NEWS or THE WORLD EOR PAST WEEK
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Edward Rosewater Bead
Omaha. Sept. 1 Edward Rosewater,
■editor of the Omaha Roe, and a noted j
republican politician of Nebraska, was,
found dead in the l\ S. courtroom in ;
the Bee building vest or day evening.
He had just returned from Waterloo,
whore he addressed the soldiers’ re
union. Physicians say death was due |
to heart disease, superinduced by the
excitement of the senatorial contest
which ended Au-ust when Hose
water was beaten by 1 >rown fot the
republican indorsement. 1 he laxly
v,as found seated on a bench in an atti
tude of resting.
To N ote on Municipal Car Line
Seattle. Sept. .! Registration closed
Saturday night with nano - on
tne roll's for the elect ion upon the
question of vo; ing bonds for the con
struct .on of a municipal street rail
way line, which is to be held Sep
tember 1-.
Seattle Officials Renominated
Seattle. Sept. - The King county
republican convention tot lay nomi
nated the courthouse slate without a
break, renominating all the present
county officials who wore eligible for
another term. The convention in
dorsed the direct primary, and as it is
believed the next legislature will en
act a law providing for nominations
bv primary elect on this was probably
rue last nominating convention the re
i ablieatts will < ver hold in the county,
(iives Fairbanks a Boost
Boise. Idaho. Sept. I \ ee l ’rest*
dent Fa irl tanks was a gues o tin
Nationu Irrigation Congress, which
opened its annual convent ion hen1 ye>
, \\ ay U a c ■ ''
Dubois, who is a democrat. Dalx»>aid
Mr. Fairbanks might be tin next
fireside11 o tin l n ed s* u» - a> he
iican nomination. * in vice .presntent
wa-g're*'e' w . h i nilut';e' .c chi-er
A not her Stensland Arrested
Tat gier, Nbouceu. Sep*. 1 I’ll..
S’ cits *tij. m i '.1 t hi tii a v
was arrested here today. He was
traveling under the name of dohn
* Meson.
Doubtiul About New Spelling
Oyster Day. Sept. 4 President
Koosevelt issued a statement today an
nounctng that if the new spelling in
government documents proves unjMjpu
lar it will be discontinued.
Roosevelt Reviews Fleet
Oyster Hay. Sept. 4 1 “resident
Koosevelt reviewed the Atlantic fleet
h* re yesterday afternoon. It was the
iargest naval parade ever seen in Long
Aland sound. Forty five vessels were
n line. The president said the spec
tacle was one to inspire patriotism in
the beholders and make them l*etter
Americans.
Democrats Attack Bosses
Albany. N. V.. Sept. At a confer
ence of prominent democrats here to
ay a res..mien was passed affirming
• tie determination of those present to
resist bossisin. and to light against the
control of New \ ork democracy
•hrough agents of David 1>. Hill.
The resolution > aimed at Hearst.
whom Hiii is supporting for the guber
natorial nominal ion.
Portland Reaches Seattle
Seattle, Sept. «> Steamer Portland,
arrived last night from Seward and
Valdez.
To Organize Bight on Republicans
Seattle. Sept. 7 The Workingmen's
League, claiming to U* for clean poli
tics. was organized last night and is
sued an address today to the voters of
King county urging them to oppose
the Republican nominees for the legis
lature. The address is headed "For
th >se who care more for character
than (tarty."
The league will meet next Thursday in
the labor temple in this city to nomi
nate a legislative ticket. It is hoped
to have this indorsed by the democrats
and the civic union. The republican
legislative ticket was nominated by
the faction of F. S. Senator Piles.
Cruisers Replace Battleships
Washington, 1). Sept. 7—All
battleships at the Asiatic station were
ordered home today. They will In
replaced by armored cruisers.
Detectives in various localities of the
known world are still catching Stens
land. the defaulting and fugitive presi
dent of the wrecked Milwaukee Ave
nue bank of C hicago, but the capture
never gets beyond the first report.
The Canadian railway commission is
investigating the rates of the White
Pass Yukon, which are alleged by
ship(»ers to be of the hold-up variety.
The Sitka Alaskan notes the appear
ance of fresh veal in the local market
from the stock farm of Ex-Gov. John
G. Brady. __
The order of Eagles is eight years
old and has 230,000 members.
GANS WINS ON
FOUL IN 42ND
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Goldfield, Nev. Sept. 1 Joe Gans!
won from Battling Nelson on a foul :
blow which Nelson struck below the i
belt in the forty-second round of the
fiercest tight seen in the prize ring in j
man\ years: one in which both men
showed extraordinary powers of en- i
durance as well as gameness. At the
end both men were nearly exhausted
but Gans was the stronger and the bet
ting at hat stage was two to one in
his favor.
Tin* superior science of the negro
gave him the better of the battle most
of the way although the Dane at times
crowded him dangerously and landed
!>!ow> which nearly put Gans out. Nel
son damaged Gans a good deal by fre
quent butting with his head in the
| clinches, but the tirst butting was done
! by Gans in the fifteenth round, when
I he u> ew a stream of blood from Nel
son’s mouth by bumping his head hard
j into the Dane’s face.
Although Referee Siler refuses to
j make a statement there is no question
; but Nelson deliberately fouled Gans
with the blow below tlit* belt when he
saw that he was unable to win. Both
men were tottering but Guns was the
stronger and Nelson was resting his
bead on Gans’ shoulder in a mix when
he struck several blows below the
bei*. evidently feeling tor a vital spot.
A pet the tight Gans was cheered and
Ni '*>*:. and Nolan were hissed. Gans
mace a remarkable fight against Nel
„m’> rough butting with his head
through the hist twenty rounds.
hi the betting Gans was the favorite,
ten to eight ami ten to seven anil in
> . cases ten to six. Gans was ex-j
pee;.a to win although Nelson had |
some 1 lackers.
Fight by Rounds
The first five rounds were the-fiercest j
i jilting >« fti for year*. l*oth men land* j
:g frequently. In the third round)
Cans with terrific swing draws blood
h um Nelson** nose. Gans ha* slightly ,
•:k i»c*t of it. Nelson is rushing it
trying to make a short, decisive fight.
The fourth round opened with Nelson
ru*hing hard at Gans with right and
left ,*wing*. hut Gans countered clever
ly and landed some hard smashes in!
tin* and in the fifth round.
Sixth round---('lever sparring. Nel-j
-on rushing. Gan* lands t hree smashes j
in face: Nelson with heavy left swing
*enn* Gans to ropes. Gans returns
anil plants left to Nelson's head at will. !
Nelson lighting back desperately.
Seventh round Nelson forcing Gan*
around the ring, both watching fori
openings. Nelson missed two right t
1 .n swings to Cans' face. Gans opens*
w ith fusillade of rights and left* to j
Nelson's face. Nelson lands right
body blow on Cans, who returned with
i gh’ swing to Nelson's face. Nelson
-winging wildly at close of round.
Kighth round Nelson trying to rush
the tight and trie* several left and
right swings but Gans has no trouble
in avoiding them. He lands on Nel
son's kidneys, then sends right and
left to Nelson'* face. Fighting at
close quarters. Nelson lands twice on
Gans' body: Gans returns with four
punches in rapid succession to body
and head. Gans is landing four
' punches to Nelson's one. As the round
i eh.»*ed Gans swings right and left to
Nelson's jaw.
Ninth round Gans opens with right
and left to face: Nelson tries to land
two right swings to Gans’ face but
missed both: Gans returns with two
wicked rights to Nelson’s jaw. Both
close in and mix. At the break Gans
swings right and left with fright
ful force to body. Nelson slipped to
hi* knees, hut quickly regained his
feet and drove a hard one to Gans’jaw,
bringing blood to Guns’ mouth in a
stream, and followed it up with right
and left to jaw. Again the men met
in a terrific mix at close quarters with
Gans landing heavily many times on
Nelson's face. The round closed with
Nelson setting the pace, sending right
j and left to Gans* heart. Both bleed
1 ing conspicuously.
Tenth round—Gans met Nelson with
straight to face, then a hard right
swing three times to Nelson’s face;
Nelson tried to block, but received
severe punishment. The gong sends
Nelson to his corner with blood
streaming from mouth and nose, also
i spitting blood.
Hgnt at Close Kange
Twelfth round Nelson opened with
a rush and they fought shoulder to
shoulder: breaking awayJGans whipped
still right to Nelson’s face and Nelson
returned with lefts and rights, forcing
j Gans to the ropes. Gans slipped to
the floor. Nelson held out his hands
! to help Gans to his feet and they re
; newed hostilities, Gans letting Nelson
| do the leading.
In the twelfth to fifteenth rounds
I
Nelson landed heavily on Cans’ face
and body, and made a good showing.
In the fifteenth round on breaking
from a clinch Cans butted Nelson with
his head, bringing blood to Nelson’s
mouth in a stream. Cries of “foul” all
over the room.
Sixteenth round — Nelson lands a
heavy swing on the jaw and followed it
up with strong blows to the body and
face. Cans returns with several to
face and body.
Seventeenth round Fierce lighting
throughout this round. Ends with
honors about even.
Eighteenth round Cans lands heav
ily on Nelson’s body. Furious lighting
when gong sounds.
Nineteenth round - Fighting hard
this round, Cans having slightly the
better of it. At call of time Nelson
was staggering.
Twentieth round Nelson several
times butted Cans with his head, when
clinched. Cries of “foul. Referee
Siler pulled the men apart and warned
Nelson against fouling. Nelson
rushed Cans hard and pushed him
through the ropes.
Twenty-tirst round Nelson’s left
eye is swelling, his right eye badly
discolored. Roth mixing it, Nelson
doing foot work and Cans tries to fol
low, both sparring. No jaw blows.
Round slightly in favor of Cans.
Twenty - second, twenty-third and
twenty-fourth rounds Furious light
ing. lH)th men landing heavily, Neison
delivering severe punishment on Cans,
mostly body blows. Round slightly in
favor of Cans.
Twenty - fifth, twenty - sixth and
twenty-seventh rounds Nelson deliv
ering frightful punishment but Cans
drive- him several times to the ropes.
Nelson’s hands seem to be bothering
him some. Cans is taking the brunt of
the battle and standing hard punish
ment, allowing Nelson to chase him ,
around the ring.
Twenty - eighth round Fighting
hard, both trying to land a decisive!
blow. Cans lauds several times on
Nelson's jaw. At end of round Nelson!
appears groggy while Cans appears to
be freshening, showing wonderful
recuperative powers after severe pun-j
ishment. The gong saves Nelson.
Men Mix Fiercely
Twenty - ninth Nelson opens the'
round as strong as ever, ryshing the
light. Fierce mixing. Nelson lands I
hard on Gans several times and forcer :
Gans to the ropes.
Thirtieth round -Nelson weakening, j
Gans tries a bombardment of blows
but falls short in most of them.
Thirty-first, round Nelson trying to
butt again but is cleverly blocked by
Gan.**: repeatedly cautioned by Referee
Siler but Nelson seems determined to
butt.
Thirty-second round — Gans again
forced to block Nelson's butting with
head, and manages to get a couple of
heavy swings on Nelson's jaw. Nelson
staggers with Gans following him
closely, but gong again saves Nelson.
Thirty-third round -Gans peppering
Nelson with right and left on face,
pounding it to jelly. Blood is stream
ing down Nelson s face. Gans knocks
Nelson against the ropes with right
swing a* gong sounds. Siler claims
Gans sprained his ankle in this round.
Thirty-fourth round Round opens as
a wrestling match, Nelson hugging
Gans. Gans with hard left drives
Nelson to ropes. Gong. Gans ap
pears much the fresher of the two.
Nelson looks tired.
Thirty-sixth round Gans starts with
left to Nelson's jaw. Nelson clinches,
again wrestling; Gans pushes Nelson
to ropes: Nelson comes back fighting
hard as gong closes round.
Thirty-seventh round -Nelson swings
left to Gan>' jilw but very wild, misses
; by three feet. Both leading one
another around the ring, resting and
I clinching. thins breaks away and
whips a powerful left to Nelson s
wind. Both clinch as gong sounds.
Thirty-eighth to forty-first round—
Both men showed weakness, jabbing
blindly and clinching for rest. Gans
seems the stronger but unable to land
a final blow. Nelson seems inclined to
foul by butting with his head ever
since the twentieth round. At this
stage the betting is on Gans, two to
one.
Forty-second round—Round opened
with Gans leading: Gans drives hard
right to Nelson’s jaw, Nelson came
back with a terrific blow below the
belt; Gans slowly sank to the floor.
Everybody saw the blow delivered.
Siler stopped the light, declaring
Gans the winner.
Nelson Still in Bed
Goldfield. Nev., Sept. 5—Battling
Nelson is still confined to his bed from
: t he effects of his light with Joe Gans.
He suffered Tuesday and Wednesday
from hemorrhages in the head and
bowels but is now out of danger. He
denies that he fouled Gans and claims
he was jobbed. Gans says he will
fight Nelson again any time but will
dictate his own terms, which will be
more liberal than Nelson gave him
when the former had the whip-hand.
RIDES STORM
WITHOUT SAILS
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French Ship Ville de Mulhouse
Tossed for Sixty Days in
Hurricane.
By Cable to Tho Dally Gateway.
Seattle, Sept. 7 The French ship
Ville de Mulhouse at rived here today,
ending a voyage of misfortune in
which she suffered extraordinary hard
ships in coming around Cape Horn.
Her sails were carried away and she
was blown about helpless in a hurri
cane for sixty days. Her vegetable
supply was exhausted, scurvy broke
out and the cook died of the disease,
the carpenter became insane and every
man on board was ill.
The ship finally drifted into calmer
water and was able to make her way
to port for repairs. She is of 242!) tons
burden. _____ ___
TO BUY HYDRAULIC PLANT
Bartholf Brothers Will Develop Gold
Property on Willow Creek
Eugene Bartholf and Mrs. Bartholf
came in hist Saturday, having
mushed over the Johnson Creek trail
from Sunrise to mile .'14 on tin* railroad.
Mr. Bartholf came out to purchase a hy
draulic outfit, which he and his
brother, W. E. Bartholf, will install
on property they have on Willow
creek.
The Bartholf brothers left here
early in June with pack horses, and
| have been prospecting from the Little
Susitna north to the Talkeetna. and
while they found gold on every creek
prospected, they consider Willow creek
to be the most promising. Their
property is about three miles below
that of the Boston <Sr Klondike Mining
(Sr Milling Company, which has been
operating a hydraulic plant for two
seasons.
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OPEN CHURCH READING ROOM
Addition to Methodist Huilding Dedi
cated by Social Gathering.
The addition to the Methodist church,
which is designed fora reading room,
was formally opened Thursday night by
a social and musical entertainment. The
room was crowded to the limit by
people of all ages. A program of
music, reading and addresses was fol
lowed by refreshments.
The reading room proper is simply
an enlargement of the audience room
of the church, added to the south side.
It is almost as large as the old room.
l’he entire room has been handsomely
papered. Tin* reading room can be
curtained off from the old room when
ever it is wished to have them
separate. •
The steamer Dora brings the news
| that 1). C. Jlowen died at lliamna of
i pneumonia. August lt». lie was iden
tified with the Dutton copper company.
The great inequalities of the earth's
surface are the result of unequal ra
dial descent of the surface due to con
traction brought about by cool
ing. Mountains represent portions o
the exterior where it has been thick
ened by abundant sediment and then
exposed to lateral crushing with pro
portionate upswelling.
Investigation of results on the Rand
indicates that the Chinaman costs
i from lL* to 15 cents per shift more than
j the Katlir.
Portland automobilists refuse to take
license tag number 15.
‘*1 want to see the president of this
ice trust personally on urgent busi
ness.” “Sorry, sir; but his term
doesn't expire till next week.”—Balti
more American.
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in 25-year gold tilled cases- prices same as in New York, and
25 per cent lower than you have been paying.
Repair Work
I repair watches, etc., and learned to do it in a New Y'ork
house—charges reasonable...
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Seward. Alaska. _
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Electric Lighted. Baths. Reasonable Rates.
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Fourth Avenue, .... Seward, Alaska
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Manfacturers of Concrete Building Blocks. Belts. Cornices
Caps, Cement, Chimneys, etc. General Contractors in all
Branches of Construction
Offices: Fifth Avenue, near Adams Street - * - Seward, Alaska
THE SEWARD LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY
(Incorporated November, IWo, under the laws of Alaska)
Office Next to Bank of Seward. Seward, Alaska
D. C. BROWNELL
THE ONLY EXCLUSIVE
Hardware Store
The Washington Trust Co,
Corner First Avenue and Madison street, Seattle, Wash.
Invites Business by Mail or Express.
Pays Interest on all Accounts
PAID CAPITAL AND SURPLUS $525,000
Northwestern Steamship Company
CARRYING 1. S. MAIL AND EXPRESS
Seattle - Seward Route - Outside Passage
Str. SANTA ANA ^iVcXasS'e»CM‘«ura"w-*'*"“,rom
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