managers placed
[ under arrest. A large number of
youthful victims have been picked up
and will be sent to the reform school.
JEANIE SAILS WESTWARD
Mas Large Coal Cargo for Kodiak and
Will Heturn to Seward
Steamer Jeanie arrived in port last
Wednesday at a. m. and sailed ft r
Kodiak at 10:30. She has 200 tons of
coal for that port and will go there
direct and return direct to Seward.
She is expected back in four days. She
brought only a small ca»*go for Seward
and a few pas>engers. She will return
| to Seattle by the inside passage and
will take passengers.
Bruce McKay, formerly of the Tam
pico and before that a pilot on South
ern Alaska steamers, is master of the
Jeanie. The account brought by the
officers of the Jeanie of the collision
with the Saratoga at the Valdez, dock,
gives some new facts. They say Capt.
| McKay was asleep but had left orders
hat he was to be called half an hour out
of Valdez. Pilot Llolstrom was on the
bridge. It was very dark and there
were no lights in Valdez, and the
Jeanie was almost at the dock before
the pilot realized where he was. Sud
denly the lights of the Saratoga shone
in his face. Ho signaled the engineer
but before the steamer could be stop
ped she struck the Saratoga amid
ships.
It is admitted by the Jeanie officers
that all the Saratoga’s lights were
ourning. They say the damage to the
Saratoga does not exceed $1500 and
that she can make the trip to Seattle
in perfect safety.
The Jeanie’s nose is skinned where
she bumped it against the other boat.
Supposed to Be Insane
Gabriel Galactianoff, a half-breed
Russian boy about 18 years old, was
brought to Seward on the Dora from
Unalaska by Deputy Marshal Harmon,
as an insane person. He had a hear
ing in Judge Howlett’s court Mon
day and was ordered to be committed
to an asylum for the insane. He is an
orphan and has been in the Methodist
missionary school at Unalaska for
eight years.
Saloon Burns at Unga
Peter Nelson’s saloon burned at Unga
about a month ago, entailing a loss of
13000. The Dora brought the news.
KILLS LAWYER
AND HIMSELF
T. II. Emmons of Seattle Shoots
C. VV. Turner, Attorney for
His Landlord.
By Cable to Tbe Dally Gateway.
Seattle, Jan. 8—T. H. Emmons, own
er of a cigar stand in front of Mix &
Russell’s saloon at the corner of First
avenue and Seneca street, last night
entered the saloon and shot and killed
On. C. W. Turner, a prominent mem
ber of tbe Seattle bar, shot Russell in
tl e shoulder, and then turned the
weapon upon himself and committed
suicide
In a letter lott by Emmons he states
that Russell had induced him to place
all his savings in the cigar stand and
then ordered him to vacate, which
meant financial ruin. The letter
avows Emmons’ to kill Russell. Turn
er was Russell’s legal advisor and was
attorney in tho action to compel Em
mons to vacate.
It is evident that Emmons had been
waiting an opportunity to kill both
Russell and Turner. Just before the
shootimg Turner entered the saloon by
tiie front door passing Emmons’ stand.
He was talking to Russell beside the
liar when Emmons entered and im
mediately began firing. Turner was
nearest to him, which probably ac
counts for bis shooting the lawyer
tirst. When Turner fell Emmons fired
at and wounded Russell, who fell to the
lloor, and Emmons then shot himself,
dying instantly.
TELLS SEATTLE
ABOUT YENTNA
Frank Youngs Gets Good Inter
view on Gold Fields in the
Post-Intelligencer.
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer gives
a top head and a third of a column to
an interview with Frank Youngs,
boosting the Yentna and Susitna gold
districts. In part the P-I says:
“Yentna valley and the Susitna dis
trict will be the big stampeding
grounds in 1!K)7,“ said Mr. Votings
yesterday, “and although llfOti was the
first year any attempt has been made
to search for gold or copper in either
of these hitherto practically undevel
oped sections, and despite the fact
that a number of rich strikes have
been made there during the last six
month, I can safely say that the coun
try there is practically unscratclied.”
“With comparatively few settlers
striking that country this year, nearly
$100,000 worth of gold has been taken
out. a remarkable showing, and a bet
terone than the Tanana district first
produced.
“The Yentna fields and Susitna dis-;
trict are offering splendid inducements
for tlie prospectors, and the strikes
made up to date are large, hut at the
same time small when the splendid
prospects are understood. The copper
showing alone made near the Susitna
section are sufficiently large to arouse
the neighboring country, and as soon
as the Alaska Central branch road is
completed the country will gain fame
as wide as that of the Tanana.”
“Aren’t you boosting the country
somewhat heavily?” was asked of Mr.
Youngs.
“ It does look that way, doesn’t it?”
lie replied. “But 1 do not mean to say
anything which might give people an
exaggerated opinion of the country.
It is simply a good district, one of the
best I have ever seen.
“The easiest way to the Kuskokwim,
another future district, and hithorto
undeveloped and prospective rich coun
try, is through the Yentna fields,’’con
cluded Mr. Youngs. “Those wishing
to enter either the Kuskokwim or the
Yentna district should do so before the
ice gives way, as that will interrupt
their journey and force them to lay
over at Seward until early summer.”
Says Meteor Struck Close
Leonard Goth, the night watchman,
hurried into the Northern saloon last
night and imformed the group of
maniacs around the pangingi table
that a flaming fragment of a meteor or
a section of a comet’s tail had just
dropped on a hill south of town. The
gamesters kept on a working but two
or three spectators went into the street
and let out another reef in their necks
but were too late to see anything.
Whereupon they returned inside, re
laxed the tension of their necks to the
requirements of the pangingi game
and everything became monotonous
again. And now some fellows are
wondering whether Goth really saw a
meteor fall, or was trying to save what
was left of the minds of the pangingi
victims.
I QUALITY
IS OUR WATCHWORD!
Believing that only the best is good enough for our
trade, we are untiring in our efforts to maintain the high
est possible standard by handling only the choicest pro
ducts the markets afford. Our prices are in harmony
with the quality of our goods. We make a specialty of
outfitting and the prospector will not be disappointed in
his outfit if he buys of us, for he gets the BEST at
WHOLESALE PrtICES.
BROWN & HAWKINS
GENERAL MERCHANDISE
WHOLESALE RETAIL
CHAS. A. TECKLENBURG
THE SEATTLE BAR
-ONLY THE BEST
Wines, Liquors and Cigars
Bohemian and Olympia Beer
FURNISHED ROOMS WITH STEAM HEAT
Fourth Atfe. and Washington St. Seward, Alaska.
NORTHERN ftALOON
E. L. WHITTEMORE, Proprietor
WINES. LIQUORS AND CIGARS
FOURTH AVE. SEWARD. ALASKA
THE COMMERCE
FOURTH AVENUE
A Gentleman’s Resort and Club Rooms.
FURNISHED ROOMS
First Class Cafe in Connection
PETERSON & BROWN, Proprietors
COLEMAN HOUSE
Electric Lights and Electric Bells in Every Room
Rates from 50c to $2.50 per Day
ABSOLUTELY FIRST CLASS
Fourth Avenue Seward, Alaska
HOTEL McNEILEY
Completely Renovated. New Management. Hot
and Cold Water. Modern, Plastered Rooms.
Electric Lighted. Baths. Reasonable Rates.
H A WKINS & W.HITTE>I0 R E, Phopribtors
Fourth Avenue, .... Seward, Alaska
THE BANK THEATRE
Del Clark, Proprietor
Entertainments Every Evening
Best of Wines, Liquors and Cigars at the Bar
Board of Trade
Fourth Avenue, • • * Seward, Alaska
Only the choicest goods dispensed
Club Rooms in connection
Furnished Apartments up stairs
New, Neat and Comfortable. f. V. THOMAS, Prop.
THE PALACE
W. P. HENRY & CO.
WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS
First Class Cafe in Connection
Fourth Avenue Seward, Alaska