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VOL. I SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY EVENING,NOVEMBER 25, 1905 NO. 96
VY. M. Sauers Buvs Fourth Avenue
Business Lot Prom Nelson
Brothers for S2GC0.
W. M. Sauers bought for from
Nelson Brothers'yesterday the lot on
the west side of Fourth avenue, adjoin
ing Brown vV Hawkins on the south.
This establishes a new record for busi
ness realty in Seward as the highest
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previous figure was J he tech
nical description of the property is lot
I'', block 10.
\Vit bin a month Mr. Sauers will
begin the erection of a two-story block
upon the lot. The building will be
JsxT- feet, with ten rooms on the'
second tloor. half of which Mr. Sauers
family will occupy. Work on the
building wouh begin at once but for
lack ot material. Mr. Sauers has a
cargo of lumber ordered from Seattle
for his lumber yard, and hopes that
some da\ a si earner will kindly bring
it along.
Building all over town is making
good progress in spite of the woeful
handicap of lack of material, especially
lumber. W henever a cargo of lumber
arrives more buildings will be com
menced than are now under construc
tion, but at present several lat ge ones
and a great number of small ones are
going up.
Treadwell Bends Biq Property
By Ca'.lj to lue Daily Gateway.
Seattle, Nov, TV-The l’read well <
Mining Company today completed ne
gotiations for the purchase of several
valuable gold claims adjoining ii^ ov» a
property on Douglas l>land. Alaska,
and took a bond for $500,000 upon them.
The company will erect a big mining
plant to work the new mines in the
Npring.
Swift Breeze in Windy City
By Cable to The Daily Gateway.
Chicago, Nov. The wind blew
lifty-two miles an hour here this morn
ing and causer much damage to huihl
ingsand loose property. Women were
lifted otT their feet by heavy gusts and
men could scarcely contend against
the wind at times.
Meilody Knocks Out O’Keefe
By Cab!2 to The Daily Gateway.
Spokane, Nov. Honey Mellody
knocked out Jack O’Keefe last night in
the fourteenth round. His superior
strength and hitting power more than
offset O’Keefe’s cleverness. Mellody’s
victory places him near the top of the
welterweight class,
Twin Sullivan Beats Gardner
By Cable to The Daily Gateway.
San Francisco, Nov. Ljo—Mike
(“Twin”) Sullivan was given the de
cision over Jimmy Gardner at the end
of a twenty-round contest last night.
Gardner was weak and tottering in the
last round and the referee’s decision
was accepted us fair. The fighting
was very fast throughout. Sullivan
was too heavy for Gardner.
Belllingham is trying to raise money
to build a railroad to Spokane.
ASSAY CASHED
Nome and Xanana Men the Victims
and Will Claim Reimburse
ment from Government.
3y Cable to The Daily Gateway.
Sea (fie, Nov. 2~> Figures of C ashier
Adams' stealings of gold dust from the
Seattle assay olllee have reached up
ward of $200,000, and are still climb
ing. The losers, who are chiefly Tan
ana and Nome men, will present
c laims for reimbursement to the gov
ernment.
Adams has assets which will proba
bly meet half of the estimated defalca
tion. He has invested a great deal of
the proceeds in property here, but it is
difficult to understand what he did
with the remainder of his stealings a>
he has no had personal habits. He ad
mits however, that he has done some
speculating.
Adams is still in jail, unable to give
bond. lie will probably plead guilty
as he has admitted the facts, only deny
ing that the amount of ids thefts is as
large as charged. He says he first j
cook only small quantities of dust but
when no notice seemed to be taken of
the deficiency he increased the amount,
and for months lias taken a consider
able rake-off from nearly every poke
brought into the assay office.
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RECOUNT Of VOTES
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Canvassing Board Withholds Cer
tificate Until Finish.
!Sy Cable to The Daily Gateway.
New York, Nov, 25 llearsP has
gained 1.50 votes by the recount of the
mayoralty vote so far. The canvassing
board will not issue a certificate of
election to McC lellan before the count
is completed.
Foui*election inspectors were arres
ted toda\ on the charge of connivance
in election frauds. Two illegal voters
pleaded guilty in the criminal court
and were sentenced to Sing Sing pris
on, one for a year and the other for
ten months.
Russia Bears of More Mutiny
By Cable to The Daily Gateway.
St. Petersburg, IJjTov. 25- Reports
were received here today of a mutiny
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at Sebastopol. No details were given.
In this city today employers decided to
make organized resistance to the de
mands of the strikers.
Nelson to Fight McGovern
By Cable to The Daxly Gateway.
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Pittsburg, Nov. 25—Battling Nelson
and Terry McGovern signed articles
today to fight twenty rounds. The
fight will take place in about six weeks
in some eastern city,. '
COURTS TO TiX
Senator Foraker Drafts BTr for
Taking Complaints Before
Federal Judiciary:
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By Cable to Tlic Daily Gateway.
•Washington. I). Nov.-3—Senator
Foraker of Ohio today presented be
fore President Roosevelt a hill which
lie will introduce into the Senate as
soon as Congress convenes, providing
for the regulation of railroad rates
through the federal judiciary.
The Foraker plan proposes that ship
pen's mav lih' complaints in equity in
the ( nited States circuit courts, in
cases where discrimination ot* exces
sive charges is asserted, and the courts
are to decide the issues as in other
suits. It provides that witnesses may
he compelled to testify as in other suits, j
This a substitute for the Ksch-Town
send bill passed by the last House, and
which will be introduced into the new
House with slight changes. The
House biil is supported by the Presi
dent. It gives the power of limiting
maximum rates to the interstate com
merce eommicsion.
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New Power Sense Will Supply
Electric Lights not Later than
Thanksgiving Day.
Butler & Company will have their
pipe line, Tilth let t long, completed
this evening, and they say they can
build the flume above it in two days
more. The flume is *o be only a few
hundred feet in length. It is promised
that electric light and power will be
supplied from the new water power
plant before the end of the month.
Next Thursday, the last day of No
vember, is Thanksgiving Day. and the
electrical manipulators affirm that
Seward can give thanks on that day
for electric light, among other bless
ings. The dynamo of the old steam
plant can be moved and set up in a day
in the new potver house at the corner
of Jefferson street and Seventh avenue.
The present plan is to move Tuesday".
Allowing a day fo>* adjusting the
machinery and experimenting, Thurs
day evening should see electric lights
burning again.
The machinery for generating elec
tricity bv water bower is already in
place in the new power house, except
the dynamoT With the moving of the
dynamo and other equipment of the
Seward Electric Company from its
present location to the building of
Butler & Company the two companies
will consolidate. The steam plant of
the Seward Electric Company will be
moved to the : new site to be used in
case of trouble with the water power.
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Murder Two Guards and Blow
Gate Open, but One is Killed
and Others Captured.
3y Cable to The Daily Gateway.
Jefferson City, Alo., Nov. 25- While
guards at the slate*, penitentiary here
today were arranging to take out
seventy prisoners to he transferred to
the Fort Leavenworth prison four con
victs made a desperate break h r
liberty/ They had obtained possession
of revolvers and made a run for the
inner gate, which was open. They
shot and killed tin* gatekeeper. .John
Clay, then killed Guard Allison and
wounded the deputy warden at tlie
outer gate.
Securing nitro-glycerine which was
stored near by the desperadoes placed
a charge under the outf r gate and blew
a hole in it. throigh which they
crawled. By this time a general alarm
had been given and guards came from
all over the prison to take up the pur
suit. Aided by police officers and
citizens the guards followed the con
victs through the city, carrying* on a
running light. Convict Hiram Blake
was finally shot dead, and Harr\
Bauglin shot through the right arm
and captured. The oilier two convicts
I hen surrendered.
WAY EXHUME THE BODY
Examination Necessary to Wake Charge of
Manslaughter Stick
3y Cal'le to Tlie Daily Gateway.
Annapolis, Md., Nov. 25 The bod\
of Midshipman Branch may be exhum
ed and an autopsy held, as the charge
of manslaughter against Midshipman
Meriwether cannot be maintained
without expert proof that injuries re
ceived by Branch in the fight with
Meriwether caused the former’s death.
The right of Rear Admiral Me Cor
mick to sit on the court-martial was
challenged today by Meriwether's
counsel on the ground that he had ex
amined the body and had consulted
with the doctors in regard to the case,
it was also claimed that he had shown
prejudice in the case. The challenge
was not sustained.
Who Else Could Have Coined It?
r Chicago Tribune.
The Cleveland letter to Mayor Mc
Clellan bears the stamp of genuineness.
uDemagogic manipulation" is unmis
takably Groverian.
From Los Angeles comes the story
that Congress is to be asked to subsi
dize a railroad 5000 miles long to reach
from the states to the uttermost parts
of Alaska.
Gov.- Brady has been ordered by the
interior department to investigate the
charge made by W. A. Davis that
natives are held in slavery at Unalaska.
Seattle is trying to' swallow its
suburbs and most of the people want to
get in except those who hold or hope
for office in the little towns.
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The steamer Santa Ana has not yet
been reported at Valdez.
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