VOL. I SEWARD, ALASKA. SATURDAY EVENING. NOVEMBER 28. 1908 NO. 97
GUNBOAT SENT
TO SHANGHAI
United States Dispatches Warship
to China to Protect Lives
of Americans.
By Cable to The Dally Gateway
Manila, Nov. 28—’The United States
has today ordered a gunboat to be dis
patched with all possible speed to
Shanghai to protect the Americans at
that port. The troubles in China aris
ing out of the placing of a new empe
ror on the throne have caused revolts
in the principal cities and the foreign
ers have been driven to seek protec
tion from their respective govern
ments.
Orders were received here today for
one of the ships of the Atlantic tieet to
proceed at once to Shanghai and give
the needed protection.
Shore Leave Granted flarines
uy uaDie «*v/ Dally Gateway.
Manila, Nov. :iS—Fifteen hundsed
marines from the Atlantic tieet in the
harbor went ashore today for the first
time. Shore privileges have been de
nied the sailors heretofore because of
the existence ot cholera in the city,
but it is now thought there is com
paratively little danger from that
source.
Window Shauesat Hofraan’s.
SOLDIERS ADDITIONAL [H. A. ENTRY
NO. 390
In the United States Lend office. Juneau,
Alaska. Feb. 28,1908.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that the
Northwestern Fisheries Company, assignee of
Mary Rollins. beiDg entitled t » he benefits
of Sec. 2306 o! the Revised SUuutes of the
United States giYDOng audit onal Uuuls to
soldiers and sailors wuo served in the War of
the Rebellion, has made applied ion to this
office to make proof and en. rv under an Act
of congress appioveu Mav 14, 1S*'S, for the hinds
embraced ’n U. S. Survey No. 3‘ J. in tue Dis
trict of Alaska, describeu as follows:
B 'ginning at coi. No. i a point at oidinarv
h'gh water ira k on tue loft bank of Kvichak
river at the junction of juid Kvichak river and
Graveyard Slough, from whence cor. No. 4
Sur. "10 bears >7. 28 Degrees c.> minutes E. ‘.)|
chs.: Peak of Sugar Lo,.f mountain bears X.
84degrees 14 minutes E.: ihe^ce mcanueiing
high water mark oo left b^nkof Kvichak river
up stream. 1st coarse X. 5s degrees 29 ndnutos
V. 1.80cos.; whence 2nd course, N. 76 degrees
So minuses W. 9.29 chs,: thence 3rd couise i'T.
41 degrees30minutes \V. 6.50 chs,; thence 4iu
course, y. 8 degrees 15 minutes W, 2X9 chs. to
cor. No. *2; thence X. 47 degiees 5 mi nates E.
4X3 cos. o cor. No. 3, from wueoce Coi. No. 3
Sur. 72 oea s X. 2 degrees 56 romules W. 29.84
chs.; tjerce s. 42 degrees 45 minutes E. 17.90
chs, to co»\ No. h the ihace of beginning Vr
riat;oi at all comers 22 degrees 10 minutes,
East. Area 6.Cv acres.
As addiEoralto Mery Rollins'original home
stead enirv No. 1785, at Bonneville. Mo., made
Muy 30,1865.
Any and all persons claiming adversely anv
portion of said lands a re requireu to file an ad
verse claim in this otfice during the peiiou of
publication of lb:s notice, or within thirty
davs thereafter, otherwise proof and entry of
said lands will be made by saiu Northwestern
Fisheries Company, applicant.
JOHN W. DUDLEY. Register.
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the forego
ing Notice be published for the full period of
60 days in the Daily Gateway, a daily newspa
per published at the town of Seward and Dis
trict of Alaska. which is hereby designated as
the newspaper puoUshed nearest the land
described. ^ .
John W. Dudley, Register.
Date of first publication. October 3. 1908,
Date of last publication. December 14 190S
TAFT IS BUSY
WITH CABINET
Frank II. Hitchcock Chosen Post
master-General Under the
| Next Administration.
I
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Hot Springs, Va., Nov. 28—William
H. Taft, president-elect, today makes
the announcement that Frank H.
Hitchcock consents to accept the posi
tion of postmaster-general in the new
presidential cabinet.
Mr, Hitchcock was born at Amherst,
Ohio, in 1867, graduated from Har
vard in 1891 and from Columbia Uni
versity! law school in 1894. He was
admitted to the bar in the same year.
He has held various government offices
since 1891—was chief of the Division of
Foreign Markets; chief clerk in the
Department of Commerce and Labor;
first assistant postmaster-general, and
chairman of the republican national
committee in the last pressdential
campaign.
Mr. Hitchcock's familiarity with
the government work and the execu
live ability hedisplayed in the success
ful management of the campaign
made him a desirable man for a cabi
net position, and Mr. Taft expressed
himself as very much pleased when
he received Mr. Hitchcock’s consent
to enter his cabinet.
LAYS CORNER STONE
Roosevelt Delivers Address in Con
nection With Colored Y. M. C. A.
Building.
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Washington, D. C., Nov. 28—Presi
dent Roosevelt today attended the
exercises of the laying of the corner
stone of the Colored Young men’s
Christian association building in this
city. He delivered the chief address
of the occasion in which he compared
the different races of mankind and
showed their relations to one another.
For the purpose of their mutual de
velopment the president said that the
races should draw closer together in a
business way and establish more
friendly relations.
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Mushers
The Knik Trading Company has on
hand two tons of dog salmon, tallow,
meal and rice. Be safe by placing
your order early. *
Large shipment of Holiday Goods
received on the last boat, will be on
display Monday, Nov. 30, at Mrs. Pit
man’s. _ 2t
T. Banbury has received fifty tons,
best quality, Nanaimo coal, which he
will sell and deliver in ton lots for
$15 Cash per Ton. *
ATTEMPTED
ASSASSINATION
Dowager Empress of Russia Nar
rowly Escapes Death Enroute
From Copenhagen.
i i
By Cable to Tne Dally Gateway.
London, Nov. 28—The dowager em
press of Russia barely escaped assas
sination yesterday while enroute from
Copenhagen to St. Petersburg. The
train bearing the dowager empress
had drawn up at a station, when a man
in the crowd attempted to shoot
through the window of the royal com
partment. His movements were quick
ly noticed by a policeman, who in
thwarting the attempt on the life of
the dowager empress was himself shot
through the heart and instantly killed.
In the excitement that prevailed the
would-be assassin made his escape.
The censorship of the Russian gov
ernment has prevented the full de
tails of the attempted assassination
being made public. It is not positively
known whether the intended victim
escaped all injury or not, but it is be
lieved that only one shot was fired in
the attempt, and that no one except
the policeman was injured.
Earthquake Shakes Boston
! special to The Daily Gateway.
Boston. Nov. 28—The city and entire
section of country along this coast was
this morning shaken by earthquake
shocks that lasted ten seconds. The
trembling of the earth and the slight
swaying of buildings caused consterna
tion among the people, but no damage
is reported.
Four Lives Lost
By Cable to Tlie Dally Gateway.
New York, Nov. 28—Four lives were
lost in the collision which occurred
yesterday morning in the fog off
Sandy Hook, between the White Star
liner and the steamer Finance from
Panama.
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Steamer Caught in Typhoon
Manila, Nov. 28—A typhoon is today
sweeping this entire section. The
steamer Pontias loaded with laborers
was caught in the storm and founder
ed. All on board were lost.
The Atlantic fleet is r iding out the
storm and it is believed will suffer no
material damage.
♦
Try the Palace Grill—We guarantee a
first class service, excellent meals
and courteous treatment. *
The McKinley House, Fifth avenue,
board and lodging $1.00 per day. *
Christmas gifts at Ellsworth’s. *
Airtight Stoves at Hoffman’s * 1
BROKEN HEART
CAUSES DEATH
Mother of Condemned Son Suc
cumbs to Shock From News
Received in His Letter.
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 28—Mrs. Bil
lek died this morning of a broken
heart. She is the mother of Herman
Billek who was convicted of poisoning
the Vzral family, consisting of five
persons. Herman is sentenced to be
hung at Chicago next month. All
appeals to stay the sentence have been
rejected. Herman wrote a letter to
his mother declaring his innocence and
stated that all hope of life was aban
doned. The mother was so stricken
with grief that she died soon after the
receipt of the letter.
Lamphere Guilty of Arson
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Laporte, Ind., Nov. 28—Lamphere,
who was on trial for murdering Mrs.
Gunness and her three children and
burning their home at Laporte last
spring, has been found guilty by the
jury and the sentence will be not less
than two or more than twenty years.
An Old Time Alaskan Dies
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Seattle, Nov. 28—Captain Abel
Douglas, an old time whaler in Alaska
waters and for several years a resident
of Nome, died here last night of heart
failure. He was aged sixty-seven
years.
W. M. Sauers yesterday broke
ground on Fourth Avenue for his new
store building. The cellar will be 16
by 32 feet. The building will be two
stories.
See the fancy and substantial Christ
mas gifts at Mrs. Pitman’s. 2t
Meet me at the Branch. *
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
Seward. Alaska. September 10,1908.
TO J. BROWN:
You are hereby notified that there has been
expended in the ^ea^s 1905, 1906, and 1907, the
<;um of one hundved dollars each year in labor
and improvements upon the J. R. Numoer2
Plover Claim commonly known as the Morgan
Claim situate on Lynx creek *n Kenai Record
ing Precinct, Territory of Alaska. The same
being the amount required by t ie Jaws of the
United States governing the Jocatten and bold
ing of mining claims necessary to hold sa d
claims for the calendar years 1905, 1906 and
1907, the said work having been done by your
Co-owner Nathan P. While.
And urtess v^itbiQ ninety days after the com
pletion of the puol»cDt»on of this notice, to-wit;
witb;n COdays a"ier the 12th day of December,
1908 you contribute your proportion of such
annual assessment as Co-owner to wit: $75.00
for the said J. R. No. 2 Mining Claim, your In
terest in said claim will be forfeited to and
become the property of your present Co-own
er aioves- cl. NATHAN P. WH1T1.
First publication September 11, 1908,1
date of last publication December 12,,190$.