Seward Weekly Gateway
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TREMOR JARS
MEXICO CITY
Three Cities in the Valley of
Mexico Totally Demolished
by the Tremor.
REPORTED 500 LIVES ARE LOST
Slumberinq Volcano of Colima in
Violent truption Today for first
Time in Many Years.
•y Cable to Tb# Dally Gateway.
City of Mexico, April 15 An earth
quake which continued four and one
half minutes wrecked numerous build
ings here this morning. No fatalities
resulted but the property damage is
large.
Tremors Continue
City of Mexico. April 1*> The tre
mor-. continue ami several houses wore
jarred down this forenoon. No casual
ties vet. If i> believed that tin* dis
turbance is widespread.
Towns Wrecked by earthquake
Citv of Mexico. April 1*» l lie towns
of Tixtla. » hilapu and Chiiapuncingo
were totally destroyed by the earth
quake in this valley. It is reported
this morning that ->0o lives were lost.
Neatly ever} house was demolished
and the contents covered in the ruins.
Great damage al*o resulted to farms.
This morning the ancient volcano of
Colima is in violent eruption.
Pacific Slope Line Sinks
City of Mexico. April IT Two more
towns. Ayutla ami Acapulo. have been
wiped out 1>> continued earthquake
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FIRE DESTROYS
MANY LIVES
flames Sweep City of Iloilo on
Island of Panay and Leave
20.000 Homeless.
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Manila. P. 1.. April P* Iloilo, on
the island of Panay. was swept by
tire yesterday, entailing heavy loss of
life ami leaving -’O.tfotf people hotne
le». The tlauies were brought under
control this morning and will soon lx*
extinguished.
Iloilo is the capital and chief city of
the island of Panay, second only to
Manila in importance. Shortly after
the American-Spanish war insurgents
drove out the Spaniards and setup a
government which they called the
Visayan federation. A bombardment
of the city was necessary to cause its
surrender to the Americans.
PREFER SUICIDE
TO STARVATION
Whole Families of Famine Victims
in China End Lives to
Escape Hunger
By Cable to The Daily Gateway.
Shanghai. April IT Kntiro families
in the famine district of C hina are
committing suicide to escape the pangs
of hunger.
The suffering is growing. ^ angt
cho'v has a famine camp of SO.OOO.
where 1000 died in a single night of
cold and starvation. At Nangking
100,000 people are encamped and at
Ohingkiang 30.000. The people bear |
their sufferings with wonderful self
restraint and there has been no at
tempt to steal food.
CHILEAN VOLCANO ERUPTS
WITH TORRENTS OF LAVA
Valparaiso, April IT I’uyuhuo vol
cano is in eruption and torrents of
lava are running down its sides upon
the surrounding plains. 1 he inhabi
tants have lied from their homes.
LONG LIST OF
EARTHQUAKES
Since December .1 Twenty-six
Recorded and Same Num
ber of Hurricanes.
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Washington, 1>. i\. April -0 Since
December it. HHMi twenty-six damayiny
earthquake shocks have been register
ed in the world, and the same number
of hurricanes.
Felt at Albany
Albany, April 15 The government
seismograph here recorded the City of
Mexico earthquake shock this morn*
ing, the longest shock on record.
Registers Long Distance
Washington, D. C., April 1*> Karth
| quakes reported from Valparaiso and
Buenos Ayres were recorded here by
the seismograph this morning.
Quakes Shake Many Regions
Manila. 1'. L, April 19 An earth
quake early this morning caused great
damage to property in this city and
surrounding territory. The extent of
area included in the disturbance is not
yet fully known. No life loss has been
, reported.
Tremor at Charleston
Charleston, S. C.. April 19 An
j cart hquake shock was felt here this
morning and grave fears exist that
succeeding disturbances will occur.
Shock Felt In Italy
Florence. Italy. April. 19 The city
was shaken by an earthquake shock
at 2 o'clock :his afternoon.
(ircat Damage at Manila
Manila. April J" It appears that
the earthquake shock yesterday was
general throughout the archipelago
and that great damage to property was
dune. (leu. Wood is sending relief to
t lie stricken regions. Many people j
wciv hut homeless by the earthquake,
which destroyed a large number of
buildings.
I hink Tremor a Bad Omen
Madrid. April Jo Considerable
i damage was done yesterday’ b\ an
earthquake shock. The people con
sider it a bad omen for the prospective
heir to the Spanish throne.
Jars the Turks
Constantinople. April J9 A sharp
| earthquake shock was felt here this
afternoon.
Boston Has a Shake
Boston, April 20 Tremors were felt
here this morning.
HAVOC BY FIRE
IN PHILIPPINES
Flames Destroy 1100 Houses in
Two Hours in Three Dis
tricts of Manila.
By Cabl6 to The Daily Gateway.
Manila 1’. I., April 2»> Fire this af
ternoon destroyed lloo houses in the
districts of Sin^alon. I’aco and Barn
ban-r. About loo acres were ruined in
' two hours, with a loss of $200,000.
The soldiers and sailors in the city
assisted the firemen and by hard work
: he American settlement was saved.
The Haines .vere driven by a tierce
jjale, which caused them to spread
; over a wide area before they could be
1 cont rolled.
LONE BANDIT GETS $28,000
FROM HOLDUP OF STAGE
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Butte, April 15 -A lone bandit held
up a statre between Malta and Zort
man yesterday afternoon and secured
$2*,000. No trace of the robber has
been discovered.
Bandit Still Going With Coin
Butte, Mont., April 16—The stage
bandit who collected $28,000 by a hold
up last Sunday has not yet been cap
tured and no reliable trace of him has
been found.
About 70 per cent of the world’s
copper output is produced in the
United States.
REPUBLICANS TO
MEET IN FALL
Convention to Llect Delegates to
National Session fixed
for November.
TERRITORY WILL HAVE SIX
National Committeeman Heid Wins
Authority to Issue Call Over
Chairman Irving.
By Cable to Tbe Dally Gateway.
Juneau, April 15 John (1. Heid of
Juneau, member of the republican
national committee for Alaska, has
won his li#ht with Georife Irvin# of
Ketchikan, chairman of the territorial
republican committee elected at
Juneau last summer, for the privilege
of call in# thu territorial convention
which will elect six dele#ates to the
republican national convention of
1!K)S.
Heid will call tht* convention to
meet in Juneau next November, the
exact date not bein# fixed vet. lie
has received assurances from members
of the national committee that his
eiyht to rail the convention will be
recognized by that organization.
It is believed that November will be
tbe most convenient time.
KENAI MINING COMPANY
BEGINS SUMMER WORK
Fight Men Getting Out Flume I iniber
and Hydraulic Operations Will
.start Next Month.
The Kenai Mining A Milling Coni-j
pany will conduct hydraulic operations
steadily on it> Cooper creek property i
' the coming season. Hxiensive ex peri-;
I menial and development work last j
year showed the management how to i
work the property to the best advan
tage. Manager Fred lirvant is now
engaged with eight men in getting out
timber for a long lUime to convey
'water to the site of operations this
year. The company has its own mill
Ion the ground, and has now 10,000 leet
J of lumber sawed last year.
A No. 2 giant and 4000 feet of steel
pipe were installed last y ear and some
work was dom* on the west bench ol
Cooper creek. This year a Ruble
gravel elevator will lie installed on
sot: e part of the property.
The work this year will be mostly
done on the west bench. A short run
near the end of Iasi, season demon
strated that the ground is rich enough
to bring big returns. The gravel put
through ran 22 cents to the yard.
The company has 320 acres of ground
Ion the flats around the mouth of
Cooper creek, whieh carries better pay
than the benches but it will be im
i practicable to work by the hydraulic
, method, A dredger will be placed on
this ground later. The Ruble gravel
j elevator may be put on this ground.
1 The east bench of Cooper creek is an
1 old channel and i-> also rich in gold.
BANDITS GET $25,000
FROM EXPRESS OFFICE
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
St. Paul. April IT Bandits held up
the Northern Pacific express office in
the depot and secured $25,000 last
night. _
RECOVER $25,000 STOLEN
FROM EXPRESS COMPANY
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
St. Paul. April 18- The entire *25,
000 stolen from the Northern Pacific
express company’s office in the city
depot, was recovered today. John
Gunderson confessed the holdup and
| took tiie police to a pile of sand where
he had buried the money.
Gunderson Goes to Reformatory
St. Paul, April 20 John Gunderson,
who confessed the Northern Pacific
express robbery in this city, was sent
to the state reformatory today.
Guggenhelms in Northwestern
Six Guggenheim adherents were
! elected to the board of directors of the
; Northwestern Steamship Company at
the annual meeting of the stockholders
of the company held in Seattle April
11, according to the Valdez Prospector.
John Rosene was re-elected president
and Capt. Jarvis vice president.
TO ISSUE BONDS
FOR $5,000,000
Alaska Central Stockholders
Ratify Deal With London
Holland Syndicate.
FROST PROMISES ACTIVE WORK
Says Contractors Are to Go Slow
Until Better Weather But
large Supplies Ordered.
8y Cab'o to The Dally Gateway.
Seattle, April 16-A special meeting
of the stockholders of the Alaska Cen
tral Railway Company yesterday after
noon ratified a resolution submitted
by the board of directors authorizing
the immediate issue of $’>,000,000 in
bonds, and approving the execution of a
new trust deed to conform to the re
quirements of the London-Roll and
I syndicate which is to take the bonds.
1 A communication from President
Frost was read, which stated that lie
I has instructed Watson & Snow, the
| contractors, to go slowly for a month
| until weather conditions improve so
II hat they can work more economically, !
! but lie stated also that lie had instruct
ed Purchasing Agent Rrown to fill all
I requisitions for supplies for a large
working force this summer.
COMPLETES TRACK ACROSS
LONG TRESTLE ON MILE 49
Alaska Central Adds 1200 Feet to
Rail Line but Must Proceed
Slowly for Short Time.
Track was laid over the 1200-foot
tivstle on mile T» in two days this
».ik and will be finished in about ten
days to the Mclnnes cut on mile *>0.
Work proceeds more slowly on the
ground than on the trestle as the
grade has to Ik* surfaced. About 4000
feet of track will be laid and then rail
laying will stop until the bridge across
the glacier stream is completed.
Sixteen men are employed in the
tracklaying gang. When not engaged
in laying new track they work at sur
facing the old track. About fifty
bridge carpenters are working on mile
oO, and about forty men on the Turn
1 again arm rock work. This force will
not be increased much for a month.
Not many more carpenters can be
! employed until the track gets around
to tho loop on mile *>1, and a large
| force cannot be maintained on Turn
I again arm until perishable supplies
can be taken around there on the inlet
steamers. Large stocks of non-perish
able supplies have been there for more
than a year but the camps lack fresh
provisions.
NEW MEXICO GOVERNOR
FORCED OUT OF OFFICE
By Cable to The Dally Qatoway.
Washington, 1>. C.. April IK- Gov.
I Uagerman of the territory of New
| Mexico resigned today at the request
! of 1 ’resident Roosevelt. Charges are
pending against Uagerman. The
i president appointed as his successor
( apt. George Curry, formerly military
governor of the island of Samar in the
Philippines.
EACH ALASKA POST TO
HAVE TWO COMPANIES
Ey Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Washington, D. April 15 Each
Alaska military post will have two
companies thissummer. Besides those
now stationed in the north companies
I. K. Land M of the Tenth infantry,
| now at Honolulu, will be sent to
' Alaska posts in the latter part of
| June. _
nilitary Orders for Alaska
Washington, 1). C\, April 18—Form
al orders were issued today by the war
I department directing the transfer to
Alaska of the third battalion of the
Tenth infantry from Honolulu. One
company will go to Fort Liscum, in
addition to the one now stationed
there, one will go to Fort Egbert, the
others to Fort Davis and St. Michael.
Will Run to Seldovla
Steamers Saratoga and Yucatan will
go to Seldovia hereafter, according to
the advertisement of the Northwest
ern Steamship Company in the Seattle
papers.
MAY BEGIN ON
SUNRISE TRAIL
Capt. Pillsbury Cables Asking
How Iiarly Work Will
Be Practicable.
An inijuiry by cable as to the time
' when work can begin on the Sunrise
I trail came this morning from Capt.
I'illsbury of the Alaska road commis
sion to J. 15. Cameron, engineer of
construction of the Alaska Central.
This is understood to signify that the
commission intends to do some work
on the trail this year. Mr. faineron
i answered that the snow will he nearly
i all out of the way by June 1.
Work can begin at the railroad
track on mile .'U by May 1, as there is
; little snow on the low ground adjacent
and it is disappearing rapidly. If
work is to be done on the south side of
I Johnson creek summit it will have to
| begin at the railroad and an effort is
| already under way to have this done.
'The chamber of commerce adopted
! resolutions last week to be sent to Maj.
j Richardson, chairman of the commis
sion, urging the completion of the Sun
I rise trail this summer. These resolu
tions will be mailed to him on the next
boat and a message has been sent him
i asking him to withhold decision up
on tlie extent of work to be done this*
! year on tin* trail until he receives the
communication from tin* chamber.
Resides thi> personal representations
will l»e made to him by Seward men in
1 Seattle.
The resolutions set forth the fact
j that the engineer’s estimate on the
cost of trail from the railroad to Hope
■ is *1.'{,000. and calls attention to the
fact that the towns of Seward, Sunrise
i and Hope pay almost that amount an
nually in licenses, the source of the
road fund. It is therefore insisted by
ttie chamber that as Kenai peninsula
has never received a dollar from the
road fund that the expenditure of the
licenses collected this year, and even
a little more, to complete the Sunrise
trail is no more than simple just ice.
Fairbanks Trail to (let Nearly All
Seattle, April l!> The Alaska road
commission yesterday evening com
pleted the allotment of the congres
sional appropriation for this year.
Nearly the entire amount will be ex
pended upon the trail from Valdez to
Kairba nks.
Road Work to Start at Ketchikan
Seattle, April 16— Capt. Pillsbury
and Lieut. Orchard of the Alaska road
j commission will start next Monday for
Ketchikan with twenty men to com
plete the government trail from thut
city to the interior.
SETTLE STRIKE
AT TREAI1WFI l
VTIlllUUl i icjuuivw ngaillM
Union Men.
_
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Juneau, April 1" The Treadwell
{ mine strike was settled today. The
men return without recognition of the
i union but there will be no discrimi
! nation against union men, nor will
i their officers be blacklisted.
The result means simply that the
men lost the tight but are reinstated
in their old positions without prejudice.
The men gave up when the stamp
mill was put in operation without
them, although it lias not been run
ning half the stamps.
To Start Sunday at Treadwell
Treadwell. April H> The strike is
settled in all details on the basis
agreed upon two days ago and the men
will return to work next Sunday.
TREADWELL STRIKERS
BEAT SERVIAN MINER
By Cable to The Daily Gateway.
Juneau, April 15- -Strikers assaulted
and badly beat a Servian miner named
Mataji at Treadwell yesterday after
noon. Five men are under arrest,
charged with the assault.
The Treadwell mine is operating
540 stamps today and is slowly getting
its entire plant into operation.
ICE GOING OUT
OE COOK INLET
Small Boat Carrying lour Men
Comes from Knik to
Sunrise in Safety.
CAPLIIL SAILING NLCLSSAPY
Believed that Tides May Clear the
Waters Soon and Make Way
for Summer Navigation.
Small boats art* now running
j Turnayuin arm anti Knik arm. a
though both still contain floating c .
! which menaces navigation sotm what.
I hut it is expected that this will h.*
i carried out soon. Four men l* tt Knik
in a dory April *'» and reached Sunrise
April 11. They report that it • • • i■ iii • • •
J skilful maneuvering to avoid tie* iv>
and this made their progress slow.
tine of tin* party. Thomas I loot!
j who is associated with (leorge i'altm •
I at Knik. arrived in Sewarti this »i e
with the news. He says that tie n ■
I below the arms still had too much ic<*
I when he came by to pt*rmit the pass*
I age of boats, but it i> his opinion tha*
the titles were carrying tie- ice • >
fast into the open sea.
As already r'ported (Icorye I’aln.**
I was expecting to yo to S> ittovia tor
; supidies as >mm as he could ye'
j through and Mr. I tooth think' it prov
able that lie luts reached Se tlovia by
tiiis time. Tie trip was -are to h*
dangerous hut the raid on the stock
at Knik by prospectors duriny tie
winter had m arly emptied tie- -tores.
|and I’almer was anxious to yet sotie
the yoods which wen* left at S« dov
last fall when tie* inlet closed.
BOTH PARTIES
GRAFT POLICE
All Administrations of Citv of
Chicago Levy Assessments
on Department.
By Cable to The Dally Gateway
Chicago, April L’i> Invest igatio
shows that member* of the police de
partment for many year* have contri
buted to the campaign fund of tie
party in control of the city administra
tion. no matter which party it was.
The investigation was set on foot by
the charge of the republicans that the
police department aided Mayor Dunne
in the recent election, This i* found
to be true and the further fact disclos
d that the same thing was done al
hrough the Carter Harrison regime,
nd by preceding administrations of
otli parties. It is promised that start
ing disclosures of corruption in th<
police department will be made.
STRIKE CAUSES
COAL FAMINE
Shortage in British Columbia
Threatens Serious Condi
tion to Residents.
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Vancouver, H. C., April l!' Tin*
j coal strike is causing a general coal
j shortage all along the western line ol
! the Canadian Pacific railroad and a
serious condition already exists and
threatens to become worse. No coal is
sold to private purchasers as the rail
road has only enough for two days.
No trains are moving except passen-1
ger trains and freight trains carrying
perishable goods.
MYSTERIOUS HEIRS RISE
TO CLAIM SMITH’S COIN
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
New York, April 19—A mysterious
father and mother and other alleged
relatives of the late “Silent” Smith,
have appeared to fight for a share in
the $75,000,000 left to the widow.