V(), j SEW AIM), ALASKA, Till'KSDAV EVENING, NOV l-LM I5EH J>, MH>~> . SL>
fakes Steps to Compel a Recount
anil Will be Backed b> the
Republican Candidate.
Dy Cr.bn to *hc Gateway
Nr .v York, Nov. » Meridian "*;is
elected mayor on the face of the ce
llars by the smallest margin ever
h ih n to a smve>stul candinlute in tins
eit \. t hr oflieuil li.u'ti res .ti t* not \ 11
eomplet r.
William R. I Font s! latr yoierday
mt rr an order fro .lustier Ha*nor
ot il*r supreme court to romprl thy
p !:r’ to surrender ail ballot boxes tor
♦ hr purpose oi a recount. • ho ballot
a \,■ > • i »■ h ‘ ho custody of tin* police,
t » :h* urned in to the* eit\ comptroller
v. ith their contents.
!’r!sf charges fraud against 1.00 ‘
,.h * ion hi^ot y to ^ of the city. i b*
oj ■> v. : hit he has nrooi that Hd.OtM
v* •** »’s who ini railed to vote for him
w * •«» ti. ' polls and humd that ballots
|rui hern east in their names by other
*v r. ur.il nibtedix Tammany repeaters,
inn laine that in spite of ibis in* ro
*i ved a pi uni! it \ of vote*. cast, hut
t bait be w :• s count CO out.
\\ ilUam M. Ivins, the defeated Re
paid icr.n nominee. " 1* it>s '*
in the o ya! tiabt. lie makes -iniuur .
charm - of fraud against tin* Tammanv
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LOWELL CHEEK GETS BUSY
Rains Swell the Stream Until it
Breaks Over its batiks
S wanl was treated to something
kke a sprinif tlo »e 1 sM nia’ht and this
mort in/, r. lu*n Lowell creek broke out
til its l» iiks iuid 'r the impetus of the
roi/inuet! dc;»v\ rains and warm
weather, and spin ad ovec tne low
k in - ad minimi’. Tin* 'Third si reet
:*rii /e came near as one o{ its
supports \\ as * allied away, hut the
water res * no hi/her and soon sub
sided.
on she south side a rusldma* stream
extended over to the Methodist tent
and the home of the pastor, Lev. L. II.
! Vdei sen, and for a lew minutes the
prospects were /< * for the immersion
of ho 1» len'/in/". One ambitious
streamlet stretched itself clear over to
the core**!* of th * Gateway oHice.
Although the creek is still roar in <:
it is now confined to the channel and
weather sizns indicate a cessation oi
rain.
Railroad Van Visits Seward
A mono* the Portland's passengers!
wa> !>. \\\ Coate. a pas>en;rci a^ent of
the Bock Liard railroad, with h* ad
quarters at Shawnee* Oklahoma, who
came to tie* eoa>t on a vacation and de
cided that heoimht to see Alaska be
fore Lfoimr back to the Middle West.
Mr. i oate was formerly with the* >reyfon
Short Line at Boise. Idaho. He will:
return on the Portland.
Mining Mart lakes a look
Marse S. Duttield. a mining man j
from Salt Lake Pity, who has recently ,
tv*en operating at (roldticlds. Nevada,
came to Reward on the Portland. He
L bound for Fairbanks, but will re
main in Seward two or three weeks to
learn what he can of this region before
yroinsf to the interior over the trail.
H. >1. Sauers Returns
\Y. M. Sauers, of the Seward Co na
me re ia l Company, returned Home on |
the Portland. He has been absent a
month and visited Seattle, Portland
and Aberdeen while down below.
Strangers had to hustle for a place
to sleep last night. Both hotels turned
uwa\ numerous applicants for rooms.
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As Concession to Poplar Peeling
luil!si Governor is Transferred
to Another Offici;;! Poet.
By Cable to the Gateway
Sc 1 Viersburjf, Nov. r As n eon
ccxion to the rising den erratic senti
ment Gen. TrepofT. the mueb bated
v« rnor of the capital, resigned today.
1 to was at once appointee commander
of tin1 imperial police.
'[ la* League of Leagues, which leads
the reform party of the empire, has
adopted a resolution den andinir com
plete political amnesty, and calling ‘or
tiie immediate revocation ot all edicts
« banishment which 1 old political
prisoners in Siberia and elsewhere,
t it her in or out of prison.
Yi e Society of Mutineers today pre
sented to Gount Wit e a demand for
the removal from olllce ol all olilcials
responsible for the recent bloodshed in
the interior of the empire, especially
in the t auca**us.
Delegate to Congress.
By C»Me to the Gateway
•attic. \nv. 0 .fudge Wickorskam
a rea d here yesterday on the Santa
( .' a, ar.d when lie learned that lie
was talked of as a candidate for dele
{ tot 'ongress from 'Alaska, promptly
set the agitation at rest by* positively
refusing to he a candidate or to accept
t lie nomination if tendered.
A strong tight is bring made against
the admission of pii).\y holders to the
convention. The decision on this
question may have a hearing on the
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recommendations for Congressional
h gislation.
STARTS OFFICE BUILDING
> Daggett Begins Work on Corner
of Fourth and Washington
Dr. Daggett's dental otlice was skid
di d into Washington street late yester
da\ afternoon to make way for the two
>u ry building which he will erect on
thr same site. Excavation for the
l . mint ion began as * soon as the old
structure was oil'the ground.
The new building will hr .‘>0xo0 feet,
two stories high. The extra space
which tiie doctor does not require will
he leased to tenants for oflict purposes.
Excavation is proceeding rapidly for
the t'orlew building near the corner of
Fourth and Adams. Part of the lumber
is on the ground and construction will
begin as soon as the basement is fin
ished.
UoL-Sleds for Railroad Work
Among tlie Portland's freight was
six big bobsleds, consigned to i). C.
Brownell. The sleds were a special
order for Contractor Party, who has a
contract near the tunnels.
J. tt. Conley Comes to Seward
J. H. Conley, father of Mrs. W. M.
Sauers, came to Seward on the Port
land to stay for some time, lie may
locate here permanently. He recently
>old out his business in Seattle.
Tom O'Brien, leader of the Yukon
liberal party, says tlu* only difference
between a Canadian grafter and an
American grafter is that the American
sometimes gets caught and goes to jail.
The annual howl of a car shortage is
going up all over the country.
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Members of Scientific Pnrty face
Starvation in the Remote in
terior of Labrador.
By Cubic to the Gateway
St. Johns, New Brunswick, Now !•
I Two members of tin* Billon \\;tli;u,<‘
| M-iciit ilie «*x|)c<lition into the interior
of Labrador have arrived here. Tlte.x
! left the oilier members of the pari;, in
I the wildest part of the interior of tin
peninsula, short ol food.
.lames Itichards and IVtei Stevens
are the men who came out to obtain
| relief for the oilers. I hey report
*»'ame scarce, tie* supply ol loot! rallied
on the expedition almost exhausted,
and say that the party will starve un
11,.SS ivitcf is sent to them prompt lx.
Mrs. William Clayson Arrives
Mrs. William <'layson arrived on the
Portland from Skatpva.v with her huh*
l,ov. '| hex will hereafter reside in
I Seward with Mr. < ‘lax-son.
The company xvhich oxvnstlie 1 n ao
Well mine is planning to erect a smelter
there to treat the ores ins'.etui ol -'-no
I ine them to the Tacoma s.m Iter.
TEACHING OYAfVlA TO SHOCT
, American Tells of Delightful Expe
riences with Now Famous Jap
anese Field Marshal.
“Twenty-five years ago I was an r
rieneed rifle shot.” writes Horn •»*
Fletcher, in World’s Work, “and cor! :
hit a moving object ?v rv time. '1 •
22-c:ililMT ri lie* and mat hir.e-mr.i.e c:r
tridg-. which cam- into general ti?c • .
the 70s. made extensive ride grant:
possible. I wrote and pubihslu . at the
time a pumpheiet on how to shut vv. :.
a rifle. .It happened Fiat copies <d \ .
pamphlet ream.to Japan, when 1 pas ‘ •.
rso.ne time soon alter. Japan had je;*
begun to make a military organization
| on the most modern lines and Martp. -■
' Oyama w .s ministt r of war. - He i:ivi:« •:
nit to visit him in his home at Team ami
showed gr at interest in learning o
shoot at a mov ing omec; with a ride. il l
had already seen the pamphlet. 1 had
a numb, r of American rim s and am< 7
; ainniti! .lion with me in Japan and Mar
quis Oyama and the then (Ml. Mu rata
(inventor of tht Japanese military nm»
joined me se v: r a 1 at i tinea as .. i • a rgr t
practice. 'Huy entered enthusiastically
into the spirit. Osama in particular
showing the enthusiasm of a boy. I
| shall never iorget his keen joy li e first
time he hit a moving object witn a b n
let. it was a teapot thrown m the air.
1 believe, and when it came down in
dust and pieces tie capered about a a ;
screamed iu his ueiighi like an excited
schoolboy.
TORTOISE FIGHT IS FUNNY
i Battle Between Shell-Covered An
imals May Continue a Long Time
Without Injury to Either.
“Listen,” said the farmer, leaning on
his hoe. From the next field came a
sound of rapping, a sound as of sharp
mocks on a door. “What is that?” said
Che city man. “A tortoise fight.” the
farmer answered. “We’ll go and see it.”
They made their way toward the rap
ping sound, relates the Baltimore Ilcr
ild, and in a little while they came upon
two box tortoises that were fighting
hard. The creatures fought in a strange
way. They made at one another with
their heads protruded, but, at the mo
ment of collision, each tried to use his
ront fiap for a shield, and the result of
this prudence was that not the heads but
mly the shells of the tortoises hurtled
ogether. There was a bang. Then the
ighters backed off and prepared for an
other round. The two men watched
them till the spectacle became weari
some. Then they returned to the pota
to patch.
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Seward Steamer Grounds Near
Tacoma in Tog Sul is Sai-i
Not to l:e Damaged.
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By Cable to the Catsway
Seattle. Nov, \) Steamer Santa ( lara ,
went ashore near Tacoma in a foir last
ni 14*ht► Tny> were still trying to pull |
her otT t his morning. Sin is >aid not
to hr damaged.
The Santa ('lara arrLed here* from
.
Seward yestordat. She was on her
way to Tacoma with copper ore, from
Latonehe. Alaska, for tin* smelter
there, when she grounded. The
-reamer will probably 40 on the dry
Aleck for repairs when she ret urns from
Tacoma, as she has needed it new tail
sha ft for some 1 ime.
ftinny-nve Arrive 0:1 Portland to
Work for Railroad.
Ninety-live laborers runu up on the
i v' i • t): t m «l to work on the \Iaska Cen
cd railway. Sevei*a! others were
-:*• • >pi u i- ;t /ot o!i at * nltiey. anil lost
their reason. Wherefore they re
I nminod in that aspirin;** town, The
i I ’orehin<i bromrht a varied car/fo to
A, war*5, w hich requires more than
i \■ ent' * • uir hours to d srhar/e, ano
>he will not sail until lb o’clock this
evening*.
The ! ’ort land's freight consisted of
I so ion*, or general merchandise. limbo
f -ct of lumber for several parties, and
pin tons of Nanaimo coal lor the
Seward Fuel Company. The mercan
tile car/o included consignments for
,k a: 1\ even business house in Seward.
i dwell went her marked the trip
a! or /cttin/ outside Cross sound. It
i rained tot rents almost steadily, and
liv l\ /all's blew most of the time.
:Capt. J/ndijuist says !u ni'vi r saw
lidle so much rain in a himcli a-> he
: ran into near the end ol the vina/i .
| The Cortland will not /o westward
If^causi she has no frei/ht lor the
1 western ports. The Bertha now has
; i h*. monthly mail contract of ; he Alaska
| \ ’ommercial<'ouipany and tlie 1 ’ort land
ism t compelled to/o. When the i’ort
; land sailed it was supposed that Cook
I Inlet would hi* dosed uj> by tlie time
she reached Seward and it would be
useless to have her brin/' an\ ear/o for
| Pilot ports.
Tin lie-st-class oassen/cr list of the
I ort land was as follows : W. M. Sauers,
irs. J. C. Baxter, J. U. Conley, 1). W.
; • '('ate. F. Benedict, Miss May Keene,
is. X. Cappers, Mrs. F. L. Baldwin,
Mrs. i. Younjl, Pearl Youn/'. B, \.
Aldrich, M. Sprouli. IP .i. Ahhott,
Mrs. Will Clayson. Marse S. Butlield.
Fd 11 arty, F. Tadloek, berry Berry,
Grace Howard. IP B. Kaedin/'.
■ mtm steamers
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Portland: in port: sails It) p. in., this
I evening?.
Kxeelsior; due in Seward, 11th.
Oregon: saiW> from Seattle, 10th.
Bertha; sails from Seattle, loth.
Santa Ana: arrived Seattle, 7th:
sails Kith.
Santa Clara? arrived Seattle. 8th.
A correspondent of the London Times
says Smyrna li<?S are prepared by some
of the packers with the filthy, diseased
water in the harbor of Smyrna, into
which the drainage of the city runs.
In this way disease may be imported
into this country.
Temperature at 3 p. m. today— 47.
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LATOl'Ctlf mi
British Capita! Takes Bond and W'l
Bore 500-foot Tunnel to
Reach Vein.
Another hiy eopper mine will Ik
operational Latouche in another y
if tlie driviny oi a "Mo-foot tunnel ir.
| | ,t * ||i|I !v oi Heats >a s Ml i lie p
c luces the i*e*. ; 1 i s w hi' 11 a ! ‘ n»* u i i m
men who have looked at it ex p< .
This hill has in *n de-vrihed as a mot
tain of copper or e hv several exp *r -
who have examin* d it.
'The property was located several
years ayo by a prospector named A\<
Linn, who took in as partner the tore
man of Heatson*s mine, who furnishe*
him a little money and lie did eiiouyh
development. work to show the pos* -
hi lilies of t he hill. I at! <b i ire pro'
< rty was bonded to a representative ot
i iritish capital, and a tunnel yvil! t
hored this wii.t< r h\ a dozen m< o
y\ i111 machinery.
The work v. iil he inanyuraied ■ m«s.•
the direct ion of Henry 1>. !\a*-<> am.
( alifornia mininy expert. wiio am • >
Seward on the Portland to caul
the men who are lurinshiiiy tn>* ear
tal. He had just spent several wee!. >
at Latouche and will yo hack theta- ; ->
soon as he hears from the < ast. to y*
tli** tunnel boriny fairly under w*a\.
Mi*. Kaedick is very cor <} *ni of r
suits, althouyh i * ' c;t u ious a ho;
his statements, i d said t h.L niornin;
•* 11 is sonn thin^ 1
to call the hill a mountain 01 ore. A.
mountain M metallic copper wouid
hear the copper market, and womb
supply the world for quite a while.
This mountain is not quite so rich a
that, hut the work already < one has
developed an ore vein lorty h*et yvioe
with an excellent show iny ol low -^rai.
eopper. Heat son has a \yeno rtul mu
and this property is on the same barn.
Tin re is id doubt in my mind hu:
will prove a yrent mine.
•*\Ve do not expert to take ore out oi
the tunnel. We are runtiiny it into
cross-section the vein, and if we >tt*i ;•*
wlrat I am look iny for we yvil I put in
machinery to work it or , lary«mai« .
Mr. Kaedick was liere last sum i
and made an exte nsive examination 01
copper properties around i Vince W dl
iam Sound, and of yoid deposits on < ook
Inlet. He yvas favorably impres-eu
with the hydraulic and dredyiny ;>o*
sihilities of the Inlet reyion and in *-ti ■*
to make further inveuiya ions next
y ea r.
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At Uichardi* Store
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this up-to-date library should appca.
tb every intelligent pers u in Seward.
At the low price of •"» > cent* per
month you can read tin* latest and lx*
books published.
M£N WANTED
By l\ Welch A* Company, contract
ors on the Alaska Central at l uni
again Arm. Station men, rock men.
ax men and laborers. Steady work
all through winter.and next sumtner.
rop wages paid._*0"
For the best and cheapest recreation
in Seward, subscribe to uicharo up
to-date library. Only ode per month
to read, as many books as you wish.
New books arrive on every boat.
Don’t overlook the Troy Laundry
for. up-to-date and lirst class work,
Indio*’ and gents’ work a specialty.
A new stock of Lownoy's candies
just arrived at Seward News Co.
Placer miners wanted. Butler &
Company.