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Vo, u N( , s SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, OCTOBilK 7. 1905. *
Maj. .T. F 1 ’a' aine announced Indore
I,.- left f Seattle on the Santa Ana
his! Monday that he and his brother,
Frank L. Itailaine, had made arranjre
metit' for the installing of all modern
i!pt“ove!tu*:u> in Seward on a scale to
keep pace with the growth of the eitx
i ito metropolitan rank. The •Men
sjve water sxstem now beiny put in
was cited u> an illustration.
•• You may say t » the people oi
S •ward.*' s .i l ' aj. Hallaitte, "that 1
a n w e kii.r to briny wholesale houses
a.nl manufacn riuy industries of every
kind to Sexvut’u as last as the ext* ii'ion
of the Al.i'ka tYntral railway into the
i terior xx , vv.in.iut, »» that b\ the
tun*- ti.- rails reach the Tatiana river
s. aard xvi 1 Ik* the commercial. Ilium
e:al atul n.anutae'uriny eeuter for all
t central and s.. :h* rtj Alaska. 1 ex-•
*,. c: Seward, in time to take the ponce
S-ritt le now Isolds as the outiittiny
...ii : I. : Alaska. As tar as I eun u •
t, i inf ad that rea u* 1 in ' * *
stea net s sha jdx not only between
S :i ,,i Seward. but betxveen \au
Ijimt Seward. I‘orlhud and
s Saa 1 raueisco and Savan..
>;•; .»! :. • 'si; and Si .x a ■ s s ton
as : Grand Trunk I’aci shall W
shop! ct>: ta in a population Jot' several
o! Se A a' <■ she !. he J.of less that OJie
't a- p“ • P ■ d:!; i o 1
S. at ’ ■■ is .i at ■ • ifth Of t he total
popubti. i Washington, and the
pnpttlailet o San Fran, isco is one-iifth
that of t aiiforuta.
* \\Atn t a - tviane of hiyh yrat
cooper :e: tii yre .t aretis el iir-t
e col _ ar stem in at eon: tribe- -
to S, war . xx i . t • com; I- tion of
another l**1 mi!* s of the Alaska t • u
tral. tla s*;tjaiio.t will demand smelter
h r * t e >u clipn bay. 1 tun now
a ad «• *•! e\ rte. «‘e to 1>U, «i ami
Y t:r them. T , e* ;A*winy lure of
• Vc a. e.rrxiny trade for practi
cal!' : 1 * t A!U‘ a * n e**mph>tion of
lie Alaska iVdltid will hr In with it
a . ear.mi .or si l l xar - and machim
shop ci* bU* * i carmy f r anx ordi-.
FA (M E IS
CAlliiT AT LAST
By Cable to tS Datlx Gateway
. Mouinti'i. <tot. •* t’a» * roivt*.
who has been notorious for five yt*ais
hi,*.- ;> of his alleged connect!' n with
the kith.ajHi.-f o' lidward I'u-laity Jr.,
the l-* car old ><m of tic Omaha pack
er. i i v * * year** a_ >. was captured her*'
t'Kiay. lit' presence wa> tipped off to
the ]>•>! ice by associates "horn he trust
. d. t rowe adit its h - identity and 'ays
he will ifo back wi iiout a requisition,
lie It nie- any connection with the
kidnaping.
The kidnapers obtained $25,000 from
Cuda \ t tou^h a threat 'o destroy
the boy’s - - , t. They eapttired the
boy on t !>■ >t ;a e - of Omaha and kept
him two a > u a lonely house. The
descri * on of *> e of th** kidnapers fil
led Cr uve perf ctly and he disappt ar
tle. H • sa *> It as since traveled ex
tensively hroujjhottt the world, and has
ofte i e Omaha. His presence
there a few weeks a^o was reported
hy a tua i wh knew him well.
Copper Doeloptrents at Port Dick
In a communication to the Gateway
from Port 1 ick. fifty miles west of
Seward, Tho i as Langttve states that
ten men are working in the develoj>
ment of cop, er property there, and are
making good headway. 'Fite ledge i>
rapidly improving with depth, he
states. Mr. Lang tree expresses tin*
belief that P« rt Pick v. i’i erelop into
a big ca np.
Alvah Fames, chief clerk of the rail
way n ai s twice for this j art of Ala>
xa, returned t > Valdez on th * >anla
nan vessel. I am yivinjr m.v attention
to that also. The unexcelled stcaminyr
qualities of tlie Matamuska eoal.
coupled with the lack of a jjooil steam
ing coal elsewhere on the Pacific coast,
will make Seward the principal coal
depot on either the American or
\siatie side of the Pacific. Prepara
tions to meet that condition are al
re:uu miller full headway, hacked by
e- ;tl operators ot experience and plenty
ot capital, both the men and the capital
bein^r mostly from Pittsburg.
••These are a few of the influences
that will make Seward one ofthelarjjp?
cities on the Pacific coast. If I live my
normal life. 1 expect to see Seward the
-d city north of Seattle, not even
• xceptiujr \'ictoria or Vancouver. It
has a greater variety and almndance
o' r< s. mves Udiind it than any other
city north o' Seattle, and a climate
t-t a- favorable to habitation as the
climate of Scot land.”
Mai, p,.diaim, to is well know n, was
the originator, organizer and promoter
the Alania Ventral railway, and the
I'm. •; v of Seward. The Seward tow n
>p, !„ In;;,s tit tiir P.allaine llrothers
Pompany. o, wnich he is president and
majiirby stockholder, frank 1.. Ital
ian.' Ih-ittt;' the only other stockholder.
i’i; it..;; 15 rot In is < 'otn patsy i> a
\\ shi'ejtott corporation. Iloth of the
lia; atities,!re stock holders a mldirectors
in two or three bat k*. and arc atnonjr
;,i j ri■, i i a ! stockholders ot the A Istskst
i etitral i tail way. Maj. Ballaim* is ;i
dir, e ,m • it the railway company.
PuritiL* tiie month of September
w itieh Maj. Ikillaiuespei t in and around
N'wiii',1 In* visited every mine and pros
pect wit iiin fifty miles of Seward, and
examined each-one himself, lomanyot
them he went with a. pack an his back,
accompanied oniy by a yt'nide. lie also
C 'Vereil tile railroad work as tar as
pi.u-'-r ri'.,-r. L..'t summer and the
>,.111: n r top' m went into the inter
•,,r ;.a.e the route of the road for a
distune, ot I bn miles non h of Seward.
Tie results are that he has ;i fuller
kn iwh te of the country back of Sew
ard thatt any other man. and it is till
know h ic that he gained by personal
iuvist i mat ion.
3y Cable to the Daily Gateway
El |'a,u. T« ;a». Oct. t>ct. - .John
Alvxaud-r Howie. the prophet of the
t hicau'o "/ion." was stricken with pa
ral>»is on a train near here this morn
in c and is ip. a serious condition.
Tlte "prophet." who claims to be
Eli tii r incarnated. issued a public
statement in which he a-cribes his ili
ac-" to ti.«* i A ileavn e oi the Almighty
vith him for overworking. lie states
that he will not ajrain offend divine
pewer in that way. He announced
that lie has named hi> successor, but
that the name will not be made public
until after his death, should his attack
terminate fatally.
S’. Paul. Oct. 4 It is reported here
that .John Sp-acher. a physician of
Waterloo. Iowa, has been named by
"Prophet" Howie as successor of the
latter in the event of hi> death, follow
ing the stroke ot paralysis a few days
a*ro at E! Paso. Texas.
CALLS MASS MEETING
Chamber of Commerce Wants
Delegates Sent 1o Seattle
The elm abet* < ? eon ill »ri*e has
called a mass meeting of all citizt'hs of
Seward to be ludd in Moore's hall next
Monday evening to elect delegates to
the convention of Ala*;kilns to lie held
in Seattle November l‘>. The chamber
believes that Seward should he repr. -
seated and that nil residents of the
town should t ike part in the selection
of delegates.
The plan of representation proposed
by the. Nome chamber of com mere \
which called the convention, is one
tie It gate to cacu community for each
;><X' population or fraction thereof.
EXPECTS BOOM
ON THE SUS1TNA
0. ti. Herning Says it Has Great
Opportunities for Miners and
Stock Men.
Central Alaska only waits the cofniny
of a railroad to offer the immiyrant a
variety of resourees not excelled any
where. in the opinion of (). G. Ilerniny.
who has lived north ofCook inlet since
is;is and is familiar with th*- entire
ivy ion for many miles. Mr. Heni’uy
is superintendent of the Klondike A
llostou Miuiuy A Manufacturiny Com
pany. which lias for t wo yea in profitably
worKed a larye hydraulic plant on its
Willow creek placers.
Not miuiuy alone, hut stoek-raisiny
on a larye scale and ayriculturc will
will create wealth in the Susitnu val
ley and it' tributaries, says Mr. Ilern
iim. As a sample of what can be done
he hrouyht down a sack of potatoes
which lie raised at Knik. I'hey are
equal in size and quality to any tinny
ever raised in the Yakima or Wen
atchee valleys of Washinyton. < >1
ayrieultur.il possibilities in Central
Alaska. Mr. Ilerniny said:
••There is no question hat the Su
sitnu valley will he a yreat stock
country. The lines! kind of wild yrass
yrow s t here, as liiyh some! iines as a
man's head. Wheat, oats and rye
yrow and develop luxuriantly amt
head perfectly’. The season is lony
enouyh for the yrain to ripen and the
sim shines all summer. The only
possible drawback is the tact that late
summer rains are liable to come just
at harvest time and partially destroy
the t^atured crop.
“Grain has rmpl. time to yrow anti
mature. I have raised rye, wheat and
oats, hut i always cut them for hay
before they are ripe. At Tyotiek they
have raised and harvested small yraiiis
of all kinds. 1 think fall wheat and
rye will ripen in time for harvest as
often as in any country without loss by
rain. In the states, we all know crops
are often ruined at harvest time by
heave rains, (tats are sowed about
May l. and as they do not Horn until
about the end of summer they are in a
yood deal of danyer from rain."
The Willow creek miuiuy property
which Mr. i lerniny's company is opera
tiny is only thirty-five mile- by trail
from Knik station, where he has a
store and outfit liny post. !*y way of
the Susitnn river it is more than PH)
miles. Mr. Ilerniny located the yround
in lS*)S and has been workiny it ever
since. Ilis H'sociates are llostou capi
talists. Two years ayo the company
installed an expensive hydraulic plant,
part of which is the liable Grizzly
Klevator tor disposin'* of larye locks
by water force. Six men are steadily
employed and part of the time a lnryer
number. The output of yold has been
entirely satisfactory from the beyin
niny.
Mr. Iferniny expects a rush to the
places of the Susitna's tributaries
next year. Hundreds of men are in
t he reyion now. He came to Seward
on the Santa Ana and went to Seattle
cm the Santa Clara to purchase a larye
stock of yoods for his store at Knik.
Mr. Kemp Makes Denial
liandall H. Kemp informs the Gate
way that it was in error in announcing
last week his intention of jroinpr to
Nelson. ii. and afterwards return
ing to the Susitna valley to reside per
manently. The Gateway’s informant
• claimed that Mr. Kemp had told him
he \\as truing to Nelson to dispose of
mining property near that place, and
that he would then locate in the
Susitna valley. Whether the infor
mant was trying to play a practical
joke on Mr. Kemp, or Mr. Kemp was
only jollying the informant, is a mat
ter between them. The Gateway, how
over, makes the correction on Mr.
Kemps authority. Mr. Kemp says that
his plans, since severing connection
with the Gateway, have not been fully
matured.
W. M. Sauers of tin* Seward Com
merciul Company waS a passenger on
the Santa Clara fdr Seattle, where he
•joes to make extensive purchases for
his tirm. He will be absent at least a
month.
STEAMER SAIES
STORMY SEAS
Santa Clara Meets Gale Which
Drives Her to Inside Passage
for Safety.
Steamer Santa (Ultra, ('apt. Schage.
reached port Tuesday night, nearly
ten days out from Seattle, after a tem
pestuous voyage which called for rare
judgment and nerve on the part of
her master. As usual the vessel was
cleared for the outside passage, hut on
reaching the open ocean at ( harlotte
Sound she struck a gale which made
progress impossible and to avoid immi
nent peril of shipwreck ('apt. Schage
turned hack and came up by the inside
pas-age to Cross Sound. t Front there
lie sailed straight to Valdez.
I tough weather was encountered
from the start. Tim Santa Clara left
Seattle Friday evening, September (
•J'J. at 11 o'clock. I>y her usm) course
of sailing she should have come through
by last Friday. The passengers are
gratified to he here at all. and in testi
mony of their sentiments, when they
were nearing the end. they adopte
resolutions of thanks to ('apt. Schage.
in which they -t ite the opinion that
to hi- -kill as a navigator and the dis
cipline of his crew they had come
t broil ;ii -afely.
Seward pas-eliger- exp' e-- till'belief
that the Sant.a Clara was in real dan
ger when she met the storm outside
Cha lotto Sound. The vessel pitched
fearfully, the sea swhpt over her side
and the gab- blew until the captain
was driven olT the bridge. If lie had
not done -o the wind would have
carried him of. Many of the pas-cn
ger> were (tenthly sick, (’hi travelers
among them say they never -aw such
a storm in the North Pacific. Fight
head of cattle died ami were thrown
uvcrbo:i id.
TI'.e#Sjint:» (’l;mi sailrtl with nearly
l.nnii tons of !i*eijr 111. part of which was
for Val<lez. For >>• anl she had 45*i
ions, and for Seldovia i!'5o. the latter
for tin railroad, to he taken to Turn
a a in Arm. Most of the S w.a ; dcar/o
was for the railroad, although local
merchants received numerous consijrn
uieijts. Twenty head of cattle for tin1
railroad company were embarked. eijrht
perished in the storm and one reached
Seward only to die on the wharf after
heinj; lifted oil' practically a> de;id
freight.
Amon<r the freight on the Santa
< Lira was a hujje compressor lor Rich
vV Harris, to be used in driving the
drills in the railroad tunnels. It runs
by steam. With it is a hfaithy speci
men of I‘utret Sound Hr to be used as a
bed. 'Phis'tick is twenty feet Ion*:
and dtix 11 inches. It weighs three
t .ns. Mr. Harris ordered two smaller
limbers and received this instead. lie
says he c\n use it.
Not t ie least intereslin.tr part of tie
Santa ( l ira's Seldovia cartro was a lo
of dot's, which were chained in a row
a Ion/ the /ar/vuy next to the dock.
T icy will Ik* used by the railroad
ec tn any at Turnnjfain Arm.
'Phe animals very early lost interest
in the discharge of ear/o and occasion
ally offered subdued murmurs of dis
content. Hart of the lot were brought
from Valdez by Col. Revell, who went
there to secure them. Others had
been aeemmdated in Seward amt were
added to the delegation when the boat
arrived.
The Santa ('lara Thursday brought
hack 200 tons of freight from Seldovin
because the inlet steamers Tronic and
Neptune could not guaranty its deliV
t.rv at Turnagain Arm before the inlet
freezes over. The railroad can take
it-* freight over the line from the end
of the track and everything will be
transported tlc.it way hereafter.
In spite of the congestion at Seldovin
the Portland took lot) tons there for
P. Welch iV Company. The contract
ors will take a chance on getting it up
on the steamers. 1! the freeze-up
comes late they will he able to do so.
If not they will lake it over the snow.
The cargo included some heavy mach
inery and a special effort will be made
to rush this through. The supplies
can wait.
The Santa Clara sailed this morning
for Seattle at 3:30. She had a large
passenger list.
TRACK REACHES
END OE MILE 35
Only a little More Work on Grade
to 43 and Rails Will Soon he
laid that far
Track is now laid on the Ala4
( Vntrnl to tin* cr.d of n i’•» X>. and b -
fore the end of this month t ie rai
will extend IT miles from Sewai .
Mile X, was linished Wednesday ev< -
ing. The grade is complete to the en
of mile <• xi pt a short stretch «
surfacing, and track will he laid tin:
far the coining* week. 1 he next tb
and one half miles will ipiickly follow.
'Phe grade is nearly finished t i mi.
17 except sir -aks of rock work yvliic
will lie completed so that the tm
can he laid that far before winter ' •
I les doyvn to sla y. 11.-t \ e. i< 17 and i •.
where the InM t mu:el wiil be bored. .
good deal of heavy work lies h r
will be done long b lore tiie end • t ;
winter ami track laid that tar. h •
tunnel or mile I'd wiil be bored le. ti ■
railroad company. lie* i.v ■ for w hi.
I Jieli v. I lands hold t In- coot ract .
ill llliie .'ll’.
,1. |t. ( imeron. engineer uf constru
ij(.n. . mated today tlie announc
policy ot building, which b to kc •
tin* rails pushed as far t • the front . '
pcssiMe. While giading camp' a
seat t er'd a long t he route for I >o mi b '
ahead ol toe track and in many plan s
heavy rock yvork intervenes which y' i
require months, rails yvdi be laid on
on eucn mile no u the end of t w traci\
as last i' the grade is completed.
The extension ot the trade t > tlm
first tunnel yvil! ctVect a great saving
ill iw.iup»'tiilion O the r.itl. oan eon
panv and to llich and Harris. At tl •
present time supplies for the tunic
ca tups have to I >e t a ken a long (list a lie* .
and while a good road has been c
through t he cost of hauling over it A
vastly lu'.v. eg than it will be over tl
rails.
This week the S mt,i Clara brought
the huge co. pres-i r tor llich o Har
ris. with which the drills will :>• driv« -.
in the t tin Is, and it "ill so >n I* ■ at
yvork. although th • ta'k ot g**tti.ig it
to llliie OL* over seVCIltoel llliles o'
wagon road is a diflicult one.
3y Cubic to the Dally Gateway
New York. Oct. '» The investijjai »•.
of life insuranee companies In t
'tale insuranee commi—i met* to ia\
l>i'OU«rht to lisrht the lac' t iat the
Mutual Life Insuranee t'ompam ha
paul commissions amounting t->
siMIOO.OOO to Kohert Met'urdv. son o:
President Met urdv.an i Loui-T eha .
the president's -on-i -law, on inv •> -
ments of the company's funds.
District Attorney Jerome wiP refer
the entire insurance -caudal to a yrand
jury.
STEAMER PORTLAND HERE
Vessel Mikes Re.ord Run by th*
Inside Passage
Steamer Portland. <'ipt. Li i'.it|i:i-•.
reached tin* port Thursday I v m
Slie came through from Seattle ii tl:
record time of a little more than eiglr
days on the inside passage. Had sh •
not been delayed four hours by a tid •
between Valdez and Seward *be would
have shortened the time that much
more.
The Portland left Seattle the morn
ing of September 21. She started bit
enough to miss the big storm, although
i she experienced some wind. Sh
readied Valdez less than seven da\ -
out from Seattle.
The Portland brmtght about 300 ton*
of freight for Seward. Mains for 11 li
cit;, water sy.*tem and the machinen
for the power plant of Butler Brother*
were included i:i the cargo. Some
freight came for the railroad and th<*
remainder was for Seward merchant*,
j several of whom received heavy coi -
signments.
The Portland sailed for Seldoviu
[Thursday night at 11:30*