Sewar i Weekly Gateway
... Vi. 01 SEWARI). ALASKA. SATURDAY. JANUARY -<>. 1907._
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SAY KATALLA
IS TERMINUS
Claimed in Seattle that Copper
River Railroad Will Cer
tainly Start There.
TRACK AT ORCA TO BE MOVED
I. A. McClare to Be General Seperin
tendenu of Constmction Un
der M. J. Heney.
By C*bl« to Dally 0*«*w*y.
Seattle. Jan. 26- On good authority
it is stated here that the terminals of
the Guggeuheim Cupper Kiver rail
road will 1m* located at Katalla, and
II. A. McClure, formerly of the Alaska
Central, has l>een named as general
superintendent of construction.
The same authority says that Cor
dova will be abandoned as a railroad
terminus. The rails laid there by M.
J. Heoey will be taken up and with
other material which can be trans
ported profitably will be moved to
Katalla. Heney is to have the con
tract for building the line from
Katalla. _
CUTTER RUSH RESCUES
FIVE FROM YAKATAGA
Sitka. Jan. h* The Rush returned
from Yakataga this* afternoon and
brought three men, a woman and a
chihfwho wore t,eai 1> -hirved when
rescued. The Rush had a terrible trip
»nd .the rescue was accomplished only
after the greatest difficulty in landing
on the boaeh.
Fifteen persm . were at Yakataga
up to a month ago. llu n pio\isb>,is
began to run si short, that starvation
stared them all in the face, so one by
one they left the camp to attempt the
•oul-trying trip o?er the jjfUeiei turn
through the frozen wilderness to
Yakutat.
Furtive months the rescued party
bas t>een out of communication
with the world. Fast August a small
gasoline launch reached the 1 teach ami
brought a slender supply of provisions:
There were thirty pounds of flour and
beans for each person. 1 his was con
sidered enough for immediate needs
and it was thought the boat would he
able to return with a supply of meat.
Since that time no Itoat, large or small
reached the beach until the Rush ar
rived.
SAYS WICKERSHAM SOLD
PROPERTY TO GAMBLERS
By Cafcio t-' Tfc* Daily Gateway.
Washington, D. tdan. -1 An
agent of Judge Wickersham tiled a
statement today with the attorney
general asserting that in behalf of the
judge he recently sold \\ ickershatn s
lot "in Fairbanks to four gamblers.
Judge Kellum, who is now in the capi
tal, denies this and says the lot was
purchased by himself and associates,
none of them interested in gambling
in any way.
At the request of 1'resident Roose
?el* Judge Wickersham’s friends are
tiling statements to otTsci District
\ttorney Hoyt’s report.
MURDER TRIAL OF
HARRY THAW BEGINS
3y CatU to Th# Dally Gateway.
New York, Jan. 21 The trial of
Harry Thaw for the murder of Stan
ford While began today in the crimi
nal court. District Attorney Jerome
says the slate will occupy two days
with its direct testimony.
The exact nature of the defense is
uncertain as it is well understood that
Thaw objects to the insanity plea and
wants to plead justifiable homicide.
Postoffice for Kantlshna
Kantishna is to have another chance
to get mail through the establishment
of a postoflice at Glacier City. 1 he
offices established in the first rush at
Roosevelt and Diamond were discon
tinued because after a little while they
ceased to have any business worth
mentioning. K. I. Foster, a trader at
Glacier, has been appointed U. S.
commissioner to succeed the foi mei
appointee. _____
The steamer City of Panama did not
down after all but she met a terrific
storm just out of San Francisco which
carried away her lifeboats and davits
besides other movables, including one
man.
BUZZARD GRIPS
OLD NORTHWEST
Minnesota and Dakotas Swept by
Storm and All Trains
Abandoned.
ROTARIES BURIED IN DRIFTS
Coal Shortage. Worse and Intense
Suffering Caused by Utter
Lack of Fuel.
■y CaM« to Tho Dally •ktoway.
Minneapolis, Jan. 25—The worst
blizzard of the winter is sweeping over
the plains of Minnesota and the Dakotas
and snowplows sent out to clear rail
road tracks have in several places been
buried by the drifting snows. Traf
fic on both the Northern Pacific and
the Great Northern has been abandon
ed and noefiort will bo made to move
trains until the storm abates.
The fuel situation grows steadily
worse. The Dakotas and a large part
[of Minnesota are practically without
coal and the suffering in many places
is terrible. Several towns are absolute*
ly without fuel.
DAKOTAS STILL
STORM SWEPT
Passeiig’er Train Buried in Snow
at Dawson and Two
Plows Frozen In.
Oy C'.! lo to The Dally Gateway.
Mmi «>apo!is, .Ian. The blfz/ard i>
>'ill raging unabated in the Dak'fa-.
The u ttid last night was blowing forty*
t\v > n les an hour. All train service
i--till paralyzed. At Dawson a pa-*
-enger train is buried in the snow.
Two snowplow- in North Dakota are
frozen in snowdrifts where they be
came -railed and unable to back out.
The temperature all through the
Dakotas and Minnesota is below zero
; and reports come from all directions
of terrible suffering from lack of coal.
Nothing in the way of relief can be
done until the storm is over.
WASKEY TELLS EMPLOYERS
TO STAND PAT IN STRIKE
By CaV 1® to The Dally Gateway.
Washington, D.C.. Jan. ‘J<> Delegate
Waskey wired to the Nome mining
operators today to stand pat in the
miners’ strike. He ha- received sev
eral appeals from lx>th sides for his
support.
SANTA CLARA IN AND OUT
Steamer Back on Seward Run After
Absence of Three Months.
Steamer Santa Clara arrived in port
from Seattle Saturday afternoon at 15
1 o’clock and sailed again at J p. in.
Sunday. She brought a few passen
gers, a small cargo of general raer
1 ehandise and 47.000 feet of bridge tim
; ber for the railroad.
This was the Santa Clara’s first trip
since Octol*er and Seward was glad to
see the old steamer back again, us she
J i> a favorite here. Capt. Schage is
still in command. Hare remains as
i chief engineer and Short as freight
clerk. New officers of the boat but
i old timers in Seward are E. R. Lock*
' hart as purser and Billy Young as
j steward. The steamer’s refitting is
principally a rearrangement of her
j freight space.
No hurry About Chandlar
The Fairbanks Titm> tells the boys
! not to hurry into Chandlar. J. Haley
I has come out and reports that only
three holes have been put down to
i bedrock. These show good dirt but
I Haley says nothing definite can be
learned about the country before next
summer. The miners refuse to allow
i any staking by power of attorney.
Copper is close to 25 cents, the high
est price of recent years, but it has
been discovered that it was quoted at
29 cents January 9, 1797.
It is claimed that, the Chicago police
manage altogether to graft $20,000,000
a year.
OHIO RAMPANT
AT LOUISVILLE
Half of City Inundated and All
Stores on Waterfront
Are Destroyed.
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i By Cable to The Dally Oatawaj.
! Louisville, Jan. 21—The Ohio river is
I still rising and half of this city is
inundated. The contents of all stores
along the waterfront are ruined and
the water line is rising at the rate of an
inch an hour, threatening higher
ground.
i From towns all along the river both
above and below this city come re
ports of devastation. The lowlands
everywhere are overflowed and thous
ands of people have been driven from
their homes, in most cases losing all
their personal property. Many houses
I have been carried away bv the flood
Mississippi Levee Breaks
New Orleans, Jan. 23 -Five breaks
in the Mississippi river levee below
this city have resulted in serious dam
age to adjacent lands by the overflow.
BUFFALO HAS
FIERCE STORM
Two Lives Lost and Millions of
Property Destroyed by
W ind and Flood.
By Cable to The Dsnly Gateway.
Buffalo. Jan. 21 This city wasswept
\ ot.ri'tla\ by t lie most destructive
windstorm experienced iu a tleeade,
followed l*.\ a waterspout. Two lives
were. lust in failing liuilduigs and
i docks valued at $2,000,000 were waeck
| ed.
Other property of enormous value
was destroyed and the financial loss
j cannot now be computed. Lake Utica
i is higher than ever before known,
j The Niagara river overflowed its banks
and great quantities of movables, in
I eluding millions of feet of lumber,
were carried down stream by the Hood
and lost. Several miles of docks at
Tonawanda were washed away.
The cable transmitting electric’pow
er to light Buffalo snapped and tlie
city was in darkness last night. Many
vessels were driven ashore and some
of them badly damaged.
Four Dead In Buffalo Hurricane
Buffalo. Jan. 22 Four persons were
killed in the hurricane here Sunday.
The high water has subsided and the
work of clearing the wreckage began
today. The damage to Buffalo water
front property was $1,000,000, and
losses outside the city were still
' larger.
DRIVEN OUT BY
—
Congress Passes Resolution Al
lowing Settlers to Leave
Homesteads.
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By Cable to The Bally Gateway.
Washington, I). C., .Tan. 24 - Both
houses of congress passed a resolution
yesterday afternoon permitting settlers
upon the public lands to leave their
claims and remain away until May 15,
on account of the cold weather and the
difficulty of getting sufficient fuel.
From all parts of the northwest com
plaints have been coming in steadily of
actual suffering among settlers and
their families in localities where there
is no timber. In the prairie states it
is absolutely impossible to obtain coal
at any price.
Nome Tide Line Receding
Nomeites who have been in the city
since 1899 observe with interest one
object lesson in the formation of old
beach lines that is daily becoming
manifest on the present sea level. It
has been remarked with interest that
the present beach line has gradually
been raised until the ocean level is at
least thirty feet farther out than it
was in 1899.—Nome News.
AMERICAN SHIPS
ORDERED AWAY
Governor of Jamaica Asks l./.icJ
States Squadron to Leave
Kingston.
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By Cable to Tbe Sally Gateway.
Kingston, Jamaica, Jan. 21—Gov
ernor Sweetenham requested Rear
Admiral Davis, commanding the
American warships sent to Kingston
to give relief, to withdraw the Ameri
can marines landed to guard property
and offer assistance to the injured and
sick. Davis was amazed at the de
mand but immediately complied and
the ships of his squadron, the battle
ships Missouri and Indiana and the
gunboat Yankton, immediately sailed
away. Davis said he could do nothing
else and uphold the dignity of the
United States. '
Governor Swettenhara objected to
tiring a sajute to the American squad
ron when it arrived. The governor
explains his position by saying that the
British government is able to guard
the city properly and to give all neces
sary succor to the injured.
GOVERNOR MUST
EXPLAIN ACTION
British Fofeign Office Cables
Sweetenliam for Version of
Kingston Incident.
3y Cable to The Dally Gateway.
London, .Ian. 22 Otticials of the
I foreign olllce held a conference last
! night on the Kingston difficult} and I
I cabled this morning to Cov. Sweeten* |
i ht'.'' c •* Iri-* vvni >e. of 'he invdent.
All British officialdom is suprised at
tin* action of Sweetenliam and general
disapproval is expressed.
To Confer at Washington
Washington, I). C\. .Ian. 22 - The
British embassy has an appointment
today with Assistant Secretary of
State Bacon to discuss the Kingston
incident. Notice was received tiiat
the American supply ship Celtic ar
rived in Kingston this morning, ft
has not been learned yet whether the
vessel will he ordered back with her
cargo.
Admiral Kvans, commanding the
North Atlantic fleet,notified the navy
department today that the report of
Admiral Davis on the Kingston in
cident had been mailed and will be re
ceived on the first mail steamer from
the West Indies.
GENERAL ROAST
OF SWEETENKAM
Kingston Residents Pass Resolu
tions and Papers Say He
Lost His Head.
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By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Kingston, Jan. 26—Residents of the
city held a public meeting last night
and adopted resolutions condemning
the action of Gov. Sweetenham in ask
ing the withdrawal of the American
marines from the city, and asserting
that the marines saved the situation.
Newspapers of the city are grilling
Sweetenham. They say he lost his
head entirely.
Talk It Over at Washington
Washington, D. C., Jan.—Secretary
Root returned from Canada yesterday
evening and an once held a long con
ference with the president. It is
known that the Kingston incident was
discussed but no conclusion is jriven
out.
Pennsylvania to Sail Again
The latest sailing schedule of the
Northwestern Steamship Company
dates the Pennsylvania for January 26
from Seattle, instead of the North
western. No official explanation is
giveivyout but it is understood that the
work of refitting the Northwestern
will not be completed in time for her to
sail this month. She is slated now to
sail from Seattle February 16.
TRAIL HAS LINE
OF ROADHOUSES
Good Stopping Places Make Route
to Yentna Much Better
Than Last Year.
SEVERAL NEW ONES INSTALLED
Many Mushers Now on Way to In
terior and Constant Travel
Makes Easy Going.
Knik, Jan. 16—A chain ot road
houses is now complete from Old Knik,
eighteen miles from here on the south
side of Knik arm, to the mouth of
Kahiltna river. At no place are they
separated by more than a day’s
travel. This winter the musher will
find much more cheer and comfort
along the trail than in previous
seasons.
At Old Knik is “Scotty” Watson’s
roadhouse, where every comfort can
be found. Twelve miles farther on is
Henry McKinnon’s place, another
comfortable roadhouse. Here at Knik
is the Yentna restaurant. At the Lit
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FIGHT BATTLE
WITH YAQUIS
Mexican Troops Defeat Indians
and Both Sides Lose,
Many Men.
By Cable to The Daily Gateway.
K1 Paso. Tex.. .Ian. 20- Kunners re
port u fierce battle between Mexican
troops and Yaqui Indian warriors in
the state of .Sonora in which the sold
iers were victorious. Many were
killed and wounded on l>otli sides.
The bodies of two notorious Ameri
can criminals were found on the tield
amonjf the Yaqui dead, showing that
they bad foujrht. with the Indians.
RESIGNS CHAIRMANSHIP
OF CANAL COMMISSION
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
New York, Jan. 24-Theodore P.
Shbnts, chairman of tin* Panama canal
| commission, resigned the place today
to accept the presidency of the cor
poration which controls nearly all the
rapid transit lines of New York city
and its suburbs. It is understood that
Jphn F. Stevens, chief engineer of the
canal, will succeed Shouts as chairman
1 of the commission.
GOOD TRAIL TO INTERIOR
Alfred Lowell Returns from Tyonok
With Mail In Quick Time
Alfred Lowell returned from Tyonok
Wednesday afternoon with mail from
that place, Susitna station and Knik.
He made the round trip in twenty
three days and reports a good trail
nearly all the way coming back. Go
! ing in he had to break trail a good
I deal of the way. Beyond Knik the
snow increased in depth and four ft*et
lay on the ground at Susitna station.
From the station to Tyonok everything
was frozen solid in all the streams and
swamps which make that region im
passable except in the dead of winter.
Lowell started from Seward the
morning of January 1: arrived at Knik
the 9th, at Tyonok the 13th. He start
ed back the 14th and with an open
trail made a fast mush. He reached
Knik in two days—nearly 100 miles
left there the 17th and reached camp
49 the evening of the 24th.
Two more trips will bo made with
the Tyonok mail, one each in February
and March.
Miners Arrive on Steamer
Five miners arrived in Seward on
the Saratoga to mush into the Yentna
district. Part of them have been in
before. H. R. Wyley and C. S Wyley
brought a large outfit with them. B.
Ballantyne, S. G. Kershaw and Louis
Masters have an outfit awaiting them
at Knik. The party brought several
dogs with them.
The high quotation for refined cop
per on January 11 was $24.75 for lake
and $24.50 for electrolytic.
CLAIM BENCHES
HOLD RICH PAY
Recent Arrivals Report Remarka
ble Discovery on Upper
Kahiltna.
I
OLD CHANNEL CROSSES CREEKS
Bedrock found at 50 to 125 feet
and Drifting Reveals Exten
sive Gold Deposits.
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That the main gold deposits of th*>
upper Kuliiltna region lie in an old
channel which crosses the creeks and
that the gold found in the creek beda
is washed from the old channel is the
claim of .James Densmore and bis asso
ciates who recently arrived from that
locality. On this old channel, they as
; sert, bedrock is at a depth of from 50 to
125 feet, usually near the latter. By
drifting on bedrock from a small gulch
which cuts this old channel they found
pay gold in every pan.
This old channel is a dike of por
phyry and slate and is filled « itii wash
gravel,unmistakable evidence oi a for
j iner channel to an experienced miner.
Mr. Densmore has been in Alaska min
ing camps fourteen years and is sup
posed to know something about forma
tion. The channel cuts across the up
per end of Deters creek, (’ache. Wil
low and several others oi those on
which good pay was taken Iasi reason.
Densmore thinks the ere*-ks will
soon I**' fanned out but the benches
will oiler a Held for hydraulic work
lor many years. In order to work the
claims located by them his patiy ex
pects to dig a ditcii next season to t:;k<
water from the head ol Deters creek.
The ditch will b > lour miles long hut
easy to dig as there are no serious
obstacles to cross. Several Seward
I business men are intereste*; with the
locators.
On the Tokositna side of the divide,
only a few miles away, a similar form
ation exists and good indications were
found in locations made there. From
, the description it appears probable
: that the old channel is the bed of an
ancient river long since obliterated by
upheavals or subsidences which
| changed the general topography of the
entire region.
BRING THIRTY SLEDLOADS
OF FRESH FURS INTO KNIK
Thirty Yukon sleds loaded with furs
arrived in Knik in one train aUiuttbe
middle of this month, brought ny In
dians from the Matanuska river region
i and beyond the range toward the Cop
per river. Alfred Lowell saw the
j caravan come in as he was returning
i with the Tvonok mail. He says it was
a remarkably line assortment of furs,
including black, gray and red fox
skins, lynx, mink and other anitna’
wearing apparel. George Da I met
bought most of the cargo.
ALASKA BUYS EXTENSIVELY
OF MECHANICAL PRODUCTS
During the last fiscal year Alaska
purchased and received from the state*
$60,582 worth of jewelry. $19,922 of
pianos, $16,806 of paper hangings.
$5,155 ot perfumery and cosmetics.
$2,164 of silks, 1,210,00" dozen of egg*
valued at $299,691. Mowers, reaper*,
plows and cultivators were sent here:
over $110,000 of horses and 10 per cent
of that value in mules; over $112,000 of
; boons, engravings and etchings; over
$7,000 of clocks and watches; over
$100,000 in electrical appliances; $25,
000 of printing presses; steam fire en
gines, organs, automobiles; over 45,
00 ) yards of carpet, $1,425 of painting
and statuary; $7,725 of children’s toy*.
HOUSE VOTES TO ABOLISH
ALL PENSION AGENCIES
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Washington, D. C., .Ian. 25—The
house today passed the bill to alwlish
ail pension agencies throughout the
country. It proposes to centralize the
pension business in the bureau at
Washington. At present there are
eighteen pension agencies in as many
cities.
Ooligans Running Numerously
Alaska’s earliest spring product, the
ooligans, are running and fishermen
are exhibiting strings of them. The
ooligans beat the groundhog every
year.