Seward Weekly Gateway
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Alaska’s Representatives Not in
\ccord Over legislation for
the Territory.
BREACH >\U> TO Bt: WIDENING
Koqgall Wants Commission to Sug
gest Changes in Mining laws.
Uaskey Opposed to Plan.
By Cr.' lo *> Ti e Tally Gateway.
Wash dirt on. O. < . IK-e. ' * h"
breach h« con Dclvratt* Wi-key and
llov. \l U ,;l( • \hska is wUlcuUijf as
<1 r, sul 01 ! d'.'U ivi inen! ever
U'cislati' a d* s ted. for the ten • tory
Wasttey it nr - t hat ho is ap
posed to ' stion of i It*- aat
that a con - b a op-HuPd to in
for chan# - in the mutint* l»w>. fit
war ' iti "t t: a to If- siation in ettr
imrty.
In sti}»|»o«T of his commission ‘ ' oy catt
ciys it won't! c <:> dor coan^os in tin
miniiv.: laws coiupiehonsivel y and sub
mit the result of it^ liiulimrfocomfro's.
Legislation would thus bo secured as a
whole instead of by piecemeal.
Diverse Views About Alaska
Washington, l>. G., Dec. «i Presi
dent Koosevelt transmitted to congress
today three letters addressed tohiiuat
his request concerning Alaska affairs.
One is from Delegate Waskey and the
other two from (Iov. Hoggatt. The
president asked each to submit to him
in writing hi-opinion concerning the
most important legislation needed for
Alaska. Waskey‘s letter was sub
mitted to (Iov. Hoggatt for criticism,
and the governor's second let r i - ins
comment upon Waskey A view-.
Waskey -ays the legislation mo-t
needed by Alaska is the creation ot
territorial government and amend
ments to the mining law- adapted te
the 1*1 euliar conditions of the mi i*
tory.
(Iov. Hoggatt -ay-the -olid busint —
interest , of Alaska are op[w>-ed to
territorial government. Instead of
the changes in mining law which
Waskey suggests he recommends the
creation ot a commi-sion whose mem*
bets shall investigate the mining laws
and report to the president.
Gov. Hoggatt s annual report on
Alaska was transmitted to congress by
the president today. The president i
in entire accord with the governor's
recommendations concern.ng Alaska
legislation.
WASKEY WORKS
FOR TWO RILLS
By C&blo to Tbe Dally Gateway.
Washington, It. t'.. Dec. 7 Delegate
Waskey of Alaska >tate* that he will
concentrate his efforts during the short
session ol congress to secure a revision
of the mining law-, as favored by the
Alaska miners, especially the regula
tions concerning the location of placer
claims, and to the demand for a division
of the Third judicial district, creating
a Fourth district.
An effort will be made to obtain as
sistance for the judge of the Second
judicial district, at Nome, where the
docket is getting behind l>ecause of the
heavy mining litigation.
Capital Papers Notice Waskey
Washington. D. C., Dec. 3—Frank
H. Waskey, short term delegate from
Alaska, returned to the capital Satur
day night from New Hampshire,
where he spent a month. He is Incom
ing well acquainted here and the news
papers gave him more space yesterday
than any other member of congress.
Mr. Waskey says he has found in
Washington many prominent men who
are friendly to the territory and whose
frienship is important to its legislative
interests. He says President Roose
velt is the best-posted man in the ad
ministration on Alaska and its re
sources. Many department and bureau
heads have but the vaguest ideas of
the territory and laugh when they are
told that the southern coast has a
milder winter climate than the city of
Washington.
(jfo\; Division of Third Judicial
District and Appointment of
Fourth Judije.
3V C '.ie to Ttie Daily Gateway.
VY.vslii nylon. I*, t’.. Her. 1 (iOV.
I loy. it:annual report uryes lho ap
point ment of a commission to relist
territorial laws; lay* emphasis upon
tin* necessity for a division of tho Third
i juitic al district and tlte appointment
j of a fourth judye; asks an increase in
tlu* congressional appropriation lot
liyhtiiouses on the Alaska coast, file
! e eat on of a separate liyhthouse dis
trict of A iaska alone; and special ap
prop: at ions lor huildiny roads.
Thoyoveruoresfimat.es the popula
t :<u) i ■ ; tin* territory at nn.Odo, u liieli
ii >a «. is an increase of ;>.»0d over the
i pnpu ,tt too in l‘KU I>y judicial dis
tr isfn sets the population at JMld.il'
. [he t- o-s; and l'J.Ood in eacli oi the
ot isei lie says the first election foi
! territorial ileieyate in eonyress was
oiuni \ onieriN everyw iu*iv. lie
,iati- : ii.it there lias been no im tease
m p: :• 11 \ valuat sons ia Alaska cities
i» ii a materia! yain "as made in in
; ihist nai property ami t’uat railroad
! ti.u.w n-.;' was ao;iVe. He asserts that
; tree; v"pjvrdevelopments in soutli
f.i> n A ...ska anti in Prince \Vi ilium
s>i>itiii> ;.l>solute!\ assure a permanent
i nt in • t«» l iiiise regions.
1 tie movrnor expresses opposition to
i absolute rest rict ions upon th 1 further
saie of eoal latius but recommends that
| the present laws jroveruin*; coal land
entries in* modilied so as to prevent
j frauds.
The report recommends that tifteen
Inative children be required for the
j establishment of a native school, that
natives be allowed to acquire property
and transmit it to their heirs the same
ns white citizens. It states that the
natives are in yreat need of medical
assist .nee when epidemics prevail
amonir them and .hat the government
should furnish such aid.
i ji)v. Hojntait reeoiutnends that jrar
<s ii e\!ieriinent stations be abolished
because it lias been fully demonstrated
i:.,t . f-etables can be mown success -
111iiv .a nearly every inhabited part of
tie i rritorv, and that t he government
(.■stai. vh in their place stations for ex
periments in jrr:iin and stock jjrow inm
, {i recommends t he pa.»s;t}fe of ;i law*
, iiiudit.f tin- >ale of liquor within
live miles of railroad construction ex
efpt in incorporated towns. He asks
tor ttie erection of suitable buildings
it .luneau for the jjeneral territorial
offices.
'l'he subject of territorial govern
ment is not mentioned in the re|M>rt.
COAL ENTRIES
NOT TOUCHED
President’s Order Withdrawing
Lands Does Not Affect Pend
ing Applications.
By Cable to Tho Dally Gateway.
Washington, 1>. (’., Dec.6 Secretary
Hitchcock mhounces that the presi
dent’s order withdrawing the coal
lands from entry in western states and
Alaska will not affect locations al
ready made. Where applicants can
show that their tilings were made for
j their owi; use and not in behalf of a
syndicate they will he permitted toob
| tain title.
It is said at the interior department
(that there is no law by which the
withdrawal order can he made retro
act ive so as to vacate applications al
; ready made to purchase lands.
(iulkana Subtsltuted for (iakona
A message from (’apt. Hartmann,
| head of the Valdez cable office, to
| Operator McGuire at Seward this week
stated that the cut-off telegraph
| line to Gulkana in the Tanana region,
was opened and the office at Gakona
abandoned.
The Alaska Mining News-Record
has begun publication in Chicago. It
will be published monthly and its
object is to boom Nome in particular
and all Alaska in general.
Alaska contains almost 600,000
square miles; it is as large as all the
United States east of the Mississippi
and has more than 26,000 miles of sea
coast.
President Roosevelt Recommends farther Legis
lation Against Trusts and favors Concili
atory Treatment of Japanese
Difficulty.
Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Washington, Ih *'•> ihv. •> I he
president's mcssayc discusses nearly
every subject of | resent political in
terest. dealiny at len tb with the
issue of control of corporate wealth
and the Japanese oitlieulty in San
Francisco, lie uryes forth r leyisla
i m m to prevent corporate action harm
ful to the people, and an inheritance
tax and yraduated income to in
crease federal revenues. lie uryes
conciliatory treatment of the Japanese
t rouble.
The president say> that labor and
capital are not antayonislie and that
hose who seek to incite hatred of men
oi wealth are public toes, lie uryes
piaeiny a limitation upon hours of
labor in railroad employment and
recommends the eiyht-hour day fur
mechanics, lie says it i>not necessity
to prevent consolidations of capital but
corporate met hods which are harmful
to public interest should be rectified,
ulthouyh complete prevention of com
binations of capital would be injurious.
He recommends that a law be enacted
prohibitiny corporate contributions to
political eampaiyn funds.
The president uryes arbitration of
labor troubles and says industrial
truininy is hiyhlv important to nation
al development.
Currency reform as recommended by
Secretary Shaw is favored bv the
president, to prevent hiyh speculative
rates for money in Wall street at cer
tain seasons, depictiny the amount
necessary to move crops in the fall.
That Coal I-and Order
Th«* message slates that the order
withdrawing coal lands from entry
was issued in order that the govern
ment may permit them to he worked
hv individuals under a royalty, the
government maintainin';' control and
refusing to allow exorbitant prices.
rie* president says this country should
treat all nationalities fairly, whether
they be Japanese. .lews or any other.
He says he is prompted to say this be
cause hostility to the Japanese in the
United States may he fraught with the
gravest conse(|Uences to the nation.
He calls attention to the fact that
Japan contributed *100,000 to the San
Francisco relief fund and says it is an
abuse to shut Japanese out of the San
Francisco public schools when Cali
fornia colleges receive them and the
Japanese students are a credit to the
institutions. He says ^ood manners
should be international.
TO GET RID OF j
NEGRO TROOPS
I
Senate Resolution Offered Asking
Dismissal of All Colored
Men From Army.
ay Cable to The Sally Gateway.
Washington,D. C’., Dec. 6—The sen- j
ate resolution calling for the official
correspondence concerning the riot at
Brownsville. Texas, which led to the
dishonorable discharge of all the
soldiers of the Twenty-fifth infantry,
and urging the dismissal of all negro
troops in the United States army, was
posponed until tomorrow.
The southern senators intend to
make a determined iignt on this issue,
hoping at least to make party capital if
they do not accomplish their purpose.
Temperature in November
The mean temperature ot November
in Seward was 31.3 degrees, the low
est monthly average since January.
The average February temperature
was 31.64 degrees, with a foot or two
of snow on the ground all the time, j
The lowest temperature in November I
was 11 on the 29th; the highest was 45 j
on the 11th. The mean temperature
of October was 42.21 degrees.
A town is springing up on Little
Eldorado creek in the Tanana.
The president deplores the numer
ous lynching* of negros and says iiiey
should he given justice upon trial in
court the same as white men. He
recoin mends a bill conferring upon the
government the right of appeal upon a
question of law in criminal cases, and
says amendments should he made in
the criminal laws to prevent judg
ments from being set aside upon mere
technicalities unconnected with the
merits of the case.
Favors Alaska Legislation
I Jeorganizat ion of Alaska's govern
inert is said by the message to he ab
solutely nee -ssary and recommenda
tion is made for the enactment of legis
lation previously la\oivd in 'In* inter
est of the territory. The president
says that when Alaska is developed it
will become a land of homes. He calls
attention to the proposed Alaska*
Yukon-1'aeilic exposition designed for
the upbuilding of Alaska and of com
merce on the I’aeilic ocean and says it
should appeal to the people of the
whole I'nited States for support.
The president demands protection
for the seals of the I'rihiluf islands and
says the power of the government
agents on the islands should he in
creased so as to give them [tower of
seizure and the authority of commit
ting’ magistrates.
The president expresses hope that
Cuba will preserve the peace and
achieve orderly self government. » 'on
eeruing the advocacy of universal
peace he says a just war is better than
a prosperous peace obtained by injust
ice. and that a nation is in a critical
condition which is not prepared for
war. He says it is better to he beaten
in war tban to shirk an obligation to
defend oational rights.
The president does not ask an in
crease in the navy Imt urges that It he
kept up to its presen. standard of
ctiieieney. He says obsolete ships
should he replaced by new and modern
ones. Ih* urges that coast defenses he
strengthened and both army and navy
kept up to the highest degree of
ellicieney. He asks an increase in the
number of men detailed upon coast de
fense.
The president suggests the adoption
of an amendment to the national con
stitution conferring upon congress the
exclusive right to regulate marriage
and divorce so ns to obtain uniformity
of laws upon the subject. He says the
conflict of state laws on these subjects
has resulted in scandal and abuse.
REPORTS MANY
JAP POACHERS
Agent Says Sixteen Oriental Ves
sels Engaged in Pelagic
Sealing this Year.
By Cable to Tbe Dally Gateway
Washington, I). C., Dec. 7—The re
port of Agent Sims upon pelagic seal
ing in Bering sea this year states that
sixteen Japanese vessels, each with a
crew of thirty men, took thousands of
seals in the open sea and that the herd
is rapidly disapearing.
Siras recomends that a revenue cut
ter be detailed to cruise the Alaska
coast in May and June each year and
follow the herd northward to the
Pribilof islands to guard the seals dur
ing the entire season. He also asks
that the law be amended so as to
permit the revenue cutter to sei/.e any
vessel which shows signs of being en
gaged in sealing. He suggests further
that St. Paul and St. George islands be
equipped with small cannon sufficient
to sweep the adjacent waters.
The Fairbanks Times urges folks to
be careful about this Chandlar business
until something is known of the coun
try, as it is a walk of 4o0 miles into the
region and sort of chilly this time of
year.
Recommendation that Japanese
Be ‘vdmitted to Citizenship
Invites tiffin.
By Ca':Jo to Tlie Dally Gateway.
Wadi'u.I). (Doc. •> I’in*
preM-Jcnt’s recommendation in his
i!ii s>ayo thal the riylit of natural i/a*
iion he i xii niicd to Japanese wlm re
main in tlio I'nited States lias aroused
a storm of opposition and members
of oote.-iv s from California, Ore
yon and Washington. and western
deleyatiotis generally announce that
t hey will never e else to liylit - ;ndi i
hill it one is ini rodueed
Sensiton Kay nor of Maryland intro-1
diieed a r> . Union today declariuyttint
the federal yovernmenl has no riyi.d t«»
interfere in tlie conduct of tlie schools
I of :my state, and assertiny that if any
[provision for such interference is con
*,-lined in t lie treaty wit h Japan it i
; uiiconstitut it-naI.
i ( ottyrcssiiiati Slaydeti introduce! a
; resolution in the house today provi.Sioy
j t bill all tieyro troops in the I'uio-.t
Stales army lie mastered out ol scr, n-e
; because tin- inlicri-ni race liostiiih i> -
j tweet the Caucasian and the neyr >
causes a reyiment of neyro soldiers t >
, he ti yrealer menace to ;i community
; in which it is stationed than a reyi
ment of armed Indians would he.
Labor Unions Oppose Japs
Seattle, Dee. t» The central labor
organization of Seattle Iasi night
passed resolutions against Japanese
j naturalization and wired to the San
Francisco unions that Seattle union
men will stand with them in a crusnde
| against Japanese labor.
(Jov. Mead of Washington announced
I toda.v that he is opposed to Japanese
[naturalization, t itizeiis of the math
western cities will organize to defeat
such legislation il it is attempted.
Unions Still Resolving
Seattle. Dec. 7 Fverv labor union
: in Seattle has been ordered b.\ tin*
central labor organization to pass reso
lutions condemning I’resident. Koose
velt's proposition to permit the natur*
! alization of Japanese. A meeting has
also been called to adopt resolutions to
lu* forwarded to the president protest -
1 ing against t lit* project.
Japanese Squadron Coming
Seattle, Dec. J It is announced
(through Oriental channels that a
Japanese squadron under command of
Admiral Kataoka will visit Seattle and
San Francisco in March.
RENEW TALK OF
JAPANESE WAR
Public Men Fear that Oriental
Power Is Attempting to
Force Trouble.
By Cable to Tho Dally Gateway.
Washington, I). C., Dec. it—-While
administration officials minimize the
difficulties of the situation involved in
the controversy with Japan over the
San Francisco school question it Is j
known that President Roosevelt and j
Secretary Root view the case with ap
prehension. Consul-General Miller of I
Yokohama is quoted as saving that the
Japanese are preparing for war. He ,
says the school question is only a pre- j
text and that the capture of the Phil-1
ippines is the ultimate object.
Senator Flint and Congressman 1
Hayes of California called on the pres-1
ident yesterday and with other public 1
men discussed the Japanese difficulty
and the warlike attitude of the Orien
tal empire. The president deprecated
talk of the possibility of war and ex
pressed the hope that the trouble
might he settled by having San Fran
cisco allow all Japanese under 18 years
old in that city to attend the primary
schools. _
France Looks for War
Paris, Dec. J—The French press says
that the proposed visit of a Japanese
squadron to the Pacific coast of the
United • States is a veiled menace, and
declares that it will he impossible for
the United States and Japan to resume
friendly relations unless the school
question is settled on terras satisfactory !
to Japan. All Paris papers regard war 1
as inevitable.
I
flight Miners Come '.o • rtf
With Halt jrin* 'X : * ;s
Lrom that Camp.
GFT ;<IC!I PA\ l\ OLD CM ‘ LL
Lame Out by Way of Knik am!
Better Trail but Were t'
to Outfit There.
Krorn Valdez rr****k, • >;. ’ 11 r
Siisitlist, eight limn cat .*• > ■ rd
Saturday with hi:? nukes .*: * i-t,
and tlmy estimat* tli;»• ;d> > ’*■"».o'<)
I akei ou: t h • * ir ’ >, >/.
iiii'I), A hunt I '.vi'tiiinn - a
eivek hut near! , halt <*f ' im t
tically nothing hut ’:■*>-?» • '
* f t Imtn |*u' it) pin ut tif „t
nr >'i» vl ill:? *>i dead work.
\ ai*i* /. creek has ,* 11 r.m! • *r
alile it t••ut Ion l»»r t lire** I1.
lie. ahuve I lx* falls of I he S <1
lmads it. tim eastern wat* . vr
lit*' source ot the < ant'a idl
llow s wt 't and n*irth to n* . i.
Valde/. creek is about tw* >
I long, v\ ith 't-veral gulch* - p-,
entering it from ••ach side. si*
• ginal discovery was made ah*. . .I©
: from the confluence of the *a *1. vith
; the Susitna. Tim dust this y .vas
j taken out principally front N ! * of
Discovery . No. - above Disco* md
Lucky gulch, several ini! ‘ho
stream.
The original discovery i> ■ v«•*: by
the men now operating on tl. creek
to be at the place where the .* ui
stream meets an old chants* It**
original locators worked at tin <•..:*> of
the creek and took out l»ig ea; \tter
proceeding a short distance It* paj
I streak ran out in the creek .*! tliej
1 abandoned tin* claim. Tim nr -.cut
I theory is that ilit* iiencii on ;■* or;h
side of the creek is an ohi cita uai
extremely rich.
Tunneled into Bench
The pay in No. 2 above w... •:*
from tlm bench by tunnel::.. * »*in
sixty feet above the tied. l it * * I*
rises on a sl<***p slope anu t:. . •
was run down in a cltule to
where it was sluiced in bo\ the
edge uf the creek. No. 1 ' D:»
covery was worked by diver:.hie • • ;*t
of the creek anu tin* gold wa- * t*
from the bed.
The old channel is at least .*•* tiles
long, extending from one bend •* Die
present stream to the other. !‘tm old
channel is straighter than tin* n* w one.
It is now a high bench an*, no*lruck
has not been found in it except where
tin* present stream cuts. Homs tifty
(Continued on page 21
APPROPRIATIONS
fOR TERRITORY
jy Cu'jle Vu The Dally Gateway.
Washington, I). C., Dec. 4 Alaska
appropriations before congress which
are expected to be acted on favorably
are the following:
Completion of light and fog -ignal
stations on Hinchinbrook island, at the
entrance of Prince William «.ound,
$100,000; purchase uf the .lohausoa
mill site at Fort Egbert, $2000: for the
care of domestic reindeer, $10,000: for
the education of natives, $100,000,
with $50,000 additional for day schools
and $50,000 for the establishment of
an industrial boarding school for na
tive children and $100,000 ior an
orphan asylum; To reimburse the
crew of the lighthouse tender Man
zauita for losses sustained when the
vessel foundered in 1905, $1042; for the
completion of tisb hatcheries, $20;000.
Delegate Frank Waskey of Alaska
was much pleased at the round of ap
plause which greeted him when he
took the oath. He received many con
gratulations from members and hi*
presence was pointed out as marking a
new page in the history of the house.
He will l>e assigned a seat today, prob
ably on the democratic side.
The gold output of the Klondike for
1900 is $5,700,000, basing the estimate
upon the tax returns. The Dawson
News thinks this is close to the facts.
The panhandle of Alaska include*
1000 miles of inland sea. protected bj 4
range of islands.