Sewar > Weekly Gateway
- SEWAR ). ALASKA. SATURDAY. MARCH 23. 1907.
VOL. Ill, NO. 32 _ a ____ —
NORTHWESTERN RUNS I
ION LATOUCHE REEF
forward Compartment fills With Water and
Passengers Are Taken to Valdez on Port
land, Which Returns to Stand By.
Capt. Truebrldge Believes Vessel Can Be Saved If She Can Be
Beached by Aid of Santa Clara but fears Are Entertained
That High Seas May Pound Her to Pieces Before
Assistance Can Place Her Out of Danger.
Bt Cable to The Dally Oateway.
Valdez, March 22-Steamer North
western ran ujrhi a reef 400 feet from
Boatson’s wharf at Latouche last Tues
day morning, knocking a hole in her
bow and tilling her forward compart
ment with water. All the passengers
were brought to Valdez on the 1 ort
tand, which immediately returned to
atand bv the stranded vessel.
(Japt. Truebridge thinks the steamer
is not badly damaged and hopes to
beach her with the aid of the Santa
Clara, and save her. If the sea rises
high before she can he beached she
may be pounded to pieces.
The Northwestern sailed from Se
ward for Seattle by way of Sound
ports last Monday morning at 8 o'clock
and should have been in Latouche
that afternoon. It is hard to guess
what she was doing that prevented her
from reaching Latouche before the
next morning. She had only a few
passengers, hut had 275 tons of cargo
for Latouche and sonic for Valdez.
—
The steamer was blown away from
the Valdez dock by a high wind which
broke her lines early Saturday morn
ing before she had finished discharging
and for some reason she came past
Latouche without stopping. She still
has aboard some bridge iron for the
Alaska Central which could not be
reached while she was here because it
was under the Latouche and Valdez
cargo. According to the rules of
marine insurance the insurance on all
this cargo which was carried by its
destination, has lapsed.
The Northwestern is the largest and
finest boat on the Southern Alaska
ri n. Her gross tonnage is .'1496,
net tonnage 2.'il>4, indicated horse
newer 2WX>. She was built at Chester,
Pennsylvania in 1889. On the Atlan
tic side she was known as the Orizaba
and ran from New York to Havana.
She was brought around to t he Pacific
by the Northwestern Steamship Com
pany in the spring of 1901) and placed
on the Nome run. She first came to
Seward in Noveml>er.
The pilot of the Northwestern, Capt.
Soule, was captain of the Oregon when
she went down off Hinchinbrook island
last September. _
WASKEY WILL
VISIT SEWARO
In Seattle and Coming by Way of
Southeastern Alaska to
This Town.
By Cabla to Th* Dally Oataway.
Seattle, March 18—Fnmk Waskey
arrived in Seattle today from Wash
ington. He will sail for Southeastern
Alaska thi9 week, and from there will
fa to Seward.
The former delegate says he is not
disgruntled because of the failure to
put through congress at the short ses
sion the legislative measures so much
wanted by his constituents. He says
the blocking was done by political
interests. __
ATTACK JEWS
IN BULGARIA
Massacres in Progress for Sev
eral Days and Many
Slaughtered.
Mr Cable to n* Daily a at away
Bucharest, Maroh l8~>Jewish mw
aacres broke out in Roumaoia last
week and still continue. Hundreds
•( victims have been killed and many
houses burned, The government is do
ing little to put down the riots, which
are in outlying districts, and the de
tails are just beginning to come in, the
(acta having been suppressed as long
as possible.
The Jews of this city issued an ap
peal today to the world for assistance,
urging the civilized nations to make
formal protest to the Bulgarian gov
ernment.
The Rio Tinto copper mine of Spain
has been worked almost continuously
for 3100 years. Last year it yielded
12,307,200 pounds of copper.
The Copper Queen mine of Bisbes,
Arizona produced 96,481,864 pounds of
copper in 1906. It employs 2400 men,
working thre# shiXta.
MAY WALK OUT
NEXT MONDAY
Trainmen on Western Roads
Will Strike If Demands Are
Not Heeded.
3y Cabl* to Th* Dally Oatowmy.
St. Paul, March 23—Trainmen on all
western railroads will strike in a body
next Monday unless the railroad offi
cials recede from their present uncom
promising attitude of refusal to discuss
the demanded increase of wages with
the men. The number involved is
50,000, and it is expected that men in
the same employment in Canada and
Mexico will join the strike. The men
say that if the strike comes it will be
more formidable than that of 1894.
RAILROAD BONDS NOT
GILT EDGED SECURITY
Washington, D. C., March 19—The
administration decided today that it
will no longer accept railroad bonds as
gilt-edged security for government
funds in banks designated as United
States depositories. About 115,000,
000 is now held by the government as
such security and the change in finan
cial policy causes some consternation
among the banks interested.
Brings Launch for Lake Kenai
Frank Youngs brought back with
him from Seattle an 18-foot Racine
launch, with three horse power engine,
to be placed on Lake Kenai for the use
of the Kenai Mining & Milling Com
pany. It is a handsome little craft and
was out for a trial spin on the bay to
day, under the guidance of Capt.
Sheffier, with several members of the
company as passengers.
Installs New Assay Furnace
Harry Ellsworth claims credit for
installing the first smelter in Seward.
He admits that larger ones may be
constructed in the near future but
points with pride to the big furnace he
has just built in his assay office. He
is now prepared to do a wholesale
assay business and lately has been
rushed with orders from Prince Wil
liam sound copper properties.
Lake copper has touched the ex*
treme high mark of 125.75.
MEENACH TAKES
SHELTER STOCK
Manager of Ellamar Copper Mine
Invests Largely in Sew
ard Enterprise.
BELIEVES IT PAYING PROJECT
Says It Will Help Develop Sound
Property and Will Save Heavily
in Freight Charges.
The proposed Seward smelter looks
good enough to J. D. Meenach, man a-!
g^j* and part owner of the Ellamar
copper mine, to induce him to sub*!
scribe for several thousand dollars of!
its stock.
Mr. Meenach was in Seward Sun- j
day, a passenger on the steamer North- j
western, returning to Ellamar after an
absence of three months in eastern j
cities on business connected with his .
mine and other copper interests in j
Prince Wi’liatn sound. The steamer j
did not stop at Ellamar on the way in. !
VVhi’e in Seattle Mr. Meenach made
his investment in the stock of the
smelter company. In Seward he
stated that he had the utmost faith not
only that the smelter will bo built as
projected but that it will be a profita
ble enterprise to the stockholders as
well as of great value to the copper in
terests of the Sound. He intends to!
ship theore from the Ellamar mine to j
Seward as soon as the smelter begins,
operations. The smelter proposes toj
haul the ore from the mine to Seward
at a mere nominal rate which will add
$2.50 per ton to the profit of the min
ing company. At present the ore is
shipped to Tacoma.
PRINTERS LOSE
BUTTE STRIKE
Give Up Fight Which Suspended
Daily Papers and They
Will Issue Again.
—
By Cabl* to Tb* Dally Oataway.
Butte, Mont., 21—The Butte printers
and pressmen lost their strike for high
er wages here upon the daily papers,
which compelled all the dailies to sus
pend publication, and the papers will
begin to issue again the tirst of next
week. The strikers go back to work.
The strike was declared February 15
and the newspapers immediately an
nounced suspension, believing it use
less to attempt to Dublish under the
circumstances. The proprietors an
nounced then that they would not
make the concessions asked if they
never issued a daily again.
COURT ADMITS
GIRL'S AFFIDAVIT
State Gets in Evelyn’s Alleged
Sworn Statement Charging
Thaw With Cruelty.
mr 0*tU to Tk* DiUf BtWmy,
New York, March 18—Justice Fitz
gerald this afternoon admitted the
much-heralded afflda wit which Lawyer
Abe Hummel claims Evelyn Thaw
made in bis office several years ago,
charging Hrrry Thaw with the most
fiendish cruelties against her. It ac
cuses Thaw of beating the girl hor
ribly to compel her to make the
charges against Stanford White, and
tells of his repeatedly tearing part of
her clothing from her in his assaults.
Jerome read the affidavit and then
dramatically exclaimed, "The state
rests", ending its rebuttal.
Del mas immediately undertook to
prove that Hummel had manufactured
the affidavit in White’s interest, show
ing that Hummel has been indicted and
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In 1847 a law was passed In New
Hampshire making tea hours a legal
day's work.
SHIP COMPANIES
GET TOGETHER
Northwestern and Alaska An
nounce Merger of Transpor
tation Business.
NO STATEMENT OF DETAILS
Only Known Thrt Steamer Corpora
tions Have United Their Inter
ests in Northern Traffic.
By Cable to Tbe Dally Gateway.
Seattle, March 11—The Northwest
ern Steamship Company and the
Alaska Steamship Company announced
today that they have merged their
Alaska transportation business.
The Alaska Steamship Company at
present operates steamers from Seattle
to Skagway and way ports on the in
side passage. It has the Jefferson,
Dolphin, Kara 11 on and Dirigo.
The foregoing dispatch fails to state
whether the companies have consoli
dated or merely entered into a “gen
tlemen's agreement" to control busi
ness and keep up rates.
The Northwestern, as everybody in
Alaska knows, operates steamers from
Seattle to Southern Alaska by the out
side passage. At present it has on the
run tbe Santa Clara, Saratoga and
Northwestern, making four sailings a
month from each end.
NICARAGUA WINS
BLOODY BATTLE
i
Defeats Honduras and Salvador
in Three-day Fight in Which
Thousands Are Killed.
ay Cable to The Dally Gateway.
City of Mexico, March 22—The Nic
araguans won a desperate three-days
battle at Namasigue from the armies
of Honduras and San Salvador. The
bodies of thousands of dead are lying
on the blood-soaked field and little ef
fort has been made to bury them.
Many prisoners were taken.
American Cruiser Guards Coast
Washington, D. C., March 23—The
American cruiser Chicago is on the
Pacific side of the warring republics in
Central America waiting to land
marines whenever it may appear to be
necessary to do so to protect the lives
and property of citizens of the United
States. Conditions in those countries
now are bordering upon anarchy and
revolution is liable to break out in any
or all of them any day.
EXPLORERS AT
POINT BARROW
First News of Anglo-American
Polar Party Since It Left
Wire Stations.
97 Cable *e The Dally Oataway.
Seattle, March 20 — The Anglo
American polar expedition has reached
Point Barrow and all of the party are
well. This is the first news received
from the explorers since they passed
beyond telegraph stations.
Getting Post Office at Gird wood
E. W. Young has executed his bond
as postmaster at Gird wood, having ie
ceived the papers after many days. As
soon as the bond reaches Washington
his commission will be forwarded and
when he receives it he will start of
ficial business. A letter from the de
partment states that mail will be car
ried to Gird wood from Sunrise, but
Mr. Young will try to have that chang
ed soon as possible and have the mail
sent over the trail from the end of the
railroad. ___
The panhandle of Alaska includes
1,000 miles of inland sea protected bj
a range of islands.
STARTS FIGHT
ON GLASSFORD
Scripps News Association Accuses
Chief Signal Officer of
Discrimination.
SERVICE TO ALASKA INVOLVED
Charges Sent to Department That
Favoritism Is Shown to Rival
of Complainant.
By Cabla to Tbo Dally Gateway.
Seattle, March 19—'The Scripps News
Association today sent charges to the
war department at Washington against
Lieut.-Col. Glassford, the chief signal
officer here, accusing him of irregu
larities and favoritism in the Alaska
cable and telegraph service, in con
nection with the news service to
Alaska.
It is claimed by the Scripps associa
ciation that Glassford discriminates
against the service it has undertaken
to supply to several of the afternoon
papers of Alaska. This began March
1. Prior to that for a >ear and a half
the news service to all the Alaska
papers had been sent out by It. H.
McCormack. It is claimed by the
Scripps association that Glassford
favors McCormack.
MURDER ENDS
FEUD OF YEARS
Jack Hines Shoots and Kills
Count Constantine de Pod
horski at Goldfield.
By Cable to Tbe Dally Gateway.
Goldfield, Nev., March 23—Ending a
feud which began in Nome, Alaska,
five years ago, Jack Hines shot and
killed Count Constantine de Podhor
ski here last night, upon the pretext
that the victim had seduced the wife of
Hines. Hines surrendered and is held
in jail on the charge of murder.
Both men were well known in Nome.
Podhorski had been in charge of the
Siberian mining projects of the North
east Siberian Company for several
years but usually spent his winters
outside. He was of a noble Polish
family. Hines was at one time em
ployed by the Northwestern company
at Nome. The count had a wide ac
quaintance in Seattle and was there
several weeks last summer.
Hines claims that the count and
Mrs. Hines had clandestine meetings
in Seattle. The two men had quarrel
ed in Nome over the count’s alleged
attentions to the woman.
WILL TAKE RAILROADS
FROM STATE CONTROL
Washington, D. C., March 19—Presi
dent Roosevelt today stated that a
great change is coming over American
politics and that the people will soon
insist upon taking all railroad control
from the states and placing it under
federal power.
Santa Clara Salta from Valdez
Steamer Santa Clara sailed from
Valdez for Seward last midnight. She
was to go first to Latouche to aid the
Northwestern if the latter had not al
ready succeeded in getting on the
beach. If the Santa Clara is not de
layed long at Latouche she should
reach Seward before morning, but if
the task of getting the Northwestern
off the reef is a slow one the Santa
Clara may not come in for two or three
days. _
Portland Sails Westward
Steamer Portland came in Saturday
evening at 6 o’clock and sailed for Sel
dovia and Kodiak an hour later. She
brought little cargo and a few passen
gers. The Seward members of the
grand jury came home from Valdez on
the Portland. The steamer returned
Wednesday morning and sailed an
hour later for Seattle.
Ohio reports possession of a boy 15
years old who weighs 488 pounds.
An English astronomer thinks he
has counted 64,284,757 stars.
MORE GRAFT IN
SAN FRANCISCO
Grand Jury Unearths Evidence
of $1,000,000 Franchise
Briberies.
CHARGES BETRAYAL OF WIFE
Men Were Enemies at Nome, Wbert
Victim Was Manager of North
east Siberian Company.
By CabU to Tb« Dally Gateway.
San Francisco, Mar. 19 1 p. m.,-Th#
graft revelations brought forth by the
grand jury have thrown the whole
city into intense excitement today.
The grand jury was in session until 1
o’clock this morning and it is not yet
fully known what indictments it re
turned. Secret service men are shad
owing the men who have been indicted
and it is understood that tiie complete
list will be given out late this after
noon. It is claimed that fifteen super
visors confessed to franchise briberies
amounting to $1,000,000.
Abe Kuef this afternoon is kept io
confinement in his hotel under guard.
All his friends are kept away from
him and he paces the lloor alone.
Mayor Schmitz appeared in court this
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COAST FLOODS
RISING HIGHER
Sacramento Valley Again Inun
dated and Other Districts
Under Water.
By Cable to Tb« Dally Gateway.
San Francisco, March 22—The entire
Sacramento valley is again inundated
and the flood situation seems more al
arming than ever. Thousands of acre*
are under water and people are driven
from houses in all the lowlands in
town and country.
In the rivers south of San Francisco
the waters are rising and much of the
country is flooded. At San Jose debrii
piled up against a bridge until it form
ed a dam and the bridge had to be
blown up to save the city from flood
ing. The Southern Pacific railroad i*
in a complete state of blockade and
San Francisco is cut off from all train
service. _
Freshet Fill* River Valley*
Sacramento, March 20—Last night
was one of horror in the valleys of
the Sacramento and San Joaquin
rivers. Thousands of people war*
driven from their homes and much
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STORMS OVER
ENTIRE WEST
Bad Weather Conditions Prevail
From Middle States to
Pacific Coast.
Mr Cable to Tbe Oallr •atewny.
Seattle, March 21—Storms prevail
over a wide area in the Middle West
and along tbe Pacific coast today,
prostrating telegraph wires in many
places. Seattle Is practically cat off
from both Chicago and San Francisco
today.
A great windstorm swept over .the
whole northwest last night. Warmer
weather and heavy rains have precipi
tated floods in Southern California
and in many parts of the mountain
states.
The floods in the Sacramento and
San Joaquin valleys have nearly sub
sided, but heavy rains in the region
excite fears of another inundation.
The damage already amounts to
millions. _
At Dresden, Germany, a public bath
ing house for dogs has been opened.
Iceland is now connected with Den
mark by cable.