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STAMP MILLS
GO TO KNIK
Bartholf Brothers and McCoy and
Thomas Will Start Opera
tions on Willow Creek.
The Bartholf brothers together
with Mr. McCoy and Mr. Thomas are
passengers on the Portland. lhe
Bartholfs represent the Alaska Gold
Quartz Company and are taking a
three stamp mill to their mines at the
head of Willow creek, about thirty
five miles from Knik.
McCoy and Thomas will install a two
stamp mill in the same locality. Ihc
ore is all of the free milling quality.
The Bartholfs, McCoy and Thomas
expect to reach Knik with their out
fits not later than April 15 and this
will enable them to get across the
chain of lakes to the northwest of that
place on the snow and ice. A trail has
been opened up to the creek and this
winter Mr. Herning sledded a saw mill
in for the company. Barring accident
Knik and Willow creek bid fair to be
numbered among the lively raining
and trading camps this summer and
for years to come.
TEN-STAMP MILL
GOES TO UYAI1
E. D. Westbrook Brings Large
Mining Outfit on Portland for
Extensive Operations.
Mr. E. D. Westbrook, manager of
tbe Kodiak Gold Mining Co., is a
passenger on the Portland. He is
taking in a new ten-stamp mill and a
six-drill air compressor to set up and
operate on his property on Uyak bay.
The company will also work other
property near there.
WILL INSTALL STAMP MILL
AT FALLS CREEK MINES
Skeen and Lechner, discoverers of
the Falls creek gold properties located
twenty-five miles back of Seward, have
sold a portion of their property to the
California-Alaska Mining Company
and a stamp mill will be installed
thereon this spring. The Falls creek
quartz properties are regarded as
among the best free-milling proposi
tions in Alaska. The ledges average
about three feet in width, and the
mine run is about per ton.—Valdez
Prospector.
Remarkable Discovery
A discovery of remarkable Egypto
logical interest has been made by Mr.
Theodore M. Davis at Thebes, by the
excavation of the tomb of Queen Tele,
one of the greatest names in ancient
Egyptian history, since she was the
mother of the famous Amenhotep IV,
the heretic king of the eighteenth dy
nasty. The tomb of this royal person
age was found to bear the marks of the
religious zealots, who carefully re
moved therefrom every trace of the
peculiar pantheistic monotheism she
endeavored to introduce into the coun
try. The doorway, consisting of piled
stones, sealed with the royal seal, was
found to have been broken down, the
huge wooden doors torn from their
hinges, the catafalque torn to pieces
and the mummified corpse itself turned
over in order to erase the name of
Amenhotep IV, which was originally
inscribed upon tbe sheet of gold upon
which the body reposed. When exca
vated the tomb was found to still bear
all these traces of the zeal of the reli
gionists. effected during the period in
which the country was in the throes
of a religious revolution long before
the time of Moses—Portland Tele
gram.
LEADERS AGREE
TO PASS BILLS
The President and His Republi
can Followers Unite on a
Series of Measures.
By Cable to The Daily Gateway.
Washington, D.C., March 24—Presi
dent Roosevelt and the republican
congressional leaders have agreed to
the passage of the Aldrich currency
bill, the employers liability act, the
limiting of the issuance of injunctions,
the amendments to the Sherman Trust
law and the appointment of a comm
tee which is to make a report on ..e
revision of the tariff with a vhrw to
modifying the same
BIG STRIKE
TH\ATENED
Fisherm' Refuse to Submit to a
Ret' , ion of Wa^esand 3000
Will Quit Work.
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jy Cable to The Dally Gateway.
San Francisco, March 24— T h e
Alaska Packers Association have
! made a reduction in the wages of the
I fishermen employed by the company.
The fishermen refuse to accede to the
proposed reduction and unless the
employers yield, 3,000 men will go out
on a strike.
Scale Finally Agreed Upon
San Francisco, March 25—The
Alaska Packers Association have held
a conference with the leaders of the
fishermen, and the two bodies have
reached an agreement on the scale of
wages. The men will sail for the
North this week.
AMERICAN COMPANY MAKES
RICH STRIKE IN SIBERIA
American prospectors have pene
trated the wilds of Siberia, and after
several years of persistent work, have
uncovered pay placer diggings. The
new gold field in the czar's domain is
located across Bering sea from Nome
and is undoubtedly a continuation of
the same gold belt.
Information concerning this gold
discovery comes in a letter from a
leading official of the Siberian Devel
opment Company, to a friend in Val
dez. and the news is therefore authen
tic. The original discovery was made
by L. C. P. Nadeau, on a creek named
for him, and is on a watershed of the
Anadir river, flowing into Bering sea.
The find was made last season and
$4,000 in gold was mined from dis
covery claim by the most primitive
method. Other prospectors found
good prospects on neighboring creeks.
The news reached Nome and a number
of miners immediately sailed for the
new Eldorado. Forty-one men wintered
at Anadir. They are equipped with
thawing plants, drills, etc., for expe
ditious prospecting and will undoubt
edly sho\v up some rich pay streaks.
At the mouth of the Anadir river is
a Cossack station, with a force of twen
ty-five men. Some 300 miles up this
magnificent stream a penal colony is
located.
The Siberian Development Company
has a trading station near the mouth
of the Anadir and does a profitable
business trading with the Eskimos of
the region.—Valdez Prospector.
Limit Soldiers’ Time in Alaska
The War Department at Washington
has decided that all soldiers in Alaska
who have been there two years or over
will be withdrawn at the opening of
navigation. It has been found that
more than two years in that climate
affects men adversely, and two years
will be the limit hereafter.—Ex.
AMBASSADOR
NOT ACCEPTED
Kaiser Thinks Hill Cave Henry the
Snub Offensive and Will
Have None of Him.
By Cable to '/*!• Dally Gateway.
Washing D. C., March 27—Ger
many ref * ( c to accept David Jayne
Hill as i.e American ambassador to
the c »..rt at the Prussian capital. Pro
per, r William is of the opinion that
i1 , snubbed Prince Henry at the time
• hen the latter visited the United
States a few years ago, and conse
quently he is unwilling to receive him
as the representative from this coun
try. _
BLOOD FLOWS
IN CONVENTION
Republicans of Tennessee Back
Up Demands With Free Use
of All Weapons at Hand.
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Nashville, Tenn., March 27—Two
factions developed at the republican
state convention. The factions were
led by Congressman Brownlow and Ex
Commissioner of Pensions Evans. A
general melee ensued in which pistols,
hatchets and lists played a prominent
part. Chairman Sanders came out of
the fray with black borders around
his eyes and his head cut open. When
the skirmish ended, and order was
restored it was found that the Brown
low faction had carried the day.
PROCEEDINGS PENDING IN
BANKRUPTCY ACTION
Bankruptcy proceedings against the
Reynolds-Alaska Development Com
pany and the Reynold’s bank were
brought before the court at Valdez.
Judge Reid allowed the motion to con
solidate the two petitions, and pending
the decision in the matter of bank
ruptcy, appointed E. E. Ritchie re
ceiver, stating that the present reve
nues from the company’s property are
squandered. The bankruptcy case
will be tried as soon as possible, but
probably not before the October term
of court. Attorney Ingersoll for Rey
nolds, during his argument said that
H. D. Reynolds dissipated $500,000 of
the funds of the development company
and was evidedtly insane. Creditors
suing represent $111,000. The com
pany’s property in Valdez is valued at
$200,000, and the monthly income from
rentals is $800.—Seattle Times.
New Road to the Pacific
A new highway to the Pacific slope
will be open within the next three
months when the Chicago, Milwaukee
& St. Paul railroad from Aberdeen, S.
D., to Tacoma, Washington, is put in
operation.
At the present moment it looks as
though the two armies of workmen
having the building of the road in
hand will meet, one working east and
the other west, about May 15.
This means another great avenue to
to the Golden West, through one of
the richest sections of the country,
through almost virgin fields and prai
ries, forests and mining country.
The section through which the new
extension will traverse, while it for a
great distance parallels the Northern
Pacific railroad in its general line of
direction, cuts farther into the north
west country where, to reach the old
line road, it was necessary to make
long travel across almost impassable
country, rugged, wild, dangerous.
The new road will traverse one of the
richest sections of the United States,
whether the viewpoint be that of scen
ery or commerce.
ENDORSED FOR
PRESIDENT
Illinois Slate Convention Stands
by Speaker Cannon and Ad
vises Tariff Changes.
By Cable to Tlie Dally Gateway.
Springfield, 111., March 27—The re
publican state convention in ses
sion here indorses Joseph 13. Can
non, speaker of the house of repre
sentatives for the republican nomina
tion for president, and also declares
for a revision of the tariff. The two
senators, the governor and Mayor
Busse have been elected delegates to
the republican national convention at
Chicago
AMERICAN CAR
TO TRY ALASKA
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Auto Not Shipped to Orient but
Decides to Test Its Power
in the Northland.
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
San Francisco, March 2tf—The
American auto in the race around the
world is in this city and the manage
ment has decided not to ship the car
by steamer direct to the Orient as
stated yesterday, but to take in Alaska
on the route.
how It Looked the 25th
Los Angeles, March. 25—A change
has been made in the plans for the
auto race around the world. It has
been decided to leave the territory of
Alaska off from the route. The
American machine has been put on
board a steamer and will ship today
for the Orient.
SAMOANS OBJECTING TO
CHANGE IN GOVERNMENT
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San Francisco—Advices from Tutu
ila, Samoa, state that the Samoans
anticipate with some anxiety the es
tablishment of a civil form of govern
ment. It is the desire of the chiefs to
maintain the present system of govern
ment, and hearing of the application
made to congress to establish civil
government they are about to present
a petition to the president praying
that no change be made at the present
time. After stating present conditions
in Samoa, the petitioners ask “that
the system of administration of the
islands which was introduced upon the
annexation to the United States be
continued until such time as a majority
of the Samoan people can understand
and realize the system of governemnt
in vogue in the United States.”
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So Far a Success
W. Morgan Shuster, formerly col
lector for the port of Manila, now a
member of the Philippine Commission
and secretary of the Board of Public
Instruction, says that the Philippine
congress so far has been a success.
The native legislators have accepted
their responsibilities in a proper spirit
and such laws as they have enacted
are good.
“The Philippines,” he continued,
“need a chance to sell their sugar, to
bacco and other products in the United
States. They also need capital to de
velop their resources, but will get
neither until the tariff is modified in
favor of the islands.
“In spite of all obstacles, however,
wonders have been done in the islands,
especially in and about Manila. We
have now a good water supply, scien
tific sanitation, a good lighting and
streetcar service and first-class ship
ping facilities. The harbors have been
improved, and when the tariff gives
them a chance the islands will be
ready to take it.”—Ex.
SARATOGA IS
ABANDONED
Board of Survey Makes Report
and Steamer Will Be Strip
ped--LI$ie (iets Contract.
By Cable to Tbe Dallv Gateway.
Valdez, March 25—Captain Mickle
sen, the Arctic explorer, Captain
Swcnsen of the steamer Klsie, and
Morris formerly on the Dora, but now
on the Klsie compose the board of sur
vey to look over the wrecked steamer
Saratoga.
They returned here last night and
report the Saratoga a total wreck.
She rests heavily on the rocks and
the engine and smokestack are shoved
up a foot above their normal position.
Everything portable will be taken oft.
The Elsie will probably get the sal
vage contract.
All passengers and crew are loud in
their praise of Capt. Schage of the
Saratoga and hold him entirely blame
less for the accident.
NEW DIVISION
TO BE CREATED
Bill for Making a Fourth Judicial
Division for Alaska a Go
at This Session.
By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
Seattle, March 27—Marshal Shoup
has just arrived here from Washing,
ton, and reports that the bill now be
fore congress for the creation of a.
Fourth Judicial Division for the ter
ritory of Alaska will be passed at this
session.
OREGON RANCHE FINDS
LONG LOST GOLD LEDGE
In 1848. James Sheftlin. after pros
pecting two years in the rough Ump
qua mountains of Douglas county,
Oregon, came across a two-foot vein
of free milling gold, broke olT samples
and carried them to his cabin, where
he panned the stuff. Enough yellow
metal to show that the vein was a rec
ord breaker remained in the bottom of
the pan. Unable to endure the excite
ment of suddenly acquiring riches.
Sheftlin dropped dead. Thus he was
found later, the pan of gold still in his
hand; his mortar and pestle near by.
Heart failure had robbed him of frui
tion.
Since that time scores of prospectors
have, off and on, haunted the Ump
quas, looking for the lost Sheftlin
vein. Thousands of dollars were spent:
a total of a half a century of time lost.
The mountains for miles around were
vainly combed.
B. M. Armitage, a Douglas County
resident, has recently founnd that
vein.—Ex. _
A Million Men Hust Die
There is now beginning in British
India a great and devastating famine.
It has been preceded by a winter of
growing scarcity and high prices
within the Punjab, in the region about
Allahabad, Lucknow, Cawnpore, Bena
res and Agra, and in parts of Rajpu
tana and the Central Provinces.
Though long forseen, the famine is
inevitable. No foresight can avert it,
no generosity can prevent from psr
ishing of starvation vast numbers of
people. “A million or more” is the
advance estimate of Benjamin Aitken.
How many more will depend upon the
extent to which plague rages among
the emaciated victims. March, April
and May are three worst months, un
less the June rain9 fail to bring fresh
i fodder and vegetables.—The World.