YOIj. I SEWARD, ALASKA, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 25, 1905_SO. IT
PEACE FARTHER
OFF THAN EVER
Czar Rejects Japan’s Offer of Com
promise and Reported to be
Backed by Kaiser
Portsmouth, N. H., Aug. 25—Peace
now seems farther otT than ever since
the negotiations opened. At St. Peters
burg vesterdav American Ambassador
Meyer saw the czar and urged him to
accept the Japanese offer of comprom
ise, which Is practically that Russia
pay Japan *000,000,000 to abandon the |
island of Saghalien. Japan also agrees
to forgo all her other demands except j
those already acceded to by Russia.
The czar refused to accept the proposal.
Upon receipt of news that the czar
had declined to agree to the offered
compromise President Roosevelt ap
pealed to the Russian envoys to advise
the czar to accept. M. Witte com
municated this appeal to the czar last
night. The czar objects to lixing the
payment of any sum as a condition of
peace, insisting that the question of
paying money should be left to future
negotiations.
It is reported that the German kaiser
has advised the czar to stand firm
against this demand of the Japanese
government. Japan is understood to
be resolved to make no further concess
ions. and the situation is regarded as
extremely critical.
Chole ra In Philippines
Manila. 1*. I.. Aug. 25—Cholera is
breaking out here. Two soldiers, ono
American woman and several natives
died vesterdav of the scourge. The
authorities are adopting rigid repress
ive measures and have no fear of a
general epidemic.
Hants Jerome For Mayor
New York, Aug. 25—The Citizens'
Union is now urging District Attorney j
Jerome as a non-partisan canidate for
mayor. Jerome has already announc
ed himself as a candidate for re-election :
as district attorney.
Prince Charles May Be King
Stockholm, Sweden, Aug. 25—It is
reported here that King Oscar's young
er son Charles may accept the Nor
wegian throne.
Kantishna Stampede Still On
Fairbanks, Aug. 25—The stampede
to the new Kantishna district isstillon.
New rich strikes are constantly report
ed and excitement runs high.
Irrigation Congress Adjourns
Portland, Ora., Aug. 25—The Nation
al Irrigation Congress, which has been
in session here, adjourned yesterday.
Founder Of Juneau Dying
Portland, Ore., Aug. 25— Richard T.
Harris, founder of the town of Juneau,
Alaska, is dying here in a hospital.
Temperature at 2 p. m. today—H7.
ENGLAND AND
JAPAN UNITE
Sign Treaty by Which Mikado Agrees
to Help Protect British Inter
ests in the far fast.
London, Aug. 25 Great Britain mid j
Japan signed a treaty today which vir
tually means an offensive and defensive
alliance between the two nations. By
its terms Japan agrees to help protect
British interests in the Far Bast.
The new treaty is regarded by diplo
mats as intended to resist Russian en
croachments in tin* Orient upon Japan
ese or British territory, or territory
regarped by either as within the sphere
of its influence. Great Britain has
long feared Russians designs upon In
dia bv wav of Afghanistan and Thibet.
The treaty is al\so looked upon as notice
to Russia that Great Britian will stand
behind Japan in tlie peace negotiat ions
now pending.
To Tunnel Under Detroit River
Detroit, Aug. 25 -Work began today
upon a tunnel under the Detroit river
which will connect this city with Win
sor, Canada, by means of an electric
line.
Tire Loss Of $500,000
New York, Aug. 25—Fire in the
lighting plant of the Terminal Ware
house Company's building this morn
ing resulted in a loss of $500,000.
Lynch Thieving Teamsters
Ortiz.Mexico,Aug. 25 Five Mexican
teamsters were shot dead and six oth
ers hanged by miners here for looting
ore wagons and charging the robbery
upon the Yaqui Indians.
Clojdburst Kills Twenty-five
Tobaseo, Colo., Aug. 25—A cloud
burst which broke over this town this
morning killed twenty-tive persons and
wrecked several houses.
OPEN SEASON FOR GAME
Hunters May'' Go After Wild Ani
mals and Birds September 1
The open season for wild game be
gins September 1, and will continue
until the end of the year. Hunters
are planning for an outing, and it is
reported that some of them have be
come mixed up on the calendar and are |
already out in the hills. The game !
law provides for the following open
season:
Large brown bear, April 1 to Decern- i
her 31.
Moose, caribou, walrus and sea lions,
September 1 to December 31.
Deer, sheep and mountain goats, Sep
tember 1 to December 31.
Grouse, ptarmigan, plover, snipe,
curlew, ducks, geese, brant and swan, j
September 1 to January 1.
It is unlawful to kill any caribou on
the Kenai peninsula prior to Septem
ber 1, 1908.
Daily Gateway 25 cents per week;
single copies 5 cents.
BIG PACK CITS
SALMON PRICES
Sound Output 800,000 Cases, Alaska
1,600,000, and Reds Drop from
$1.00 to 85 cents.
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Seattle, Aug. 25—The Puget Sound
salmon run is over and the pack foots
up 800,000 cases. The Alaska pack is
estimated at 1,000,000 cases, although
returns are not quite complete. Phis i
makes the total pack for the coast
much above that of last year. T.he
Alaska Packers’ Association has re
duced the price of red salmon from $1
to 8o cents.
The salmon run for the two years
1903-190+ was much below the average
for several seasons before, and in con
sequence prices went up last year. The
advance iigures sent out at the beginn
ing of the salmon season this year were
also quite stiff, and it is believed that,
a further drop in prices may have to be
made.
TO OBSERVE ANNIVERSARY
Smoker will be Given in Honor j
of Seward’s Birthday
A smoker will be given next Mon
day evening in ihe rooms of the Kenai
club in honor of the founding of Sew- j
ard August 28, 1903. On this, the!
second anniversary of tnat event, some
of those then here are gone, but the’
great majority are still citizens of the
town. Every man who was in Seward
on the town's natal day is invited to at- j
tend ihe smoker.
The following is believed to be a I
complete list, but if any name is omit
ted the owner is included in the invita
tion as cordially as if he had not been
overlooked, and he is requested to re
port at once to the committee in
charge, Dr. C. T. Daggett and W. A.
McNeiley.
Atwood, Burns, Brands!ieId, Bell 1
Brownell, Bigloe, J. E. Ballaine, Cole
man, Crosby, Cavey, Daggett, Dakin,
Dice, Dickinson, Eide, Gannet, Hewitt, !
Hawkins, Haefs, Hornell, Jone, J.
Johns, sr., Kerns, Kendrick, Kimball,
Laubner, Lambert, McNeiley, Moore
McClure, Mitchell, Mayers, taG. Nel
son, William Nelson, Owens, Osier,
Phelps, Putman, Pabody, Randolph, ,
Revell, Swanitz, Schefeler, Geo. Stew
art Schage, Weaver, Woods, Frank
Youngs, Dr. S. A. 1). Young.
Santa Ana Reaches Valdez
A private cable message this after- j
noon from Valdez announced that the
steamer Santa Ana from Seattle reach
ed that port this morning. It is ex
pected that she can discharge her Val
dez cargo and sail in time to reach
Seward tomorrow afternoon.
Until the close of the Portland ex- ^
position, October 15, the Alaska Com- j
mercial Company will sell round trip
tickets to Seattle for $70.
The cable otlice has been painted,
red, all but the gable ends, and it
looms up like a beacon light in a tog.
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BRING ACCOUNT
OF BIG STRIKE
Miners come Down from upper Yent
na Placers with Report which
Starts Stampede.
Reports of a strike previouly known
to have been made on an upper fork
of the Yentna river, 120 miles from
Cook Inlet, have started a stampede
among Uie miners at Sunrise, and many
of them are getting outfits together to
join in the run. Eleven men have
been working all summer on Kahihna
creek, and taking out an average of$10
a day in coarse gold. Seven of them
came down the other day to the trad
ing posts on the inlet to get outfits for
the winter, and their accounts stirred
up the miners around Sunrise, where
probably 200 men are working.
The strike lias heretofore been kept
a secret although made last November.
It has been known that a discovery
had been made in that locality because
the men who made it came down late
last fall and secured outfits, departing
without giving out any information.
Only the general locality in which they
were operating was known.
The men who made the discovery
were Peters, Geddigan and Hammer
smith. Peters made the actual dis
covery as the three were prospecting
together. A Hide work showed them
they had struck it rich and they im
mediately came down to the inlet and
secured supplies for the winter. Only
a few friends were let into the secret
and these went in shortly afterward.
Among these was R. C. Richardson,
an old Alaskan, who lias been in the
north ten years and tuts operated in
Dawson and Nome. Richardson ar
rived in Seward last night to see l\ S.
Commissioner Hildreth on official busi
ness connected with his duties as de
puty recorder in the Yentna district.
Of the strike on the Kahiltna he said:
*T don't want to start a stampede
and lam not advising anybody to give
up a job to go there. It is good enougn
for me. The biggest nugget found so
far was about $0. Tne boys have easily
made $10 a day and they have spent a
good deal of time prospecting.
••The deposits seem to he extensive.
We have found gold a long way up the
creek. The diggings so fardiave not
been deep. W here we have been work
in^ it is onlv about three feet to bed
rock. There is plenty ol water and
operations are easy.
“The creek is pretty high in the
mountains and the snow gets quite deep.
One of the most serious drawsbacks is
the fact that the placers lie above
timber line. All timber has to be cut
some distance below and it is a trouble
some job to sled it up to the point
where it is used, but that can be done
when the cold weather stops mining.
“Men wishing to go in can reach a
point thirteen miles from the camp by
water. Above that are rapids and
heavy boulders,and rnushers must take
^he trail”