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SATURDAY. AUGUST 11.
WORK WILL BE PUSHED.
Railroad work on the Alaska Cen
tral will !*e pu>he* with great vigor,
according to the announced policy *>t
the contracting firm that has t
over construction of the line from the
present end of the track northwardly
to tin* coal holds. This is a veritable
knock-out blow to the pessimists and
skeptics who are steeped in unbelief
and for months past have been waver
ing in doubt and uncertainty.
The Alaska t entral railroad will be
built to its objective inland terminus
with allthe expedition that men and
means, directed by good judgment, can
accomplish the work. This is a legiti
mate enterprise. !t i> a business
proposition pure and simple. Its con
struction opens up a country known to
be rich in minerals and metals of com
mercial value and its agricultural pos
sibilities are not to be slighted. The
section through which thi> railroad
will traverse is the very heart of tins
great country of Alaska, thus making
tlie whole interior more or less tribu
tary to it.
For countless ages vast coal fields
have lain dormant: immense copper
■deposits have been undisturbed: ledges
of silver and veins of gold are unex
ploited. All because of the want of
■transportation facilities. The con
struction of the Alaska t ’entral rail
road wii! bring many of these resources
into active being. >•> to sprak. They
will he made to serve tie* purpose for
which they were formed, by being
thrown into channels of trade and
commerce for the lieoetit of mankind, i
leather than lie inactive, and unused.
Doubters may remain in doubt, un
believers retain their disbeliet and
pessimists he pessimistic still, but the
Alaska Centra! railroad will move
steadily on to speedy eomoletion, and
beeome the most potent factor in the
development of the latent resources of
Alaska. It will be a source of
legitimate profit to its operators and
stand as a lasting monument to the
wise forethought and rare judgment of
!hose res[>onsible for its inc* prion.
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looks better IN RUSSIA
Russia appears to have excellent
prospects just now. The situation has
improved greatly since the czar and
the reactionary cabal decided to throw
off false pretenses and diss. mbling a.at
reach firmly for the absolute p«>wr
which has been slipping fro* tin r
grasp. Hopeful signs of the r* _vn- ra
tion of Russia are disci* see in the i *
peated efforts at armed rebet!'on
against autocracy.
Sine** national five.!* T ; ■ ’
achieved without bmodsiied the s .^1
ding of blood in Russia is an edifying
spectacle to the world of republics.
The friends of liberty look on n ar
dent ex fiect at ion that the flow *>f blood
will increase until monarchy and me*
cliaevalism are d**a*t in Russia ami that
most of the blond w li :!ow from the
arteries of Slavic nobility and its para
sites. It is time fortii work; :■* brusit
off the remnant of noble, royal un*l im
periul nuisances.
The husband who precipitately fled
when his wife appeared on the >eene
and began to horsewhip the woman
with whom he was walking, may not
be noted for bravery, but he certainly
displayed rare judgment in a trying
emergency.
The jK>lice judge of Seattle has
decreed that policemen must not testify
in the argot which they employ for
daily conversation. He might as well
iisk them to talk with a gag in their
mouths as to forbid the use of ^porting
slang.
The dispatch which says a mining
magnate will devote $oOO,000 a year
to the cause of prohibition does not
state whether he will apply the money
to the purchase of white ribbons or
hero medals for tetotaler>.
The money sharks of Europe are en
deavoring to pick tiie winner in the
impending revolution in Russia. It is
» cold-blooded business proposition
with them. Sentiment is a thing for
eign to their natures.
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The man who fasted 4* days for the
benefit cf his health has gone where
canned goods cease from troubling and
*.he dyspeptic is at rest.
It is to be hoped that the Cossacks
who were given a grape-shot reception
by mutineers will all die of appendi-1
citis. ___
Seattle has decided for advertisingj
purposes to raise the population from
ItiO.OOO to 180,000.
ANNOUNCEMENT
Of RESIGNATION
Mr. Poland M ill Leave Railroad
as Soon as Ouier Arrange
ments can He Made.
It s c *' o. i y announced that \V. I>.
I'tila: d iv' ..ceil us general manager
and chief nicer of the Alaska ( en
: ra i i l;iIIv ami of the Tannna Kail
, way t'onMi .n ion fore any on July >,
psw;, with toe u:'.d' f>taudiny that he
would ream \>i«h ilie company until
satisfactory n>nan,i;ement> could he
made for carry injl on the work.
Mr. 1 Miami's >uece-sor has not yet
lv-on appointed. !’ i> understood that
no other changes are contemplated
umeuix theoflic dsof tii" railway com
pany .
LETTING IN THE LIGHT
It affords sat isfaction to men of all
part ics who try to keep moss off their
hacks that the present year seems to
he a hail one for political fossils. The
South is disposing of some of its Ter
tiary relics and prospects are good for
a similar consummation in the north. A
big ’ ght is on to heat several corpora
tion agents now in the senate. Among
them is Dryden of New Jersey, who
was elected by the corporations, as
every senator from New Jersey of
j either party has been for a third of a
century. Dryden represents nothing
else and there is a chance that tiie
people of New Jersey may displace
him with a senator of their own.
The victory of C»ov. Cummins is a
triumph of that faction of the Republi
can party which docs not believe in
Rourbon Republicanism any more than
; Bourbon Democracy, and who are’
1 tim! of having the tariff plank of the j
party platform dictated by a small j
minority which has been protection-!
mail for two decades.
Speaking of Alaska the intelligent (
Hoston Ciolie has to say: ’’The prob
lem of transportation to this wonderful
country has been solved by the North- j
ern Pacific railway and the whole ter
ritory is being opened to settlers and i
travelers.”
it now develops that Russell Sage
was only worth $HO.OOO.OOO at the time
o’ his demise. In these good old days
of billionaires he would only be con
sidered fairly well-to-do.
Th. uxni' of u.U IUmIm »» tnnk
i g warfare on women and children. |
Tiiis is about the limit of this brave
warrior’s capability.
s. it tie complains of a water famine
. • me complaints against Seattle
whisky c mcern the quality only, not I
the quantity
Those nervy Aleut guards who cap- j
luted the Jap poachers would make
... • -e* \i auxiliary to Cncle Sum’s
naval power.
Ail the cho: .s girl actorines in New
York are trying to get some advert its* j
in iiit of the Whitt-Thaw-Nesbit j
_
The iv W'i i!>' r correspondents liave !
1* • ’1) ■ •• ;ui miP'i' Bering sea
again.
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Is an Old Sunriser
< Eh. Revelle. the well-known J
hunter arid guide, who has been in'
tli ■>** part' >inc*‘ the beginning of
time, tells the Gateway that Frank H. j
Wa'Key <>: Nome. Democracic candi
; dat• f tp delegate to congress from
Alaska, formerly prospected and mined .
in the Sunrise country. He came
there in ISOS and remained >everal!
j year'. He wa> extremely popular and
will t>e remembered on election day by I
! hi' old friends.
Governor Hoggatt of Alaska was
formerly an officer in the I’nited States
! army, and served with distinction in |
1 the Spanish*American war.
! Ex-Governor Brady of Alaska lias
taken up his residence in Boston. !
i Mass. He is now treasurer of the
Reynolds-Alaska Company.
WEEKLY WEATHER RECORD
Weathei recortl for the week ending
I August 10:
Temperature.
Max. Min.
j Saturday 54 52 Rain
Sunday 52 51 Rain
j Monday 54 4"i Cloudy
j Tuesday HO 50 Cloudy
| Wednesday H5 50 Clear
! Thursday HO 47 Cloudy
Friday 58 50 Rain
SEWARD STEAMERS
Santa Clara: sailed from Seattle 8th.
Portland: arrived in Seattle 5rd.
Oregon; sailed for Seattle 5th
Excelsior: sailed for Seattle 10th.
Dora; sailed westward 10th.
Bertha: sailed for Seattle 11th.
Toledo: sailed for Cook inlet 4th.
ROALHOAO MAKES
GOOD PROGRESS
(Continued from page 1)
A. Moran. Walter Jones, resident
engineer, figures the completion of the
1 last by the middle of < >ctober, at least
j half a month before the track can
' reach it. The last tunnel. No. 7, is to
j be about 70,» feet long. Saturday night
j it was in feet. Boring is progrcss
j itig at the north end with a rate of
j nearly 200 fret a month. Nos. 1 and 0
are shorter and will be finished before
| No. 7.
The work on miles |0-'>0-*>l has been
shorten'd and cheapened greatly by
slight deviations from the original lo
cation.which reduce-, the quantity of
rock and grav. 1 to be removed by
about 10,000 cubic yards, which would
cost an average of *1.‘>0 per yard, a
saving of $24,000, besides considerable
time. These changes have been
worked out by the resident engineer,
, Fred G. L. Hunt, and Const ruction Fn
gincer Cameron. Changes from origi
nal locations are always made during
i the progress of construction as the
work opens up the line.
RICH SPECIMEN
j QUARTZ FOUND
Was Among Stones Placed in a
Stove to Protect Bottom
From Intense Heat.
Railroad employes of the Alaska
Central at camp 4H made a startling
discovery while clearing the ashes
from a stove a few days since. Some
stones and gravel had been put in the
stove to protect the bottom from the
intense heat, and when the debris was
emptied a peculiar rock was observed.
A closer inspection revealed that the
supposed rock was quartz, the surface
of which wa> literally studded with
gold. The quartz was burned so badly
that its original color could not be de
termined. but it was evidently a white
quartz similar to that of Falls creek,
carrying gold in the form of sylvanite.
When ore of this character comes in
contact for a given time with intense
heat, the component parts other than
gold evaporate, the yellow metal alone
remaining.
The specimen was of exceptional
riehnes. It probably weighed a pound,
and when mortared up gave forth
about $4 in dust. Intense excitement
pravitiltxl uttLo «i»l iw»>-ly ~.U
the employes spent their leisure time
in looking for the ledge from whence
it came, ft was probably a piece of
float that had wandered far from its
home in the hi Is.
It is. however, another evidence of
the fact already known to students
of geology and fast becoming apparent
to the prospector, that the Kenai pe
ninsula possesses within its coniines,
quartz veins, ledges and deposits of
great value and extent. In the creeks
and gulches near Falls creek float
quartz specimens in which gold is
plainly discernable have frequently
been found. It now remains for the
prospector to follow this float to its
original source.
HUNDREDS LOST
WITH STEAMER
By Cable to The Daily Gateway.
Manila. I’. (. Aug. t> The Italian
-teamship Sirio sank oil the east coast
of the Philippine islands, and three
hundred passengers and members of
the crew were drowned, the balance
being saved by taking to the ship's
boat>.
A frightful scrimmage occurred for
I the possession of seats. While the offi
cers and crew were loading the women
and children, giving them preference,
they were attacked by steerage pas
sengers who slashed right and left
with knives in their frenzy to obtain a
place, and man,\ women and children
were killed and wounded. Fishermen
engaged near the wreck rescued many
of the women.
Frugal Life in the Future
The engagement of Barbara Krupp,
youngest daughter of the late owner
of the great iron works, Frederick Al
fred Krupp, to Baron von Wilmowski,
son of the governor of Prussian Saxony,
has been announced at Essen, Prussia.
Barbara Krupp is j)oor-compara
tivel speaking.
She is worth only about $12,500,000.
Besides the enormous wealth of the
oldest sister, the richest girl in the
world, Bertha, whose engagement was
recently announced to Gustav von
Bohlen and Halbeck. this bagatelle
makes one wonder how she can possi
bly manage to eke out an existence
on it._
The steamer Nunivak on July 30
was at Point Muller awaiting afovora
ble opportunity to cross Bristol bay.
She is a stern wheel craft and has a
large party of prospectors bound for
the Kuskokwira.
DISCOVERY OF |
GOLD IN ALASKA
Original f ind Was Made by Rus
sians on the Anauk River in
the Year of 1832.
Since the mutter of a branch line of
the Alaska Central running up the
Yentna valley, over Kwim pass and
through the Kuskokwiin country and
on to the Seward peninsula, i> being
| suggested, it will be interesting to
I note, as showing the mineral resources
i of this proposed route, that the tirst
1 discovery of gold in Alaska was made i
during the Russian occupation, on the
Anauk river, a tributary of the Kusko
kwim, near where- the road would
pass.
The Anauk river was discovered by a
Russian trader, Simensen Lukeen, in
1832, at which time he built a fort,
called Lukeen’s fort, on the Kusko
kwim, 25 miles above the mouth of the
Anauk. It was partially destroyed by
natives in 1841, and rebuilt by Kalina
J kofi, a Russian trader, and afterwards
| called Kalmakoff redoubt.
In 1832 the headquarters of the Rus
sian American Fur Company were at
Sitka, and supplies were transported
from there to Lukeen’s fort by way of
Nushagak river, Tic-chic river and
lake down the Anauk to the Kusko
kwim, and thence by steam 25 miles to
the fort.
In 1837 the yearly supplies were sent
in by the way of the mouth of the Ivus
kokwim river and the old way aban
doned as a summer route and used
only for the purpose of sending out the
mail during the winter by dog team.
It was the only winter route the
Russians ever used from any point on
the Yukon to the outside (Sitka), and
was only abandoned for the purpose
after they left the country.
It was while on one of these trips, in
1832, that the Russians discovered gold
on the Anauk, and it is known today
as the Yellow river of tho Russians.
It is not known whether they ever at
tempted mining on a large scale, or
whether they found gold in paying
quantities, but it is the first time on
record of gold being found in this
country. _
SILVER WANTED
BY GOVERNMENT
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By Cable to The Dolly Gateway.
Washington, 1). G\, Aug. 10- For the
first time in thirteen years the govern
ment announces its intention to pur
chase silver for the purpose of coin
age. Rids on bullion will be opened
August 15 and every Wednesday
thereafter until further notice. It is
estimated that it will require one hun
dred thousand ounces of silver each
week, hut purchases will he dis
tributed throughout the year sous not
to effect tiie market.
The demand for more silver coin is
said to be due to the increase in popu-1
lation.
FOUR MEN DROWNED
Report to That Effect Comes from
Front Last Night
A report came in from the front Mon
day that Mike Bigelow, Mike Knud
son. and two men whose names were
not obtainable, were drowned in Turn
again Arm the latter part of last
month. They were going from Sunrise |
to Knik in an open boat, and an Indian !
reported that they were seen stuck on
! a mudfiat where the receding tide bad |
left them. When the tide came in
they were caught in the bore, their
boat capsized, and all were drowned.
So far the report has not been con
firmed through any other source. Both
Bigelow and Knudson were well
known in Seward.
A Dead One
Breaths there a man with soul so dead,
Who never to himself has said.
“My trade of late is getting bad,
I’ll try another ten-inch ad.”
If such there be, go mark him well;
For him no bank account shall swell,
No angel watch the golden stair
To welcome home a millionaire.
The man who never asks for trade
By local line or ad displayed,
Cares more for rest than worldly gain
And patronage but gives him pain.
Tread lightly, friends, let no rude sound
Disturb his solitude profound;
Here let him live in calm repose
Unsought except by those he owes.
And when he dies, go plant him deep,
That naught’ll break his dreamless
sleep;
Where no rude clamor may dispell
The quiet that he loved so well.
And that the world may know its loss,
Place on his grave a wreath of moss;
And on a stone above “Here lies
i A chump who wouldn’t advertise.”
—M. L. Carey.
The first woolen cloth made in Eng
land was manufactured about 1330,
though it was not dyed and dressed by
the English until 1667.
JUST I
ARRIVED
THE
LARGEST STOCK Of
HATS AND SHOES
THAT EVER LANDED IN SEWARD
HATS of the very latest styles
and shades. SHOES, the kor
rect shape, at
CLAYSON clJEe.
The very best brands kept in moist
glass cases -Always fresh and in
good condition See our window.
A.B.DRUGC*
-—SEWARD, ALASKA.
Pacific
Coast
Trading
Company
WHOLESALE JOBBERS and
COMMISSION MERCHANTS
Parties desiring large out
fits should call and get job
bing prices from T. 1). Cor
lew. the manager
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LAY ASIDE THE LITTLE SUMS
you spend for things not needed.
Dimes make dollars and a hard earned
dollar, if saved, will work harder than
he who earned it.
* BANK OF SEWARD.
COOK INLET & SUSITNA ROUTE
Steamer Neptune connects at Seldo- j
via with all steamships for points on
Cook Inlet. Transfers to steamer Cas
well at Tyoonok for Susitna and Yent
na river points, carrying passengers
and freight.
For rates and further information
apply on board steamers or to
E. A. SWIFT,
* Tyoonok. Alaska.
Seattle Headquarters
All Alaskans going to Seattle on
business or for other purposes art!
cordially invited to have their mail
addressed to themselves in care of the
Industrial Bureau of the Alaska Cen
tral Railway Company, Lumber Ex
change Building, Seattle, Wash., and
to make the Bureau their headquarters
while in that city.
* Alaska Central Railway Co.
About 70 A. D. the first glass bottle
was made by the Romans, although
the manufacture was not taken up in
England until 1558.
The first coins were struck in brass
about 1184 B. C., and in gold and sil
ver by Pheidon, Tyrant, of Argos,
about 862 B. C.
DR. C. T. DAGGETT
DENTIST
Rooms 2. 3 and 4
A. B. DRUG BUILDING
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DR n I , WAIF
DENTIST
Over Brown & Hawkins’ store
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C. H. GIBBONS, M. D.
Physician and Surgeon
Office and residence: Carsten's building
Office hours:;} to 4 t>. m. and when not other
wise engaged.
CECIL H. CLEGG
t
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Fourth Avenue. - Seward, Aka.
L. V. RAY
ATTORNEY AT-LAW
;Shav!. '’>Y. Washington St.
SAMUEL M. GRAFF
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Next to Bank of Seward
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E. R. GRAY
NOTARY PUBLIC
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W. J. STONE
Architect
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FRANK H. LASCY
U. S. MINERAL and LAND
I Surveyor for the District of Alaska,
and NOTARY PUBLIC
Addres Seldovia, Cook Inlet, Alaska,
or care Mail Acrent, Steamer Dora
H. H. HILDRETH
NOTARY PUBLIC
*nd CONVEYANCER
Abstracts of Title to mining and town
property furnished—Examination and
reports made on any property.
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