SEWARD j
IS THE
GATEWAY
TO THE BEST PORTION OF
CENTRAL ALASKA
Through this 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
t«s 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
Kuskokwim. each a region of imperial extent and
resources.
Seward Already
c ontrols the trade of the Yentna gold mining dis
trict. which old Alaska miners pronounce one
of tin* coming bonanza camps of the territory.
It controls the trade of the numerous mining
camps along Cook inlet and its arms. From it
start tin* prospectors who are constantly pene
trating and exploring the interior between ( ook
inlet and the Tanana in the search for rich depos
its of the metals which abound in all its hills and
streams.
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 back door. 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
which will he erected at Seward to reduce the
copper ores of that bonanza field. Prince W illiam
sound, whose richest deposits are within a few
hours sailing. I
r The Longest Railroad |
in operation in Alaska has Seward for its ocean 1
terminus and its track lengthens each month. |
On the finest townsite in Alaska, at tin* head of I
the best harbor on the Alaska coast, ice-free every 1
day in every year, Seward is building. The town I
has water works, electric lighting, sewerage: and I
its development is based upon exhaustless re- 1
sources.
t JiTrn I AWYitf
HUilu Lmt ii.il|
Ex Senator Arthur Brown of Utah
Ea tally Wounded by Dis
carded Paramour.
By Cabl*» to The Dally Gateway.
Washington, I). C., Dec. 10 Kx
Senator Arthur Brown of Utah was
shot here Saturday evening by Mrs.
Annie Bradley of Salt Lake City, and
is dying. The woman says she lias no
regrets. Brown refused to marry her
although he was the father of her two
youngest children.
The relations of Senator Brown and
Mrs. Bradley were a Salt Lake City
scandal a few years ago. Brown be
came infatuated with the woman, who
was a widow with children, and be
cause of their relations Mrs. Brown
obtained a divorce. Brown then re
fused to marry Mrs. Bradley. Both he
ami the woman were prosecuted for
unlawful cohabitation and the woman
pleaded guilty, as she said, in order to
convict Brown, but be succeeded in
baffling the prosecution. The woman
had been dogging his footsteps ever
since.
Arthur Brown is one of the ablest
lawyers in the west and has lived in
Utah almost thirty years. He was a
native of Michigan and deserted a wife
and children there to run away with
the woman who divorced him twenty
years later because of his amour with
Mrs. Bradley. He was one of the first
senators from Utah, elected in 189G but
drew the short term and when Utah
j went democratic in the silver craze of
that year he lost his seat in 1897.
Ex-Senator Brown Still Lives
Washington, D. C’ , Dec. ll--Hx
Senator Brown’s life hangs by a
thread. Many Salt Lake friends of
Mrs. Bradley have wired to her offer
ing financial assistance, among them
Hx-Chief Justice George W. Bartch
and Ex-Attorney-General John Bag
ley. _
Ex-Senator Brown Dead
Washington, D. (’., Dec. Id -Ex
Senator Arthur Brown of Utah died at
' midnight, of the wound inflicted by
Mrs. Annie Bradley, who shot him be
cause fie refused to marry her. He
declined to make any statement.
Counsel and money have been offered
freely here and at Salt Lake for the
woman's defense. She is in jail and
physically prostrated.
Mrs. Bradley Held for Murder
Washington, D. C., Dec. 14- Mrs.
Bradley was held by the coroner for
flu- murder of Ex-Senator Brown. The
woman collapsed.
NIJ BOAT SAILS
| UNTIL THE 15TH
Portland Booked for that Date
and Pennsylvania 20th With
None Between.
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By Cable to Tbe Duly Gateway.
Seattle, Dec. 12—Steamers will sail
for Seward the remainder of this
month as follows: Portland, 15th;
Pennsylvania. 20th: Bertha. 25th;
Saratoga, 29th.
The Northwestern Steamship Com
pany expects to be able to maintain its j
i regular schedule after January 1.
CANT GET COAL !
FOR TREADWELL
Superintendent Kenzie Will Try to
Arrange for Fuel Supply
from Australia.
tJv Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Seattle. Dec. 1J — Superintendent j
Kenzie of the Treadwell mine at j
i Juneau is totally unable to find coal for |
the use of the mine this winter any
where in the United States, and will go
1 to Australia to arrange for a perma
nent supply. Until this can be done
the mine will be closed down indefi
nitely. throwing more than 1000 men ;
out of employment.
The coal output of the North Pacific I
coast at the present time is scarcely
sufficient for the demands of immediate
localities. This is true both of the
state of Washington and British t'o
; lumbia. Prices have gone up without
any enlargement of the output and
| there seems no possibility of increas
ing the production within a short
time.__
C. T. Daggett, Dentist.
A. B. Drug building.
E. T. BECKWITH |
Jumps Overboard in Mid-ocean
from Steamer Northwest
ern and Is Lost.
By Cablo to TUo Dally Gateway.
Seattle, Dec. 10 K T. Beckwith of
Seward jumped overboard from the
steamer Northwestern in raid-ocean
last Thursday and was lost. He
rushed suddenly from his stateroom
and jumped over the rail into the
water before anyone suspected liis in
tention. The steami r was stopped hut
no trace of the missing man could be
found.
Beckwith was accompanied on the
trip down by Bernice Marked, who
says she was married to him a month
ago. It is said by Seward men who
also came on the Northwestern that
Beckwith and the woman had been
living together for a long time in that
town.
On the trip Beckwith became very
jealous of attentions shown the woman
by M. B. Morrisey of Seward, an em
ploye of the Alaska Central. This is
admitted by the woman, who refuses
to say very much about the matter.
Beckwith had been drinking hard for
some time.
The Northwestern arrived here Sat
urday evening.
“Kddie” Beckwith had lived in Sew*!
ard since the spring of 1904 and had j
worked as a dealer in nearly every i
gambling house in town. Me was a j
gentlemanly litttlo fellow and was well j,
liked. Before becoming a gambler he
was a purser on Alaska steamers and
at one time was steward of the karal
lon. Me was well-educated and it is
said that he was a graduate, or at least
an ex-student, of Yale university.
Beckwith had been living with Ber
nice Markell for a long time. Last
summer they went to Valdez and re
turned here when gambling closed
down. It is said that Bernice became
enamored of a gambler there. Soon
after her return to Seward she went
back to Valdez and Beckwith followed
a few days afterward on the Portland,
leaving here Thanksgiving Day. It
was not known here that he and the
woman were on the Northwestern un
til the news came of his suicide.
BARKS WRECKED
OFF CAPE BEAL
Colima and Seawich Founder in
Storm and Only Two of
Former’s Crew Saved.
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Vancouver, B. C., Dec. 10—Bark
Colima was wrecked in a storm off
Cape Beal last Friday and only two of
her crew were saved. They were rescued
by the British steamer Quadra, which
was notified by Mrs. Patterson, wife of
the lighthouse keeper, who traveled
over the rocks of the coast five miles
in a terrifiic storm in search of help.
Bark Seawich was wrecked in the
same storm 200 miles off the coast, but
the crew were rescued by the
schooner Forrest, which arrived in
Port Townsend today. The Colima is
a derelict on the high seas, a menace
to navigation.
TEST CASE ON
JAPANESE ISSUE
Government to Bring Action to
Place Boy in San Fran
cisco Schools.
By Cable to The Dally Gateway
San Francisco. Dec. 14 Government;
officials here have selected a 10-vear old
Japanese boy to make the subject of a
test case in the courts to determine the
issue whether the municipal author
ties of San Francisco can bar a Japan
ese from the public schools. They are
awaiting instructions from Washington
before filing the case.
The government contention will be
that under the treaty with Japan sub
jects of that power living in this coun
try are entitled to equal educational
privilegs with citizens. The local
school officials claim that school
privileges are under control of the
state exclusively and cannot consti
tutionally be controlled by provisions
of a treaty with a foreign power.
It is reported that the Great North
ern contemplates boring a lower tun
nel through the Cascades from Chi
waukum to Madison, which will be
sixteen miles long.
!Of Seward, Greeting:
I have made tin* store of I frown & Hawkins my
Seward headquarters for this Christmas, and there you will J
find all the latest product ions of Toyland.
Then* is no kindergarten in Seward and I am curiom ■.
I to know if tin- little folks know anything about reading and
writing. To satisfy mv curiosity, I want every l»oy and £
girl under ten years of age, to write a h*tt<*-* and mail it to
“Santa Claus, care Ifrown & Hawkins,” and I will give to £
each writer a Christmas Present, which must he called for
at my headquarters on Christmas morning. The child
that writes the neatest letter may get the best present, so
do your best, children. Sign your name in full, and be
sure to give your age. for this offer is only to the little
folks, under ten years old. >
SANTA CLAUS |
Headquarters: BROWN & HAWKINS Seward, Alaska
HOTEL McNEILEY
Completely Renovated. New Management. Hot
and Cold Water. Modern, Plastered Rooms.
Electric Lighted. Baths. Reasonable Rates.
HAWKINS A WHITTEMORE, Puoiuti ktor.s
Fourth Avenue. .... Seward, Alaska
Send to Us for
DRUGS
We Treat You Right
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SEWARD, ALASKA
CHAS. A. TECKLENBURG
THE SEATTLE BAR
-ONLY THE BEST
Wines, Liquors and Cigars
Bohemian and Olympia Beer
FURNISHED ROOMS WITH STEAM HEAT
Fourth Avc. and Washington St. Seward. Alaska.
NORTHERN SALOON
E. L. WHITTEMORE. Proprietor
WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS >
FOURTH AVE. SEWARD, ALASKA
HE COMMERCE
FOURTH AVENUE
A Gentleman’s Resort and Club Rooms.
FURNISHED ROOMS
First Class Cafe in Connection
PETERSON & BROWN, Proprietors
TINNING PLUMBING
HARDWARE
Guns, Ammunition, Mechanics' Tools, Cutlery.
Miner’s Conveying Hose and Tents
STOVES AND RANGES
GRANITE AND TINWARE
J| « ppi Fourth Ave., Seward, Alaska
• ■■■• Prompt attention given mail orders
THE BANK THEATRE
Del Clark, Proprietor
Entertainments Every Evening
Best of Wines, Liquors and Cigars at the Bar
THE SEWARD LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY
(Incorporated November, 1905, under the laws of Alaska)
Office—on Fourth avenue, near Adams, Seward, Alaska
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