SEWARD GATEWAY
A n Nl, - SEWARD, ALASKA, SATURDAY, SKl'TKMMKi; lH'T,._
Bv Cable to the 3ally Gateway
Manila. Sept. 27 Two hundred known dead and many missing, besides Jfreat
nropertv lo>s are results of the havoc wrought today bv the most violent
tvphoou which has swept over the Philippine archipelago m many years
Pura.' ih. H.orm this city was enshrouded in complete darkness because of
tho density of the clouds, l/iu'his were not turned on heeause of the danger
u..m electric win s, many of which were blown down with the poles.
In t!:e lower parts of the city horderinjf on the hay. chiefly inhabited by
,, i u ,c waves sw nt .nor a lar-fe area, washing away buildiii'fs and
, . . th,. ui..th rants n their res'.sth-ss rush. Hundreds of persons were
..a ,..-d or • ■ > . n the wreck of buildings. 'Hie death loss will not he known
■ i. i\s m.nl Ho debris of wrecked houses has been fully searched.
■ ;u nar ive quarter is w holly suspended and the streets are deserted
. In the n on eiupmvd in turninjf over the debris to find bodies of tin*
dead.
Washington. «>• 'Sept. *> In the
typhoon at Manila the r. S. eunboat
|., ite was sunk, She was one of the
(»M style war v. -soS captured from
Spain at the hat! ’<• of Manila. She
w - out of commission.
: lejHe-ts front Manila -tate that the
of life i- . n greater than at firs'
..•■Htsed. tleskb - the sfunlniat mettt
v d utnertets pri rate craft. estHviuUy
sv.a.: at», v. . r■ s-.,tik or wrecked h\
h r cast Upon the shore.
i p.'; up, N. M., Sept. Intense e.\
, •• ne nt prevail- here over the mtd
. t i,ir • ■ of Andrew < as-: no, a
w al‘ y ee.i’ tn.ee owner by rotter-.
His wife was fatally wounded but was
alive whim found.
Manila. Sept. 29 The American
steamships Krskine M. I‘helps and
Hecla were driven ashore here this
morniiur by the storm, whieh has been
r.iirit.r steadily sinee the typhoon that
swatnpi'd the lower part of this city
t..o i!ais aifo. Several smaller vessids
have 1 ‘ell wrecked ahnur the coast.
The storm is general throughout tin*
aivhit.i latro. ami it is expected that
v, hi'n full reports are received it will
tn found that the loss of life and prop
,rtv was enormous, The work of res
ist intr hod s from tie* dn hris le(t in
Hi • tr ick t lie typhoon in this city is
'till in progress.
£ QRESSMAN
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f!ird Triel of Representative Wii*
lid.rso” and Associates Results
in Conviction
By Ciblc to itv: Daily Gateway
Portland. Sept. 2* Cutlty'’
«:e the ferdict rempnecl hist nijrht hy
jj,,. n-y which trewl t'on^Te—roan
William-on. Dr. Van to—n<r. his
pa tner. in :he live - o, \ bu>itie-.$.
nil t M irton lb i > an attorney
o' Ivin '.ill*'. .. ,*!’ i e char, oi sub
orn**? ion ii p* r ur\ in inducing men
' n.ake ib t:l local <Mis~of yfoveru
ii..elit Ian - to utter false aMidavits \»»>
eerniuu their int viou. 1 ne jury was
oui six hoaiN.
This is ihe th ill ti :al of the three
t;v>M, tie- 1 f.i: *d Stale-1 istrtet ceurf
here upon l e charge ot which tie
hav*' t ■ t: i'i'UviiM1 ■ i. i»o:it pr**von
trial- hted in jury ili.-ayivement-.
\\ i i tin: :s'm is - rviii'-r hist .second term
a- a C* tr.,: re-smart from this afon.
lOH ALASKAN CONVENTION
Nome Invites Delegates to Meet
in Seattle November 15
!.n put-nance of :i pioject which it
ha> lv» i a_ i at mg' for s tu*- time the
NYn.e i iian.her «>! cmnnmice has issued
t: >■ : lowing call tor a convention of
\ a- to he he hi ill Seattle Nov
• ... 1» to consider and urge t on
g*.al icc ignition of territorial
■inter- sts:
Ni me, Alaska. August Aid. lit'.*).
The e if oris *o secure appropriate
h-gisi.«:.on or Alaska having, in tiie
i>:.-t, bet a spasmodic, cunt ran ictor.v and
t.aai. m character, without con-,
cent ration oi any one purpose. and do- i
void of organized effort, and believing
the by organization tin* needs of
Alaska can he hot subserved:
I i1 e ..nine eu nuber of commerce
hereev ;-mu - ;t cull tor an election of
delegates to attend a convention to be
In a Seat:;,- A a.-ldngtoiJ on the loth
"t No', end ■ !. • ». tor ihe purpose of
«iateacoring to secure appropriate
. i- item i >r iae Distr ct of Alaska.
the n.» e*itfgs ior the election of
*hbeg ite- in e.u'li - dement through*.
i*'..i . i*e Dim rict slum vi i.e nelvi at once.
Ait neb-gales should he given written
cl'* d ’dads, ai d such delegates us are
uuubie to «ttend the convention m
;»ers.,i; t;d attach such credential?
to tie ir provu
Tur r.t. n* ui representation to he one 1
de.e_u:e to < : cn community of ;">•«♦
pepukii u . r 1 -s, nudota- delegatel.br
* ich • i o; Iran a a tin root thereover.
Sergcaat ie cld;,. liead of tile l’. S,
♦••je giitp’n * rvieeat Fairbanks, has dis
appeared, o * “skipped", according to,
tut Fairbanks News.
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STEAMER DIHIGO ARRIVES
Cring 515 tons of Freight for Sew
ard Business Houses
Sumner Dirigo. t 'apt. Davis, arrived
in pi: Thursday afternoon. less than
S' \ an days out from S attic. She left
at | t the ev ning of Sept. L’l and
came In 11 i .si-passage, making in*
su>ps however, exec*: at Ketchikan.
Ki-ti'n ( Cess Sound she came straight
to Seward.
T ie Dirigo brings .“do tons of freight
to Seward, iticluding I te.ooo te* t of
h tuber for the Yukutat Lumber Com
pam and “••.(• o .<»f \\ . It. damieson.
The ma ti ler of her cargo is gen
era! merchandise, nearly ever\ busi
ness holts ' in S' ward having a consign
ment aboard.
The Dirigo belong" to the Alaska
Steamship Company and her ivgmar
ran is to Skagway. She was chartered
for thi> trip by the Alaska Commercial
Com pane because of the immense
(Quantities of Jr -iglit which was await
ing shipment from Seatt le to Seward.
S has soul ■ freight for Seldovia and
rSite brought two passengers
for Kodiak.
URGES CARRIER PIGEONS
E. A. Balwcll Proposes Them to
Carry Shipping News
« ai !■:••!• pigeon* to carry tit.- new* ol
the arrival and departuro of vessels at
and front Alaska port* which have no
telegraph i* a pro mot ion scheme sug
ge*ted by i-.. A. Hat well. A* soon as
It** roaches Senttb he will organize a
company to n:u*ter tlu* pigeons into
hu*ija*s* on the Alaska coast. The
founder of the town of Harwell's Hand
ing has evoked hi* new scheme while
waiting for the Hart ha to return from
/Joint; McKinley or Vladivostok, or
wherever *he may have gone. Mr.
Hat well explains:
••Currier pigeons are not a* expon
-ive as elephants. A few could do the
work and the company which operated
ihem could charge cable rates without
any expense except a little pigeon food.
I don't know what carrier pigeons eat
hut their hoard hills should not be
heavy. My plan is to have a carrier
pigeon turned loose for Seward when
ever a steamer lands at one of the
ports west of here, and another when
the vr**el sail*. The pigeons could al
ways heat out the boat and would save
prospective p; *■> iigcrs (he anxiety of
sitting around aimlessly watching for
the vessel.
*• I i. sv.* been talking this up to Maj.
Hailaine and i.e is enthusiastic over it.
Ae v.Ill promote the Southerrt Alaska
Carrier P / -on News Company as soon
as we reach Seattle."
A gold ni'gget weighing forty-one
ounce* without any quartz attached
a a.-* found by .!. I). Peterson on Sum
.a Creek, about 100 miles from White
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BIG MERCANTILE |
CARGOES ARRIVE
Seward Business Mouses Receive
Heavy Consignments on Late
Steamers.
The steamers Bertha and Dirico
within a week brought to Seward
about 700 tons of freight for local busi
ness houses. The Bertha a week ajjo
discharged here alxmt 2o0 tons. 1 he
Diritfo is now discharging •>!.» tons.
! Scarcely any of this was for the ra'l
' road, which has been receiving enor
mous cargoes by other steamers all
summer.
Nearly every business house in Sew
ard received consignments on one or
the other of the two vessels named.
Brown & Hawkins received more than
torn tons; the Seward Commercial
Company twenty-live, besides lumber.
Other merchants received consign
ments of several tons each. The lum
ber cargoes of the Vakutat Lumber
( ompan\ and W . It. •lumteson consti
tute more than half "f the freight re
ceived on tlie two steamers, hut the
merchandise runs into the hundreds
of tons.
Seven steamers have landed in
Seward so far this month, and the
Santa Clara is expected tomorrow.
Kach of the live regular steamers has
made a call, and the Melville Hollar
cud the Hirijro have been chautered
for special trips b\ the Alaska ' onl
ine:rial Company. The hulk of the
'•arsocs for the month have been for
the Alaska (Vntial, and the total
amounts to several thousand tons. Be
sides till" hundreds of tons have been
taken to Turna^ain Arm for railroad
uses there.
Nevertheless whenever a steamer
sails ftom Seattle for Seward the
marine reporters of the rimes and
l’ost-lntelliireneer announce that the
vessel is taking a hlitre cariro to Val
ii 7. If it is raeroud carji'o they >:iy it
is fur the Valdez railroad. The hoys
st em to know the line of least resis
tance alonjr tin- Seattle Ihvt route
belter than they do water routes in
A kiska.
BERTHA SAILS SOUTHWARD
Will Return to Seattle Loaded
With Passengers
Tin* steamer llertha returned Tues
day at s:i'»»p. m. from her west ward trip
and sailed again for Seat tie at 11.
The llertha was gone live days to
the westward, whereas >ho iisuall*
returns in three or a little more.
This was due to the fact that -lit* had
all kinds of business on the inlet. She
had 4<M tons of cargo to discharge at
Sehlovia by the slow proc« s> of lighter
ing-. and besides her regular trip to
Kodiak she visited Illiirna hay and ran
into Port Dick twice.
Steamer Shelikof Arrives
Steamer Shelikof. which has taken
tin* place of the Dora on the Valdoz
i'nalaska run,arriveil in port W ednes
day afternoon and sailed westward an
hour later.
R. H. hemp Gang to Me'son
Kandall H. Kemp, formerly editor of
i the Gate way, is preparing to go to
Seattle*, and from that place to Nelson,
British Columbia. lb* has mining in
i terest?, near Nelson, and if he can dis
pose of them on terms to suit, he says
he internets to spend the rest of his
years in the Susitna valley. Mr. Kemp
I has covered every part of the west in
i frontier days, hut he regards central
Alaska, he avers, as the greatest
mineral country he* has known, and
[beyond question the one country in
North America for young men.
Mr. Kemp has no further connection
of any kind with the Gateway.
The Jualpa property near Juneau has
closed down owing to trouble with the
crew. The Jualpa has been delayed in
getting the payroll from the eastern
office and finding some grumbling on
the part of the men, the management
closed the property until the matter
can be satisfactorily adjusted.
Tin* evaporated potatoes now used in
Alaska are mostly brought from Lit
becker, Germany.
CENTRAL cables
\ ; i e ci
The Alaska Central Railway Coni-!
puny raided the Seattle office yesterday |
to continue sending laborers on every i
boat all winter. .1. II. Cameron,engineer
of construction, says work will be given
every day this winter to all the men
' that can he procured. It is tie* intent
j ion of the company to finish all bridges
and trestles for thirty miles ahead of
t.h»* rails, if possible, and to push rock
work wit li all speed.
in addition. Rich Harris are
putting workmen on the tunnels every
day. and intend to keep adding them
until their force reaches .'{00.
1*. Which A Co., the contractors
for thirty miles of construction along
the north shore of Turnagain Arm.
are gathering in men from every avail
able source. They want 700 men
; altogether.
l»y tlie op ning of spring the total
I force working on the railway will nutn
! her :;.ooo if that number of men can be
! obtained. Many of the 1,700 now work
ing are expected to leave as soon a>
spring opens, to go prospecting and
mining, for the rich discoveries ol the
past 'summer in tin* Susitna. hnik and
i Matanuska valleys have whetted the
mining appetites of everyhodv in ( en*
tral Alaska to a keen edge. These
losses will • made up as far as can he
hy drawing men from every part ol
t he l ’nited Si ales.
Work on tin* railroad grade during
the week has kept tip without tin*
slightest interruption. The ideal weath
er of the summer is holding out, with
a clear, cloudless sky. and warm day-..
Every crew is working seven days h
the week by choice of the men.
The till across the edge of Shallow
lake, on mile 4-1, was all in but eighty -
six feet at the close of tin* work las'
evening. That gap should be closi ■
by Saturday night. The trestle heyoti"
is all decked, ami tracklaying will b*
resumed. Mr. ('amcron announces. Sm
day morning. The grade will tlu-n h*
all ready for the rails to mile 42. wit
the exception of the decking' of a m
small trestles.
1 let ween miles 42 and F> there is
good deal of rock work at points, bin
it is more than two-thirds complete.
Kich & Harris have their wint.
camp up, with several warm h"i. ~'
provided for the workmen. Yh<
stalled work on the lirst tumn
Wednesday morning.
The surfacing crew lias its work we
to the front. All tin* surfacing ■■
finished to mile 2'\ l!«*twecn mile _’s
and i>l i' a gap that should be nos,
next week. From mile .41 to 41 ti
su*hieing is nli finished.
Tin* roa l In d whet*. it has b. s.
, faced is as strong ami substantial ;*«
the road bed ol any traiiseontim iil
road in tin* States. ’I’ll** work train
frequently make 4~> m. - ;m hour o\
, it.
STEAMER SANTA ANA IN
Brings 451 Tons for Seward and
270 for Seidovia
Steamer Santa Ana. < 'apt. Moore,
reached Seward Tuesday night. She
; brought twenty-six passengers and to l
i«.:is ef freight for this port, nearly
all for the Alaska Central. The rail
road cargo consisted of another no-ton
engine. 'J> i tons of si is. 4 and I 1 ’ • tons of
commissary supplies. The remainder
of t no -learner'.- cargo was general
merchandise for Seivard merchants and
_‘7o tons for Seidovia.
The Seidovia cargo of the Santa Ana
' consists of commissary supplies and
I tool.- for tiie worker- on the grade
along Turnagain Arm. I’art of it is
for the railroad company and part for
! vVe oh and company, who have the
thirty-mile contract on the north side
; of t he Arm.
The Santa Ana sailed for Seidovia
\\ ei.i.esiiay evening, and is expected
. hack tonight.
PRICES HIGH IN FAIRBANKS
it Takes Money to Live and Thrive
in the Tanana
A letter from Fairbanks received1
itcenin l»y a resident of Seward gives
considerable information about that
town, li appears that prices have not j
eon t'.mvn any since the camp became
a city. The lettcr say s:
“Tile city has a population of 2500.
some think more" A log cabin rents
from $25 to *!o per month, llusiness
rooms are rented for $2*Mt per month,
and :i rooming In-use Uown town rents
for 17**0 pi r month. Real estate is j
boomed very high, though I am told
it has ili v lined about one half. No
property i- selling, and occasionally a
is oil'ercd at a sacrilice price, less in
fact than the buildings cost. No meal,
if meat is served can be had for less
than one dollar. 'Two small apples
cost 25 cents and oranges are the same
price, Two loaves of bread cost 25
cents. Tim daily paper sells for 25)
cents per copy. and the monthly rate
is $4. A telephone can be rented for
$20 per month. Carpenters ask $15 pet
day and lumber sells at from $75 to $100!
per 1000 feet Poctois get $15 per
visit."
Thomas li. Irvine lias received a
letter from John Noon, who left Seward
last February for t he Tanana, going ]
over the Valdez trail. Mr. Noon says!
the Tanana is a very rich country]
hut that there are more men than
jobs there now. In this respect, he J
says, it is similar to all the boom f
camps in Alaska. He says the Kan-1
tishna strike is a marvel and that some !
men are panning $1,000 a day.
Harry McCormick Spends Months
There and Says Hydraulic Grave!
Deposits are Vast.
I Ml through the valleys along
streams tributary to the Sun 'mi riv* •
may he found vast dopo its of grav*
carrying iron) M to Ct |» »r yard \\ hie
may he easily worked by the hydra a
process. This report is brought d.uvi,
by Harry McCormick, who h is been C
the upper Susiina region for -i.
j months.
McCormick left S-ward March
and spent the entire spring and sum
, mer in examining mineral indicatin'. -
along the tributaries of the Su-iti:; •
He went 2SI miles north of Knik Art» .
and reports that he found rich go
hearing gravel suitable for hy dr.ui, v
working in many place*. lie predic —
that several discoveries like that o.i
the Yentna "ill he mane next yn ..
the streams flowing into tin* Susiina.
Whenever the railroad goes through
the Susitna valley. Mr. McCormick
•,ays, so that hydraulic machinery can
lie taken in. immensely rich depr-b
will he worked all along the line h
years. F.efore that, lu* predicts, ric'n
camps like the Yentna will l.e foun
wiiich miners can work out by stand
processes with enormous pn lit.
Tiie region is well supplied wit ;
water and a line quality of spruce tim
ber. Mr. McCormick say s there is no
dearth anywhere of either of those im
portant factors in mining. He has
been in Alaska seven years, and ha
traveled over most of the terrbory.
but he atlinns that nowhere has h<
seen an extensive region which look *il
more promising to him than the upper
Susitna. He says the weather through
out the summer was superb. He
thinks that the district will be a good
stock country as it has vast areas o
tine grass land.
Sawmill Nans Niyhi Shift
The railroad sawmill is now running
day and ni^ht to supply timber re
quired in rail road Construction, ('apt.
She Bier and his launch tire kept bus\
towiny loys to the mill from th • camp
across the l>a.\.
About $">00,000 will represent t in
year's cleanup for the Circle district
and the sum will be divided between
some 200 men.