TIDAL WAVE
SWEEPS COAST
—
China Subjected to Inundation
and Much Property and
10,000 Lives Are Lost.
By Cnble to The Dally Gateway
Hankow, China, May IT—A preat
tidal wave swept the coast here* yes
terday and it is estimated that 10,000
people lost their lives. \ arious boats
and crafts on the water foundered and
the loss of property is heavy beyond
estimate.
The Launch Hustler
Julian Mott and A. Hauler, who
•went through here in March on their
way to Tyonek for the jjasoline launch.
Hustler, returned with her Saturday
evening, and Sunday mornimr left
for Cordova. The launch A to be used
on Herir.iT lake for the purpose of
towinjT coal barges trotu tin* McDonald,
mint s. Mr. Mott reports that the j
season in the neighborhood of Knik
and Tyonek is unusually backward for
the time of the year.
Steamer N ucatan Sails
Steamer Yucatan sailed from this
port at T o'clock Sunday afternoon;
after bavin if lain here about fifty-four |
hours.
Atnomr the passengers were Mr. anil j
Mi '. Corlew. Mrs. Cox and Mrs. Leach, i
Mr. and Mrs. Corlew are on a visit to*
the 'tail's and expect to return to;
Si'ward early in July. Mrs. (ox will j
stop in Valdez for a couple of weeks
before jroin.tr to v sit her sister at her
summer home in I’ort Madison, Wash
ington. Mrs. Leach trues to Cordova.^
The Dora Arrives
The Steamer l>ora.( apt. S. Moore, j
which sai Ad !n>m here tor Cnaiaska
the JStii nit. arrived in port about
Wednesday mornimr. The captain,
reports encomiteriujT 'iron if head i
winds, and si)' that ’in- spritijr is unu
sual iy baekwatu t 1 alontr the Alaska
peninsula. Cr. Kodiak island the snow
was still down < wn to tlie waters
dice. lie says that boats jfoimr to
Nome are likely to encounter much ice
in 15 rimr sea. No ward to him shows
more s./ns of spring than any place he
saw during the entire voyage. The j
Dora will jto ' o N . 'ha.ak on her next
trip.
Mr. IVirie returr • -il on the D >ra and ;
will jto out to Seattle. Amonjf the j
pass* nu'ifs is also a school teacher,
Mis' IKila Hoi't. returninjT to her
home in 1»*>' on from Seldovia.
The Toledo Arrives With Lumber
Su-am scii*i' •o*i* 'cm-ao araived in
port from l Vtersburir, Alaska. I hurs
dav afternoon with a earjfo of lumber
for the Seward Lumber and Supply
Company. She tin Abed dischargin'*
cariTo and sad loti tor her home port
this afternoon.
Northwestern Coming
The steamer Northwestern arrived
in Valdez \e>ierday a t>. m. on her
waj. from Seattle to Seward. This
afternoon she is discharging cargo at
Fort Liscutn. She i> expected to reach
Seward tomorrow morning.
SEWARD STEAMERS
Dora: in port.
Northwestern: in Valdez.
Portland; sailed for Seattle 1st.
Santa Clara; sailed for Seattle 4th.
Bertha; sailed for Seattle 6th.
Yucatan; sailed for Seattle 10th.
Baseball Game
The Northern Baseball team will
play the team from the steamer Dora
Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock on the
ball grounds north of town. W. \V.
Butts is manager of the Northern team
which is composed of the following
members: Al. Dickinson, Claud Mathi
son, C. Whitney, Wayne Blue, F.
Whitney, Billy Gueder, Mickie, H.
Graff, Griffin, Ben Swesey, and J. E.
Oriley.
Athletic Grounds
Grounds are to be fitted up on the
flats this side of the sawmill west of
the Alaska Central railroad tracks for
athletic sports, such as baseball, teu
nis and croquet. A game of baseball
is to be played soon between the North
ern ball team and a team from the
steamer Dora.
Sweaters—Clayson carries the best.*
BLOODHOUNDS
ON THE TRACK
—
Bandits Rob Depot and Getting
Away With Large Roll Are
Pursued With Dogs.
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By Cable to The Dally Gateway.
K1 Paso, Texas, May 15—Three
bandits carried out a carefully laid
plot and succeeded in robbing the de
pot at Hast Vegas. They secured $35,
OOO in cash. The money was the
| amount of the miners’ pay roll. A
posse was organized immediately upon
the discovery of the robbery, and blood
hounds have been placed upon the
track of the bandits.
Whalers Move
Several whaling vessels that have
been lying at Fnalaska departed re
cently to make their way through Ber
ing Straits to tlie Arctic ocean. It
is thought that they will encounter
much ice and may not he able to get
through for some time.
Tents Used as Uniforms
A Californian inventor has devised
an interesting shelter tent, tin* canvas
covering of which can he divided into
sections and worn as a garment or uni
form during the day. Adapted for the
! use of troops, hunters and campers in
general, the uniform, or poncho as it
is called, somewhat resembles the uni
forms of Oriental countries.—Popular
Mechanics.
Pavlof Active
Pavlof volcano which is sometimes
quiet was throwing off a big cloud of
smoke as the Dora passed in sight of
! it on her recent trip. This volcano is
said to he active at intervals during
1 every year. It is not always that the
smoko can be seen even in time of act
ivity owing to the heavy clouds that
j often hang over tl»e island.
Stowaways Pay Full Fare
The steamship Yucatan.of the Alaska
Steamship Company, arrived in Seattle
from Seward and \ aide/, recently
with about 100 passengers including a
dozen stowaways and contraband pas
sengers. These latter were presumed j
to ceine from Cordova, as it was not
known that they were aboard before
that point was passed.
The discovery led to an investiga
tion and evidence was secured which j
makes Capt. O'Brien suspect that!
, members of the engine room crew j
were responsible for their presence.!
Altera lot of questioning one man of |
tin erew was pointed oat as the man
who had taken tin* men aboard and i
promised transportation to Seattle for J
the receipt of from *1‘> to *LiO a head. ;
This lead was followed and the result |
was that all hut >'» of the money paid;
over for the illicit transportation was j
s.-cured and returned to the men, who
were thereupon assessed the regular j
tariff.
They are deserters from the railroad .
camps of M. J. Honey, in from Cor- j
dova, and each man had a winter's pay j
in his pocket. The payment of the J
full fare was not made without protest!
however.
Industries Get Busy
The schooners are already assem
bling for their yearly catch of codfish
which abound in the waters along the
Alaska peninsula. The cannery ships
are also arriving at their stations.
The Star of Alaska and the St. Paul
are at Chignik. The St. Paul lost
two men on the way up. One was
! washed overboard-from the deck and
the other fell from the rigging. At
Uyak is one boat and a flotilla of
! tugs.
The cannery companies make their
own cans at the stations. One outfit
of machinery will turn out seventy-five
cans a minute. They keep this steady
output of cans going for thirty days
i before they begin canning.
Join in Japanese Boycott
Hongkong—The Chinese Merchants’
Guild has decided to cable their
agents at Japanese ports not to place:
any more orders for Japanese goods
and to ship goods already ordered in
vessels other than Japanese. Dealers
in Chinese piece goods are joining in
the bo\cott against the Japanese,
which arose as a result of the Tatsu
Maru incident.
Meet me at the Branch. *
THE CORRECT
THING IN MEN’S CLOTHING
IS JUST AS EASY TO HAVE AS
NOT; ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS
TO COME HERE AND ASK FOR
ANY OF THE
STANDARD
MAKES
STEIN-BLOCH, ADLER &
SONS, KIRSCHBAUM AND
HART,SGHAFFNER & MAHX
ARE ALL OF THE VERY BEST.
COME IN AND SEE US, WE’LL
MAKE YOU LOOK AS GOOD AS
THE BEST
CLOTHIER
If you desire, write or ship to
MCMILLAN HR & WOOL CO.
1207 Langley St., Victoria, B. C.
f Arctic Brotherhood ;
CAMP SEWARD NO. 21.
Meets every Saturday evening in
A. B. Hall, Cor. 5th and Wash. |
ANTON EIDE S. L. COLWELL ^
Arctic Recorder. Arctic Chief
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J. A. BAUGHMAN
PHYSICIAN
AND SCKGEON
City otlice: Owl Drugstore.
Home olllce: Up stairs in Richard huildlnsr
*N/^yV.
r.
CIVIL ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR
Surveys Accurately
and Promptly Made.
! Office over Valdez Market, room
(Opposite Seattle Hotel)
VALDEZ, ALASKA.
Trying to Gobble Up All of China
Pekin—China has lodged a formal
protest against the extension by Japan
of administration of Corea to include
the Chien Tao territory, the district
between Corea and China, the sover
eignty of which is in dispute. China
declares that Japan has accomplished
this in a surreptitious manner and says
that this extension of control strength
ens the position of Marquis Ito, resi
dent-general of Korea, who is repre
sented in Chien Tao by three officials
of the residency.
Cold Along the Coast
Although it is unusually cold along
the coast, reports from beyond the
range of hills back of Cold Bay indi
cate that the season is rapidly advanc
ing. Squirrels are out and the birds
are nesting.
One of the indications of the severe
winter and heavy snows is the fact
that immense herds of caribou are
seen on the southern slope of the pe
ninsula opposite Shumagin islands.
For a square meal and a square deal
go to The Palace. *
PAVIO ADKA 4 SONS CLOTHING CO.
COPYRIGHT 1906
J
THE ALASKA TRANSFER
CHRISTIENSEN 8c LAUBNER. Proprietors
Pianos and Safes Moved „
Give us your orders for Coal & Wood
General Forwarders PHONE MAIN Seward. Alaska |
[Alaska Commercial Co.]
Have Established a Station at Susitna, at the
forks of the Susitna and Yentna rivers, and
will carry a full line of miners’ supplies
1 OTHER STATIONS AT
UNALASKA, KODIAK. KARLUK, KAGUYAK,
AfOGNAK, TYONICK AND SUNRISE J
h Latouclie! Latouchs! I.atouche! I
I Reynolds - Alaska Development Company J
General Outfitters For
I PRINCE WILLIAM SOUND |
Bottom Prices; Honest Goods
„ . „ . REYNOLDS.
Headquarters for
Launches to Knight's Island LATOUCHE ISL,
BOOTH & CO.
HOPE AND GIRDWOOD
(f^'Call on the old reliable lirm of Booth & Co. for anything in the
Liquor and Cigar line. Mi Eleccion Cigars, Old Line and Hunter Rye,
Nelson Co. Bourbon, Olympia Beer. Everything tirst-class. Best
of attention, run on the live and let live plan. \
Gird wood, Alaska. C. R. BOOTH, Manager.
MUSHERS
Attention!
Mrs. Watson, formerly of Hope,
will be pleased to see all of her |
old friends at her Restaurant in
GirdvVood, where they will re
ceive the best the market affords.
Sleeping accommodations for
guests and place for sleds and
dogs.
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Seattle’s
Commercial
Hotel
THE
Rainier-Grand
EUROPEAN PLAN $1 UP
CHAS. PERRY, Manager
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