WOULD SHUT 1
OUT MONOPOLY
Senate Passes Alaska Coal Land
Bill but Includes a Prohib
iting Clause.
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Washington. IX May l!> Strong:
pressure has boon brought to bear up
on congress to force through some]
legislation for the put pose of opening j
the Alaska coal fields, and at the same
time to prevent the lands from being i
controlled by monopolies. A coal bill j
for the benefit of the territory has i
Iveon passed by the senate which has]
a clause prohibiting companies from !
forming a monopoly to control the;
coal lands of the territory.
Would Pool Claims
Jy Cable to The Dally Oatewaj
Washington. IX <A, May 21—Secre
tary of tin* Interior James U. Garfield j
favors the jHJoling of coal land claims
in Alaska as a means to the morel
rapid development of the mines.
Wants 5hip Subsidy Bill
By Cable tu The Dally Gateway
Washington, l) C.. May 22 Presi
dent Roosevelt is making strenuous
efforts to have a ship subsidy hill
passed by congress before adjourn
ment.
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Jury Disagrees
By Cable to The D.uiv Gateway
San Francisco, May 22 Last night
the jury in the Ab K ief bribery case
was discharged upon reporting that
they were unable to agree. They had
taken thirteen ballots. Prosecuting at
torney Heney says tu will continue
the prosecution of Ruef until In* has
him convicted.
Higher Freight Rates
Washington It appears likely that
the anticipated increase in railroad
freight rates is about to be made.
A few days ago a member of the in
terstate commerce commission ex
pressed the opinion ihat within three
or four months, u:de»s a decided im
provement in r: i" id conditions
Should take place, i1 probably would
be necessary for tin* careers cither to
increase freight r.pcs or reduce the
wages of the employcs.
it is the tirst mat rial raise on food
Stuffs that been e'oposcd by the
railroads of tin* country for a good
many years. It will mean much to
the consumers, us : w.ii probably re
sult in an increase of approximately 1 j
cent a pound on !o \ grades of meats,
and perhaps a> • . ich as 2 cents per
pound on the select cuts.
Objecti n Raised
Washington '* ongivss" said Mr.
Clark of Missouri. “seems to have gone
daft on the suhjec creating com
missions and bureaus. We have be
fore us propos.i - for me creation a
tariff commission. an«i 1 am glad that
l for t>ne join with the gentleman from
New York, Mr. Payne, in opposing
that suggestion. Then it is proposed
to create a financial commission—to
give a lot of men a job of jumping
around the couutry: and when they
come back won't know as much about
finance as the gentleman from Con
necticut, Mr. Hill, knows now. What
are the JNS members of the congress
here for?”
Want Visit From Fleet
Seattle—Alaskans in Seattle are
making a concerted effort to get at
least part of the Atlantic fleet ordered
to northern waters this summer. Act
ng through the Seattle chamber of
commerce the leaders in the move
ment have sent Secretary of the Navy
Metcalf a petition setting forth their
desires in this respect,
The secretary has replied, saying
that action on t he request must await
his arrival in Seattle.
Clam hunting
Mr. L. H. Pedersen and F.. R. Gray
with ther families went down the bay
yesterday on a little hunting excur
sion. They took along two shot guns,
two rifles, a revolver and two shovels.
The result of the excursion was a good
time and about a peck of tine clams.
To day they have gone out to get a
line on a good string of tish.
Parties desiring special dinners to
order call at the Alaska Cafe. *
CONGRESS DEALS
IN BIG MONEY!
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Appropriation Mounts Upward
and Gives the Name of Bil
lion Dollar Session.
3v Cable to The Daily Gateway.
Washington, May 10 In the closing
days of the present session of congress
the House of Representatives has
passed a general deficiency appropria
ted of $17,000,000. This session of
congress will go on record as the
billion dollar session.
Lack of Navigation Aids
Seattle—Capt. Schage of the wreck
ed steamship Saratoga places the blame
of the accident on the federal govern
ment. alleging that luid sufficient and
proper aids to navigation been main
tained along the Alaska coast the ves
sel would never have gone on the
rocks. This declaration was made at
the hearing held before the United
States marine inspectors.
According to the testimony of Capt.
Schage the vessel was proceeding in
a storm so heavy nothing of the coast
could be seen. The storm came on
suddenly, hut had there been bell
buoys or a fog horn in the vicinity the
accident, according to Capt. Schage,
would never have occurred,
Contract for Army Boat
Vancouver, Wash,—The chief quar
termaster of the Department of the
Columbia, Capt. Craig, has awarded a
contract to the Willamette Steel and
Iron Works, of Portland, for the con
struction of the new government boat
to he used by the military department
in Alaska waters. The specifications j
an as follows: 125 feet long, with 27 j
feet beam, and to have a draft of 4 feet.
The cost will he $2P,fcOO. The boat isj
to he completed by August, when it |
will be fitted up and taken north.
Steel Pipe for Dawson
Th'rty one ears of steel pipe, shipped
from Germany, arrived in Seattle yes
terday for the Guggenheims, and will
he reshipped from this city to Daw
son, Yukon territory. The pipe is
forty-four inches in diameter, in thirty
foot sections, each section weighing
the tons. It was constructed on a
special design for the main pipe line of
the big hydraulic works which the
Guggenheims are building near Daw
son.
Arbitration With Japan
Washington—A general arbitration
treaty between the United States and
Japan luts been signed by Secretary
Hoot, and Ambassador Takahiru.
This treaty follows thelinesof arbitra
tion agreements which have been ne
gotiated between this country and Eu
ropean nations during the winter in
accordance with the idea adopted at
the recent Hague conference. It will
permit the arbitration at The Hague
of nearly every class of dispute which
may arise between the signatory
powers.
Shipbuilders’ Lockout
Glascow—The Clyde shipbuilders
have locked out (3,000 wood workers
from their yards. This measure is the
outcome of the dispute between the
Shipbuilding Employers’ Federation
and the ship workers of the northeast
coast, who struck rather than accept a
reduction in wages and who have not
been able to get the federation to
arbitrate their demands.
There seems every prospect of a
complete stoppage of the shipbuilding
industry, a condition that will affect
directly not less than 250,000 men.
Big Gold Output
Nome—Sluicing on Nome’s gold belt
has begun. There has been a sudden
thaw and rain. Leading operators in
terviewed say the output this year will
! exceed that of last year.
The average estimate of the tundra
wealth alone is $3,500,000. The new
submarine beach, now partly worked,
will turn out $300,000. More gravel
has been hoisted than ever before.
Water is running everywhere. The
breaking up of ice is expected early.
We have founded an institution in
which the people can deposit their
money with a feeling of the utmost
confidence and safety.
* Bank of Seward.
BANK FAILS
TO OPEN DOORS
Cashier Short in Accounts for
Lar^e Amount and Institu
tion Can’t Do Business.
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By Cable »o The Dally Gateway.
Pittsburg, Pa., May 1H—The Alle
gheny National Bank failed to open
its doors this morning owing to de
falcations of former Cashier Mont
gomery. It is estimated that Mont
gomery is short in his accounts to an
amount that will reach at least $1,250,
000. _
Spring Clean-Up Under Way
Dawson, V. T.—The spring clean-up
on the winter dumps is in full swing
in the Klondike camp, Quartz creek
and Lower Dominion. Sulphur creek
is the most important of the winter
dumps. Twenty hydraulic plants are
working. Eighteen dredges will be
operated in the Klondike, Forty Mile
and Stewart river districts combined,
this season, twelve starting within two
weeks. The Guggenheims have eight
of these.
The first electric conveyor ever used
in the north will be started by the
Guggenheims on Bonanza creek. '1 he
company is installing three conveyors
to be operated by electricity brought
thirty miles from Twelve Mile river,
and it is believed will revolutionize
northern mining, eliminating dredges
and making it possible to work to bed
rock, a thing unattainable with
dredges.
W aiting for the Corwin
Cape Prince of Wales, Alaska
Every one from St. Michael to Cape
Blossom looks forward to the coming
of the Corwin with the lirst mail and
fresh food.
The first mail from Point Barrow
reached Nome January l. and the sec
ond mail is due now.
Nothing lias been heard from the
herd of reindeer under the charge of
A. N. Evans since it left Cape Blossom,
late in January. The herd was on its
way to Icy cape.
Trapping has been very good in
every part of Seward peninsula. On
the Arctic coast a large number of
white fox have been caught, and in
the interior red fox, mink and marten
have been plentiful.
Alaska Gets Indian Lands
Victoria, B. C.—Owing to the rear
rangement of the boundray line be
tween this province and Alaska, a re
serve of several hundred acres belong
ing to the Naas Indians has been plac
ed in the United States territory. An
application has been made by the local
superintendent of Indian agencies, A. I
\V. Vowel I, for 240 acres of land to re
place this from * he provincial govern
ment. This application will probably
raise the entire question of Indian re
serves. The government claims that
there is more land devoted to the In
dians than the eight acres per family
provided according to the terms of
union.
A Wonderful New Gun
The London Dispatch advances the
remarkable claim that a Scotch engi
neer, Mr. N. S. Simpson, has perfected
a new gun, to be operated by elec
tricity, which far surpasses anything
of the kind which has heretofore been
produced in the world, and which will
revolutionize the whole system of gun
nery.
According to Col. Maude, the gun is
of the simplest construction. It is
tired without powder, smoke, or recoil.
Th'e deck of any ordinary merchant
ship would serve as a gun platform.
Yet the projectile thrown from it has
the astonishing muzzle velocity of 30,
000 feet a second, a velocity which, in
theory, should be sufficient to carry
the projectile a distance of 300
miles.
Wei! Worth Trying
Cyrus Townsend Brady, the eminent
author and clergyman, told at a dinner
in Toledo a story about charity.
“A millionaire,” said Dr. Brady,
“lay dying. He had lived a life of
which, as he now looked back on it, he
felt none too proud. To the minister
at his bedside he muttered weakly:
“ ‘If I leave $100,000 or so to the
church, will my salvation be assured ?’
‘‘The minister answered cautiously:
“ ‘I wouldn’t like to be positive, but
it’s well worth trying.’ ”
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